RFAs: NIH Environmental Justice Scholars Program

Aims

• The EJ Scholars Program aims to:
  • Build NIH capacity to advance EJ-related research, programs, and other NIH ICO projects.
  • Increase staff and community awareness and skills to address EJ issues.
  • Grow and strengthen the NIH network of EJ resource experts.
  • Contribute to NIH goals to support underserved and under resourced communities.

Focus Areas

• Scholars should have demonstrated expertise in EJ areas that may include, but are not limited to:
  • Behavioral and social sciences research
  • Climate and environmental epidemiology
  • Community engagement and partnerships
  • Community organizing
  • Community-based research
  • Community-led and Tribal-led research community science
  • Data mapping visualization
  • Disaster response and research
  • Environmental exposure and risk assessment
  • Intervention strategies
  • Traditional ecological knowledge Indigenous knowledge
  • Community health work and Training
  • Policy and regulation development and engagement
  • Health equity research
  • Translational research
  • Implementation science
  • Health disparities research
  • Workforce training and development
  • Women’s health research
  • Inclusive health education and research Migrant immigrant health and research
  • Communication research
  • Youth EJ leadership training

Funding Information

• A stipend may be available. If you require a stipend (up to $25,000), please describe your need in your application package.
• Travel and living expenses for on-site EJ Scholars events may be available.

Eligible Projects

• Depending on ICO needs, scholars may support projects related to EJ topics such as:
  • Climate change and climate justice
  • Diet nutrition and food justice
  • Land use and transportation
  • Energy extraction and energy justice
  • Maternal and child health, pregnancy outcomes
  • Community-engaged research approaches
  • Mental health consequences of environmental exposures
  • Air quality, water pollution, and other environmental exposures
  • Environmental impacts across the life course
  • Interplay of environmental exposure, social determinants of health, and health disparities
  • Translating, communicating, and disseminating research findings to different audiences in culturally appropriate modalities

Eligibility Criteria

• U.S. and international mid-career to senior scientist candidates and environmental justice community leaders from academic, nonprofit, or private sectors are eligible to apply. Candidates should have a strong publication record in environmental justice and related health sciences (may include gray literature, such as infographics, podcasts, curriculum, policy statements, or training materials). This is not a postdoctoral training program. Candidates do not need to have an NIH funding record. U.S. citizenship is not required. Former EJ Scholar Program participants are ineligible for a second period of support.
• The program is open to recognized leaders in environmental justice from the following groups:
  • Academic and research institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
  • Community, advocacy, charitable, and faith-based organizations
  • Health care and public health organizations
  • Tribal, state, and local government offices

For more information, visit NIH.