Grantee Research Project Results
Developing Competitive Environmental Research in Arkansas (Strategic Improvement Plan)
EPA Grant Number: R827685E01Title: Developing Competitive Environmental Research in Arkansas (Strategic Improvement Plan)
Investigators: Kennedy, Richard H.
Institution: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: August 1, 1999 through July 31, 2001
Project Amount: $500,000
RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
Objective:
The objective of this research project (Strategic Improvement Plan) was to promote the competitiveness of environmental scientific and engineering (S&E) research in Arkansas. To accomplish this objective, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Office was established to support and monitor the three Science and Engineering Environmental Research (SEER) projects that were funded as part of the Arkansas EPSCoR award (Improved Reproductive Risk Assessment by Elucidation of Comparative Metabolism, Principal Investigator [PI]—Jay Gandy; TCDD-Induced Insulin Resistance, PI—Philip A. Kern; and Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization in Metal Finishing, PI—Malay Mazumder), and to develop and implement a Web site that supports and promotes environmental S&E efforts in Arkansas. The office worked to ensure that state matching funds were acquired and distributed appropriately, and provided administrative support for budgetary issues, reports, and periodic review of SEER progress. In addition, the Program Director worked to identify additional sources of funding for environmental research. Progress of the SEER projects was monitored based on scientific presentations and publications, trainees involved, and applications submitted to federal agencies for continued support. With respect to the Web site, it was made available on the Arkansas Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) Home Page. It was originally designed to list investigators' research interests, research services available in the state, information about scientific meetings, opportunities for funding, and current findings of U.S. EPA-related projects in our state.
Supplemental Keywords:
South Central Region, Arkansas, AR, 2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, TCDD, TCDD-Induced Insulin Resistance, Arkansas Center for Environmental Studies, ACES, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, ASTA, dioxin toxicity, Agent Orange, Air Force Health Study., Sustainable Industry/Business, Health, Scientific Discipline, PHYSICAL ASPECTS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Geographic Area, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Health Risk Assessment, Physical Processes, pollution prevention, Risk Assessments, State, Environmental Chemistry, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Risk Assessment, insulin resistance, clean technology, human exposure, exposure, assessment technology, human reproductive health, Arkansas, comparative metabolism, reproductive risk management, cleaner production, human health risk, exposure assessment, metal plating industryProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.