The Health Effects Institute Funding Opportunities

Request for (Preliminary) Applications
Follow the links below to find the current and past RFAs and RFPAs, application forms, and instructions on how to fill out the forms.

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HEI Spring 2009 Research Agenda NEW
The Spring Research Agenda contains the following requests issued under the Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) program:

• Request for Applications 09-2: Impact of Air Pollution on Infant and Children's Health in Asia
  RFA 09-2 seeks proposals on the health effects of air pollution in developing countries in Asia with respect to 1) adverse pregnancy outcomes, including low birth weight, pre-term birth, and birth defects, and/or 2) acute lower respiratory infection in children and other children’s health outcomes. As much as $400,000 will be available for studies funded under RFA 09-2. HEI expects to fund up to 3 studies, of up to roughly 2 years’ duration, at $150,000 to $200,000 per year. HEI’s International Scientific Oversight Committee (ISOC) may consider slightly higher budgets from particularly responsive proposals. Opportunities for cost-sharing / provision of matching funds are actively encouraged.
  
• Request for Statements of Information and Qualification 09-3: Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Chronic Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease in Asia
  RFIQ 09-3 seeks to identify scientific teams intereste in conducting epidemiologic studies of long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic cardiovascular and respiratory disease in developing countries in Asia. The Institute intends to fund a limited number of such studies, conditional on the quality of potential research projects and availability of funds. The objective of this RFIQ is to assess the feasibility of such studies as an initial step in the funding process.
  Download the Spring 2009 RFA booklet
  Application forms for RFA 09-2
  Application form for RFIQ 09-3 (Word format)

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HEI Winter 2009 Research Agenda
The Winter Research Agenda contains the following Request for Applications:

• Request for Applications 09-1: Methods to Investigate the Effects of Multiple Air Pollution Constituents (closed)
  RFA 09-1 seeks proposals for the development of innovative statistical methods for the characterization of air pollution mixtures and/or the study of the health effects of air pollution mixtures. As much as $750,000 will be available for studies funded under RFA 09-1. HEI expects to fund up to 3 studies at $100,000 to $150,000 per year.
  Download the Winter 2009 RFA booklet

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HEI Fall 2008 Research Agenda RFPA 08-3 REMAINS OPEN IN 2009
The Fall Research Agenda contains the following Requests for (Preliminary) Applications:

• Request for Applications 08-1: Relationship of Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air (RIOPA): Further analyses of the RIOPA study data (closed)
  RFA 08-1 seeks proposals for studies that will take advantage of previously collected data on the concentrations of volatile organic compounds, carbonyls, and PM_2.5 in indoor, outdoor, and personal air for subjects living in three urban centers with different pollution sources and weather. These data can be accessed through a publicly available web-based relational database.
  
• Request for Applications 08-2: Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award (closed)
  The purpose of this award is to bring new, creative investigators into active research on the health effects of air pollution. It provides 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.
  
• Request for Preliminary Applications 08-3: Health Effects of Air Pollution  (accepting applications)
  RFPA 08-3 provides a mechanism for investigators whose area of interest falls outside of the current RFAs but is compatible with the HEI research program and mission.
  Download the Fall 2008 RFA booklet

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Project Negotiations and Investigator Commitments
Read about the scientific negotiation of project plans, the research agreement (contract), quality assurance program, progress reports, site visits, annual conference, final report and publications. 

Policy on follow-on applications.

Application forms for full applications. Application forms are available in PDF or RTF format.
Instructions to fill out the application.

RFA archive:  Past RFAs and RFPAs, 1996-2007.

HEI Strategic Plan 2005–2010

Investigators' Guide ( 180 KB)
For HEI Investigators who are getting ready to write the Final Report for their study.