The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $750,000 grant to Kansas State University in Manhattan. The funding will be used for a project that will use low-cost air pollution sensor technology to engage communities in South Chicago, Illinois to learn about their local air quality.

KSU is one of six research organizations granted more than $4.5 million in funding through the EPA’s Science to Achieve Results program for air pollution sensor studies.

Kansas State will create a partnership with local organizations in South Chicago to evaluate the effects of community-led research on the community’s understanding of air pollution. Local strategies will be developed to monitor, analyze and share measurement results about air pollutants.