The Pilot Project Program is a critical component of the proposed CCBVP. This program is specifically designed to attract new investigators into environmental health research, generate new ideas and scientific directions in environmental health sciences, and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration. The goals of the Pilot Project Program are to:

• provide initial support for junior investigators to establish new lines of research closely related to the Center’s mission;
• provide initial support for innovative scientific collaborations between Center investigators;
• promote interdisciplinary coordination;
• stimulate investigators from other disciplines to apply their scientific expertise to understand how various aspects of vulnerability (age, geographic factors, co-morbid diseases, nutritional status, race, economic status, or genetics) affect the relationship between environmental exposures and health.