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Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health Student-Led Pilot Grants

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Sponsor
Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Deadlines
Apr 5, 2021
Contact

Nate Fethke
319.467.4563
nathan-fethke@uiowa.edu

H. Russ Foushee
319.335.4405
herman-foushee@uiowa.edu

Purpose

The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health is offering grants for student-led agricultural health pilot research projects that can be completed by September 29, 2021.

Activities may include, but are not limited to:

  • Secondary analyses of an existing dataset, or a combination of existing datasets, to explore a novel agricultural safety and health research question
  • Systematic reviews/meta-analyses of occupational health problems in agriculture
  • Development and/or validation of innovative methods of assessing agricultural exposures
  • Pilot testing of a new agricultural safety and health educational activity or resource
  • Benchtop/lab testing of a novel engineering control
Eligibility

Undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional students (including those in colleges of medicine, dentistry, nursing, law, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine) with an interest in agricultural safety or health are eligible to apply.

Applications will be considered nationally. Priority will be given to applications from individuals affiliated with institutions within the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health service region.

Geographic coverage
Available nationally with a priority for projects in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $5,000
Project period: Less than 5 months
Estimated number of awards: 5

Application process

Follow the application instructions listed at the bottom of the program website.

Email completed applications to herman-foushee@uiowa.edu with "GPCAH Student Pilot Grant Submission" in the subject line.

Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Research methods and resources · Illinois · Iowa · Kansas · Minnesota · Missouri · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · Wisconsin

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