Superfund Research Program
Currently Funded Individual Research Grants (R01) Programs
SRP Funds Individual Research Grants (R01) under two funding opportunities:
RFA-ES-20-004: Optimizing Natural Systems for Remediation: Utilizing Innovative Materials Science Approaches to Enhance Bioremediation (R01)
To learn more about these research projects, see this SRP fact sheet and news story.
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Florida State University
Enhancing Bioremediation of Groundwater Co-contaminated by Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane Using Novel Macrocyclic Materials
Grant Number: R01ES032692
Project Leaders: Youneng Tang, Yuexiao Shen (Texas Tech University)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Oregon State University
Development of Passive and Sustainable Cometabolic Systems to Treat Complex Contaminant Mixtures by Encapsulating Microbial Cultures and Slow Release Substrates in Hydrogels
Grant Number: R01ES032707
Project Leaders: Lewis Semprini, Michael R. Hyman (North Carolina State University), Willie Ernest Rochefort
Funding Period: 2020-2025
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Princeton University
Enhancing transport and delivery of ferrihydrite nanoparticles via polymer encapsulation in PFAS-contaminated sediments to simulate PFAS defluorination by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6
Grant Number: R01ES032694
Project Leaders: Peter Jaffe, Bruce E. Koel
Funding Period: 2021-2023
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SUNY at Buffalo
Model-aided Design and Integration of Functionalized Hybrid Nanomaterials for Enhanced Bioremediation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
Grant Number: R01ES032717
Project Leaders: Diana S. Aga, Ian Bradley, Nirupam Aich (University of Nebraska), Carla A. Ng (University of Pittsburgh)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Efficient Bioremediation of Environmentally Persistent Contaminants with Nanomaterial-Fungus Framework (NFF)
Grant Number: R01ES032708
Project Leaders: Susie Dai (University of Missouri), Joshua S. Yuan (Texas A&M University), Gregory V. Lowry (Carnegie Mellon University)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of California-Riverside
Synergistic Material-Microbe Interface towards Faster, Deeper, and Air-tolerant Reductive Dehalogenation
Grant Number: R01ES032668
Project Leaders: Yujie Men, Chong Liu (University of California-Los Angeles)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of Iowa
Elucidating mechanisms for enhanced anaerobic bioremediation in the presence of carbonaceous materials using an integrated material science and molecular microbial ecology approach
Grant Number: R01ES032671
Project Leader: Timothy E. Mattes
Funding Period: 2021-2026
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University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Leveraging the Chemo-Physical Interaction of Halorespiring Bacteria with Solid Surfaces to Enhance Halogenated Organic Compounds Bioremediation
Grant Number: R01ES032719
Project Leaders: Upal Ghosh, Kevin R. Sowers, Amar Wadhawan (ARCADIS)
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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University of Massachusetts
A Novel Strategy for Arsenic Phytoremediation
Grant Number: R01ES032686
Project Leaders: Om Parkash Dhankher, Venkataraman Dhandapani, Jason C. White (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station), Baoshan Xing
Funding Period: 2021-2025
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Yale University
Understanding and Enhancing PFAS Phytoremediation Mechanisms Using Novel Nanomaterials
Grant Number: R01ES032712
Project Leaders: Vasilis Vasiliou, Christy Haynes (University of Minnesota), Jason White (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station)
Funding Period: 2021-2026
RFA-ES-21-007: Virtual Consortium for Translational/Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (ViCTER) (R01)
To learn more about ViCTER projects, please see the Program Description on the NIEHS website.
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University of Pittsburgh
Metal mixture effects on mitochondrial dysfunction in kidney development and maturation: Towards a whole mixture risk assessment
Grant Number: R01ES033466
Project Leader: Alison P. Sanders
Funding Period: 2023-2026