Projects
Grant Number: 20231328  
to support the study of salt in catch basins and to design simple and inexpensive modifications that will allow salt to be flushed out while leaving sediments and their toxic burdens behind where they can be removed by routine maintenance.   
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit 
gabouryb@gmail.com 
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20221221  
to support the study of salt levels in the Quinnipiac River and typical source waters to advance understanding of this emerging pollution threat.   
 
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $20,000 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit  
gabouryb@gmail.com 
www.your.yale.edu/research-support/office-sponsored-projects
Grant Number: 20221218  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven Harbor and Quinnipiac River, highlighting the waterfront's importance to the community.
 
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $20,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
www.canaldock.org
Grant Number: 20211517  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven Harbor and Quinnipiac River, highlighting the waterfront's importance to the community. 
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $13,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20211290  
to support the study of microplastics and macroplastics in the Quinnipiac River and its source waters. 
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $20,000 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Mr. Gaboury Benoit 
gabouryb@gmail.com 
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20201268  
to support the study of microplastics in storm run-off to tributaries in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
 
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $19,757 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit 
gabouryb@gmail.com 
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20201267  
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
 
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $4,856 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Shimon Anisfeld 
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu 
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20201259  
to support boating activities on the New Haven Harbor and on the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers including after-school boating programs for New Haven high school students, dragon boat competitions for adults and community boating events for adults.
 
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $15,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20190124  
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $ 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld 
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu 
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20190123  
To support the measurement of mercury in bottom sediments and in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River watershed to determine where it exceeds safety thresholds.   
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $17,000 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit 
gabouryb@gmail.com 
www.yale.edu


