Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Research Award Application Process

(Revised December 2014)

Each year the Department of Pediatrics funds support for clinical, basic or applied research projects proposed by investigators within the Duke Children’s community. It is hoped that funded projects will spawn successful extramural applications. This year funds for these awards are made possible by a generous gift from the Derfner Foundation as well as a substantial portion of the net proceeds from Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals fund raising undertaken by our Pediatrics department development team.

The deadline for this Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research Awards grant cycle is January 29, 2015, at 11:59 pm. The completed application, budget and CV must be submitted as a single Word Document that is emailed to Karen McClure (). If you have questions, please call Karen McClure at 919.385.3139.

Four grants of up to $25,000 over one year will be funded by the Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research Awards. All applications will be judged based upon:

·  Hypothesis

·  Likelihood of the work being successfully performed in the proposed time

·  Presence of power analysis

Criteria include:

o  Applicant is a faculty member at the Medical Instructor or Assistant Professor level or is a fellow in the second year of training

o  Applicant has a senior scientist mentor

o  Applicant has no NIH funding for this project or has an NIH K award with inadequate funds to fully support the study. If an NIH application is funded in the first year of the award, the remaining monies will be returned to the Derfner-Duke Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research Fund

o  Preliminary data are not required but will be considered if they are included in the application

Expectations of Awardees/Terms of Award

1.  Acceptance of a Derfner-Duke Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research Award indicates that the investigator is willing to present the research project to an audience designated by the Duke Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals program staff.

2.  The Research Awards will begin on May 1, 2015. Requests for carry-over of funds must be received in writing by the Award Committee no later than 30 days prior to the award termination date. The request for carry-over must describe the reasons for the request. Unexpended funds not requested for carry-over or those denied for carry-over will be returned to the Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research Fund. Over-expenditure of Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research Awards is the responsibility of the award recipient.

3.  By April 30, 2016, the investigator will provide a written progress report of the research performed to date as well as a financial report summary detailing the expenditures of the Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Research Award funds. Failure to demonstrate adequate progress may lead to termination of funding.

All proposals will be peer-reviewed, and awards will be announced in April 2015.


Derfner-Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Research Grant Application

(Revised December, 2014)

(Application & budget should be submitted in electronic format to Karen McClure
at )

(You must answer all questions to qualify for consideration)

Name of Applicant
Applicant’s Primary Department
Secondary Department (if any)
Applicant’s Contact Information
Post Office Box
Email Address
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Proposed Funding Period
Begin
End
Division Administrator
Contact Information
Post Office Box
Email Address
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Date Application Submitted
Project Title:
Project Summary:
Lay Project Summary:
Have you received previous funding from CMNH at Duke? (Yes/No)
If Yes, please provide:
Date of Award
Project Title
Summary of Results:
Has the research described in this proposal received previous Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Research funding at Duke? Yes/No
If yes, please provide a letter from the research program leader stating how this request for funding is different from previous requests and explain how this request fits into the strategic plan for the research program.
List the publications that are based on the research supported by the previous award.
Where do you anticipate funding will lead (i.e., preliminary work leading to extramural support, startup funds for a young researcher)?


CURRICULUM VITAE -- Application MUST include CV of Principal Investigator in order to be considered COMPLETE. PLEASE INCLUDE CURRENT CV WITH THIS APPLICATION.

Please list name, degree, departmental affiliation and role (e.g., principal investigator, research associate, collaborating investigator, consultant) of each person associated with project, beginning with the principal investigator:

Name / Degree / Department / Role on Project
Principal Investigator

Please list all other grants which are currently active or pending, including title of grant, amount of funding, and funding period:

Title / Agency / Period / Total Amount / Status
(Active/Pending)

OUTLINE OF PROPOSED BUDGET

Note: Salary support can be requested for the PI and other members of the research team. Money can also be requested to support laboratory personnel, specialized testing services, travel, statistical analysis, and publication costs. Salary support will not be provided to mentors.

A. Personnel
Name / Degree / Role / Amount
Principal Investigator
Subtotal
B. Equipment (itemize) / Item
Subtotal
C. Supplies / Item
Subtotal
D. Other Expenses / Item
Subtotal
Grand Total (A,B,C,D)


BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

(Please clarify all items in the various budget categories)

Personnel:
Equipment:
Supplies:
Other Expenses:
Facilities Available:
Relationship of Proposed Budget to Other Support:


RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Please follow outline below. Limit to no more than 5 pages TOTAL, including bibliography.

A.  PREVIOUS RELEVANT WORK BY OTHERS

Background and significance of proposed area of investigation

B.  PREVIOUS WORK BY INVESTIGATOR

Preliminary data acceptable

C.  RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Specific aims, experimental design and method – animals, anesthesia, and post-operative care, and human subjects, including subject race and gender demographics

D.  POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION (significance of this study)

E.  LIMITATIONS OF PROPOSED STUDY

F.  EXPLAIN HOW NUMBER OF ANIMAL OR HUMAN SUBJECTS WAS DETERMINED (was a statistician involved?)


Application Check List

(Revised December 2014)

Completed Application per Instructions
Detailed Budget with Budget Justification
Letter of support from Mentor
CV