This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center provides $100,000 to Mississippi State University to support research understanding adverse effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on nontarget species. The award is made under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to support basic, applied, or advanced research with good long-term potential to contribute to Department of Defense mission technologies. Mississippi State University will conduct research from September 2021 through September 2023 to understand how these substances impact nontarget aquatic and plant species. Additionally, $25,000 of subaward funding was provided to the University of Vermont to support automated mapping of non-indigenous aquatic plant species in response to the topic area. The award and subaward aim to advance the agency's research on environmental impacts.
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