Project Grant 83345101

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113), will support research on the impact of wildfire exposure on the human methylome and health. The project, totaling $567,093 and running from March 2025 to March 2027, will utilize a cohort of 5,000 adults in the East Bay area of Northern California to: 1) develop comprehensive wildfire exposure assessments, 2) collect additional...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Florida Atlantic University received a $146,313 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded on April 15, 2026, with a completion date of April 14, 2028. The award funds research investigating the interaction between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—commonly known as "forever chemicals"—and nucleic acids. This research addresses significant...

This $215,985 federal Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.394 - Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research) to The Leland Stanford Junior University is for a pilot study to sequence exosomal RNA from the blood and urine of 50 patients with renal cell carcinoma. The objective is to identify early biomarkers for therapeutic response to the immune checkpoint inhibitor combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab. The study will analyze changes in the exosomal proteins and RNA,...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides $419,011 to Emory University to develop innovative dimensionality reduction techniques for assessing the joint health effects of air pollution mixtures. The research aims to advance causal modeling approaches that preserve the relationships between air pollutants and health outcomes, in order to provide more accurate assessments of the public...

This R21 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides $433,950 to the University of California, Davis to study the impact of wildfire smoke exposure on lung injury and disease in pediatric populations. The key objectives are to: 1) Define the contribution of age on the toxicity of wood smoke particles in respiratory and alveolar epithelium, 2) Investigate the effect of early life wood...

Summary The Pennsylvania State University, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, received a $110,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Food and Drug Administration under the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103), awarded September 20, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2030. Under this award, the institutions will continue generating whole genome sequencing (WGS) sequences of foodborne pathogens through the FDA's GenomeTrakr program (Analytical Track...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), operating under The Regents of the University of California, received a $197,930 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director through the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) on September 16, 2025. The award supports research and development of a non-invasive biodosimetry technology for triage following radiological emergencies. The deliverables include development...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Brigham & Women's Hospital received a $616,202 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030. The agreement supports research to identify and develop non-invasive measurement methods for biomarkers of radiation exposure in human skin. The project utilizes tape stripping—an...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $749,640 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031, to conduct research investigating the interplay between TET1-mediated epigenomic mechanisms and N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification in pulmonary inflammation induced by particulate matter (PM) exposure. Under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), the research...

This $314,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121), will support research to gain insights into the evolution of fungal resistance in the oral environment of HIV-positive individuals. The research will leverage an existing patient dataset to: 1) use long-read sequencing to profile the fungal mycobiome in patient saliva and caries samples, and 2) perform longitudinal...