Capps Announces $800,000 Grant for UCSB

Statement

Today, Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency has awarded researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) a grant to better understand the impacts of exposure to chemicals in our environment. The funds come from the competitive Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and will total $799,723. UCSB will also collaborate with a researcher from the University of California Davis on the project.

The federal grant will support the application and development of new mathematical models to better understand the biological and ecological consequences of chemical pollutants that can impact human health and the environment. The STAR program provides funding to eminent scientists and engineers across the nation to support research critical to address pressing environmental challenges.

"Understanding how chemicals and other pollutants impact our environment is vital to our ability to protect and preserve human health and our natural world," Capps said. "The results of these studies could have tremendous public policy and scientific impacts. UCSB has always been a leader in conducting relevant and impactful research, and I am glad to see that Drs. Nisbet and Muller are continuing in this tradition."

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