Provides infrastructure in the areas of molecular immunology and cell biology to serve studies related to the mission of this center. In an ongoing effort to address the environmental concerns of Iowans and others living in the Midwest, the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center's Community Outreach and Education Core draws together representatives from colleges and universities, K-12 schools, agribusiness, state legislative bodies, and grassroots rural and environmental organizations. The Core serves to channel the diverse environmental health capabilities of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center and its affiliated research units at The University of Iowa toward meeting the needs of the broader community in terms of educational support, health promotion and outreach, as well as serving the upper Midwest as a technical resource to assist in environmental health policy making. The Pilot Grant Program continues to play an important role in providing seed funding primarily to junior investigators who go on to compete successfully for full funding with submissions to NIH, NSF, CDC, HUD, and a wide variety of foundations. Any faculty member with a research interest in environmental health consistent with the goal of the Center is eligible to apply for pilot project grant support.
Priority is given to funding young investigators.
There currently is the regular Research Pilot Grant Program and the International Pilot Grant Program. In addition, over 42 peer-reviewed publications emanated from the 26 pilot grants.