Funding-Dietary Influence on the Human Health Effects of Environmental Exposures (R21); March 21, 2011

Participating Organization(s)	National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Components of Participating Organizations	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Funding Opportunity Title	Dietary Influence on the Human Health Effects of Environmental Exposures (R21)
Activity Code	R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award
Announcement Type	New
Related Notices	None
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number	RFA-ES-11-002
Companion FOA	None
Number of Applications	See Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility.
Catalog of Federal Domestics Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)	93.113
FOA Purpose	This FOA, issued by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations to develop and test plausible hypotheses that relate dietary factors to the development or progression of toxicant-induced diseases.  The ultimate goal of this research program is to produce new research findings that will expand our understanding of how environmental toxicants and diet/nutrition interact to influence human health and enable the development of effective primary prevention and intervention strategies to mitigate environmentally-induced diseases.

Key Dates

Posted Date	January 20, 2011
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)	March 21, 2011
Letter of Intent Due Date	March 21, 2011
Application Due Date(s)	April 21, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)	Not Applicable
Scientific Merit Review	July 2011
Advisory Council Review	October 2011
Earliest Start Date(s)	December 2011
Expiration Date	April 22, 2011
Due Dates for E.O. 12372	Not Applicable

Required Application Instructions

It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.

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