2025 Pilot Projects Program
Grants up to $50,000
The SCEHSC is seeking investigator-initiated applications aim to promote the understanding, prevention, and/or mitigation of the health impacts due to environmental exposures related to environmental exposures and disparities. Priority areas are:
Climate and Health
Exposome and Health
Environment and Cancer
Environment and Children’s Health
Community-Based Participatory Research
AI for Environmental Health
A focus on priority areas is encouraged but not required. Additional areas of focus include:
Health effects of air pollution
Application of multiomics technology in environmental health
New areas of exposure assessment
Novel approaches in assessment of environmental disparities
Environmental contributions to cardiorespiratory health, metabolic health, neurodevelopment, and neurological diseases
Program Details
Eligibility
Individuals with a full-time faculty appointment in any department or school at the University of Southern California are eligible to apply. Applicants are encouraged to pursue multidisciplinary collaborations, including with investigators at other institutions affiliated with the Center (UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UCSD, Caltech, CSUN, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, and CHLA).
Additional Funds
Postdoctoral researchers at USC with a full-time faculty sponsor may submit proposals for up to $10,000 in direct costs, subject to the same application requirements and deadlines.
Key Program Dates
Request for Applications – June 27, 2024
(Optional) Letter of Intent & Specific Aims Deadline – September 9, 2024 at 5pm PT
Full Application Deadline – October 4, 2024 at 5pm PT
Notification of Award – January 2025
Anticipated Award Start Date – March 1, 2025
For questions for more information, please contact Sarah Rock (srock@usc.edu)