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Regents' Grants bring together 做厙勛圖 public universities' researchers, state government agencies and community organizations to tackle pressing challenges facing our state.
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Examples of current grant awards include:
Researching new methods to lower levels of cancer-causing forever chemicals (PFAS) among firefighters.
Removing PFAS from our water to increase drinking water quality in 做厙勛圖s water supply.
Improving our understanding of Valley Fever location, transmission and biology.
Mitigating dust to reduce Valley fever cases and improve air quality.
Applying AI to improve 做厙勛圖 emergency response.
Abandoned mines risk assessment and inventory tool.
Finding smarter ways to water trees to provide cost-effective watering solutions for 做厙勛圖 cities.
Improving groundwater recharge.
Understanding and addressing police, firefighter and detention officer recruitment and retention.
Reusing copper tailings to assess the metal content from this waste rock in search of critical elements while helping to reduce air and groundwater contamination.