Funding-Pilot funding opportunity -- Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention; September 8, 2010

PILOT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

In collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention announces the availability of awards for feasibility projects that focus on agricultural occupational safety and health among human populations in the southeastern United States. These funds are intended to support pilot projects that can lead to larger funded studies. 

Priority will be given to applicants from AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, FL, VA and WV. New faculty, doctoral students, residents in occupational medicine, Extension specialists, and other professionals who have not received a major grant award in agricultural health research are encouraged to apply.

Any research, prevention/intervention, or education/translation project within a broad range of occupational health and injury topics in agriculture, forestry, and fishing/aquaculture is welcome. The Southeast Center places special emphasis on transdisciplinary projects and the translation of research to practice (r2p). Literature reviews will not be funded, nor will projects that merely disseminate information. However, novel educational programs with a strong evaluation component will be considered. Studies of occupational hazards and their prevention in forestry and logging are especially encouraged.

Projects are expected to start on November 1, 2010 and will be funded for an 11 month period: November 1, 2010—September 29, 2011. Proposed budgets should reflect these dates. Maximum award: $12,500 (direct costs). Indirect costs may be requested at a rate not to exceed 46.5 percent; i.e., maximum allowable request for any proposed project is $18,312.

• Deadline for application is 5:00 PM Wednesday September 8, 2010.
• At least three members of the Review Panel will examine and score each application. Award notification will be made no earlier than October 4, 2010 and end no later than October 29, 2010. 
• Projects are expected to start on November 1, 2010.
• Copies of this announcement, detailed instructions, and cover forms can be found on the Southeast Center Web pages at http://www.mc.uky.edu/scahip/research.html

Mail the signed original plus 4 copies of the application to:

2010-2011 Feasibility Projects Program

c/o Teresa A. Donovan, MPH

Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention

University of Kentucky College of Public Health

342 Waller Avenue, Suite 1A

Lexington, Kentucky 40504-9842

Phone:  859-323-4602   

The Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention is directed by Robert H. McKnight, MPH, ScD, Professor and Chair of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, UK College of Public Health.