Indoor Environment
Very little is known about the composition and function of the environment in which people spend most of their lives: the indoor environment. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is helping to build an understanding of the indoor environment at the microbial level.
Foundation grants in this program focus on three areas:
- basic research on microbial populations found in indoor environments;
- the development of tools and methods for collecting, sorting and identifying microbial populations; and
- practical applications of microbial research to specialized indoor environments, such as hospitals or health care facilities.
Program Director:
Dr. Paula Olsiewski Bio