The CVI Seed Grants provide funding for innovative research. These awards are intended to bring together new collaborative groups that can address high-risk, high-reward questions from a variety of perspectives, applying new techniques and methods to cardiovascular-related problems. The CVI also seeks to support translational technologies that may require funds to address specific areas of development in order to move along a path to commercialization.
Proposals will be reviewed by CVI faculty, and grants of unrestricted funds will be made to top-scoring proposals. Funding levels are not specified, investigators are encouraged to ask for what they need. However, previous funding levels have been in the range of $25 - $50K. Note that patient-oriented clinical work requiring larger funding amounts will be considered with appropriate budget justification.
Deadline: Friday, November 2, 2012, 5:00 pm
Areas of FocusThe CVI supports research across all cardiovascular areas, emphasizing cardiac, vascular and pulmonary development and disease. Proposals addressing all aspects of cardiovascular disease will be considered. Of particular interest are projects that invoke innovative approaches and have translational potential.
Note: Proposals that address pediatric concerns will be assessed separately, as funds are reserved specifically for projects in this area.
Funding Levels
Proposals will be supported at levels appropriate to the work described, funds permitting.
Eligibility
- Faculty and Instructors are eligible
- Only one proposal per Principal Investigator
Priority
- Junior investigators
- New collaborations
Judging Criteria
- Innovation
- Feasibility
- Approach
- Significance
- Consideration of sex and age differences
Application
- Please use standard formatting (minimum 11 pt. font and reasonable margins).
- Please note appropriate cross-cutting discipline(s), listed below, in the page header, along with the PI name and project title:
- Bioengineering
- Cell & Molecular Science
- Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
- Imaging
- Population Science
- Clinical
- Submit PDF with contents in the following order:
- Title Page
- Abstract (150 words or fewer)
- Cross-Cutting Discipline(s) (specify pediatric if applicable)
- PI Name, title, department
- Co-Investigator and/or other key personnel name(s), titles, departments
- Title Page
- Cover letter (optional)
- Application – 2-page limit for sections i.-iv. (excluding references, figures, budget, biosketches)
- i. Background – Please note that preliminary data is not required. If submitted, preliminary data will be considered in the review.
- ii. Specific Aims
- iii. Methods
- iv. Future Directions
- v. References & Figures
- vi. Budget - Please provide budget justification for all areas of the project. Note existing sources of funding if applicable. If the project will require more than one year's funding, please provide separate year 1 and year 2 budgets.
- vii. Biosketches for all investigators (PI first, the rest in alphabetical order), including current funding
Submit entire package to Sofie Kleppner:
by Friday, November 2, 2012, 5:00pm
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