University of Pennsylvania Global Health Partnership Program: October 15 |
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September 3, 2013,
Volume 60, No. 3 |
Funds are available to promote Pilot Research collaborations between Guatemalan University and Clinical Partners and the University of Pennsylvania.
Application deadline: October 15, 2013
Guidelines:
Overview: This mechanism supports New and Resubmitted applications for research in areas of shared interest between faculty members at various Guatemalan University and Clinical Partners (e.g., University Francisco Marroquín, University of San Carlos, Hospitalito Atitlán, etc.) and the University of Pennsylvania (more at: www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/guatemalapartners.shtml). Funds will support pilot research leading to larger health-related extramural research funding proposals with a high probability of success.
Grant Term: up to one year. Unexpended funds must be returned at the end of the funding period.
Budget: Applications for funds up to $20,000 in total costs will be considered. Funds may be spent at the various Guatemalan partner sites, Penn, or a combination of both.
Eligibility: Research teams must include at least one faculty member at the assistant professor rank or above each from a Guatemalan partner site and Penn. Although not required, preference will be given to proposals that also include a formal collaboration with at least one Penn-NIH Fogarty International Center (FIC) trainee from Guatemala. Faculty members interested in collaborating but without a formal collaboration with a Penn-NIH FIC trainee or a well-identified Guatemalan partner site may contact Tom Kelly (tkelly@mail.med.upenn.edu) with sufficient lead time to identify these collaborators and prepare their application.
Evaluation criteria:
• scientific merit, creativity, and innovation
• public health significance, especially in developing nations
• feasibility
• prospects for future extramural funding
• advancement of the partnership between Guatemala and Penn
• preference may be given to lower cost, higher impact proposals
Instructions: Research proposal should be written in English, be no longer than three pages (not including budget) and include: title of the proposal, specific aims, background and significance, research design and methods, whether the study involves human subjects (as defined by Office for Human Research Protections of the US Department of Health and Human Services),and plans for future external funding (including funding agency, funding mechanism, and deadline). Please write the proposal so that it can be understood by an educated non-expert in the field.
In addition to the proposal, please include 1) a four-page NIH biosketch (preferred) or curriculum vitae (CV) for key personnel; and 2) an itemized budget, indicating which expenditures will be in Guatemala and which will be at Penn. No budget justification is required at the initial application stage. No indirect costs will be available, nor salary support for faculty.
Use 12 point font, single spaced and 1 inch margins.
Previously reviewed applications that are now being resubmitted should include full justification and responses to comments from previous reviews and clearly identify changes made to the proposed project based on these prior reviews. This justification and response section should be limited to a single page, in addition to the three pages of main grant specified above.
Submission:
Please send the application as follows:
Email by October 15, 2013 as a single PDF including application, budget and biosketches/CVs to Tom Kelly at tkelly@mail.med.upenn.edu
The name of the PDF should be the last name of the principal investigator.
Applications must be received by midnight of the deadline date.
Questions may be emailed to Tom Kelly at tkelly@mail.med.upenn.edu or Charlie Branas at cbranas@upenn.edu
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