Pilot Projects

• This grant supports scientific research projects and research-to-practice (R2P) initiatives that apply scientific knowledge in real-world situations, in occupational health and safety ​
• We fund approximately five grants per year.
• Grants are available for a maximum of $13,000 in direct costs, plus applicable indirect costs (defined in RFP), for a one-year project period.
• We accept projects that are categorized as one of the following:
  • Scientific research projects
  • Research-to-practice (r2p) projects
    

While we welcome proposals on any topic related to occupational health and safety, we encourage proposals focused on:

• Disproportionate health impacts on some workers in the increasingly diverse workforce, including the interrelationships between workers’ race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and generational challenges, and workplace and work factors
• Innovative ways to address the future of work
• Climate and worker health
• Workplace emergency preparedness
• Mental health in the workplace
• Worker well-being
• Opioid and substance use disorders
• Small businesses
• Regional focus

Pilot grants will be awarded to investigators who fit into at least one of the following categories:

1) Graduate students and junior investigators (less than 7 years from terminal degree) from any discipline;

2) Investigators who have done research in a related discipline AND who have an interest in developing a future in an OSH and/or TWH discipline; or

3) Experienced investigators who seek to address innovative new research questions or develop innovative methods aimed to improve OSH and/or TWH research, translation, dissemination, or practice.

 

Finally, if you submit your project as an r2p project, the application must include at least one Research Partner and at least one Community Partner. You must include a signed letter of support from the participating partner.

Submit your application electronically as a single PDF file here by 5:00pm MT on March 29, 2024.

Please contact Carol Brown at Carol.Brown@cuanschutz.edu with questions.​