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Halmos Researcher awarded part of $50 million Project to Study Effects on Oil in Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) awarded their final two-year grants to support researcher of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. One of the individual awardees is Halmos research scientist and alumna D. Abigail Renegar, Ph.D. Her research project, “Coral-Tox: A Species-Sensitivity Assessment of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Toxicity to Scleractinian Corals” was part of the $50 million awarded to 31 groups and individuals.
The selected proposals underwent a competitive peer review process similar to that used by the U.S. National Science Foundation. GoMRI is a 10-year independent research program established to study the effect, and the potential associated impact, of hydrocarbon releases on the environment and public health, as well as to develop improved spill mitigation, oil detection, characterization, and remediation technologies. An independent and academic 20-member Research Board makes the funding and research direction decisions to ensure the intellectual quality, effectiveness and academic independence of the GoMRI research. All research data, findings and publications will be made publicly available. The program was established through a $500 million financial commitment from BP.
For more information, visit http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/.