Arkansas Nutrition, Obesity, and Health Research Pilot Grants

Request for Proposals

Purpose

The purpose of the RFP is to provide the demonstrated cross-institutional, multi-disciplinaryteamwork, experience, and preliminary data needed to be competitive for large, extramural grant funding opportunities. We expect teams to submit an external grant proposal by the end of the funding period. In this round, we anticipate funding2grants for up to $50,000 each, and 2 grants for “high risk/high reward” projects up to $25,000 each.

Timeline

  • Proposal deadline: 29 November 2017
  • Evaluation by external reviewers: November/December 2017
  • Notification of selection (target): 5 January 2018
  • Estimated project start date (target): 5 January 2018

Proposal Application Guidelines*

The UAMS Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research will serve as the cross-institution clearinghouse for grant applications and processing. Using the format and instructions provided in this RFP, complete and submit the following to that Officein a PDFfile of your Word documentby email () by 12:00am CST (midnight) on November 29, 2017:

  • All pages should be single spaced, 11 point Arial font, 1inch margins
  • Research Strategy (up to 3 pages)
  • Budget. Each institution's funds will be remaining within-campus, so budget should clearly delineate costs by institution(1 page maximum)
  • Budget Justification (1 page maximum)
  • Succinct description of multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary approach and timeline (1/2 page maximum)
  • Deliverables. This includes a clear indication of how the study results and team-buildingwill lead to positioning for competitive extramural funding; teams must identify at least one specific extramural target(1/2 page maximum)
  • NIH-style Biosketchfrom each PI, Co-Investigator

*Projects will be funded for 1 year.

Questions

Address all questions to Dr. Larry Cornett (c/o )

One or more of the following general Research Themes should serve as a guide in terms of the aims and relevance of your submitted proposal:

  1. Cardiometabolic Health
  2. Metabolism & Energetics
  3. Food Insecurity
  4. Microbiome-Host Interactions
  5. Environmental, Cultural & Social Aspects of Health
  6. Physical Activity & Muscle Function
  7. Dietary Behaviors

APPLICATION COMPONENTS (REQUIRED):

APPLICATION HEADER: Use the following Application Headers to Insert into the 3-page Application (Bold all headers, then use regular font for content. Do NOT retain the unbolded information in the headers in your application; header is allowable within the 1 inch upper margin of the page):

Key Investigator Last Names/First Initials, Institutions (in parentheses after each name):

PI Contact Information (email and phone number):

Title of Project/Study: ALL CAPS

RESEARCH STRATEGY(total of 3 pages for ALL sections listed below, does not include references)

A. Background and Description of the Problem (be sure to highlight rationale/premise, innovation, significance; including preliminary data if available)

B. Specific Aims and Hypothesis(NIH Format)

C. Approach (brief description of research design and methods, statistical analyses, project time line; in this section, it is also important to note “Environment” in terms of key infrastructure, equipment, and Core usage as relevant)

SUPPORTING INFORMATION

A. Multidisciplinary and Multi-institution fit(1/2 page maximum)

B. Budget (1 page maximum) and Budget Justification(1 page maximum)

C. Evidence for Extramural Research Project Grant Target (describe specifically how the deliverables obtained from the proposed study “sets the table” for submission of an external grant application by the end of one year’s support: e.g., the granting institution, any specific initiative/RFPs, due dates)(1/2 page maximum)