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Publication Date - 12/3/1999

22. NIH/NIEHS - Environmental Health Sciences Center Grants

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) reminds potential applicants of its annual Environmental Health Sciences Center grant. The Center Core Grant (P30) is an institutional award, made in the name of a principal investigator, to support centralized resources and facilities shared by investigators with existing research projects.

The NIEHS Center grant is a mechanism for providing core support and for integrating, coordinating, and fostering interdisciplinary interaction and cooperation among a group of established investigators conducting high-quality research clearly related to the effects of environmental factors on human health. The intent of the NIEHS in employing this mechanism is to integrate and build upon existing programs and institutional resources which are already developed, peer reviewed, and supported on an individual project basis.

At the time of submission of an initial application, any institution or consortium wishing to qualify for the NIEHS Center grant must have an active, established program in basic, clinical, and/or epidemiological biomedical research in environmental health sciences. The existence of an ongoing, extramurally supported biomedical research base is a prerequisite for the establishment and continued support of a Core Center. A minimum of $l.5 million (direct costs) of peer-reviewed extramural support for Center-related research in environmental health science is required of applicant investigators at the time of application.

The NIEHS currently supports 21 Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) and five Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences (MFBS) Centers. The NIEHS Core Center Grant is awarded competitively, initially for four years, and may be renewed for periods of up to five years. This round of applications will compete with four extant EHS Core Centers for funding early in FY 2001.

Interested investigators are strongly urged to consult with NIEHS program staff prior to preparing an application. Applicants are also strongly urged to submit a letter of intent.

Applications are due at the NIEHS annually on or before FEBRUARY 1.

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