EPA’s Office of Research and Development recently awarded $7.34 in nano-related EHS research grants to 21 recipients. The grants were awarded through EPA’s STAR (Science to Achieve Results) program for the following research projects:
- Arizona State University, Tempe — Wastewater treatment of nanoparticles;
- Arizona State University, Tempe — Bioaccumulation of manufactured nanomaterials in aquatic organisms;
- Battelle, Pacific Northwest — Interaction of inhaled nanoparticles;
- University of California, Santa Barbara — Cytotoxicity of nanoparticles;
- Carnegie Mellon University — Effect on bacteria of various iron nanocoatings;
- Colorado School of Mines — Possible risks of nanoscale metals to aquatic organisms;
- Columbia University — Life-cycle environmental profile of photovoltaic nanomaterials;
- University of Delaware — Subsurface environmental fate of engineered nanoscale materials;
- University of Georgia — Impact of nanoscale metals on "food web";
- University of Maine — Toxicity of semiconductor nanostructures;
- University of Michigan — Environmental movement, fate, and bioavailability of carbon nanotubes;
- University of Missouri — Potential environmental toxicity of carbon nanotubes on bottom-dwelling aquatic organisms;
- University of North Carolina — Toxicity of nanoscale metals on marine organisms;
- North Carolina State — Dermal absorption f engineered nanoscale materials;
- New York University — Possible biological effects of if aquatic waste streams;
- Oregon State — Cytotoxicity of engineered nanoscale materials;
- Oregon State — Rapid toxicology assessment of engineered nanoparticles;
- Purdue — Environmental transformation of nanoscale materials;
- University of Tennessee — Effects of fullerenes on aquatic systems;
- University of Utah — Potential cellular uptake of ingested nanoparticles and related health effects; and
- University of Wisconsin — Rainbow trout immune system response to engineered nanoscale materials.
