Center for Environmental Health Sciences announces 2019 call for pilot project proposals
The MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS), an interdisciplinary research center funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), is inviting MIT faculty and research staff with principal investigator privileges to submit applications for funding of pilot projects related to environmental health. Funding for pilot projects will support either basic or translational research. Those interested are encouraged to read the NIEHS strategic plan to gain understanding of the types of projects center plans to fund. Preference is given to projects that address the NIEHS Strategic Goals. The center anticipates funding of $25,000 in direct costs for each project. The center encourages applications from junior faculty, any faculty member wishing to branch into new areas of environmental health research, and faculty who are involved in interdisciplinary environmental health collaborations — for example between engineers and scientists. Projects can be anywhere on the spectrum between basic sciences and clinical translation. In all cases, the trajectory to...