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.
HEI Fall 2009 Research Agenda NEW
The Fall Research
Agenda is now available. It contains the following
Requests for (Preliminary) Applications:
- Request
for Applications 09-4: Walter
A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award
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. For
eligibility criteria please click
here. Letters
of Intent will be due on February 10, 2010; applications
will be due on March 10, 2010. For more
information please contact Dr. Annemoon
van Erp (+1 617 488 2346).
- Request
for Preliminary Applications 09-5: Health Effects of Air Pollution
RFPA 09-5 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. Applications
can be submitted at any time. The deadline
for receiving preliminary applications for consideration
at the next meeting is May 18, 2010;
the Fall 2010 date will be announced later.
For more information please contact Dr. Kate
Adams (+1 617 488 2330).
Download
the Fall 2009 RFA booklet 
Application
forms for full applications. Application forms are available
in PDF or RTF format.
Instructions to
fill out the application.
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
RFA
archive: Past RFAs and
RFPAs,
1996-2009.
HEI Strategic
Plan 2005–2010
Please
note that a new HEI Strategic Plan 2010–2015 is expected to be issued
in March 2010. Near-final sections of the new plan have been included
in Appendix A of the Fall 2009
RFA booklet
.
Investigators'
Guide (
180 KB)
For HEI Investigators who are getting ready to write the Final Report for
their study.