Call for Pilot Project Applications
CEET is currently accepting applications for our Pilot Project Award Program!
CEET is currently accepting applications for three types of pilot awards: Focused Research Award, Opportunity Award, and Rapid Response Awards.
Applications are due Friday, October 11, 2024 (11:59pm ET).
Please click on the below links for the full application and instructions:
Focused Research Award
Applications related to the four Thematic Areas of the CEET: Air Pollution & Lung Health, Environmental Exposures & Cancer, Windows-of-Susceptibility, and Environmental Neuroscience. Applicants can request up to $50,000 for one year.
Opportunity Award
Applications addressing climate change and human health or proposing innovative environmental health or toxicology research, or innovative technologies are encouraged! Applicants can request up to $50,000 for one year.
Rapid Response Awards
Request to Obtain Needed Preliminary Data – Provides up to $10,000 to obtain needed data to support a revised NIH grant application.
Community Engagement Rapid Pilot Project – Provides up to $10,000 to respond to a community-based environmental health concern.
Please Note:
-No salary support for the faculty member is allowable. Any standing or research faculty from any Penn School may apply.
-Projects involving children’s environmental health will be directed to the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health (PRCCEH) for consideration first and if they are declined CEET will consider the application for funding.
Please contact Jenn Kuklinski (jkuklins@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) with any questions.