National Institutes of Health – Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01)
RFA-ES-09-007

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-09-007.html
The Research Office is requesting Letters of Intent for the National Institutes of Health – Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01) program.
Research Office Letter of Intent submission deadline:  Tuesday, September 8, 2009
NIH Letters of Intent Receipt Date (required):
            October 5, 2009
NIH Application Due Date:
            November 3, 2009
Information:  Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu or 737-8390

Only one (1) application per school or college within a university will be accepted by NIH. For example, within a university, one (1) application can be submitted from each of the colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, Science, etc.

In an effort to provide the highest level of excellence and viability for funding, the Office of the Vice President for Research will select the proposal to represent Oregon State University and to submit their proposal to the NIH - ONES program.

The Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award is intended to identify outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who intend to make a long term career commitment to research in the mission areas of the NIEHS and assist them in launching an innovative research program focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology and human disease.
Guidance for preparation of Letter of Intent to the Research Office:

• Title of Project
• PI/Co-PI(s)
• College/School
• Summary of the proposed research project including:
• Description of the research project
• Statement of career goals in the environmental health sciences
• Statement of how the research project will impact the environmental health sciences and be responsive to the mission of the NIEHS
• Letters on intent are limited to 2 pages
• Be submitted electronically as a MSWord or PDF document to:  debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu