Research Grants and Projects

2022 A Community Resilience Earth System Science Learning Ecosystem (CRESSLE). National Science Foundation. Total Award: $2,396,628. Funding Period: 2022-2027. PI: Jay L. Banner; Co-PIs: Ramírez-Andreotta MD, Tianna Bruno, Angela D Smith.

2022 Rethinking the Aftermath of Fires: The Release of Metals and Associated Risks in Vulnerable Communities. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – Innovation Venture Investment (iVIP) Project. Total Award: $72,975, portion of total funding to R-A = 100%. Funding Period: 2022 -2024. PI: Ramirez-Andreotta MD.

For details, please visit: https://ramirez-andreotta.arizona.edu/projects/rethinking-fire-floods-a…

2022 Wildfires and Flash Floods: Using Exposure Science to Identify Rural Arizona Mining Communities at Risk from the Release and Remobilization of Contaminants. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Time-Sensitive Research Grant (R21). Total Award: $250,000; portion of total funding to R-A = 88%; Funding Period: 2022-2024. PI: Ramírez-Andreotta MD.

For details, please visit: https://ramirez-andreotta.arizona.edu/projects/rethinking-fire-floods-a…

2022 Building a culture of health in the green: Participatory learning and action to address air and soil quality in rural underserved communities. National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Total Award: $1,300,911; portion of total funding to R-A = 90%; Funding Period: 2022-2027. PI: Ramírez-Andreotta MD.

For details, please visit: https://nihsepa.org/project/building-a-culture-of-health-in-the-green-p…

2022 Assessing Barriers to Testing Children for Lead. Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) and American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange Program (Memorandum of Understanding).

For details, please visit:  https://thrivingearthexchange.org/project/cleveland-clash-oh/ 

2021 Visualizing Environmental Regulations and State Permitting Processes to Increase Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making. Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund - Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining. Total Award: $26,000, portion of total funding to R-A = 100%. Funding Period: 2021 -2022. PI: Ramirez-Andreotta MD.

2021 Foliar Dust Analysis. Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund - Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining. Total Award: $22,000, portion of total funding to R-A = 50%. Funding Period: 2021-2022. PI: Ramirez-Andreotta MD; Co-I: Sorooshian A.

2021 Prevalence of H. pylori, Arsenic and Associated Health Outcomes in the Arizona-Mexico Border. Hispanic Serving Institution Faculty Seed Grant Program. Total Award: $25,000, portion of total funding to R-A = 50%. Funding Period: 2021. PI: Kilungo A; Co-PI: Ramirez-Andreotta MD.

2020 Our Soil/Nuestros Suelos: Improving Methods of Participatory Soil Science through Interdisciplinary and International Collaboration. National Science Foundation. Total Award: $507,284, portion of total funding to R-A = 12%; Funding Period: 2020-2021. PI: Kinchy A; Co-Is: Ureta S, High K, Ramírez-Andreotta MD.

For details, please visit:  https://oursoil.wp.rpi.edu/

2020 Exposures, Health Impacts, and Risk for Mine Waste Contamination. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Total Award: $15,719,329, portion of total funding to R-A = 8.33%; Funding Period: 2020-2025. Administrative PI: Maier, RM; Research Translation Core PI: Ramírez-Andreotta MD.

2019 Research to Data Science Action: Integrating and Visualizing Environmental Health Vulnerabilities and Resiliencies to Combat Health Disparities SRP Supplement - Internal Case Study. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Total Award: $119,054; portion of total funding to R-A = 100%. Funding Period: 2019 – 2022. Administrative PI: Maier, RM; Research PI: Ramírez-Andreotta MD.

For details, please visit: https://ramirez-andreotta.arizona.edu/projects/health-opportunity-welln…

2018 LSAMP BD: The University of Arizona, Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities. National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development - Alliances-Minority Participation. Total Award: $1,075,000, portion of total funding to R-A = 5%; Funding Period: 2018 – 2020. PI: Field JA; Co-PIs: Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Flessa K, Corral E, Chief K.

