Open AccessU.S. oceans and human health centers funded
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo180003
Subject(s) - human services , political science , human health , bridge (graph theory) , library science , foundation (evidence) , public administration , environmental health , medicine , computer science , law
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have designated for start‐up four non‐federal Centers for Oceans and Human Health, which they plan to fund at a total of $5 million annually for 5 years, the agencies announced on 22 April. Don Rice, director of the chemical oceanography program at NSR said the centers will link up experts in oceanographic and biomedical sciences. The centers will help to bridge “a decades‐long artificial disciplinary division that exists in the scientific research community [and which] is reflected in the federal funding community,” he said. Rice added that from the pool of grant applications, the agencies selected those that offered the biggest advances in science that would most quickly benefit human health.