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U.W. Awarded $8.2 Million for Air Pollution Research

Release Date: 6/16/1999
Contact Information: Peter Preuss and Jane Koenig
preuss.peter@epamail.epa.gov
(202) 564-6825 and (206) 543-2026

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     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
     
   
The University of Washington has been awarded an $8.2 million grant from the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research that will address scientific questions

related to health effects from exposure to airborne particulate matter.

The U.W will receive the funds over a five-year period, as will four other universities: the New York University School of Medicine ($8 million),  University of Rochester ($8.3 million), University of California at Los Angeles ($8.7 million) and Harvard University's School of Public Health ($7.4 million).

The grants were made after a competitive award process.  EPA issued a request for applications encouraging the proposals to include a multi-disciplinary approach and to take advantage of both existing air quality databases and major new databases as they become available in carrying out the proposed research.
 
The five awards were selected from 22 applicants after a merit review by a  panel of external scientific experts.  These centers will advance the understanding of health effects from particulate matter, how they occur, and improve understanding of populations who are susceptible to health effects from exposure.