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"The science panel BP formed in response to last years Deepwater Horizon oilrig explosion and subsequent oil spill announced that it is making available $1.5 million in grants to scientists.<br /><br />The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) is handing out the money for scientists to collect samples in the Gulf from July 1 to Sept. 30.<br /><br />The GRI is a $500 million fund launched by BP for independent research of the Gulf of Mexico to evaluate the effects of last year's oil spill.<br /><br />GRI Chairman Rita Colwell announced in a press release that the grants will range from $30,000 to $50,000 and will be awarded by the end of June.<br /><br />\"This funding ensures critical samples and observations will be collected this summer,\" Colwell said.<br /><br />\"It is intended to protect against gaps in important observations or loss of samples that will help to understand effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.\"<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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