Pilot Award for Environmental Science and Health Research
ForecastedInternal — University of California San Francisco only
Pilot Award for Environmental Science and Health Research supports UCSF researchers conducting exploratory studies of harmful exposures, disease mechanisms, and interventions to improve health throughout life.
Funder: University of California San Francisco
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Fall Cycle application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $50,000 in direct costs for one year; nonrenewable
Summary: Supports exploratory environmental health research on harmful exposures, disease mechanisms, and interventions to improve health throughout life.
Key Information: Projects must use at least one EaRTH Core service and budget at least $10,000 for Core services.
Description
The P30 UCSF-Stanford Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center supports exploratory pilot projects in basic science, clinical science, and epidemiology. Projects should advance understanding of how environmental pollutants and chemicals during development influence disease, or how preventing and reducing exposures can improve health throughout life, especially among vulnerable and underserved populations. Relevant exposures include environmental chemicals and food additives, alongside factors such as psychosocial stress that affect biological responses.
Areas of interest include pregnancy and early-development outcomes, disrupted biological pathways, gene–exposure interactions, exposure-monitoring technologies, and interventions to mitigate exposure effects. The program also welcomes research connecting health, climate change, and environmental justice, and in vitro or computational approaches to hazard identification and chemical risk assessment. Innovative, collaborative projects should support future NIH funding.