2017 Democratizing Science: Developing Tools to Effectively Evaluate Co-Created Citizen Science Efforts. Device for Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Environments Interactions Laboratory for Excellence, French National Center for Scientific Research. Total Award: $10,790, portion of total funding to R-A = 100%; Funding Period: 2017-2018. PI: Ramírez-Andreotta MD.

Visit Gardenroots website: https://gardenroots.arizona.edu/

2016 Advancing Informal STEM Literacy& Learning: A Co-Created Citizen Science Rainwater Harvesting in Underserved Communities, National Science Foundation, Division of Research and Learning, Advancing Informal STEM Learning program. Total Award: $2,260,186; Funding Period:2016-2021(PI: Ramirez- Andreotta MD; Co-Is: Kilungo A, McLain J, Abrell J, Root, R).
Visit Project Harvest website: https://projectharvest.arizona.edu/

Project website: https://projectharvest.arizona.edu/

2016 Contaminant Drift and Organic Farms in Southern Arizona. Toxics Release Inventory University Challenge, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Memorandum of Understanding, Period: 2016-2017

2016 Tintown Drainage Study, City of Bisbee. Total Award: $2,500; Funding Period: 2016-2017.

2016 Investigation of Urban Agriculture Applications for City of Tucson Landfills. Office of Environmental Services, City of Tucson. Total Award: $37,382; Funding Period: 2016-2017 (PIs: Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Brusseau ML).

2016 Democratizing Science: Developing Tools to Effectively Evaluate Co-Created Citizen Science Efforts in Rural Mining Towns. Device for Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Environments Interactions Laboratory for Excellence, French National Center for Scientific Research. Total Award: $7,851; Funding Period: 2016-2017.

Visit Gardenroots website: https://gardenroots.arizona.edu/

2016 Hazardous Waste Risk and Remediation in the Southwest, Research Translation Core. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Total Amount: $90,000; Funding Period: 2016 -2018 (PI: Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Co-PIs: Brusseau ML, Artiola JF, Maier RM; P42ES04940 PI: Maier, RM).  
Visit program website: https://superfund.arizona.edu/

2016 Risk Communication and Environmental Toxicology. Arizona Department of Health Services, Total Award: $25,342; FundingPeriod:2016-2017.

2015 Citizen Science in 2016: A Stakeholder Analysis. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Total Award: $7,000; Funding Period: 2016 (US Lead, sole invited solicitation, along with Göbel C- Europe, Martin V-Australia.
To view publication, visit: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/stakeholder_analysis_0…

2015 Facilitating Community Action to Address Climate Change and Build Resiliency in Southern Metropolitan Tucson. Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, Total Amount: $25,000; FundingPeriod:2016 (PIs: Wolf AM ,Ramirez-Andreotta MD, BettertonE).

2015 Building a Culture of Health in the Green: Gardens as Hubs for Community Engaged Research and Environmental Health Literacy. University of Arizona TRIF Water, Energy, and Environmental Solutions Program through the Center for Environmentally Sustainable MiningTotal Award: $10,000; Funding Period: 2016-2017.
Visit Gardenroots website: https://gardenroots.arizona.edu/

2014 Social Science Environmental Health Interdisciplinary Collaborations. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Conference Grant; Total Award: $20,000; FundingPeriod:2015(PIs: Brown P, Brody J; Co-Is: Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Wylie S.).

2014 Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats Center Community Engagement Core. Total Award: $13.5M; Funding Period: 2014. (PI: Phil Brown; Co-I: Ramirez-Andreotta MD; P42 ES04940 PI: Alshawabkeh, A).

2013 Grassroots-Mapping and Gardenroots – Hands On, Emerging Methods for Civic Science. College of Social Sciences & Humanities Research/Development, Northeastern University Total Award: $5,000; Funding Period: 2013-2014 (PI: Ramirez-Andreotta MD; Co-PIs: Wylie S, Brown P).

2010 Neighborhood Gardens and Green House Study to Determine Metal Uptake in Vegetables Grown Near Iron King Mine Tailings. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Total Award: $15,000; Funding Period: 2010-2012.