Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Research

$10,000 Grant Award for Research

The CTSC/ECHO Clinical Investigators Program is offering a limited number of competitive awards of up to $10,000 to support the research projects of faculty fully participating in the program.

To be Eligible to Apply:

1. Principal Investigator must be a full-time faculty participant in the CTSC/ECHO Clinical Investigators Program.
2. The proposed project must be approved by the PI’s mentor in the program.
3. The PI cannot have substantial (more than $50,000) extramural support for her/is research.
4. The proposed project must begin during the PI’s first year in the CTSC/ECHO Clinical Investigators Program and must be completed before the end of the PI’s tenure in the program.
5. PI must have presented an abstract of the project at a dinner meeting of the CTSC/ECHO Clinical Investigators Program before submitting an application for this award.

Use of Funds:

1. Funds may not be used for salary support for the PI or other faculty members. Funds may be used to hire student employees or other temporary employees.
2. Funds may not be used for out-of-state travel. Funds may be used for in-state travel if it is essential to conduct the project’s activities; e.g., to travel to a (remote) site/community to interview subjects.
3. Funds may not be used to purchase computers, printers, PDAs or other electronic devices.
4. Funds may be used to purchase equipment only if it is essential to conduct project activities and is not available from other sources for use on the project.

Julia Whitefield, MD, PhD, was a recent recipient for her project,
"Predictability of Abnormal ECGs in the Pediatric Population".

Download the APPLICATION.