Doctoral students encouraged to apply for NIOSH pilot project funding

The Johns Hopkins NIOSH Education and Research Center is happy to announce this year the availability of NIOSH-supported funding for pilot projects on occupational safety and health topics.

The objective of this program is to enhance occupational research training through direct support of research activities. Supplemental funds have been awarded by NIOSH to support student, post-doctoral, and new investigator (junior faculty) research projects with awards of up to $15,000 each. The budget period is from January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018. A one year no-cost extension may be granted for completion of funded projects; no additional extensions are permitted.

Applicants must be doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows (including Occupational Medicine residents), or full-time faculty affiliated with a NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC), Training Project Grant (TPG), or other related university-based program within NIOSH Region 3. Faculty applicants must be new investigators, not above the rank of Assistant Professor, who have not established support for their research through traditional mechanisms of funding. For student applicants, a faculty member must write a brief letter of support and be willing to be listed as the Principal Investigator for the project budget. Applications must be received by COB on Friday, November 9, 2018. Prior to the release of funding, investigators must demonstrate approval of the research project by their Institutional Review Board or Animal Care and Use Committee, as appropriate.

Please see the attached RFP for additional information on use of funds and application process.

Submit applications electronically to Dr. Ana M. Rule at arule1@jhu.edu by COB on November 9, 2018. Direct all questions to Dr. Rule at 410-502-5952 or arule1@jhu.edu.

For information about the PPRT Program and examples of recent awards, go to
http://www.jhsph.edu/erc/pprt.html.