High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Pilot/Feasibility Research Projects (HICAHS)

Anita Alves Pena, PhD, MA
anita.pena@colostate.edu

Funds will be awarded to support projects related to agricultural, forestry, and fishing health and safety research. Applicants must propose pilot or feasibility projects that can be carried out in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, or Wyoming and are aimed to:

• Develop new and creative research related to human health and safety in agriculture and forestry
• Build research capacity related to human health and safety in agriculture and forestry
• Foster new, collaborative partnerships among the HICAHS researchers, private industry, and regional and federal government agencies with stakeholder interests in human health and safety in agriculture and forestry

Examples of past funded pilot/feasibility projects include (but are not limited to):

• Effects of herbicides on human reproductive health
• Musculoskeletal disorders in dairy parlor workers
• Exposures to fine particulate matter during animal feeding operations
• Evaluating the prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria in dairies
• Effects of mountain bark beetle infestations on the safety of forestry workers
• Effects of human exposure to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in agricultural dusts on inflammatory and immune responses
• Interventions and education to promote machine safety during grain handling
• Effects of mountain bark beetle infestations on the safety of forestry workers

Eligible applicants include:

• Junior investigators with research interests in agricultural health and safety
• Graduate research trainees, occupational medicine residents, or postdoctoral fellows
• Faculty members of any rank who are new in the field of agricultural health and safety
• Staff from health departments/state agencies and non-academic public health institutions

Investigators from minority and underrepresented populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

Up to $25,000 for an 11 month project.

A link to application instructions is available on the program website.

Email completed applications in a single PDF file to hicahs@colostate.edu.