ONES Award — Outstanding New Environmental Scientist R01
Funds early-career environmental health researchers with named support, resources, and career development.
The Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award is an NIEHS-specific variant of the standard R01 Research Project Grant, designed exclusively for Early-Stage Investigators in the environmental health sciences. The award simultaneously funds the investigator's research project and provides career-enhancement activities intended to accelerate the transition to independent scientific leaders…
Environmental health sciences research — same scope as standard NIEHS R01, targeted at new investigators.
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