# Bioscience Student Wins $30,000 Research Grant

Second-year Bioscience Joint Degree student Jeshuah Gilroy received a $30,000 Wawanesa Climate Champions Youth Innovation Grant through C2R2. His research uses bacteria and fungi for bioremediation of quinoline, a toxic industrial pollutant, offering a sustainable, low-cost alternative to current remediation methods. The project will continue over summer with Holland College's Applied Research team.

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- [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/22/3065631/0/en/Canadian-Colleges-for-a-Resilient-Recovery-and-Wawanesa-Award-150-000-to-Five-Youth-Led-Climate-Projects.html](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/22/3065631/0/en/Canadian-Colleges-for-a-Resilient-Recovery-and-Wawanesa-Award-150-000-to-Five-Youth-Led-Climate-Projects.html)
- [../../../../academics/full-time-programs/bioscience-joint-degree/index.php](../../../../academics/full-time-programs/bioscience-joint-degree/index.php)

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