The University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC) Community Engagement Core (CEC) works with community partners to develop science-based solutions to environmental health problems.
Donor Name: University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC)
State: New York
City: Rochester
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/16/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Strong community partnerships are essential to generate, transmit, and use science to help solve environmental health problems. The Capacity Building Project (CBP) program provides funding for local organizations to grow their engagement in environmental health.
This program focuses on communities, environmental health, and capacity building and uses these definitions.
- Community: Community members; persons affected by a condition/issue being addressed or studied; and other stakeholders, including health care providers, educators, and government.
- Environmental Health Problem: They aim to help groups identify, understand, and address situations where an environmental factor or condition directly impacts human health outcomes.
- Capacity Building: The program is designed to foster a two-way exchange between the EHSC and the awardee, related to environmental health knowledge or skills, so that the organization is in a better position to take on future related work.
Funding Information
The EHSC will provide up to $10,000 for one or two CBPs in 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Projects should address environmental health problems in the greater Rochester region.
Selection Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on:
- Potential to address environmental health problems in the greater Rochester region
- Potential to build the organization’s capacity for future environmental health work
- Feasibility of the project (i.e., ability to achieve stated goals during project period)
- Evidence of support by contractors, partners, or participants (letter, past work, etc.)
- Project’s Budget is complete, reasonable to meet the project’s goals, and is within funding guidelines
- Potential of the project to establish a new partnership with the EHSC
- Plan for future action, funding, replicability, or sustainability
For more information, visit EHSC.
