Pilot Grant Program

项目摘要-试点资助计划（PGP） 环境健康科学研究中心（EHSRC）的试点资助计划是一个关键的， EHSRC的宝贵组成部分，服务于研究，职业发展，和培训任务的 中心该计划通过将有才华的新调查人员带入环境保护领域， 健康科学研究，并为更高级的研究人员提供了一种培养创新思想的方法。的 EHSRC PGP的具体目标是：目标1）为新研究者提供初步支持（早期） 发展他们的独立研究事业），以建立新的环境健康研究领域;目的 2)为试点研究人员提供最先进的设施核心服务，以加强他们的研究， 目标3）促进探索环境卫生方面的创新新方向， 目标4）激励来自其他学科的研究人员将其专业知识应用于 环境健康研究;以及目标5）通过授予试点项目， 项目的调查人员谁以前没有一起工作。PGP鼓励爱荷华州大学 研究人员在R21式提案中申请试点补助金。试点补助金申请由内部 咨询委员会，必要时的主题领域专家，以及作为职业发展一部分的准会员 在联邦研究部分后定制的过程中的程序。

PROJECT SUMMARY - PILOT GRANT PROGRAM (PGP) The Pilot Grant Program of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) is a critical and valuable component of the EHSRC, serving the research, career development, and training missions of the Center. The Program advances the careers of talented new investigators by bringing them into environmental health science research and offers a way for more senior researchers to nurture innovative new ideas. The Specific Aims of the EHSRC PGP are to: Aim 1) provide initial support for new investigators (early in the development of their independent research career) to establish new lines of environmental health research; Aim 2) provide services of state-of-the-art Facility Cores to pilot grant investigators to enhance their research and reduce their costs; Aim 3) facilitate exploration of innovative new directions in environmental health for established investigators; Aim 4) stimulate investigators from other disciplines to apply their expertise to environmental health research; and Aim 5) foster new interdisciplinary collaborations through awarding of pilot projects to investigators who have not previously worked together. The PGP encourages University of Iowa researchers to apply for a pilot grant in an R21-style proposal. Pilot grant applications are reviewed by the internal advisory board, subject-area experts as needed, and Associate Members as part of the Career Development Program in a process tailored after federal study sections.