Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01)

The summary for the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01): Purpose. The Outstanding New Environmental Scientist 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. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and is intended for the first time applicant. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. NIEHS intends to commit up to 2.4 million dollars in direct costs ($3.6 million total costs) in FY 09 to fund 6 new grants. Budget and Project Period. Applicants may request up to five years and up to $400,000 in direct costs in each of the first two years and up to $275,000 per year in each of years 3-5. See Section IV.6, Other Submission Requirements and Information . Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. Research Plan Page Limitations. Items 2-5 of the PHS398 Research Plan component are limited to 25 pages Eligible Institutions/Organizations. Institutions/organizations listed in Section III, 1.A. are eligible to apply. Eligible Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs). Individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research are invited to work with their institution/ organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. Eligible Principal Investigators include individuals with faculty appointments which are tenure track or equivalent and who have fewer than eight years of experience beyond the PhD at the time of application. Ineligible individuals include current and former Principal Investigators on NIH research project (R01), sub-projects of program projects (P01) or Center Grants with research components (P50) or equivalent research grant awards. Applicants will be expected to devote at least 50% time and effort to the award and have a long-term commitment to research in the environmental health sciences. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. Number of Applications. Only one application per school or college within a university will be accepted. See Section III.1A, Eligible Institutions Resubmissions. Applicants who applied under RFA-ES-07-005 and continue to meet the eligibility criteria and who are selected as the Principal Investigator for submission from their Institution, may submit a resubmission application, but such application must include an Introduction addressing the previous peer review critique (Summary Statement). Renewals. Competing renewals are not allowed.