Project Grant CH986869010

This $994,407 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development, under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509), will fund the design, testing, and deployment of affordable particle filtration systems for evaporative coolers to reduce wildfire smoke exposures among agricultural workers and low-income families in California. The Public Health Institute will lead the effort to design an effective yet inexpensive filter...

The EPA Region 8 has awarded a $623,977 Inflation Reduction Act Project Grant (CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act) to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of concern in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities. The project aims to: Leverage local air monitoring expertise to collect, interpret, and share air toxics data that...

This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $778,982, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509). The grant aims to examine cumulative environmental exposures in Hispanic environmental justice neighborhoods, implement and evaluate an intervention program to improve indoor home environmental quality, and develop a sustainable action plan to reduce exposures for Hispanic populations....

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $590,000 Project Grant to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will be used to enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring in communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks....

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded $202,500 to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this American Rescue Plan-funded project grant is to enhance monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities with environmental...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment a $445,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will fund upgrading 12 air quality monitors, 6 monitor shelters, and associated data logging and meteorological equipment to enhance particulate matter 2.5 monitoring in communities near Denver,...

This $440,485 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Ecology Action Center (EAC) to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in communities in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois area with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. EAC will...

This $520,512 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund a 3-year effort to establish a community-driven network platform to monitor outdoor and indoor air quality across underserved neighborhoods in New York State. Key activities include deploying 21 air quality monitoring sensors,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $999,380 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) to develop a comprehensive climate action plan for the Lexington, Kentucky metropolitan area. The plan will identify voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollution reduction measures through stakeholder engagement, with a focus on benefits to low-income and disadvantaged communities....

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides $671,165 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to identify new mechanisms by which exposure to the air pollutant ozone leads to the development and progression of chronic lung diseases like asthma and COPD. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year project include: 1) profiling the transcriptomes...