Block Grant R13ES016957

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded Purdue University a $132,360 Project Grant effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031, under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113). The award funds the Purdue Undergraduate Research Experience in Toxicology (PURE-TOX), a comprehensive mentored summer research program designed to introduce 10 undergraduate students annually to toxicology research. The program recruits promising students from across the United...

This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program aims to develop a novel human stem cell-based microfluidic developmental toxicology platform. The University of Michigan will receive funding from September 2022 to August 2024 to conduct technological development of a repeatable, controllable, high-throughput microfluidic system for generating three-dimensional multicellular organoid models for toxicity testing. The platform seeks...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under its Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) awarded $815,546 to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on June 22, 2026, for a five-year research project examining chemical mixture exposures during early life and their impacts on executive function and neural development across adolescence. The award, which concludes April 30, 2031, will leverage a novel biomarker approach using naturally...

Summary The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded a $3.12 million Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.310, Trans-NIH Research Support) to Texas A&M Agrilife Research, effective March 2, 2026, through December 31, 2030, to establish the NAMS-Decisions Center for integrating New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) into regulatory decision-making for chemical safety assessment. The center delivers defined approaches for using in vitro and in silico NAMs to enhance...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Millennium Bioresearch, Inc. (doing business as MB Research Laboratories) received a $259,274 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The award supports development of the Egg LD50 Assay for Categorization (ELDAC), an in vitro alternative testing methodology designed to replace traditional mammalian acute oral...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, provides $356,178.00 to Swarthmore College to conduct research on the behavioral effects of ToxCast Phase I chemicals on planarians, with the goal of determining their potential context of use. The research aims to investigate how various environmental exposures, such as chemicals and toxins, can impact biological systems and public...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of Michigan for research titled "Spectral Flow Cytometry Identifies New Immune Signatures That Provide Personalized ALS Risk and Progression Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets." The award, issued on September 30, 2025, with performance extending through September 29, 2028, supports research conducted at the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Attogene Corporation received a $257,312 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded on August 26, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2026. The award supports the development of a novel electrochemical biosensor designed to rapidly detect organophosphate and carbamate (OPAC) pesticide residues in environmental and food samples. The biosensor...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded University of Hawaii at Manoa a Project Grant of $156,500 under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) on April 9, 2026, with completion anticipated by April 8, 2028. This grant supports the development and validation of new approach methodologies (NAMs) for developmental and reproductive toxicity (DART) assessment using morphogenesis models derived from pluripotent stem cells. The project deliverables include...

Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded $814,154 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York on April 1, 2026, under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) to support a five-year research initiative through March 31, 2031. The project, titled "Epitranscriptomic and Epigenetic Loops Driving the Response to Naphthalene," investigates the interplay between epitranscriptomic and epigenetic regulatory...