CABI Seed Grant Application

Georgia Tech has recently allocated seed grant funding to CABI for use by Georgia Tech faculty wishing to obtain pilot data for a R01 or other external grant application. Georgia Tech faculty may receive seed grants of up to $10,000 of scanning time (these funds cannot be used to reimburse participants or purchase additional equipment.) The PI must be a faculty member at Georgia Tech with an established history of funded research, though not necessarily neuroimaging research. Student-led proposals will not be considered. In addition to scientific merit, successful applications will demonstrate how the data collected with the seed grant funds will be used as pilot data for an application for external funding.

The proposal should include:

  1. The project title.
  2. Theteam members(PI, other collaborators).
  3. An abstract (in lay terms) of the project (250 words) explicitly stating the broad impact of the project.
  4. A project description (≤4 pages) that includes:
  5. A statement of the scientific question or problem.
  6. A description of the background of the question or problem and its significance.
  7. The specific aims of the project.
  8. Methodological approaches to those aims.
  9. A plan for obtaining external funding based on the data collected.

NOTE: Project description should be written in such a manner that reviewers outside of the applicants’ primary discipline will be able to comprehend it. Project descriptions that are not readily understandable by the reviewers will not be scored.

  1. A budget description that itemizes the number of scanning hours required.
  2. Permissions/approvals for the care and use of vertebrate non-human animals, or human subjects.
  3. CVs of the PI and other collaborators.

Completed applicationsshould be submitted electronically to Kate Pirog Revill (), with a hard copy of the signature page delivered to CABI. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis but must be received by May 1, 2013. Seed grant funds must be used within 1 calendar year of the award date.

2012-2013 Seed Grant Application

1 & 2. Project title and team members

Principal Investigator:
Department & Campus Address: / Campus Telephone:
Email:
Title of Project: / Amount Requested:
PI Signature & Date:
Team Members (PI, co-PI, collaborators, postdocs, students):
Name & Position / Department / Email address / Signature

3. Abstract (250 words Max)

4. Project description (4 pages Max)

5. Budget Description

TOTAL BUDGET REQUESTED:

Scanning hours (estimate with $425/hour)

Hours # / Description / Cost

6. Permissions/approvals

Research Materials and Subjects:

Yes / No / Regulatory approval (approval date, pending, or N/A)
Human subjects
Biohazardous Materials
Radiation Safety

Note: If regulatory approval has been granted, please submit a copy of the approval statement along with this application. If approval is pending, a copy of the approval MUST be received by the Program Administrator before funding can be dispersed.