Researchers at the Center for Children’s Health, the Environment, the Microbiome, and Metabolomics (C-CHEM2) conduct research to understand the complex interactions among components of the prenatal and postnatal environment — toxicant exposures, the microbiome, and the metabolome — and their impacts on birth outcomes and infant health and neurodevelopment. Learn More about C-CHEM2
Children’s Environmental Health Sciences Pilot Grants Available
The Center for Children’s Health, the Environment, the Microbiome, and Metabolomics (C-CHEM2) is pleased to announce the 2019 Pilot Project Program in Children’s Environmental Health Sciences. A major focus of C-CHEM2 is to investigate the interrelationships of components of the prenatal and postnatal environment of the fetus and child and their impacts on birth outcomes, the infant microbiome, and neurodevelopment. Pilot projects must focus on the role of the environment in maternal and or child health, and may include basic (cellular and animal), biomedical, translational, clinical, epidemiological, or behavioral projects, e.g., studies on specific environmental toxicants, gene-environment interactions, or social determinants. The primary purpose of the Pilot Project Program is to position early investigators to apply for future NIEHS and EPA funding. Projects with translational relevance (clinical or population-based), community-based participatory research projects, and collaborative and interdisciplinary projects are particularly encouraged. See below for guidelines regarding CBPR projects.
C-CHEM2 will fund two awards at up to $10,000 and one award at up to $20,000.
- Doctoral students may apply for up to $10,000.
- Post-doctoral trainees and research assistant professors may apply for up to $20,000.
Letter of intent due December 1st 2018
Full Application Due January 18th 2019
Click here for full program announcement and application instructions.
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