# Pilot Project Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · 2021 · $325,747

## Abstract

ABSTRACT-PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM
The CHHE Pilot Project Program (PPP) will advance environmental health research by fostering
collaborations, increasing multidisciplinary research, and aiding the career development of early career
investigators. The overarching goal of CHHE’s PPP is to support research aimed at understanding the adverse
impacts of environmental factors on human health and disease. The CHHE PPP aims to enhance the impact of
environmental health sciences (EHS) research and increase the environmental health sciences identity at NC
State University, East Carolina University (ECU) Brody School of Medicine, and North Carolina Central
University (NCCU). Pilot project funding is awarded ($25,000/project) to collect preliminary data that: 1)
advances the mission of CHHE and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Strategic
Plan and 2) supports applications for external funding from the NIEHS, other NIH Institutes, and other Federal
agencies. The PPP supports high quality basic, applied, clinical and public health research, especially in areas
relevant to the four CHHE research interest groups which are: 1) Emerging Contaminants, 2) Environmental
Genetics and Epigenetics, 3) Pulmonary Health, and 4) Behavior and Neuroscience. CHHE PPP also
supports high quality environmental health research outside of its thematic areas, as well as high risk/high gain
research that addresses environmental health concerns and encourages the use of CHHE’s Facility Cores and
resources. The CHHE PPP accepts applications from CHHE members, as well as non-member faculty from
NC State University, ECU, and NCCU. This PPP policy functions to attract/recruit new members, bring new
skill sets to the Center, link researchers and community partners to address environmental health questions,
and increase the Center’s multidisciplinary research base. In this competing renewal, the PPP is adding a new
program that supports community-engaged projects. CHHE will direct $300,000/year ($200,000 NIEHS and
$100,000 NC State) to its PPP and expects to fund 12 pilot projects/year at $25,000/project. CHHE PPP will
sponsor at least 1 pilot project/year for community-engaged projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10162599
- **Project number:** 5P30ES025128-07
- **Recipient organization:** NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH
- **Principal Investigator:** James Christopher Bonner
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $325,747
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-04-20 → 2025-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10162599

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10162599, Pilot Project Program (5P30ES025128-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10162599. Licensed CC0.

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