Mar 29, 2024 Award Announcement: CSUCI's Community-Based Microplastics Monitoring Project

March 29, 2024 - The Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) office is pleased to announce that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), via subaward from the San Francisco Estuary Partnership has awarded $236,908 to Professor Sean Anderson and Lecturer Timnit Kefela's project, "CSUCI's Community-Based Microplastics Monitoring Project."

This project deepens an existing partnership with community-based organizations as CSUCI works to better understand communities burdened with disproportionate exposure to potentially harmful microplastic pollutants. This Microplastics Monitoring Study partners with the community of East Palo Alto.

CSUCI will lead technical efforts to document efficacy of the soon to be constructed Palo Alto Horizontal Levee Pilot's ability to reduce microplastic pollution.

For more information contact Research and Sponsored Programs at [email protected].