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: 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: 20211284  
to support the initiation of a Quinnipiac River watershed plan. 
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $18,000 
        Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA)  
  
  Contact Information
Jessica Bacher 
jbacher@law.pace.edu 
https://law.pace.edu/land-use-leadership-alliance-training-program
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: 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
Grant Number: 20190127  
To support an examination of the seasonal variation in the composition and quantity of microplastic particles from wastewater treatment facilities discharging treated wastewater into the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,000 
        Southern Connecticut State University  
  
  Contact Information
Vincent Breslin 
Breslinv1@southernct.edu 
www.southernct.edu
Grant Number: 200180205  
To support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support analysis of vegetation change and surveying of marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve. 
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $13,100 
        Yale University  
  
  Contact Information
Shimon Anisfeld 
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu 
www.yale.edu
 
 
 
 



 
  


