Against the backdrop of a new federal undertaking to address PFAS pollution, a University of Rhode Island-based PFAS research-and-outreach program has been renewed by the government for another five years. The STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl Contaminants) program, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners. .
WHAT: University of Rhode Island and state officials will join researchers to announce an $8.1 million, 5-year grant renewal by the National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The funding supports a URI-based PFAS research and outreach program. Called the STEEP (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) Center, one of the longer running PFAS science efforts in the country, it studies pollution and examines potential research-based solutions alongside community partners. .
Asta Habtemichael, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, was recently chosen as one of 20 environmental scholars to receive a Switzer Environmental Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship, a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, recognizes promising environmental leaders and provides $17,000 to support their research. .