Pilot Projects

The C4H Pilot Project Program, offered through the Development Core, was developed to support research capable of transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries to promote health through the following three domains:

• Sustainable adaptation and mitigation strategies (e.g., urban planning, housing, transportation, air quality management, health services) to reduce exposure to heat, pathogens, or environmental toxicants
• Basic, clinical, population, or behavioral research exploring the role of exposure to excessive heat, pathogens, or environmental toxicants on health
• Community-engaged research that covers locally relevant climate-related exposures or health outcomes of concern to the community. These may include neighborhood level greening/tree cover, hot/cold weather, asthma, air pollution, water quality, or any other areas that are relevant to the work/impact of the community-Grassroots Collaboration Award

Award

Applicants may request up to $25,000 for the pilot project awards ($20,000 for the Grassroots Collaboration Awards). The award cannot be used to support faculty salaries, publication or page charges, or travel. Indirect or F&A costs are not allowed. No extensions or carryover allowed. Any unused funds will be returned to C4H.

Eligibility

Faculty, senior research staff with doctoral-level training, and postdoctoral fellows are eligible to apply for the pilot awards. PIs for the Grassroots Collaboration Award must be members of the community. Community members are defined as students, educators, health care providers, public health professionals and other interested people.

Application Requirements

Applications include the following and should be submitted as a single PDF to Jessica Bloomer bloomejl@ucmail.uc.edu:

• NIH face page| PHS 398 fp1 (required for CCHMC and non-UC applicants)
• C4H cover page with abstract is required of all applicants.
• Proposal narrative (< 3 typed pages, single spaced, Arial font 11, > 0.5” margins)
• Biographical sketches of the PI and all key personnel (current NIH format)
• IRB documentation and PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information (required for those conducting Human Subjects)
• Itemized budget and budget justification

Complete application requirements can be found in the research funding announcement (RFA). Questions regarding the application and review process may be directed to Angelico Mendy (angelico.mendy@uc.edu) for scientific concerns, Michelle Burbage (michelle.burbage@uc.edu) for community-related partnerships, and Jessica Bloomer bloomejl@ucmail.uc.edu for administrative questions.

Deadlines

August 1^st: Application Deadline

September 15^th: Award notification

August 31^st (subsequent year): Budget end date is August 31^st of the subsequent year.  All award funds MUST be invoiced / spent. There is no possibility of carryover.

Former C4H Pilot Awardees