Empowering Communities to Explore, Map, and Improve Air Quality
Working with communities to elevate and address their air quality needs with next generation technology.
AQEarth is a project that aims to work collaboratively with communities to help meet the air monitoring needs of five very different locations.
The project offers local air monitoring (mobile and fixed site equipment) with a range of supporting services including educational and public outreach efforts for a year.
The AQEarth team works closely with local leadership (regional government, community groups, universities) to:
Design a study
Identify sites and local partners
Deploy equipment and provide training
Provide outreach and education support
Create a sustainable monitoring system
The ultimate goal of the AQEarth grant is to develop instrumentation and services that meet the air monitoring needs of participating communities.
The Funders
AQEarth is funded by a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
The purpose of this grant program is to help small businesses figure out the needs of communities and develop products and services that meet them.
To learn more about this program check out the NIEHS’s website.