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New funding 2003 |
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During fall 2003
a
total of 8,1 MSEK was allocated to new projects from SNAP, for the
period
2004-2005. The last
day to apply for funding was October 15, 2003. There were altogether 24
project applications with a total budget of about 38 MSEK. The applications
were assessed both according to their scientific quality and their relevance in
relation to the scope of the whole program. The new projects are expected
to provide new important knowledge which can form the basis for
quantitative risk assessment of health effects from air pollution, within
the program period (i.e. until 2006). The Research Council at the Swedish
EPA decided at their meeting on December 8, 2003, in accordance with the
proposal from the SNAP Steering group to grant the following projects
funding:
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175 Johansson
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Exposure – comparison
between measurements and calculations based on dispersion modelling
(EXPOSE). |
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180
Bellander |
ALVA - Air Pollution and
Life Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmia. |
| 182 Alfredsson |
FALKONAIR – a register
based case-control study of long-term exposure to air pollution and
myocardial infarct. |
| 188 Svartengren |
Lung permeability,
deposition and distribution of 30 nm combustion particles in healthy
and asthmatic subjects. |
| 194 Forsberg |
Air pollution exposure and
asthma in a large European cohort study. |
| 199 Möller |
Inflammatory and genotoxic
potency in human airway cells of urban particles - a relative risk
comparison. |
| 202 Swietlicki |
Health effects induced by
exposure to wood smoke and particle deposition in the human
respiratory system. |
| 204 Jakobsson |
Exposure and Health
effects due to environmental air pollution - a case study in Scania,
Southern Sweden. |
| 215 Sandström |
Cardiovascular and
respiratory responses after experimental exposure to oxidative and
matter air pollution. |
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Short
description of the funding process
Below is a
more detailed description of how the selection of the new projects was
made.
First, an international review group
of scientists assessd the scientific quality of the applications, in
the categories: 1) Very good scientific quality; 2) Good scientific
quality; 3) Unsatisfactory scientific quality. Then, the SNAP steering
group judged the relevance of the applications according to the
program aims and general structure. Also the requirements and expectations
of the SEPA and other stakeholders regarding the usefulness for risk
assessment and follow-up of the environmental objectives was taken
into account when judging the relevance of each project application. Since
SNAP will be ended by spring 2006, the assessment of relevance also
covered an evaluation of the possibilities that the projects will be
integrated in the program and the working groups, and provide useful
knowledge before the program ends. The criteria for the assessment of
relevance was further explained on the SEPA
homepage.
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