On Apr. 10, 2000, the Oregon Health Science Centers (OHSU) Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology announced the award of a five-year, $11 million federal grant to establish a Superfund basic research center in Oregon.

There are 17 such centers in the U.S. and only four institutions other than OHSU received grants to open new centers. The CROET-led grant award was one of the largest ever presented to OHSU.