Strategic Research Priorities
EREF’s Board of Directors has identified three key Priorities that focus on the impacts of solid waste management, circular and sustainable materials management, and mitigating environmental risk and/or harm:

1) Climate Change Impacts/Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2) Emerging Contaminants
3) Advancing Materials Circularity & Recycling

Submitted pre-proposals must relate to sustainable solid waste management practices and at least one of our three key Priorities. Previously awarded grants have ranged from $15,000 to over $500,000 with the average grant amount in recent years being $160,000. Typical project durations are about 2 years.