PILOT PROJECT

路易斯维尔大学综合环境健康科学中心（CIEHS）将促进 研究旨在了解生活方式因素如何与暴露于环境毒物相互作用， 人类健康和疾病。CIEHS试点项目计划将通过提供以下服务来进一步实现这一总体目标： 支持短期项目，从而收集数据，使新的外部赠款申请成为可能。在 通过这种方式，试点项目计划将提高环境卫生领域新研究的能力 在路易斯维尔大学的科学。该方案将公布试点项目资金的可获得性， 征求和协调试点项目申请的审查，提出资助建议，监测 研究项目的进展情况，评估试点项目对中心核心的使用情况，并跟踪 可交付成果。将针对各种调查人员，包括新的早期调查人员、社区 合作伙伴，以及能够以新颖的方式应用其专业知识的既定研究人员， 环境卫生。通过试点项目取得的成果将通过年度 研究！路易斯维尔事件，展示研究的大学，地方和区域社区。 由于最终目标是开发新的、自我维持的研究项目，因此重点将是 促进和提高与环境有关的新赠款申请的质量 暴露/生活方式因素。这方面的战略包括从CIEHS成员那里获得反馈 关于试点项目的研究结果和实验设计以及进行严格的内部审查 的赠款提案。因此，该计划将在试点项目的整个生命周期内协助调查人员， 初步想法，以校外资助的项目，并预计将产生重大的新的研究资金 并加强环境卫生科学的研究能力， 路易斯维尔

The University of Louisville Center for Integrated Environmental Health Science (CIEHS) will promote research toward understanding how lifestyle factors interact with exposure to environmental toxicants in human health and disease. The CIEHS Pilot Project Program will further this overall goal by providing support for short-term projects leading to data collection enabling new external grant applications. In this way, the Pilot Project Program will enhance capacity for novel research in environmental health science at the University of Louisville. The Program will publicize the availability of pilot project funds, solicit and coordinate the review of pilot project applications, make funding recommendations, monitor the progress of research projects, assess usage of center cores by pilot projects, and track deliverables. A mix of investigators will be targeted, including new early stage investigators, community partners, and established researchers who can apply their expertise in novel ways relevant to environmental health. Results obtained through pilot projects will be disseminated via the annual Research!Louisville event that showcases research to the university, local, and regional communities. Because the ultimate goal is to develop new, self-sustaining research projects, an emphasis will be placed on facilitating and improving the quality of new grant applications pertaining to environmental exposures/lifestyle factors. Strategies for this include obtaining feedback from CIEHS members regarding pilot project findings and experimental design as well as performing rigorous internal review of grant proposals. Thus, the Program will assist investigators throughout the pilot project life cycle from initial idea to extramurally funded project and is expected to generate significant new research funding and enhance the capacity for research in the environmental health sciences at the University of Louisville.