The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Guidelines for Environmental Health Sciences Center Grants New and Competing Continuation Applications

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000016515
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Guidelines for Environmental Health Sciences Center Grants New and Competing Continuation Applications
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Guidelines for Environmental Health Sciences Center Grants New and Competing Continuation Applications. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: The NIEHS Center grant should provide an administrative structure and an environment which will strengthen and increase productivity and generate new ideas through organized interdisciplinary collaborative efforts. As such, the NIEHS Center grant provides an added dimension that includes capability and potential for a net accomplishment which will be greater than that possible by the support of individual projects alone. The NIEHS Center grant provides support for core resources and facilities to be used by Center investigators in order to coordinate their activities. This support may include administrative and facilities personnel, equipment, supplies, and services. In addition, it may provide limited funds for program enrichment and for pilot studies. The NIEHS Center grant does not provide direct funding for ongoing research projects. These are expected to be funded through other sources and support mechanisms, mainly individual research grants and program projects awarded by the NIH. Similarly, stipends and tuition for trainees are not available through the NIEHS Center grant funding; such funding must be sought through other mechanisms.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. GENERAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EHS CORE CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A. Interdisciplinary Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B. Organization and Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. Center Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 D. Institutional Commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 E. Research Focus in Environmental Health Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 F. Community Outreach and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 IV. ORGANIZATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS OF EHS CENTERS . . . . 8 A. Administrative Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 B. Research Cores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 C. Facility Cores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 D. Pilot Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 E. Program Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 F. Community Outreach and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 G. Other Center Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 V. ALLOWABLE BUDGET ITEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 A. Professional Personnel Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. Equipment/Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 C. Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 D. Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 E. Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 F. Pilot Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 G. Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 H. Alterations and Renovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 I. Contracts and Consortium Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20