Project Grant R43RR031348

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $397,041 Project Grant under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop the Bronx Environmental Health Summer Training for Justice (BESTJUSTICE) program. This program will provide accessible, locally relevant summer research experiences in environmental health science (EHS) for 12 high school students from environmental justice...

This $407,453 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 supports the Women For A Healthy Environment in providing capacity building and technical assistance to early learning centers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under the Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks federal grant program (CFDA 66.609). Over the two-year period from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2024, the recipient will educate approximately 200 early learning center personnel and conduct...

The Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been awarded a $4,000,468 project grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program. This 3-year grant will support the Center's efforts to develop and sustain diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA)-focused researcher training and career development programs. The Center will also...

This $595,043 Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program. The grant titled "PURE-CLIMATE: IDENTIFYING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS A MODIFIABLE RISK FACTOR FOR HUMAN HEALTH" will leverage the existing infrastructure and data of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study to establish a global study on the impacts of climate change on human...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE), a non-profit organization, to implement a 1-year project that designs, demonstrates, and disseminates environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in Pittsburgh, PA. The key activities include: 1) Creating eco-student...

This $3,820,922 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program will establish a Climate Change and Health Center focused on a "community-driven, health-first approach to climate action and the energy transition." The center's key innovations include developing a scenario health risk model for energy policy decision-making, conducting a pilot study on the impacts of climate change...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the University of Illinois a $251,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund a project to design and implement environmental education practices to increase environmental literacy and encourage beneficial environmental behaviors in the metropolitan Chicago area. Specifically, the University will prepare future public health professionals and community members to address climate...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $215,195 Project Grant under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), for the "AIR POLLUTION AND WELL-BEING: ASSESSING RISKS AND ENHANCING EDUCATION IN UGANDA (AWARE STUDY)" project. This project aims to characterize local knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about air pollution and health among...

This $145,033 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency's Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks program (CFDA 66.609) supports efforts to protect children's environmental health in early childhood settings. The Community Development Institute will collaborate with over 200 early childhood professionals to increase their knowledge of environmental risks and conduct environmental assessments benefiting an estimated 17,000 children during the first year of...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has awarded a Project Grant under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, totaling $204,679, with a project period from March 20, 2025 to August 31, 2028. The grant will support research to characterize the risk and protective effects of environmental co-exposures, such as lead (Pb) and psychosocial stressors, on adolescent and young adult cardiometabolic health. The...