Funding Opportunity Announcements
Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH)
As a network, PEPH highlights funding opportunity announcements from NIEHS, from other Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in which NIEHS participates, and from other Federal partners. This section lists and describes the various funding opportunity announcements that are PEPH-related. This list will change as new funding opportunity announcements are released and others close.
NIEHS encourages investigators to submit project applications using the unsolicited research grant process (for example, R01s). Unsolicited, investigator initiated proposals are sent to NIH for review at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR). There are many Integrated Review Group (IRGs) at CSR; however, those most likely to be appropriate to PEPH-related unsolicited applications include the Population Sciences and Epidemiology and the Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies.
When preparing your proposal, we highly encourage you to do the following:
- Gain an understanding of the grant submission and review process at NIH by visiting the CSR Web site .
- View recommended tips for preparing a competitive application to NIH shown on NCI’s web site http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/grantprocess and http://crchd.cancer.gov/resources/tips-and-tools-for-applying.html .
- View additional tutorials for preparing your applications on the NLM web site at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/Tutorial.html
- Visit the CSR Web site to familiarize yourself with the different IRGs (study sections and rosters).
- Write a cover letter to submit with your application.
- Talk with NIEHS program staff to get feedback on the IRG and study section that is the best fit for your proposal.
- Check out the NIEHS Web page Instructions and Resources for Applicants to get additional information on the application process.
NIEHS-Sponsored Funding Opportunities
RFA-ES-12-001 Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (P01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-12-001.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by NIEHS and EPA encourages grant applications to support a transdisciplinary program of basic and applied research to examine the effects of environmental factors on children’s health and well-being. Research conducted through the Centers should include substantive areas of science in children’s health while incorporating innovative technologies and approaches and links to the environment. The program encourages strong links between disciplines in the basic, applied, clinical and public health sciences to prevent disease and promote health in all children.
Relationship to PEPH: Centers are required to have a Community Outreach and Translation Core (COTC) to develop, demonstrate and evaluate strategies to translate and apply the scientific findings of the Center into information for the public, policymakers, and clinical professionals to use to protect the health of children. Examples of activities considered responsive are the creation of training materials for health professions, development of novel strategies for dissemination of research findings to the broad audience of stakeholders, and assessment of community understanding of research results and plans for action. Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) methods/approaches are encouraged.
For more details, please read the full solicitation in the NIH Guide.
Application Date: July 17, 2012
Contact:
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Kimberly Ann Gray, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Administrator -
Tel (919) 541-0293
Fax (919) 316-4606
gray6@niehs.nih.gov
PA-12-153 Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-153.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement is part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) “Partnerships for Environmental Public Health” (PEPH) program.
The National Institute of Environmental Health and the National Institute of Nursing Research are collaborating on this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that encourages applications using community-engaged research methods to investigate the potential health risks of environmental exposures of concern to the community and to implement an environmental public health action plan based on research findings. The overall goal is to support changes to prevent or reduce exposure to harmful environmental exposures and improve the health of a community.
For the purpose of this FOA, Community Engagement (CE) connotes full participation of community members in the development of the research questions and research design; in the identification of exposures of concern to that community, suitable cohorts and the specific needs of subpopulations; the translation and dissemination of study results; in the development and implementation of an environmental action plan; and in the development of methods for evaluating the success of the project. In addition, for the purpose of this FOA, Community-engaged Research (CEnR) should entail the involvement of sufficient numbers of individuals to adequately represent all segments of their community. All studies should be motivated by expressed concerns of a community and the need for scientifically-based information to develop or test the environmental public action component of the project. Evaluation is a critical component of PEPH and this FOA. Each project should implement an evaluation of project processes and, when possible, outcomes.
For more details, please read the full solicitation in the NIH Guide.
Application Date: Standard Dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Contact:
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Symma Finn, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator -
Tel (919) 541-4258
finns@niehs.nih.gov
PAR-10-235 Climate Change and Health: Assessing and Modeling Population Vulnerability to Climate Change (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-235.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being issued by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with participation from the following NIH components: FIC, NCI, NCMHD NHLBI, NIA, NIBIB, NICHD, NLM and OBSSR. This FOA encourages research applications to examine the differential risk factors of populations that lead to or are associated with increased vulnerability to exposures, diseases and other adverse health outcomes related to climate change. Applications may involve either applied research studies that address specific hypotheses about risk factors or population characteristics associated with increased vulnerability, or research projects to develop general models or methods for identifying and characterizing population vulnerability to climate change. The ultimate goal of this research program is to help inform climate change adaptation and public health interventions to reduce current and future vulnerability of various populations to the health effects of climate change. Applications are anticipated to involve a multidisciplinary research team, including experts in health sciences and climatology as well as geography, modeling, statistics, demography, and social and behavioral sciences as appropriate. In addition, partnerships with community-based or advocacy organizations, public health officials, urban planners and others are encouraged.
Application Date: May 24, 2012
Contact:
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Caroline Dilworth, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Extramural Research and Training, HHICC Program Lead -
Tel (919) 541-7727
Fax (919) 316-4606
dilworthch@niehs.nih.gov
Trans-NIH Funding Opportunities Related to PEPH
NIEHS participates in a variety of funding opportunities sponsored by other Institutes and Centers within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Several of these funding opportunities are aligned with the goals and objectives of the PEPH program and are described below.
Research
Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities
PA-08-190 Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
[Expires: September 30, 2012 per NOT-OD-11-113]
Ethical, Legal, & Social Implications Research
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy
PAR-10-133 Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R01)
[Expires: May 8, 2013]
PAR-10-134 Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R03)
[Expires: May 8, 2013]
PAR-10-135 Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R21)
[Expires: May 8, 2013]
Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities
PAR-10-136 Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)
[Expires: May 12 , 2013]
Supplements and Training Opportunities
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
PA-08-190 Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
[Expires: September 30, 2012 per NOT-OD-11-113]
Research Supplements to Promote Reentry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
PA-08-191 Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
[Expires: September 30, 2012 per NOT-OD-11-113]
Fellowships
Fellowships are available for investigators to focus on the environmental health sciences and issues that are responsive to the mission of the NIEHS. Fellowship proposals may include research in the Environmental Public Health field in which community residents or organizations are actively engaged in all stages of research, dissemination and evaluation. Examples of proposals in the Environmental Public Health field include investigating the health effects / impacts of environmental exposures that disproportionately burden low income or minority communities, investigating emerging environmental threats to communities, investigating exposure-related diseases that are of great concern to a community, and research and evaluation methodology to improve the theories and implementation strategies for working with communities to address their environmental health concerns. Fellows would learn how to conduct research using community based participatory methods, create outreach and education programs and translate research finding to a vast array of stakeholders.
This opportunity is part of the Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships. Learn more about this Fellowship opportunity at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/research/trainingfrom/fellowships/index.cfm.
Conference Grants
NIEHS is interested in supporting investigator initiated scientific meetings, defined as a "gathering, symposium, seminar, workshop, or other organized formal conference where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem or area of knowledge," that will advance the field of environmental health sciences. All NIEHS supported meetings must result in a specific product or measurable outcome that could be used to judge the success of the meeting.
The application process usually takes 6 months, so please plan accordingly. Learn more about the grant opportunity and the application process at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/funding/grants/mechanisms/r13u13.cfm (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/funding/grants/mechanisms/r13u13.cfm)
