Limited Submission Opportunity: NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trials Optional) 2026
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-25-002.html
OBJECTIVES
The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) Program brings together investigators currently funded by NIH or other Federal or non-Federal sources to enhance the effectiveness of existing research and extend the focus of research for environmental health sciences. An EHSCC is expected to support innovation and be on the cutting edge of science. As such, research activities should cross a variety of disciplines to bring multiple perspectives and approaches to bear on significant environmental health research questions and health impacts.
As intellectual hubs for environmental health science research, the EHSCC are expected to be the thought leaders for the field and advance the goals of the 2025-2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan. The Core Centers provide critical research infrastructure, shared facilities, services and/or resources, to groups of investigators conducting environmental health sciences research. An EHSCC enables researchers to conduct their independently-funded individual and/or collaborative research projects more efficiently and/or more effectively. The overall goal of an EHSCC is to identify and capitalize on emerging issues that advance improving the understanding of the relationships among environmental exposures, human biology, and disease. The EHSCC supports community engagement and translational research as key approaches to improving public health.
FUNDING INFORMATION
New or first-time applicants can apply for up to $850,000 direct costs per year for up to 4 years ($3.4 million total).
Renewal applications can apply for up to $1 million in direct costs per year for up to 5 years ($5 million total). The EHSCC does not require cost sharing.
ELIGIBILITY
To qualify for an EHSCC, the applicant institution must have a base of ongoing, independently supported, peer-reviewed research projects clearly dedicated to the study of environmental health sciences.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
INTERNAL SELECTION
BU may forward one application. Interested applicants should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by: 9/12/2025
- Statement of Fit (1 paragraph) describing how the proposed center fits with the mission of EHSCC
- Resources Statement (1 paragraph) describing how the proposed project would utilize existing skills and technologies and any preliminary plans for building this research capacity at BU
- 2-page Project Proposal describing the central theme of the center and its relevance to environmental health, the goals and directions for planned projects, the significance of the research for environmental health sciences, and who are the proposed collaborators. References may be included on an additional page
- Up-to-date CV or biosketch for PI/PD
As necessary, a faculty committee drawn from both campuses will select the nominee.
DEADLINES
Internal Materials Due: Friday, September 12, 2025 by 11:59 ET
Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, October 3, 2025
NIEHS Application Due: January 29, 2026