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Request for Applications:
Winter 2002 Research Agenda Introduction
This page contains information on the Winter 2002 Research Agenda of the Health Effects Institute. We thank you for your interest in HEI and its research program. The areas of research for which the Institute is requesting applications at this time are described below. Hyperlinks to download the RFA booklet and application forms are provided at the bottom of this page. Request for Applications 02-1:
Measuring the Health Impacts of Actions that Improve Air Quality
The overall objective of Request for Application (RFA) 02-1 is to strengthen the scientific basis for evaluating whether air quality regulations or other governmental actions have resulted in improved public health.The specific objective of the RFA is to seek studies designed to take advantage of either planned air quality actions at the local to national level or other actions that may result in changes in air quality. Such studies would seek to measure changes in both air quality and exposure resulting from these actions and changes in health status in the appropriate populations in those areas.
Proposals should be interdisciplinary in nature and include a research team with broad expertise and viewpoints: public health experts, epidemiologists, exposure assessment experts, physicians, and statisticians as well as others with relevant background.
Letters of Intent for RFA 02-1 are due on March 1, 2002; applications are due on May 1, 2002.
Request for Applications 02-2:
Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator AwardThe purpose of this award is to bring new, creative investigators into active research on the health effects of air pollution. It will provide three years of funding for a small project relevant to HEI’s research interests to a new investigator with outstanding promise at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level. For information on HEI’s current research priorities, applicants should consult Appendix A. HEI expects to provide one award from this RFA this year and to continue the award on an annual basis. The evaluation process for these applications will consider the qualifications and background of the applicant, the quality and relevance of the research proposal, and the research environment of the applicant.
Letters of Intent for RFA 02-2 are due on March 15, 2002; applications are due on May 1, 2002.
Request for Preliminary Applications 02-3:
Health Effects of Air PollutionThe Request for Preliminary Applications 02-3 provides an application mechanism for investigators whose area of interest falls outside the topics targeted in other current research requests, but is relevant to HEI’s current priorities. For information on HEI’s current priorities, applicants should consult Appendix A.
Applications can be submitted at any time. The HEI Research Committee will review them periodically and request full applications for those considered most relevant to the needs of the Institute.
RFA 2002 booklet (PDF format). This file includes RFA 02-1, 02-2, and 02-3, the application forms, instructions to fill out the application, and appendices. Please note that this file is formatted for double-sided printing. The application forms in the RFA book are not fillable on-line. For fillable forms in PDF or RTF format please click here.
To obtain a printed copy of the RFA booklet please contact Teresa Fasulo at our office via phone +1-617-886-9330 ext 345 or via email tfasulo@healtheffects.org.
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