Susceptibility and Variability in Human Response to Chemical Exposure

Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-G2013-STAR-J1 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementGrantCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentCFDA Number: 66.509Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: EPAClosing Date: Sep 10, 2013Award Ceiling: $800,000Expected Number of Awards: 4Creation Date: Jun 10, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research to study life stage and/or genetic susceptibility in order to better characterize the sources of human variability in response to chemical exposure. The adverse outcome pathways (AOP) concept has the potential to serve as a framework for using susceptibility indicators, biomonitoring, and high throughput screening (HTS) data in an integrated manner to predict population responses to novel, potentially harmful, chemicals. While much emphasis has been placed on improved biomonitoring and HTS approaches, research is needed to understand the underlying factors that influence human susceptibility and to develop tools and methods for the identification and use of susceptibility indicators in this context. This solicitation provides the opportunity for the submission of applications for projects that may involve human subjects research.

Source: Grants.gov - July 31, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Environment Source Type: funding