This $558,203 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports research at Purdue University to study the bioaccumulation and biotransformation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aquatic environments. Key project activities include: Integrating microfluidic sensors for rapid PFAS detection, field sampling of biofilms and macroinvertebrates, identifying factors influencing...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $558,345.00 to Purdue University to investigate the distribution, fate, and impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Lake Michigan ecosystem. The project will assess PFAS accumulation in tissues of various fish species through lab experiments and field sampling, as well as measure biochemical and transcriptomic...
The US Geological Survey, through its Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes federal grant program (CFDA 15.805), awarded Purdue University $487,497 for its project titled "PFAS Precursor Bioaccumulation and Biotransformation in Agriculturally Impacted Wetland Food Webs." The project will study the in vivo transformation and ecological effects of polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) precursors in wetlands located in Indiana. Specifically, the researchers...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $689,106.64 to Purdue University to investigate the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on fish microbiomes in the Great Lakes region. The researchers aim to analyze how PFAS exposure affects microbial diversity and functioning in fish, as well as explore the potential economic implications for farmed fish. The project...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $622,873 to Purdue University to conduct research on the bioaccumulation and effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on largemouth bass reproduction. The key activities include an observational field study to characterize PFAS profiles in fish tissues from ponds affected by biosolid runoff, and a manipulative field...
This federal Project Grant award of $619,816 from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will support research to investigate the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on biogeochemical cycling, fate, and transport in wetlands. The 3-year project, running from January 2025 to January 2028, will establish 32 wetland mesocosms to study PFAS remediation under varying biogeochemical conditions. Key activities include...
This $558,346 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports research at the University of Nebraska on the release, adsorption, and biotransformation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the water-sediment interface in agricultural watersheds. The key objectives are to: 1) measure the kinetics of PFAS release from decomposed biosolids and adsorption to sediments under anaerobic...
This $558,005 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a 3-year study on the occurrence, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in natural and constructed wetlands. The key objectives are to: 1) understand if PFAS concentrations increase through the wetland food chain and evaluate the ability of wetlands to remove these chemicals; 2)...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $588,450 to The Ohio State University to develop analytical methods for detecting ultrashort-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Ohio River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing LC-MS methods for simultaneously analyzing ultrashort, short, and long-chain PFAS in environmental...
This Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey, under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes federal grant program (CFDA 15.805), provides $516,810 to the University of California Office of the President Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources to study the fate, transport and transformation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in horizontal levees from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. The researchers will monitor a suite of PFAS in an experimental...