The Emory-Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program, in partnership with the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) and Georgia State University (GSU) is pleased to announce the sixth round of research seed grants in Healthcare Innovation. Seed grants will fund multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary teams examining healthcare services and clinical effectiveness. Awards will support innovative approaches that address issues of healthcare quality, costs, and/or access that are consistent with the goals of the HIP.
Two categories of grants will be considered; Preliminary Study Grants and Complete Project Grants. As outlined below, each category has different requirements and funding levels. Research studies in health services and clinical effectiveness will be considered involving adult and/or pediatric patients.
A major goal of the Seed Grant Program is to stimulate the collaboration across disciplines and organizational units. Therefore, each proposal must include:
- a minimum of two faculty investigators from different academic units (e.g., schools or departments) at Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, and/or GSU;
- at least one medical or nursing staff member at Emory Healthcare, Children’s Grady, and/or the Atlanta VAMC. The hospital staff member may be represented by one of the university faculty.
Preliminary study grants are being offered to enable investigators to generate preliminary data that facilitates either a subsequent submission of health services research grants for external funding from Emory, Georgia Tech, MSM, GSU, and/or Children’s; or a clinical effectiveness study at Emory Healthcare, Children’s, Grady, and/or the Atlanta VAMC. Preliminary study grants may be provided for up to $25,000 for no more than one year. Complete project grants are being offered to enable investigators to answer specific questions addressing either healthcare quality, cost and/or access; or clinical effectiveness at Emory Healthcare, Children’s Grady, and/or the Atlanta VAMC. Complete Project Grants may be funded up to $25,000 per year for no more than two years.
The major criteria for evaluation by the review committee will be the potential innovation and impact of the proposed studies. The following criteria also will be included in the review committee’s assessment:
- the extent of inter-disciplinary and inter-organizational collaboration;
- the potential for subsequent extramural funding; and
- cost effectiveness and availability of any additional support/matching funds.
Funds from these grants may be sued for data collection and analysis, lab supplies, and student/postdoc/technical support that are directly related to the conduct of research. Salary support for university faculty or hospital medical/nursing staff is not appropriate. Costs typically not allowed on federal grants are also not appropriate. The review committee reserves the right to make adjustments to the budgets of funded projects based on the total funds available. Any publications arising from a grant funded by this program is required to acknowledge the HIP and the ACTSI as a funding source. IRB approval is necessary before funding can commence.
When submitting your full proposal, the technical aspect cannot exceed five pages and all submissions should include the following sections:
- a brief introduction outlining the general issues to be examined;
- the questions to be addressed by the proposed research with specific aims;
- a brief description of proposed study methodology including data sources;
- the anticipated results of the study; and
- a budget with uses, justifications, and any other sources of support or available funds.
For Preliminary Study Grants: a brief discussion should be provided about how the study results will lead to subsequent external sponsorship or a clinical effectiveness study
For Complete Project Grants: a brief discussion should be provided about ow the study results will answer the questions being addressed.
A letter of intent with the title of the project, the names of the investigators, and the proposed total budget must be emailed no later that May 1, 2014 to Maryam Carn, HIP Program Manager at maryam.carn@emory.edu.The application submission date is May 15, 2014.
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