Water and sanitation Research Funding: NIH Grants

• 68NIH projects (fiscal year 2025)
• $38.3 millionawarded (fiscal year 2025)

Each number has its full source under its own list below.

1. 1Novel Role Of Urinary Urate In Renal Cystogenesis And Water RegulationMayo Clinic Jacksonville · fiscal year 2025$3 million
2. 2Solute And Water Transport In Renal EpitheliaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute · fiscal year 2025$2.7 million
3. 3Fy25 Facilities To G Construction Of Bmp Structures For Mde Storm-water ComplianceLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc. · fiscal year 2025$2.2 million
4. 4Decoding Exposure And Health Risks: Analyzing The Release Of Nano- And Micro-plastics From Plastic Food Containers Into Water And BeveragesUniversity Of Nebraska Lincoln · fiscal year 2025$1.5 million
5. 5Emerging Water Contaminants: Investigating And Mitigating Exposures And Health RisksYale University · fiscal year 2025$1.4 million
6. 6Quantitative Imaging Of Water Transport And Relaxation Processes In The Brain And In Other Soft TissuesEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development · fiscal year 2025$1.3 million
7. 7Phase Ii, Proof-of-concept Randomized Controlled Trial To Evaluate Dental Caries Preventive Effects Of Fluoridated Bottle WaterUniv Of North Carolina Chapel Hill · fiscal year 2025$1.2 million
8. 8Protective Film-forming Disinfectant Based On Chitosan/water/ethanol Tertiary SolutionsVrm Labs Inc · fiscal year 2025$1 million
9. 9Ozone Nanobubble Treatment Of Open Water Irrigation Sources For Improved Food Safety And Plant HealthEn Solucion, Inc. · fiscal year 2025$1 million
10. 10A Two-tier Effect-based Water Bioactivity Surveillance System.Attagene, Inc. · fiscal year 2025$999,999

Source: NIH RePORTER, NIH-funded projects and award amounts, fiscal year 2025. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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