OpportunityTitle:UniversityofWashington/PhilipsHealthcarePilotProjectProgram(UWP-PPP) 2017.

Fundinglevel:Upto$200,000(inclusive ofF&A costs),whichisintendedtofund2 to 5pilotresearchprojects.

Mechanism:Letterofintentforfirstround,followedbyfullapplicationsfrominvitedapplicants.ApprovedprojectswillbeconductedundertheexistingMasterResearchAgreement(MRA)betweenPhilipsandtheUniversityofWashington.

KeyDates:Call for proposalsOctober 2

Letter of Intent dueNovember 6

Full proposal invitations December 4

Invited proposals dueJanuary 8, 2018

Announcement of awardsFebruary 5, 2018

Project start date (not before)March 5, 2018

Eligibility:AnyUniversityofWashingtonfacultymember.

Whatcanbefunded: Scancostswhereappropriate,stafftime,facultytime(limitedto5%oftotaleffort unless preapproved), supplies.Payment milestones will be negotiated with each award.

Projectduration:Maximumofoneyear. No-cost extensions will not be granted.

Reporting:Grant recipients must agree to the following: Monthlytelephone conferences between University of Washington and Philipsproject team members. Quarterly written reports and or discussions with program monitors. A final report. Projectupdates at UWP‐PPP Research Steering Committee meeting if invited.

UWP-PPP Priorities:Projects that are in targeted areas of interest, including, but not limited to the following: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data and Clinical Informatics, see Requirements section.

Projects that are intended to generate preliminary data for NIH orequivalentfunding applicationsor other larger follow-on projects.

UW faculty working in collaboration with UW Radiology faculty

Multidisciplinary collaborations are strongly encouraged to enable the element of discovery at the intersections

Projects with the potential for translation by Philips.

Background

The University of Washington Department of Radiology in collaborationwithPhilips,isannouncingour thirdroundofPilotProjectPrograms(PPPs)structuredtoalignwithjointUW and Philipsstrategicgoals.

TheintentofthisRequestforProposalsistogenerateresearchsubmissionsthatwillbeconsideredforpilotprojectsupportundertheUW- PhilipsMasterResearchAgreement,andmanagedaspartoftheUW/PhilipsSteeringCommittee.

ThisdocumentwillprovideguidanceontheRFPprocessandrequirementswhichwillallowtheproposaltobereviewedsuccessfully.

AbouttheUniversityofWashington

TheUniversityofWashingtonhasastrongprofileandpresenceasaworldleaderineducationandresearch.Thetotalforallsponsoredprojectsis$1.4B,whichfundsexperientiallearningforundergraduateandgraduatestudentsaswellasdiscoveriesthatimpactourregionandourworld.Since1979theUWreceivedmorefederalresearchfundingthananyotherU.S.publicuniversity.Since1969UWhasplacedamongthetopfivefortotalfundingforallpublicandprivateuniversitiesinthecountry.RankingsbytheInstituteofHigherEducationatChina’sShanghaiJiaoTongUniversityplacetheUWat15amongtheworld’stopuniversities(arankingheldsince2007),and13nationally.TheNationalTaiwanUniversity rankedtheUWfifthoverall(fournationally)andfirstinpublicuniversitiesworldwideforthequalityandimpactofresearchendeavors.

TheDepartmentofRadiologyattheUniversityofWashingtonisatop-10academicradiologydepartmentinNorthAmerica(NIHfunding).Imagingsciencesareanessentialandintegralpartofthedepartmentalframework.TheDepartmentprovidesimagingservicesthatincludestate-of-the-artMR,PET/CT,CT,interventional,andultrasoundimagingstudies.TheDepartmentsupports10academic/clinicalsections,andmultipleresearchgroups.

BuildingupontheUniversityofWashington’sstrongreputationasaworld-classresearchinstitution,producingnoteworthyadvancesinclinicalandbasicresearch,theUWwillprovidetheinfrastructurenecessarytosupportoutstandingclinicalandtranslationalinvestigatorsandtheirwork.

AboutPhilips

Philips is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s health and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care. Philips’ health technology portfolio generated 2016 sales of EUR 17.4 billion and employs approximately 71,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries.

JointProjects

Philips andUWhavebeenpartners inalong-standingandsuccessful collaborationunderaUW-PhilipsMasterResearchAgreementestablishedin2004.Duringthistimetherehasbeenover80activeprojectscreated,publications,IPandtechnologytransfer.Thecollaborationhasbeenwidereachingwith projectsspanningAcuteCare,ImagingDiagnostics,Intervention,HealthcareOperationsandothersacrossabroadarrayofhealthcaretechnologies.Thisstrongpartnershiphasseenthenumberofactiveprojectsintheportfoliogrowbyover450%since2007.

