The Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS)

Research Grant Funds

FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOP RESEARCH PROJECTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN DISEASE

Projects should involve inter-disciplinary collaborations aimed at improving our understanding of the environmental and genetic determinants of human disease. The Pilot Projects Program encourages new and creative research approaches, providing short-term funding to collect preliminary data or demonstrate feasibility of an idea, in order to strengthen a grant proposal to outside funding sources.

Projects that serve as a bridge for attracting new investigators to the CEHS or bring together researchers who have not collaborated before, will receive highest priority. In particular, targeted projects include those of: (a) young investigators who are starting to develop a research program in an area of environmental health research of relevance to the CEHS; (b) established investigators who are interested in pursuing an innovative line of CEHS-related collaborative research; or (c) established investigators in other research areas, who have an interest in applying their expertise to a CEHS-related area; and (d) those which involve the use of CEHS Facility Cores.

Members of the CEHS and other faculty from the UNC-CH’s Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, and Arts and Sciences (Biology & Chemistry) are eligible. Faculty outside the CEHS (non members) may apply but must have a CEHS member as a collaborator in order to become eligible.

ONE-PAGE INITIAL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 27, 2008.

IF SELECTED, FIVE-PAGE FULL PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE APRIL 25, 2008.

The Center anticipates awarding one grant of $40,000 and five grants of $25,000 each. Funding for these awards is made possible by support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

Guidelines for applicants, cover-page form, list of CEHS members, and further information available from the Center's Web Page:
http://cehs.sph.unc.edu/projects/projects.html

For questions, please contact:
Jorge Izquierdo, D.D.S., Ph.D.
CEHS Scientific Coordinator
253D Rosenau
School of Public Health, CB #7432
Phone: 919-843-9506
Fax: 919-966-6123
Email: Jorge_Izquierdo@unc.edu