The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $500,277.45 Cooperative Agreement to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on March 5, 2025 under the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506). The funding supports the development of field-effect transistor nanosensors for detecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in impacted water and air. This project aligns with the program's goals of augmenting the nation's usable water supply and...
This $701,121 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency, issued under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports research on the ovarian-disrupting effects and mechanisms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The project is being conducted by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey's RBHS-School of Nursing over a 3-year period from September 2023 to September 2026. The research aims to develop a better...
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development under the P3 Award: National Student Design Competition for Sustainability federal grant program (CFDA #66.516).
The award will support the development of an innovative Microwave-Assisted Membrane Filtration (MWM) system to enhance the removal of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) from...
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $483,623.40 Cooperative Agreement under the Water Desalination Research and Development program (CFDA 15.506) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on August 14, 2024. The funding will support a 2-year project to optimize the use of hydrophobic ion-pairing as a pretreatment to enhance the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during the coagulation-flocculation process for water and wastewater treatment. The overall goal is to...
The Rutgers, The State University Research Financial Services Division was awarded a $558,001 Project Grant under the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). This 3-year grant, awarded on January 5, 2024, will support research to investigate the occurrence, fate, and transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in aquifers at the USGS Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology Research Site.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $687,432 Cooperative Agreement to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology on March 4, 2024 under the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The objective of this 2-year project is to make supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-contaminated water more sustainable. As a subaward under this Cooperative Agreement,...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $999,999 Project Grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) through the DoD's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, effective April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2029, will support research to enhance the ionic conductivity of solid-state electrolytes through computation, modulation, and characterization (CMC). The project aims to (a) enhance NC...
The Department of Defense awarded a $490,741 Cooperative Agreement to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award, effective September 25, 2024 through September 24, 2027, will support a research project titled "Ephemeral Sediment Transport Process Evaluation for Flood Risk Management". The project aims to contribute to national defense missions through...
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded a $375,000 Project Grant to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) program. The grant supports a 3-year research project focused on "PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR SHIP SCHEDULING" from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. As a leading STEM research university, NJIT will leverage its expertise in areas like computer science, data analytics, and operations...
This $450,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology to develop an electrified membrane system for recovering nitrogen from nitrate-contaminated water. Specifically, the grant funds an international collaboration between NJIT and Ben-Gurion University in Israel to employ electrochemical membrane filtration studies, computational chemistry, and numerical simulations. The goal is to explore a sustainable pathway for generating...