Current Central Asia Grants – 1/2024
Distribution and partitioning of mercury in the environment impacted by former chlor-alakali plant activity: implications for remediation strategy. B. Uralbekov (lead), B. Satybaldiev, D. Snow and Matej Balaz, Kazakh Ministry of Higher Education and Science, $145,350, (UNL subaward $23,100 from Al Farabi Kazakh National University). 07/01/2022-12/31/2024.
Identification and treatment of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) in effluents of urban wastewater facilities in Kazakhstan M. Kalmakhanova, H. Gomes, A. Malakar and D. Snow. Kazakh Ministry of Higher Education and Science, $145,400 (UNL subaward $18,100 from M.Kh. Dulaty University). 06/01/2022 - 04/30/2025.
Improved photocatalytic air treatment for removal of volatile organic compounds. B. Uralbekov (Lead), B. Satybaldiyev, and D. Snow, Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science, $25,590, Period 01/01/2021-12/31/2023
Legacy and modern pesticides in Syr Darya, Kazakhstan: sources, transport and risk assessment. B. Satybaldiyev, B. Uralbekov and D. Snow, Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science, ($30,116 subcontract from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University), $145,450, 01/01/2021-12/31/2023.
Remediation of mercury species Pavlodar chlor-alkali plant. D. Snow, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, $4,500. Submitted on 07/29/2023, Period: 08/01/2023 - 11/25/2023.
Water Quality and Analytical Chemistry in South Kazakhstan Seminar, D. Snow, $4,057. M.KH. Dulati Taraz Regional University, Submitted on 08/18/2023, Project period 10/01/2023 - 12/31/2023.
Previous Grants
Science with a Purpose: Improving Environmental Science in Kazakhstani Universities. D. Snow (lead), M. Kalmakhanova, A. Malakar, B. Massalimova, J. Sagin, Y. Nikitin, A. Sviderskiy, M. Balez, B Uralbekov, and B. Satybaldiev. American Councils for International Education/US Mission to Kazakhstan. $35,799. Project Period 12/1/2021-09/30/2022.
Meeting UN SDGs water sustainability and climate action through efficient irrigation system use. K. Bruns(lead), D. Rudnick, and D. Snow. $24,000. Amer Councils for Intl Educ UniCEN program. 01/01/2022-09/30/2022.
Advancing Institutional Capacity for Sustainable Groundwater in with Central Asia with Emphasis on Karakalpakstan, a former Aral Sea Region in Uzbekistan. D. Snow (lead), S. Bartelt-Hunt, E. Haacker, C. Neale, S. Koibakov,. Y. Rakhmova, Takhirjon Sultanov, I. Turdimambetov, J. Sagin and V. Zlotnik. American Councils for International Education UniCEN $22,430. 01/01/2020 - 06/30/2021.
Technical Workshop Water Resource Management and Measurement Kazakhstan, C. Neale (Lead) and D. Snow. Central Asia Regional Economic Coop, $14,301. 03/01/2020 - 05/31/2020.
Building Environmental and Economic Resilience in the Syr Darya Basin in Kazakhstan. $20,000 D. Snow (lead) and S. Bartelt-Hunt. NU-Wide Central Asia/South Asia Research Initiative. 03/1/2019-12/31/2021.
Emerging Contaminants in Syr Darya Region, B. Uralbekov (lead), D. Snow and S. Bartelt-Hunt. Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science $145,614 (UNL subaward award =$31,035) 07/01/2015- 12/31/2019.
US-Kazakhstan workshop and pilot study- Pesticide occurrence and ecological effects in the Syr Darya River Basin. D. Snow (lead), S. Bartelt-Hunt, A. Kolok and M. Jefferies. National Science Foundation Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC) Program $49,751. Award #1427834. 8/1/2014-10/30/2016.