National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences: Centers For Oceans And Human Health

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is the leading U.S. government agency responsible for conducting research focused on basic-science, disease-oriented research, global environmental health, clinical research, and multidisciplinary training for researchers.

NIEHS consistently working to reduce the burden caused human illness and disability through in-depth understanding of how environmental factors can influence the creation and promotion of human diseases.

NIEHS, in close collaboration with on the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a funding opportunity called Centers for oceans and human health (COHH ).

COHH Program requires the collection of grant proposals that include processes for solving problems that involve the oceans and human health.

primary function COHH program is to provide links between people in the ocean sciences and the biomedical community in the hope that it will support interdisciplinary studies in places where a thorough understanding of marine processes and ecosystems harbor the ability to reduce public health risks.

with the primary aim of improving the nation's knowledge about the impact of oceans on human health, the NIEHS encourages interested applicants to submit proposals to deal with harmful algal Bloom (HAB) research and marine pollution, including the effects of chemical toxins, the effects of global climate change on oceans, et cetera.

COHH program plans approved 3-4 awards with an estimated total budget of $ 4.2 million for fiscal year 2012.

Interested candidates are asked to submit their applications electronically through the Grants.gov website. Deadline for entries will be 22nd November, the 2011th

institution or organization shall be permitted to apply as long as any of the following:

), higher education institutions, whether public / state controlled or private

b) profit and nonprofit organizations such as small business

c) local government areas of the United States and its possessions, and the

d) an independent school districts

e) Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities

f) Native American Tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribes of the Government)

g) Faith-based and community-based organizations

h) Regional organizations

COHH program also encourages NIEHS wish to explore the end result of human exposure to environmental agents, which in the hope that these studies will lead to:

) the identification of agents that can be dangerous and contain the risk of giving people diseases, disorders and defects;

b) the establishment of an effective strategy for disease prevention

c) the improvement of human health effects of environmental agents

d) development of products and technologies aimed at better understanding the effects of pollutants on the environment

e) and finally, successful education and training of research scientists in all fields of environmental health research.