P30 UK-CARES: Membership Application
APPROVAL AND EVALUATION PROCESS The Director, Deputy Director, and Executive Committee will vote on the appointment of new nominees and reappointment of existing members. Initial appointment is a term for three (3) years. Prospective UK-CARES members must demonstrate a commitment to the mission and vision of the center and are expected to participate in center events. TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP FULL -UK faculty member who is currently or in the past five (5) years a principal investigator on a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded grant (including Projects or Cores of NIEHS Program grants and UK-CARES pilot grants), and/or -First or senior author on at least one (1) environmental health science (EHS) focused original research article in a major journal (top tier journals, and/or major EHS journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Research, or Toxicological Sciences) within the last three (3) years ASSOCIATE -Has active EHS-related National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant support, and/or -Co-investigator on an NIEHS grant, and/or -UK faculty member who has research interests that are relevant to one or more of the UK-CARES focus areas, and/or -Actively engaged in UK-CARES activities (e.g., Science Communication Faculty Fellow) COMMUNITY -Actively engaged in UK-CARES activities (e.g., Stakeholder Advisory Board member) -Project director of a UK-CARES funded community grant -Faculty from regional colleges or universities in our target region