Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center

Application Description

The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC), an NIEHS funded Center at the University of Arizona, announces the availability of awards up to $40,000 for pilot projects involving research related to the mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Center.

Pilot projects are designed to provide support for obtaining preliminary data that can be used in developing major proposals for submission to extramural funding agencies.

A new announcement will be made in 2012.

Components of the application:

Cover Page/Abstract
Research Plan – 4 pages maximum organized as Specific Aims, Rationale and Significance, and Experimental Approach
References – 2 pages maximum
Budget, budget justification, and a list of all current research support – 1-2 pages
Biographical Sketch – 2 pages

Application Procedures

Download application and follow the written instructions.

Application materials and information concerning budgetary issues can be obtained by emailing Susanna Herndon or calling 520-626-5594.

Deadlines

Proposals should be submitted in electronic.pdf format to: brodie@pharmacy.arizona.edu.

Check back for dates for the 2012 applications and award dates or contact Susana Herndon for more information.

Further Detail

Applications must make use of technologies available in the SWEHSC Facility Cores.

Projects that provide for interaction with existing SWEHSC investigators are encouraged.

Research related questions should be addressed to Nathan Cherrington, Ph.D. (cherrington@pharmacy.arizona.edu, 520-626-0219). All investigators should consult with Dr. Cherrington prior to submission to ensure their research relates to the goals of the Center. Peer-review committees review applications.

Translational research is defined by NIEHS as the conversion of environmental health research into information, resources, or tools that can be used by public health and medical professionals and by the public to improve overall health and well-being, especially in vulnerable populations.
Collaborative efforts that foster integration of basic science, public health research including epidemiology and intervention studies, and patient-oriented clinical research among basic scientists, clinical researchers, and/or public health practitioners is particularly encouraged.
Research to improve early detection, prevention, and/or therapy for environmentally – related disorders or which utilizes well characterized patients and control subjects are examples of the types of research projects that will be responsive to this solicitation.
All State of Arizona faculty are eligible and encouraged to apply. Junior and clinical faculty, in particular, who have not previously performed research in environmental health science but who would be interested in broadening their research to include environmentally related research, are especially invited by the Center to apply.