Centers for Oceans and Human Health

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Centers for Oceans and Human Health: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) (hereafter "the Government" or "the Participating Agencies") invite applications for establishment of research programs to elucidate underlying mechanisms that govern relationships between marine processes and public health. The purpose of Centers for Oceans and Human Health (COHH) is to provide linkages between members of the ocean sciences and biomedical communities in order to support interdisciplinary research in areas where improved understanding of marine processes and systems has potential to reduce public health risks and enhance existing biomedical capabilities. COHH are expected to create an environment conducive to interdisciplinary and reciprocally beneficial collaborations among biomedical scientists (e.g., epidemiologists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, microbiologists, cell and molecular biologists) and ocean scientists (e.g., biological and physical oceanographers, geochemists, and ecologists) with the common goal of improving our knowledge of the impacts of the ocean on human health. This RFA draws on the recommendations contained in the strategic plans of the Participating Agencies (NIEHS Strategic Plan 2000, http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/plan2000/home.htm; NSF Geosciences Beyond 2000, http://www.geo.nsf.gov/adgeo/geo2000.htm; Environmental Science and Engineering for the 21st Century: The Role of the National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/tfe/nsb99133), those highlighted by the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council (AFrom Monsoons to Microbes: Understanding the Ocean=s Role in Human Health,@ National Academy Press, 1999), and those discussed at a Government-sponsored Roundtable on Oceans and Human Health in Research Triangle Park, NC, December, 2001 (see report at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/translat/news.htm