Project Grant HT94252410470

Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under its Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded a K99/R00 career development grant of $241,326 to Dr. O'Sharkey at the University of California, Los Angeles to investigate the relationship between air pollution (AP) sources and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using metabolomic approaches. The award, obligated on September 4, 2025 and scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027, will...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides $421,047 to the University of Toledo to study the interaction between genetic and environmental risk factors for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The key objectives are to investigate how developmental exposure to the pyrethroid pesticide deltamethrin interacts with a genetic mutation in the SHANK3 gene, which is associated with...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Boston University Medical Campus received a $147,486 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This research project will investigate the neurodevelopmental impacts of early-life exposure to ferroalloy metal mixtures—including manganese, lead, chromium, and copper—on adolescent cognitive...

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...

The federal Project Grant award titled "Mechanisms of Nano Plastic Transport in the Brain" was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.113). The $404,989 grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to investigate how nanoplastics (plastic particles smaller than one micron) may be transported into the brain via the olfactory...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Central Michigan University received a $394,165 Environmental Health Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under CFDA 93.113, awarded June 11, 2026, with a completion date of June 10, 2028. The research investigates the neurotoxic mechanisms by which methylmercury (MeHg) exposure disrupts frontal cortical circuits controlling emotion and cognition. The project employs an integrative neurophysiological approach to...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded UCLA a $409,687 Project Grant (CFDA 93.113, Environmental Health program) on June 24, 2025, with completion targeted for June 13, 2027. This research initiative delivers a comprehensive epidemiological investigation examining the impacts of wildfire smoke and heat exposure on cognitive decline, mood disorders, and metabolic changes in older adults with Parkinson's Disease (PD)....

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a $498,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.113 – Environmental Health program) effective August 25, 2025, through July 31, 2028, to investigate the neurobiological mechanisms linking prenatal fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) exposure to neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. The research leverages existing behavioral and multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging...

Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $6.03 million Project Grant (CFDA 93.853: Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders) on August 1, 2025, to investigate the causal relationship between specific particulate matter (PM2.5) components and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) development. The research integrates large-scale epidemiological analysis with mechanistic...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program provides $1,625,947 to the University of Rochester to conduct research on the relationship between air pollution-derived iron exposure, poverty-related stress, and Alzheimer's disease risk. The key objectives are to evaluate whether ambient and subway-level iron exposure leads to...