84094501
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Description: The goal of this project is to understand how and to what degree contamination of farmland by PFAS can bioaccumulate in native plants and animals of cultural significance to tribal communities in Maine.
Activities: This project will (1) quantify PFAS uptake into soil and crops from contaminated irrigation water, chemicals and environmental conditions, (2) develop on-farm tools to identify unexpected PFAS sources, (3) determine how PFAS can spread to culturally important plants to tribal communities, (4) quantify PFAS bioaccumulation in animals and insects in food webs.
Subrecipient: Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District (CASWCD)/University of Maine ($207,196) will provide equipment, supplies, and labor for cultivation of crops, irrigation, and sample collection on-site at the farm location in Aroostook County, Maine.
CASWCD will also perform outreach efforts to growers in Aroostook County as well as provide chemicals and plant cultivars for testing.
Connecticut Agriculture Experimental Station (CAES) ($239,953) will provide guidance on field trial design and sampling and process field samples to perform LC-MS/MS analysis for PFAS compounds.
Mi'kmaq Environmental Laboratory ($180,000) will provide guidance on trial design and support for field sample collection for foraging crops and animal tissue samples.
They will also lead outreach efforts to Mi'kmaq and other tribal nations in Maine affected by PFAS contamination.
Outcomes: The outcomes of this project include annual and final reports, peer-reviewed publications, as well as protocols and cultivars for growers to reduce PFAS bioaccumulation in crops, technologies for on-farm, direct detection of PFAS during the growing season, and an understanding of how tribal and rural communities are exposed to PFAS contamination through its bioaccumulation in animals, insects, and native plants of cultural significance.
Intended beneficiaries include the Mi'kmaq Nation in Aroostook County, Maine and other Indigenous communities in the U.S., state, local and tribal resource managers, and local communities affected by PFAS-contaminated agricultural products.
Activities: This project will (1) quantify PFAS uptake into soil and crops from contaminated irrigation water, chemicals and environmental conditions, (2) develop on-farm tools to identify unexpected PFAS sources, (3) determine how PFAS can spread to culturally important plants to tribal communities, (4) quantify PFAS bioaccumulation in animals and insects in food webs.
Subrecipient: Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District (CASWCD)/University of Maine ($207,196) will provide equipment, supplies, and labor for cultivation of crops, irrigation, and sample collection on-site at the farm location in Aroostook County, Maine.
CASWCD will also perform outreach efforts to growers in Aroostook County as well as provide chemicals and plant cultivars for testing.
Connecticut Agriculture Experimental Station (CAES) ($239,953) will provide guidance on field trial design and sampling and process field samples to perform LC-MS/MS analysis for PFAS compounds.
Mi'kmaq Environmental Laboratory ($180,000) will provide guidance on trial design and support for field sample collection for foraging crops and animal tissue samples.
They will also lead outreach efforts to Mi'kmaq and other tribal nations in Maine affected by PFAS contamination.
Outcomes: The outcomes of this project include annual and final reports, peer-reviewed publications, as well as protocols and cultivars for growers to reduce PFAS bioaccumulation in crops, technologies for on-farm, direct detection of PFAS during the growing season, and an understanding of how tribal and rural communities are exposed to PFAS contamination through its bioaccumulation in animals, insects, and native plants of cultural significance.
Intended beneficiaries include the Mi'kmaq Nation in Aroostook County, Maine and other Indigenous communities in the U.S., state, local and tribal resource managers, and local communities affected by PFAS-contaminated agricultural products.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Aroostook,
Maine
United States
Geographic Scope
County-Wide
Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia was awarded
Project Grant 84094501
worth $1,599,999
from the EPA Office of Research and Development in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Maine United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years and
was awarded through assistance program 66.509 Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity RESEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING PFAS UPTAKE AND BIOACCUMULATION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURAL, RURAL, AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/26/24
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
8/31/28
End Date
Funding Split
$1.6M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$1.6M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 84094501
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
84094501
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
68HF00 OFC GRANTS & DEBARMENT(OGD) (GRANT)
Funding Office
68N000 OFC RESEARCH DEV (ORD) (FUNDING)
Awardee UEI
JJG6HU8PA4S5
Awardee CAGE
9B982
Performance District
ME-02
Senators
Susan Collins
Angus King
Angus King
Modified: 8/26/24