In fiscal 2015, the assistant administrator for research and development managed a total enacted budget of $520.705 million and oversaw 1,754 full-time equivalents.3
- Oversees the development, direction and conduct of a national environmental research, development and demonstration program in health risk assessment, health effects, engineering and technology, processes and effects, acid rain deposition, monitoring systems and quality assurance
- Participates in the development of agency policy, standards and regulations
- Provides for dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge, including analytical methods, monitoring techniques and modeling methodologies
- Provides technical and scientific input on agency-wide technical program issues4
- Supports six research programs that identify the most pressing environmental health research needs with input from EPA offices, partners and stakeholders5