This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, supports research to define the neurotoxic and neurodevelopmental health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The $546,350 award, effective January 13, 2025 through October 31, 2029, aims to characterize the mechanisms by which PFAS affect brain development and function. Key objectives include defining PFAS uptake...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, will fund research at Wayne State University to investigate how exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impacts placental health and susceptibility to infection-mediated preterm birth. The $1,651,801 award, effective September 5, 2024 through June 30, 2029, will allow the principal investigator, Dr. Petriello, to study how PFAS...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, aims to develop a novel at-home test kit for the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The total award amount is $260,993 with a project period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. The primary goals of this project are to: Optimize the adsorptive and photocatalytic performance of metal-organic...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), provides $474,639 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to conduct research on the health effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) mixtures. The project aims to develop innovative spatial and tensor-based causal inference methods to enhance the understanding of PFAS exposure and its impacts on population health....
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, provides $695,853 to the Arkansas Children's Research Institute (ACRI) from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2029. The project will investigate the impact of prenatal and postnatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on children's development, examining the role of placental function and the potential protective...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $306,872 Project Grant (CFDA 93.113 - Environmental Health) to Pico Portal, Inc. to develop and evaluate advanced AI-driven tools to automate, increase efficiency, and reduce the costs of conducting risk-of-bias (ROB) assessments in environmental health systematic reviews. Specifically, the project aims to utilize large language models to accurately identify and extract critical text passages related to per- and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, provides $499,454.23 to the University of Massachusetts to develop edible sorbent therapies that can effectively reduce exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from dietary sources. The project aims to derive multicomponent sorbents from naturally occurring or generally recognized as safe materials, and validate their ability to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, is supporting research to define the urinary, biliary, and fecal excretion of diverse per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the impact of dietary fiber. The $157,437 award, effective from May 10, 2025 to May 9, 2027, is being provided to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to test the hypotheses that biliary excretion of...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, provides $143,331.00 to Wayne State University to conduct research investigating the impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure on male reproductive health. The research aims to uncover the molecular mechanisms by which PFAS mixtures affect spermatogenesis, sperm epigenetics, and extracellular vesicles called epididymosomes. Key...
This federal Project Grant award of $756,318.00 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), will support research investigating the environmental health impacts of polyethoxylated surfactants. The research aims to comprehensively assess how these ubiquitous chemicals disrupt metabolic health, particularly their potential to promote unhealthy visceral adipose expansion through thyroid hormone receptor antagonism....
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, provides $390,337 to develop the "PFAS Exposure Burden Calculator" - a standardized tool for quantifying cumulative exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of "forever chemicals" linked to adverse health effects. The award will enable the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to extend the calculator to additional years and life stages using national data, and create novel methods to estimate PFAS burden from emerging high-dimensional exposure data. The project aims to enable cross-study harmonization, biomonitoring, and report-back on PFAS exposures, supporting epidemiological research and risk assessment. The award period is from July 2025 to May 2030.