Announcing the 2021 SCEHSC Pilot Projects Program: Call for environmental health research proposals

The NIH-funded Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center (SCEHSC, scehsc.usc.edu), based at the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, is pleased to announce its 2021 Pilot Projects Program, supporting one-year research projects that aim to promote the understanding of environmental exposures and human disease.

The goal of the program is to provide investigators with an opportunity to collect preliminary data and/or validate the utility of specific methods or techniques to establish the feasibility of larger-scale research projects and ultimately seek external (especially NIEHS) funding.

The SCEHSC is seeking investigator-initiated applications from all environmental health research areas. Topics of special interest include:

Eligibility

Individuals with a full-time faculty appointment in any department or school at USC are eligible to apply. Applicants are encouraged to pursue multidisciplinary collaborations, including with investigators at other institutions affiliated with the Center.

Career Development Funds

Postdoctoral researchers at USC with a full-time faculty sponsor may submit proposals for up to $10,000 in direct costs, subject to the same application requirements and deadlines.

Key Program Dates

Full proposal guidelines are available at the SCEHSC website: scehsc.usc.edu/2021-pilots

For questions or more information, please contact Vivian Lee (viv.lee@usc.edu).