Project Grant 2147106
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $270,000 will fund research at Health Research, Inc. from August 2022 to July 2025 to develop an integrated modeling framework for Legionella control decision support. Under the NSF Engineering (47.041) program, the grantee will advance understanding of Legionella growth in building water systems and leverage this knowledge to validate a computational model predicting potential hotspots. The model will inform quantitative microbial risk...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $263,392 awarded on October 1, 2021 will fund the development of a spatial-temporal predictive framework for the drinking water microbiome through June 30, 2023. Under the NSF Engineering Directorate's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee Georgia Tech Research Corporation will establish a long-term observatory to monitor microbiome dynamics in Boston's water distribution system. They will develop novel econometric and ecological...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems has awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh to investigate the link between consumer showerhead choices and exposure to drinking water-associated opportunistic pathogens. The 3-year project, titled "INVESTIGATING HOME WATER AND AEROSOLS' LINKS TO OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN EXPOSURE (INHALE): DO CONSUMER DECISIONS IMPACT PATHOGEN EXPOSURE AND VIRULENCE?",...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded a $1,400,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, also known as Sponsored Projects Services, a non-profit research administration organization. This 5-year grant will fund collaborative research to investigate the role of environmental factors like temperature, heavy metals, and other contaminants in the development of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $227,460 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct collaborative research on elucidating nanofiltration removal performance and mechanisms for short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This 3-year project, which commenced on September 1, 2024, aims to address critical knowledge gaps in the effectiveness of nanofiltration for removing diverse PFAS types, especially...
- This $216,478 National Science Foundation project grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund research at New Mexico State University in collaboration with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the pathogenicity of bacteria surviving water disinfection processes. The two-year project beginning February 1, 2023 will explore the impact of chlorine water treatment on bacterial pathogens using advanced cellular assays and metatranscriptomics....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $482,351 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research on the impacts of drinking water treatment and distribution processes on the survival and pathogenesis of water-associated pathogens, such as nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). The project aims to investigate how different drinking water treatment train configurations and associated chemical oxidant stressors influence the functional...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $647,273 Project Grant to Arizona State University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support research from 2021-2026 to develop coupled climate and human health models to build pathways for extreme heat resilience. Leveraging its expertise in climate modeling and epidemiology, ASU will integrate climate change projections with health vulnerability data to identify communities most at risk from rising temperatures. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $949,997 Project Grant to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the role of environmental factors in the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in municipal wastewater treatment plants. The five-year research project, starting November 1, 2023, will conduct field, laboratory, and computational studies to determine how susceptible bacterial strains are replaced by...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $477,883 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. The goal of this CAREER award is to test the hypothesis that local water storage can be designed to preserve or improve water quality following contamination events while achieving resiliency through interruptions to water supplies. The key objectives are to: 1) quantify the effects of contamination on the accumulation,...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $314,604 awarded on August 1, 2022 will support research at Arizona State University to develop an integrated computational framework for decision support models of Legionella control in building plumbing systems. The three-year award made under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research between ASU, the New York State Department of Health, and The College of New Jersey. The project aims to advance fundamental understanding of Legionella growth in buildings and leverage this knowledge to validate a model predicting potential hotspots of Legionella growth and exposure. Key deliverables include using rapid sampling techniques to quantify Legionella and operational data in buildings, deriving kinetic information from controlled experiments, and developing a validated computational model incorporating site-specific data to predict Legionella persistence and growth based on plumbing design, parameters, and environmental conditions. Outreach to stakeholders is planned to disseminate findings. The award supports this statutory NSF mission through evaluated intellectual merit and broader impacts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $157.3k | 6/29/22 |