Project Grant 83563401

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides $6,525,894 in funding to the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (CGS-USGBC). The primary objectives of this grant are to build capacity among school district staff in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $200,000.00 to Oklahoma State University (OSU) will support research to develop a computational model and generative AI-powered tool to optimize HVAC system design and real-time control for mitigating indoor viral transmission risks, particularly in school classrooms. The research objectives are to: (1) determine the spatial and temporal distribution of virus-laden aerosols in classrooms under various...

This Project Grant award of $5,044,509 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides funding to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)/Health Research Inc. (HRI) to build capacity in indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) in schools throughout New York State and across the country. The...

This $496,142 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program is focused on assessing vulnerabilities, mitigation strategies, and community empowerment mechanisms to strengthen the safety of school infrastructure, particularly in Puerto Rico. The project aims to transform how society addresses school infrastructure safety by studying community co-production of infrastructure knowledge, conducting engineering...

This $595,043 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the "PURE-CLIMATE" study at Oregon State University (OSU). The goal of this research is to better understand the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on human health, particularly in low and middle-income countries. The study will leverage OSU's participation in the existing Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) will provide $191,654.00 to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to study the academic outcomes and experiences of digital and on-campus immersion students. The project, titled "The Educational Divide: Transition, Retention, and Course Selection in Digital and On-Campus Immersion Students," will run...

This $174,323 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) supports a study by Temple University examining the association between ambient air pollution and pediatric hospitalization for acute respiratory disease across New York State. The study aims to (1) assess the effect of air pollution on acute respiratory conditions like asthma, infections, and allergies using a case-crossover...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, valued at $1,798,366.00, will fund a four-year interdisciplinary effort to develop educational resources that promote data literacy around air quality issues for middle school students and the general public. The key products to be delivered under this Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program grant include: A public data visualization kiosk in Atlanta, GA that will break down current and...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), will fund the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to establish an indoor air quality sensor network across the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and develop related environmental curricula and community engagement activities. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1)...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $707,203 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct a short-term longitudinal study exploring how the parasympathetic nervous system and teacher behavior in preschool classrooms impact school readiness and early school success among low-income children. The study will enroll 270 children from...