The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to the Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc. The purpose of this grant is to identify, purchase, and incorporate two new state-of-the-art instruments to enable rapid analysis of water samples collected by community scientists. This will expand the center's "Science on the Fly" program, which tracks water chemistry to gain insights on how climate change, human development, and other disturbances impact river ecosystems across the nation. The new instrumentation will reduce analysis costs, eliminate sample backlogs, and make critical water quality data publicly available to inform policy decisions and maintain healthy watersheds. The grant period runs from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025.
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