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 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

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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.