This external funding is a primary goal of the program. Past RFP for seed grant funding. Past Seed Grant Awards. Grants are awarded but not limited to pilot studies on exposure and risk assessment, innovative environmental remediation techniques, original monitoring and sampling methods design and testing, laboratory methods development, statistical analysis relating environmental exposures to health outcomes, database design and development, health survey design, and studies based on innovative biochemical or molecular approaches toward understanding mechanisms of toxicity that relate to human exposure to and interaction of environmental chemicals. All proposals must demonstrate a relationship to human health effects.
Awards cover one year.
Funds may be used to support Graduate Assistants and support personnel, and to purchase supplies and equipment. No faculty support is allowed. Travel necessary to conduct the study is allowed. Awards will be announced by May 31, 2001. Major word processing programs or PDF format are acceptable.