Dr. Guy Iverson’s project titled “Building Team Science to Support Sustainable Animal Agriculture in North Carolina” was selected this week for funding by the UNC System Inter-Institutional Planning Grant (IPG) Program. Dr. Iverson’s team, consisted of faculty from ECU and NC State University (NCSU), will be awarded a total grant funding of $55,812 to facilitate a pilot study and education and outreach efforts regarding sustainable animal agriculture. Dr. Iverson serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) on the project along with Dr. Stephen Moysey as Co-PI. The goals of the project are to: 1) initiate and grow an interdisciplinary team of UNC-system scientists and educators including ECU’s Dr. Guy Iverson (HEP), Dr. Stephen Moysey (Geological Sciences; Water Resources Center), Dr. Charles Humphrey (HEP), Dr. Sinan Sousan (Public Health & NC Agromedicine), Dr. Michael O’Driscoll (Coastal Studies; Water Resources Center), Dr. Ariane Peralta (Biology), Dr. Steven Wolf (Physics; STEM Collaborative for Research in Education), and Dr. Samantha Mosier (Political Sciences) and NCSU’s Dr. Christopher Osburn and Dr. Jay Levine; and 2) execute a pilot study that will quantify air and water quality benefits from alternative agricultural practices.

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