# Pilot Project Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $378,860

## Abstract

ABSTRACT (PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM)
The Pilot Project Program (PPP) is critical to the ability of the Center for Community Health: Addressing
Regional Maryland Environmental Determinants of Disease (CHARMED) to achieve its central goals of fostering
innovative interdisciplinary research in environmental health, translating knowledge into action to address
community environmental challenges in the Maryland region, and nurturing and supporting the next generation
of environmental scientists. Funding pilot grants represents a major strategy for promoting and supporting
community-scientist partnerships, seeding emerging research areas, driving development of novel scientific
approaches, and supporting translational research in environmental health research that could evolve into
independently funded research. The Specific Aims of the PPP are to: 1) To foster and support research that
addresses environmental health challenges of communities in the Maryland region; 2) facilitate the dissemination
of findings from CHARMED-supported Pilot Projects to relevant stakeholders; and 3) evaluate the effectiveness
and impact of the PPP. To achieve these goals, the PPP will provide pilot project funding for four types of
research proposals: 1) Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) Awards, which will be awarded to any JHU or
university faculty in the Maryland region working together with community partners on projects designed and
conducted with the active participation of said partners; 2) Career Development Awards (CD), which will
promote and support the success of the careers of Early Stage and Mid-career Investigators in community-
engaged environmental health research; 3) New Direction Awards (ND), which will support high impact,
innovative projects that focus on the scientific themes of the Center, especially those which lead to the pursuit
of multi-investigator grants; which will be awarded to established investigators from non-environmental health
disciplines who intend to expand their research to include environmental health research; 4) Rapid Response
Pilot Project Awards (RRP), which will enable investigators to address emergent environmental concerns (e.g.
hurricanes, COVID-19, oil spills) and or to generate preliminary data for grant submissions or resubmissions to
enhance their chances of success. Applications will receive high priority if they address important community
concerns, are likely to lead to extramural funding, utilize one or more facility cores, and or bring innovative
approaches to the field. As all pilot project grant awardees will be expected to become Center members and
participate in all Center activities, we anticipate that this funding mechanism will greatly expand the community-
engaged research activities of the Center by fostering an ecosystem of innovative research in environmental
health focused on the main scientific themes of the Center.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10394480
- **Project number:** 1P30ES032756-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Thomas Hartung
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $378,860
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-06-24 → 2026-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10394480

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10394480, Pilot Project Program (1P30ES032756-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10394480. Licensed CC0.

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