Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST)

2016Design Thinking Research Awards

Grant Application Instructions

SPRING SEMDEADLINESSUMMER SEM DEADLINESFALL SEM DEADLINES

Letter of Intent: 8/3/2015 Letter of Intent: 12/7/2015Letter of Intent: 3/28/2016

Notification: 9/7/2015 Notification: 1/4/2016Notification: 4/11/2016

Final Application: 10/12/2015Final Application: 2/1/2016Final Application: 5/9/2016

Notification: 11/9/2015 Notification: 3/1/2016Notification: 5/30/2016

Project Date: 1/11-4/29/16 Project Date: 5/9-8/5/16Project Date: 8/22-12/9/16

  1. Background and Purpose

Established in 2005, the CCTST is a collaborative effort among the University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), UC Health and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). The CCTST is a research resource and “academic home” for clinical and translational scientists and programs, which in collaboration with the Live Well Collaborative (LWC) is sponsoring this grant opportunity. The LWC is a non-profit founded in 2007 by UC and Procter and Gamble (P&G). Its purpose is to specialize in research and development of products and services for Living Well across the lifespan, with an emphasis on America’s aging population. It is built around the open innovation model for moving translational research into the market place.

This grant opportunity provides partial support for a Studio project.You identify a healthcare challenge and the Collaborative works with UC to form a design lead multi-disciplinary team (from faculty and students). The team will utilizedesign thinking tools and a “co-invention” model with stakeholders (e.g. patients) to develop products or services with a focus on innovation to address the healthcare challenge. The Studio structure facilitates ideas that are actionable andcan be implemented faster. Your team walks away with design methodologies that can be used to address future challenges and sustainable tools/prototypes that can be readily evaluated.The collaborative has a track record of completing 40 studio projects that have involved over 500 students and more than 40 UC faculty members.

  1. Definitions

Design thinking is “Devising courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.”-Herbert Simon, Carnegie Mellon Professor, one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century.

Studios are 14-week new product or service development projects. All intellectual property developed during the project becomes the property of the project sponsor.

  1. Eligibility

ApplicationswillbeacceptedfromfacultyofCincinnatiChildren’sHospitalMedicalCenter (CCHMC). Clustersofinvestigators spanningdisciplinesand programsarestronglyencouraged. Faculty based at UC and VAMC can collaborate with CCHMC investigators and this is encouraged; however, the PI must be from CCHMC. Applicants must be CCTST members. To join free of charge, go to

  1. Annual Award Limit

Applicantsmayonlyapplyforoneawardper calendar year.

  1. Grants Available

Translational Research Studios for services/product development:Grantsprovide 14 weeksofsupport with periods of funding determined by the applicant and LWC.Research studios range in cost from $29,000 to $78,000 depending on staffing levels of faculty, graduate, and co-op students and supplies needed to complete deliverables. Themaximumallowablegrantis $10,000 for the 14 weeks.The applicant’s Division must agree to cost-share the remainder or the applicant can use grant funds for the remaining costs. Thenumberofawardeeswillbedetermined by thequality of theproposals, thetotalamountof the requestedbudgetsofsufficiently meritorious proposals,and availablefunds.Approximately 1awardwill beavailable each semester in 2016: spring (1/11-4/29), summer (5/9-8/5) and fall (8/22-12/9).

  1. Process

Theinitial applicationforresearchproposals willconsistofa2pageLetterof Intent(LOI). TheLOIwillbescreenedforeligibility andtoexamine if theproposedresearchproject supportsthegoalsofCCTST Design ThinkingResearch Awards. TheLOIswillbescreened by establishedresearcherswithinthe LWCand CCTST. Following theinitialscreening,selected investigatorswillbeinvited to submit a full application. There will be 3 deadlines annually for LOIs that willcoincidewiththesemester schedule. TheLOIsubmissiondateswillbeposted in theCCTSTwebsiteunderits FundingOpportunitiestab.

  1. Letter of Intent (LOI)

TheLOIconsistsof the applicationfacepage(formattached)and2 pages consistingof thefollowing:

  • background and rationale
  • project aims
  • desired outcomes
  • briefdescription offutureimplicationsand fundingopportunitiesto bepursued
  • keycollaboratorsand theirdepartment/divisionalaffiliation

Instructorsand assistantprofessorsmustalso providea letterofsupportfromtheir research mentor.

LOIs must be submitted in single spaced text, one-half inch margins, and no smaller than an 11-point font. Arial or Helvetica typeface is required. The primary applicant’s name must appear in the upper right hand corner of each page after the face page. LOIs will be due by 5 p.m. on the deadline date. Submit as a.pdf file to .

  1. Composition of Research Proposal

ApplicantswhoseLOIsareselectedforafullresearchproposalwillbenotifiedapproximatelyone monthafter the LOI submission date.Fullapplicationresearchproposalsmustbesubmittedelectronically and will be due by 5 PM on the deadline date.Sendfullapplicationproposalas a .pdffile to theemail addresses listed below.

Email subjectline: CCTST Design Thinking Award

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Invited applications must be submitted in single-spaced text, one-half inch margins, and no smaller than an 11-point font. Arial or Helvetica typeface is required. The primary applicant’s name must appear in the upper right hand corner of each page after the face page. Proposal text is limited to three pages.

