Project Grant R21ES038077
- The University of Southern California (USC) received a $781,268 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The project, titled "Wildfire Smoke, Heat and Cardiovascular Risk Across the Life Course", aims to investigate how exposures to heat stress and wildfire smoke over the life course impact the development of cardiovascular health risk factors in young adults. The...
- The University of Southern California received a $456,500 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on September 19, 2025, will support research investigating the biological effects of prenatal exposure to wildfire smoke and its impact on fetal and infant growth. The research aims to measure extracellular vesicle-based microRNA biomarkers that may mediate the...
- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program, awarded a $567,093 project grant titled "The Impact of Wildfire Exposure on the Human Methylome and Health" to the University of California, Berkeley. The grant, awarded on March 18, 2025 with a completion date of March 17, 2027, will fund research to develop comprehensive wildfire exposure assessments, collect additional health and lifestyle data, and...
- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $249,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado-Denver. The grant, titled "Learning and Living with Wildfire Smoke: Creating Clean Air Environments in Schools through Youth Participatory Action Research", aims to engage high school students in establishing schools as clean air...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, is funding research to investigate the transformation of metal oxide nanomaterials in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires and their potential to cause congenital heart disease. The University of South Carolina, the awardee, will collect and analyze 90 WUI fire ash samples from California and Hawaii to characterize the metal oxide...
- This federal Project Grant award of $155,500.00 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program will fund research to evaluate the impact of prenatal exposure to wildfire smoke particulate matter (PM2.5) on early life airway health outcomes in a cohort of 10,000 children. The 2-year project aims to: 1) assess the risk of airway symptoms and respiratory hospitalizations associated with average smoke PM2.5 and number of...
- This $431,750 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, to Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. The grant supports research to assess the physicochemical and toxicological properties of particulate matter (PM) from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires in Los Angeles, and evaluate their impact on respiratory health. The key products and services to be delivered under this...
- This $213,284 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program will support research to investigate the role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in mediating the health effects of wildfire smoke exposure, particularly in individuals with asthma. The key objectives are to examine whether EV release and content associated with the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) pathway differentiate the...
- This $795,848 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program. The grant supports research investigating the molecular and neurodevelopmental impacts of prenatal exposure to wildfire smoke and air pollution on pregnant individuals and their children. The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is the prime awardee and will conduct...
- This $409,687 Project Grant was awarded on June 24, 2025 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program. The grant supports a large case-control study with follow-up of approximately 1,000 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and as many community controls in the California Central Valley. The study aims to assess the impact of wildfire smoke and heat on cognition, mood, and the human metabolome in this...
This Project Grant award, titled "PROJECT FIRESTORM: ASSESSING RESPIRATORY AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRES AND LONG-TERM TOXIC EXPOSURES", was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program. The $456,500 award will support a rapid study to quantify the health effects of catastrophic wildfires that impacted Los Angeles in 2025, including assessing exposure levels and characterizing toxins. The University of Southern California (USC) will leverage an existing cohort of over 9,000 participants to collect biological samples, analyze home dust and surface contaminants, and evaluate outdoor soil and ash over time. This research aims to better understand the acute and long-term respiratory, cardiovascular, and mental health impacts of wildland-urban interface fire smoke exposures, which is an urgent public health priority for the Los Angeles region. The project will run from August 2025 to August 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $456.5k | 8/22/25 |