Funding:

Current or pending:

National Science Foundation (NSF) – Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

Program ($656,499, 2006-2008), K. Yeager, L. Guo, A. Shiller, V. Asper and S.

Lohrenz: Acquisition of an Aquatic Particle Characterization Facility (in review)

National Science Foundation (NSF) – Carbon and Water Program ($1,510,773,

2006-2010), A. Shiller, C. Brunner, L. Guo, S. Lohrenz, K. Yeager, R. Faas, M.Y.

Sun and W.J. Cai, Collaborative research: Impacts of marshland erosion/retreat on

organic carbon cycling in Louisiana/Mississippi Gulf Coast systems (in review)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) and USGS ($1,250,000) (2006-2008), A. Shiller, C.

Brunner, K. Yeager, D. Roman and P. Santschi:USM-DMS Partnership with

Interagency Response to Hurricane Katrina Environmental Impact Assessment (in

review)

Texas Sea Grant Program ($250,505) (2006-2008), P. Santschi, K. Yeager and R.

Brinkmeyer: Factors regulating microbial degradation of dioxins and dioxin-like

compounds in estuarine sediments: the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay,

Texas

Texas General Land Office (TGLO), Coastal Management Program (NOAA)

($49,999) (2006-2007), K. Yeager, P. Santschi and R. Brinkmeyer: Stage I: A

preliminary evaluation of the impacts of dredging activities on the fate of dioxin in

the Houston Ship Channel

Texas General Land Office (TGLO), Coastal Management Program (NOAA)

($49,901) (2005-2006), K. Yeager and P. Santschi: Quantification of sediment

sources of the Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary System

National Science Foundation (NSF) ($20,388) (2005), P. Santschi and K. Yeager:

Acquisition of Additional Radio-Analytical Capabilities, Texas A&M University at

Galveston’s Laboratory for Oceanographic and Environmental Research and Coastal

Zone Laboratory

Texas A&M University, Faculty Mini-Grant Program ($4,761) (2005), P. Santschi, K.

Yeager and C. Hung: Standards for new techniques and instrumentation and

laboratory infrastructure

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), TMDL Program, ($125,000)

(2004-2005), K. Yeager and P. Santschi: Addressing the legacy question for

dioxins in the Houston Ship Channel and upper Galveston Bay, Texas

Anchor Environmental, L.L.C. (EPA) – ($50,500) (2004-2005), P. Santschi and K.

Yeager: Radiochemical sample analysis for the Portland Harbor superfund site

round 2

Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) ($37,279) (2003-2004), K. Yeager and

P. Santschi: Quantifying terrestrial vs. marine sources of sediment to a managed

fluvial, deltaic and estuarine system: Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary, Texas