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Grantee Research Project Results

Chemical Mechanisms to Address New Challenges in Air Quality Modeling

EPA awarded nine grants to develop chemical mechanisms for current air quality assessments and have the flexibility to generate updated mechanisms as understanding of atmospheric chemistry evolves and new concerns emerge.

Request for Applications closing date: June 24, 2019

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# Grant Number Abstract Principal Investigator Institution Grant Amount PROJECT PERIOD Project Start Date Project End Date Extended End Date State
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# Grant Number Abstract Principal Investigator Institution Grant Amount PROJECT PERIOD Project Start Date Project End Date Extended End Date State
1 R840005
Grant



Leveraging comprehensive organic oxidation experiments for the development of improved atmospheric chemical mechanisms Kroll, Jesse H.
Heald, Colette L.  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $799,667   August 01, 2020 -
May 10, 2025  
August 01, 2020   May 10, 2025     MA  
2 R840006
Grant



Development, validation and integration of a new model-ready parameterization of N2O5 heterogeneous chemistry. Bertram, Timothy
Holloway, Tracey  
University of Wisconsin - Madison $798,234   August 01, 2020 -
May 08, 2025  
August 01, 2020   May 08, 2025     WI  
3 R840007
Grant



Scalable chemical mechanisms of emerging sources for community air quality predictions Barsanti, Kelley
Carter, William
Emmons, Louisa
Orlando, John  
University of California - Riverside, National Center for Atmospheric Research $784,743   August 01, 2020 -
July 31, 2023
(Extended to July 31, 2025)  
August 01, 2020   July 31, 2023  
July 31, 2025  
CA  
4 R840008
Grant



Developing mechanisms for secondary organic aerosol from oxygenated volatile organic compounds in biomass burning and volatile chemical product emissions Jathar, Shantanu
Pierce, Jeffrey  
Colorado State University $400,000   August 01, 2020 -
April 24, 2025  
August 01, 2020   April 24, 2025     CO  
5 R840010
Grant



Evaluating chemical mechanisms with recent field data to account for the contributions of volatile chemical product emissions to urban ozone pollution Bates, Kelvin
Stockwell, Chelsea
Coggon, Matthew
Gkatzelis, Georgios
Li, Meng
McDonald, Brian
Schwantes, Rebecca  
University of Colorado at Boulder, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories $396,135   August 01, 2020 -
July 31, 2023
(Extended to April 30, 2024)  
August 01, 2020   July 31, 2023  
April 30, 2024  
CO  
6 R840011
Grant



A diagnostic package to facilitate and enhance chemical mechanism implementations within regional and global atmospheric chemistry models Nicely, Julie M
Follette-Cook, Melanie
Ivatt, Peter
Keller, Christoph
Tong, Daniel  
University of Maryland - College Park, Morgan State University, Universities Space Research Association $796,885   August 01, 2020 -
May 09, 2025  
August 01, 2020   May 09, 2025     MD  
7 R840012
Grant



Machine-learned atmospheric chemical mechanisms Tessum, Christopher
Riemer, Nicole  
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $399,469   August 01, 2020 -
July 31, 2023
(Extended to July 31, 2024)  
August 01, 2020   July 31, 2023  
July 31, 2024  
IL  
8 R840013
Grant



Automated model reduction for atmospheric chemical mechanisms McNeill, V. Faye
Fiore, Arlene M
Henze, Daven
Westervelt, Daniel  
Columbia University in the City of New York $799,699   August 01, 2020 -
July 31, 2023
(Extended to July 31, 2025)  
August 01, 2020   July 31, 2023  
July 31, 2025  
NY  
9 R840014
Grant



Improving chemical mechanisms for regional/global models in support of US air quality management: application to the GEOS-Chem model Jacob, Daniel J.   Harvard University $785,010   August 01, 2020 -
July 31, 2023
(Extended to July 31, 2024)  
August 01, 2020   July 31, 2023  
July 31, 2024  
MA  


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