Invited research proposals should include:

  1. Face Page – Key Co-investigators should be listed (form attached below)
  2. Abstract (not to exceed ½ page)
  3. Documentation of Division cost-share or grant funds to fund the remainder of the project ($19,000 – $68,000). The Collaborative can advise of project costs once deliverables are identified.
  4. Letter of Support from division chief or department chair and research mentor, if applicable (see below)
  5. Project Brief (limit 3 pages)
  1. Brief overview of project goals, outcomes and what it will lead to (could be a Specific Aims page) – limit one page
  2. Significance
  3. Innovation
  4. Approach (description of the setting/clinic and target population, existing resources/support that will promote project feasibility, description of multidisciplinary team members).
  5. Preliminary studies, if any
  6. Project timeline
  7. Literature Cited (can be outside of the 3 page limit)

6. Statement about how this project fits within the mentoring/researchenvironmentand

overall impact.

7. Specific Expected Deliverables (manuscripts, actual changes in clinical care, future grant

applications).

8. Statement Regarding Human Subjects.

  1. Letters of support and required signatures

Fullapplicationresearchproposals mustincludealetterofsupportfromtheprimaryapplicant’sdivisionchiefor chairperson and research mentor if applicable.Includedintheletterofsupportmustbeastatementregardingthepriorityoftheresearchproposal.Instructorsandassistantprofessors mustalso providealetterofsupportfromtheirresearchmentor.PleaseaddresslettersofsupporttotheCCTST Design Thinking ResearchAwardsCommittee.

  1. Design Thinking Research Awardee Activities

Anoverarchinggoalofthegrantsmechanism istofosteracommunityofresearchersfocusedoncutting-edgedesign thinkingresearchthrough the CCTST. Such aresearchcommunity willhaveties thatcutacrossdivisionsandprogramsthatcurrentlyconductinnovation research.Tothisend,awardeeswillparticipateinactivitiesandnetworkbuildingto enhancetheCCTST researchcommunitysuchas:1)attending CCTST Grand Rounds, 2) attending quarterly CCTST Internal Advisory Committee Meetings, 3) being available for consultation with future applicants for the Award, and4) co-authoring/disseminating results of the work at conferences or via manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and patient publications.

  1. Proposal Evaluation Criteria

The application review committee from the LWC and CCTST willconductareviewof each fullgrantproposal.Proposalswillbeevaluatedusing guidelinessimilartothoseofotherCCHMC internal awardsandNIHawards. Theseincludetheproposal’ssignificance,investigator qualifications,innovation,approach,mentoring/researchenvironmentandoverallimpact. Projectsaddressing oneoftheCCTSTpriority areasarestrongly desired.Inallcases,anearlyimpactonhealthcarequalityand/orhealthoutcomes willbeviewedverypositively. Applicationsthatwilllead toR01funding,orsupplement research projectfundingforcareerdevelopment awardswillbeviewed favorably.

  1. Notification of Award

Applicants will be notified of decisions about grant awards at least 2 monthsbefore the beginning of the semester to ensure that adequate time is available to start the project and complete it within the time frame of the semester or summer session. Awardees will be required to sign a contractual agreement with the LWC that outlines the project deliverables and funding requirements.

  1. Progress Reports

Awardees will be required to provide a summary report of the grant 8 weeks after completion of the award period. This summary should include a description of the aims of the award, the progress toward completion of aims, the problems encountered and how they were overcome, and any plans to pursue extramural grants using data from the award as preliminary results.

For additional information about the Live Well Collaborative, go to.

For additional information about the CCTST Design Thinking Research Awards, please go to orcontact .

CCTST Design Thinking Research Award Proposal
Research Grant Application Face Page
1. TITLEOFPROJECT
2. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROGRAMDIRECTOR
2a.NAME (Last, first, middle) / 2b.DEGREE(S)
2c.POSITION TITLE / 2d.MAILINGADDRESS (Street, city, state, zip code)
E-MAILADDRESS:
2e.DIVISION
2f. DEPARTMENT, SERVICE, LABORATORY,OREQUIVALENT
2g.TELEPHONE ANDFAX(Areacode,number andextension)
TEL:FAX:
3. Co- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROGRAMDIRECTOR
3a.NAME (Last, first, middle) / 3b.DEGREE(S)
3c.POSITION TITLE / 3d.MAILINGADDRESS (Street, city, state, zip code)
E-MAILADDRESS:
3e.DIVISION
3f. DEPARTMENT, SERVICE, LABORATORY,OREQUIVALENT
3g.TELEPHONE ANDFAX(Areacode,number andextension)
TEL:FAX:
4. HumanSubjectsResearch
☐No☐Yes / 4a.ResearchExempt ☐No ☐Yes / 4b.IRB Approved
☐No ☐Yes ☐Pending
4c. If yes, IRB#
5. DATESOFPROPOSED PERIODOF SUPPORT (MM/DD/YY) / 6.COSTS REQUESTEDYear 1
DirectCosts($) / 7.COSTS REQUESTEDTotal
DirectCosts($)
From / Through
8.Theundersignedreviewed thisapplication foraCCTST Design ThinkingResearchAwardandare familiar withthepolicies, terms, andconditions ofthe CCTSTconcerningresearchsupportand accept theobligationtocomply withallsuchpolicies, terms, andconditions.
Primary Applicant:
Signatureof Primary ApplicantDate: / DivisionChief orDept. Chair of Co-investigator:
Signatureof DivisionChief of Primary investigatorDate:
Co-investigator applicant:
Signatureof Co-InvestigatorApplicantDate: / DivisionChief orDept. Chairof Co-investigator:
Signatureof DivisionChief of Co-investigatorDate:
Co-investigator applicant:
Signatureof Co-InvestigatorApplicantDate: / DivisionChief orDept. Chair of Co-investigator:
Signatureof DivisionChief of Co-investigator:Date:

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