Request for Proposals: Advancing One Health at CSU

The One Health Institute at Colorado State University is excited to announce two funding opportunities for 2025: Faculty Pilot Grant Funding and the One Health Student Award. 

These initiatives support innovative student and faculty research projects that implement the One Health approach to address challenges at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.

Explore the details for each funding opportunity below and download the complete PDF documents to view all application requirements.

Faculty Pilot Grant Funding

Addressing an Ecosystem Health Challenge through the One Health Approach

Funding amount: Up to $40,000

Up to $40,000 of pilot funding for CSU faculty will be awarded for a single year to support the formation of interdisciplinary teams to address a health and/or disease ecosystem health challenge that affects the health of humans, animals, and/or plants to better position them for extramural funding in the next 1-3 years.

An “ecosystem health challenge” within a One Health project would focus on addressing threats to the health of an ecosystem, recognizing that the health of humans, animals, and the environment are
interconnected, and taking action to mitigate issues like habitat loss, biodiversity decline, pollution, and climate variability, which can impact both human and animal health within that ecosystem.

The One Health Institute will only consider proposals that include aspects of ecosystem, human, and animal health; +/- plant health. We anticipate funding 2-4 pilot grant proposals. 

Funding Duration: February 28, 2025 - February 28, 2026

Competitive proposals will:

  1. Articulate a vision for a pilot project that aligns interdisciplinary expertise to implement the One Health approach to address a health or disease issue in an ecosystem-based project.
  2. Address a problem that must include aspects of ecosystem, human, and animal health; +/- plant health.
  3. Include an interdisciplinary team from at least two categories and CSU colleges
  4. Have well-considered, specific extramural funding targets
  5. Outline the nature of logistical support that will be required for follow-on funding success.
While inclusion of external stakeholders and partners are encouraged, given the nature of available funds, all expenditures must be managed via CSU accounts; i.e., subawards and contracts with external sources are not allowable.

Eligibility:

Interdisciplinary teams of faculty and staff in any program from two or more of the eight CSU colleges

Key Deadlines:

  • RFP Release: December 15, 2024
  • Application Deadline: January 31, 2025, 5:00 PM MST
  • Award Start Date: February 28, 2025
  • Award Completion Date: February 28, 2026
  • Final Report Due: March 31, 2026

Submission Guidelines:

Applications must be submitted using the guidelines provided in the official RFP document. Each proposal compontent (1-4, below) must be uploaded into the submission system as seperate PDF files.

  1. Title page and Abstract
  2. Research Proposal
  3. Proposed Budget
  4. Appendices 

For questions regarding the faculty pilot award, please contact [email protected].

For questions regarding submission to the InfoReady Review System, please contact [email protected]. 

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One Health Student Award

Funding amount: Up to $5,000 per award

Up to $5,000 of funding is available for a single year and will support graduate and professional student research that will improve our understanding or response to an issue that affects human, animal and environmental health. 

The One Health Institute Student Award will not consider proposals that focus on only one or
two areas of human, animal and environmental health. 

Collaborative projects are encouraged, and must include letters from collaborating investigators in the proposal.

Funding duration: February 28, 2025 - February 28, 2026

Eligibility:

  • Students must be enrolled and in good academic standing in a graduate or professional training program at Colorado State University. A student may be enrolled in any program within any of the eight CSU colleges.
  • Students are only eligible for funds through this program once during their degree studies. 
  • Students must have the ability to participate in next year’s grant review panel.
  • Students are required to have a faculty advisor. All university faculty or eligible university titles from all eight colleges qualify. Students are encouraged to seek faculty advisor
    involvement in developing project plans, estimating budgets, and writing proposals.

Key Deadlines:

  • RFP Release: December 15, 2024
  • Application Deadline: January 31, 2025, 5:00 PM MST
  • Award Start Date: February 28, 2025
  • Award Completion Date: February 28, 2026
  • Final Report Due: March 31, 2026

Submission Guidelines:

Applications must be submitted using the guidelines provided in the official RFP document and will include the following components:

  1. Title page and abstract
  2. Background Information
  3. Hypotheses and Project Aims
  4. Research Plan for Each Project Aim
  5. Contribution to One Health
  6. Proposed Budget
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Why Apply?

The One Health Institute provides these funding opportunities to encourage collaborative and solution-driven research. By addressing interconnected health challenges, funded projects contribute to a more sustainable and healthier future.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].