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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
RFA-ES-09-007
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jul 23, 2009
Creation Date:
Jul 23, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Nov 03, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Nov 03, 2009
Archive Date:
Dec 04, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Environment
Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$3,600,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
93.113
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Environmental Health
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) .
Agency Name
National Institutes of Health
Description
Purpose. The Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award is intended to identify outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who intend to make a long term career commitment to research in the mission areas of the NIEHS and assist them in launching an innovative research program focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology and human disease.
Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and is intended for Early Stage Investigators.
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. NIEHS intends to commit up to 2.4 million dollars in direct costs ($3.6 million total costs) in FY2010 to fund 6 new grants.