Award

TheUW/Philipscollaborationalreadyhasmultipleprojectssupportedbyseedfundingandresourcesharing.Thiseffortisdesignedtofurtherstimulateandfundnewresearchandexpandtheportfolio.Atotalof$200,000isavailableforseedfundingforsuccessfulproposals,whichisintendedtofund2 to 5proposals,dependingonmerit.Requestsforotherthanmonetarysupport(e.g.hardwareorsoftware)maybeconsideredaspartofthereviewprocesshoweversupportforsuchrequestswilldependuponavailability. Oneofthegoalsoftheseedfundingistosupportresearchwhichcouldleadtosuccessfulextramuralgrantapplications.AnygrantstemmingfromanapprovedprojectwillcontinueundertheMRA,orsimilartermspendingagreementfrombothpartiesasdefinedintheassociatedResearchPlan.

Requirements

Forconsiderationtheproposalshall:

Haveafullycompletedapplicationform,withcleardescriptionsoftheproposedresearch.

BealignedwithoneormorestrategictargetareasdescribedintheHealthcareContinuumbelow:

  • HealthyLiving:Beinghealthyandlivingwell
  • Prevention:Avoidingillnessthroughconscioushealthybehavior
  • Diagnosis:Gettingtoadefinitivediagnosisintheshortesttime
  • Treatment:Gettingthemosteffectivetreatmentinacosteffectiveway
  • Recovery:Fast,comfortable,predictable,lastingrecovery
  • HomeCare:Independentliving,connectedtocaregiverswhereneeded

Anyqualifiedresearcherwithavalidappointmentattheinstitutioniseligibletosubmitaproposal.StudiesareexpectedtobeperformedusingcurrentPhilipsHealthcareproducts. AllapprovedprojectswillbesubjecttothetermsoftheexistingMasterResearchAgreement(MRA)betweenPhilipsandtheUniversityofWashington,andwillrequiredocumentationintheformofResearchPlanswithtimelines,resourcesanddeliverables. Proposalsdetailingconcretedeliverablesthatwillbelikelytoaffectthedeliveryofcareandpatientoutcomeswillbemorefavorablyreviewed.

ReviewProcess

AspartofthemasterresearchagreementbetweenPhilipsandtheUniversityofWashingtonaResearchSteeringCommittee(RSC)hasbeenestablished. Thiscommittee,comprisingrepresentativesfrombothparties,isresponsibleforreviewingproposals,selectingprojects,andmonitoringtheprogressandoutcomes.AletterofintentshouldbesubmittedfirsttotheUWSCmembersforinitialreview,andasubsetofproposalswillbesenttoPhilipsSCforfurtherevaluation.Pendingsuccessfulfirst roundreview,thefinalreviewoftheproposalswillbeconductedbyajointPhilips-UWteam. Atthisstage,ifrequired,theinvestigatormaybeaskedtoprovideadditionalinformation.

SubmissionGuidelines

CompletedLettersofintentshouldbesubmittedasasingleelectronicfile(intheoriginalWordformat),to:

Laura Grant

UW Radiology

(206) 543-1802

PleaseusetheLetterofIntentWordTemplateoutlined below in AppendixA

AppendixA

LetterofIntent for the UW‐PhilipsHealthcarePilotProjectProgram

ProjectTitle:

UWPrincipalInvestigator

Name
Address
Telephone
email

PhilipsContact(Ifknown,butrecommended)

Name
Telephone
email

FittoStrategicTargets

☐Healthy Living, ☐Prevention, ☐Diagnosis,☐Prevention, ☐Treatment ☐Homecare

Others,specify

Requested Support:

EstimatedTimeline (months):

Equipmentorsoftwareetc.tobeprovidedbyPhilips(roughdescriptionokay,butpleasesonote)

EquipmentorSoftware / Released/unreleased / Manufacturer

Staffingsupporttobeprovidedbytheparties(completealloptionsthatapply,roughestimatesokay,butpleasesonote)

RequestedsupportbyPhilipsemployeesfortheperformanceoftheResearchPlan:
Numberofpersons:
Levelofexpertiseofpersonsidentified above:
Percentofeachperson’stimeovertheyearthatwillbemadeavailable
RequestedsupportbyUWemployeesfortheperformanceoftheResearchPlan:
Numberofpersons:
Levelofexpertiseofpersonsidentifiedabove:
Percentofeachperson’stimeovertheyearthatwillbemadeavailable

Scancostsorotherservices (roughestimatesokay,butpleasesonote)

Scansotherservices / Number / Site

Safety/Regulatory

Researchinvolvinghumansubjects,ifyes,hasIRBApprovalbeen

Obtained☐No/☐Yes:IRB#,Submitted☐No/☐Yes,Date:

Animalexperiments,ifyes,hasIACUCApprovalbeen

Obtained☐No/☐Yes:ARC#,Submitted☐No/☐Yes,Date:

Doesthisprojectinvolveanyprior/backgroundintellectualpropertysubmittedorissued?

☐Yes/☐No?,ifyes,istheprior/backgroundIPfrom☐Philips,☐UW,☐others