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UNM Metal Exposure Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program

Award Number: P42ES025589
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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OVERALL – SUMMARY The UNM Metal Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) and Training Center will focus on risk reduction for Native Americans exposed to hazardous metals mixtures from abandoned uranium mine waste. This will be the ONLY SRP Center focused on risks to Native American communities. Specifically, UNM METALS will focus on site-specific physical/mineralogic/biogeochemical properties of the waste that alter immune function and DNA repair in tribal populations. The biomedical research proposed in UNM METALS focuses on major uncertainties in these exposure:outcome relationships, while environmental projects complement this research by exploiting characteristics that impact mobility and toxicity to develop and test novel cost-effective metals immobilization and removal strategies to reduce risks in ways compatible with tribal culture, and design risk avoidance/warning systems. Recognizing that complete remediation of these sites under CERCLA remains decades away, METALS will use multi-directional community engagement and research translation cores to develop and implement trans-generational approaches to risk communication and risk avoidance that integrate indigenous learning models (e.g. tribal ecological knowledge) and Western science. The METALS Center will integrate training of junior faculty and graduate students with multi-directional training of community members and research staff so that local knowledge of mining impacts and health problems inform air and water monitoring needs to support the environmental and biomedical research projects and build a foundation of transdisciplinary, partnered research for the next generation. METALS will utilize committed pilot funding from the UNM Cancer Center, the HSC Research Office, and our Environmental Health Signature Program to build transdisicplinary partnerships that expand our team to respond to additional health outcomes of community concern. The Center will expand ongoing, developed partnerships with three Native American communities living in close proximity to unique waste sites. The first is Laguna Pueblo living with the abandoned > 8000 acre openpit Jackpile Mine listed on the Superfund National Priorities List, and two Navajo communities living in proximity to two separate sites being addressed through CERCLA assessment as part of the USEPA Congressionally mandated Five-Year Plan to Address Uranium Contamination on the Navajo Nation: Red Water Pond Road adjacent to the North East Church Rock Mine; and Tachee-Blue Gap community living next to the Claim 28 waste site. In summary, we will work closely with communities, tribal and federal agencies to develop informed Superfund prioritization based on site-specific factors identified through our research, and develop solutions that build on site properties to immobilize and remove metals, reduce risk in ways that are holistic, predictable and sustainable, and test biological interventions to reduce toxicity.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,930,318 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	005	7	9/29/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	004	7	7/18/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,930,318
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	6	12/12/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	002	6	3/13/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$292,238
2023	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	001	5	3/13/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$282,577
2023	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	003	5	3/13/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$9,661
														Subtotal = $1,930,318

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,839,044 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	002	6	9/20/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,839,044
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	001	5	9/19/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	5	9/19/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,839,044

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,512,535 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	002	5	8/31/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	001	5	7/22/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$50,000
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	5	3/24/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,462,535
														Subtotal = $1,512,535

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $1,271,267 )
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	4	4/6/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,271,267
														Subtotal = $1,271,267

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $1,858,885 )
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	003	3	9/13/2019	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$568,136
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	002	3	5/21/2019	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$10,536
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	001	3	3/29/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,280,213
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	004	3	9/19/2019	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2019	2018	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	2	12/7/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,858,885

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $1,287,660 )
2018	2018	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	2	3/27/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,287,660
														Subtotal = $1,287,660

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $1,297,378 )
2017	2017	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	2500 MARBLE DR NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	NIEHS Superfund Hazardous Substances_Basic Research and Education	000	1	8/14/2017	NEW	$1,297,378
														Subtotal = $1,297,378

Grand Total All Awards = $10,997,087

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UNM Metal Exposure Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program

Award Number: P42ES025589

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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