Myriad Gulf Coast Investigations Are in Need of a Coordinator
The National Science Foundation on Sept. 26-27 awarded 30 grants, totaling some $750,000, for studies related to Hurricane Katrinas devastation. The subjects run the gamut from decontamination of flood waters, to lessons for repairing catastrophic levee failures, to solid and hazardous waste containment.
The small grants for exploratory research related to Katrina were made from 130 formal proposals to NSFs directorate of engineering, says Richard Fragaszy, an NSF program manager. Additional awards will be made, starting this month, by the Directorate of Social, Behavorial and Economic Sciences.