2005 Level I Scientific And Technological Achievement Awards (STAA)

Level I awards are for those who have accomplished an exceptionally high-quality research or technological effort. The awards recognize the creation or general revision of scientific or technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research is of national significance or has high impact on a broad area of science/technology. The research has far reaching consequences and is recognizable as a major scientific/technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.

       

Nominations Recommended for a Level I Award ($5000) -- Total of Three
Nom. #	Titles and Citations of Submitted Papers	Eligible Authors* and Nominating Organizations	Non-EPA Authors and Organizations	Citation
S5ER0031	Evidence for Landscape-Level, Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow from Genetically Modified Creeping Bentgrass with CP4 EPSPS as a Marker. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(40):14533-1453 (2004)	Lidia S. Watrud (30%) Constance A. Burdick (15%) Jay R. Reichman (15%) E. Henry Lee (10%) Anne Fairbrother (10%) NHEERL, Corvallis, OR	Mike Bollman (5%) -- Dynamac Corporation Marjorie Storm (5%) -- Dynamac Corporation George King (5%) -- Dynamac Corportion Peter K. Van de Water (5%) -- USGS	Exceptional Research That Changed the Paradigm About the Potential for Gene Flow from GM Crops to Natural Environments
S5RA0069	The Genotoxocity of Ambient Outdoor Air, a Review: 'Salmonella' Mutagenicity. Mutation Research - Reviews, 567(2-3):347-399 (2004)	Larry D. Claxton (70%) Sarah H. Warren (15%) Peggy P. Matthews (15%) NHEERL, Research Triangle Park, NC		Providing a Scholarly Review and Analysis of Airborne Compounds, Mixtures, and Products That are Mutagenic
S5SS0106	Health-Related Benefits of Attaining the 8-Hr Ozone Standard. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(1):73-82 (2005)	Bryan J. Hubbell (60%) OAQPS, Research Triangle Park, NC	Aaron Hallberg (20%) -- Abt Associates, Inc. Donald R. McCubbin (10%) -- Abt Associates, Inc. Ellen Post (10%) -- Abt Associates, Inc.	Innovative Work in Developing and Applying the BenMAP Model to Demonstrate the Benefits of Attaining the Ozone NAAQS
Key to Acronyms used in the above Table NERL           National Exposure Research Laboratory NHEERL      National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory NRMRL        National Risk Management Research Laboratory OAQPS       Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OPP            Office of Pesticide Programs ORIA           Office of Radiation and Indoor Air OSCP         Office of Science Coordination and Policy OSW          Office of Solid Waste                *Note: The percentages given after name represent the current percent of the total level of effort as documented in the EPA nomination.