# Pilot Grant Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2021 · $331,524

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – PILOT GRANT PROGRAM
The Pilot Grant Program (PGP) of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) is a critical
and valuable component of the EHSRC, serving the research, career development and training missions of the
Center. The Program advances the careers of talented new investigators by bringing them into environmental
health science research and offers a way for more senior researchers to nurture innovative new ideas. The
Specific Aims of the EHSRC PGP are to: 1) provide initial support for new investigators (early in the
development of their independent research career) to establish new lines of environmental health research; 2)
provide services of state-of-the-art Facility Cores to pilot grant investigators to enhance their research and
reduce their costs; 3) facilitate exploration of innovative new directions in environmental health for established
investigators; 4) stimulate investigators from other disciplines to apply their expertise to environmental health
research; and 5) foster new interdisciplinary collaborations through awarding of pilot projects to investigators
who have not previously worked together. The PGP encourages University of Iowa researchers to apply for a
pilot grant in two stages (a one-page preproposal with invitation to submit an R21-style proposal). Pilot grant
applications are reviewed by the internal advisory board, subject-area experts as needed, and Associate
Members as part of the Career Development Program in a process tailored after federal study sections. Since
1990, the EHSRC has funded 159 pilot grants, investing $3.56 million in new EHS research that have
produced grant progeny with a value of ~$50 million, a more than 16-fold return on investment.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146863
- **Project number:** 5P30ES005605-31
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** Thomas Michael Peters
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $331,524
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2022-06-16

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146863

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146863, Pilot Grant Program (5P30ES005605-31). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146863. Licensed CC0.

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