UM environmental health science progam bound for rural schools

The University of Montana has received a $1.25 million federal grant for a program aimed at providing cutting-edge environmental health science education at elementary and high schools in rural western Montana.

The five-year Science Education Partnership Award was presented by the National Institutes of Health to increase public understanding of science and encourage student interest in research careers.

The grant went to UM’s Center for Environmental Health Sciences, which studies human disease and how environmental contaminates adversely affect people.

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