FOA-Limited Submission – NIEHS – Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – RFA-ES-21-001; February 26, 2021

 

Purpose: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences invites applications for the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01). This program is intended to identify the most talented Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who intend to make a long-term commitment to research in the Environmental Health Sciences and assist them in launching an innovative research program focused on understanding the effects of environmental exposure on people’s health. ESIs are New Investigators who are within 10 years of competing their terminal research degree or their medical residency at the time they apply for this R01. Proposed research projects will have a defined impact on the environmental health sciences and be responsive to both the mission of the NIH and, specifically, to the mission of the NIEHS and the 2018-2023 Strategic Plan: Advancing Science, Improving Health: A Plan for Environmental Health Sciences Research. A variety of scientific disciplines, including basic, mechanistic, clinical, epidemiological, computational, engineering, and/or health risk communication approaches, can be used to advance the NIEHS Strategic Plan. Applications submitted in response to this FOA must have a research focus on exposure-health related responses from environmental agents within the mission interest of the NIEHS. Examples of environmental agents which are considered of primary interest for NIEHS include but are not limited to: industrial chemicals or manufacturing byproducts, metals, pesticides, herbicides, air pollutants and other inhaled toxicants, particulates or fibers, fungal, and bacterial or biologically derived toxins.

 

Eligibility: Applicants must

·        hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent graduate degree;

·        be NIH defined ESIs;

·        have tenure-track or equivalent faculty appointments generally at the level of assistant professor or research assistant professor;

·        have demonstrated outstanding abilities in basic, clinical, quantitative, or population-based research; and

·        have established research independence from a mentor.

 

Funding Amount/ Project Period: up to $475,000 total direct costs (research plus career enhancement) per year for 5 years

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit:  1 per school or college within a university each funding cycle 

 

Internal Competition: Any Early Stage Investigator with a faculty appointment interested in applying should contact his/her Associate Dean for Research for details on the college’s internal selection procedure and deadline.

 

Agency Deadline:  February 26, 2021