# Pilot Projects Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2020 · $264,615

## Abstract

PILOT PROJECTS PROGRAM: PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
The Pilot Projects Program, led by the Center Director, is an integral part of the Center's mission to more fully 
characterize environmental health hazards, understand the basis of personal vulnerability, and translate 
research into preventive action to reduce the burden of environmentally related diseases. The Pilot Projects 
Program acts as a springboard for emerging environmental health sciences research questions, an incubator 
for junior investigators' careers, and an opening for establishing new multidisciplinary collaborations in 
environmental health research by funding one-year projects up to $50,000. We have an established 
administrative process responsible for announcing the program, conducting review, and making funding 
decisions that will continue to function in this manner for the proposed renewal period. Throughout the current 
cycle, the Pilot Projects Program has been extremely successful at supporting the development of new 
research areas and directions, providing preliminary data to support larger grant applications, and encouraging 
new collaborations in environmental health research. In the renewal period, we plan to build on the Pilot 
Projects Program's success at attracting exemplary applications from current Center members and individuals 
new to environmental health sciences, as well as nurturing the careers of the most promising early-stage 
environmental health sciences investigators in Southern California. 
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9903318
- **Project number:** 5P30ES007048-25
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** FRANK D. GILLILAND
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $264,615
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9903318

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9903318, Pilot Projects Program (5P30ES007048-25). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9903318. Licensed CC0.

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