School of Medicine Research Allocation Committee (RAC)

Submissions

Basic requirements

  1. Applications should use RAC application forms that are available in Word. Use NIH format an Arial, Helvetica, Palatino Linotype or Georgia typeface and a font size of 11 points or larger. A symbol font may be used to insert Greek letters or special characters; the font size requirement still applies. use standard size paper and at least 1/2 inch margins (top, bottom, left and right) for all pages. application must be single-sided and single spaced.
  2. Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement must be submitted for each investigator on the project.
  3. Letter of support from the Department Chair that must include clear statement of departmental commitment regarding protected time for research and departmental funding for cost sharing of the proposed research
  4. Please use color copies of photographs for reviewers.

Resubmissions

Resubmissions of revised RAC applications, interim-funding requests, and unfunded peer-reviewed grant categories must include the complete application (including budget and personnel sheets) signed off by the applicant's chair, the revised grant with changes marked, summary statements from previous grant application and the responses to the reviewers' comments.

Use of Human Subjects

Proposals involving human subjects must have approval from the Human Research Review Committee (HRRC) prior to the initiation of the research

Use of Laboratory Animals

Proposals utilizing laboratory animals must have a completed Laboratory Animal Utilization form from the HSC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) prior to the initiation of the research.

Fiscal 2009 Application Deadlines

 

Proposals must be received by 5 p.m. on August 15th with funding beginning October 1st; October 10th with funding beginning December 1st; December 19th with funding beginning February 1st; and February 6th with funding beginning March 31st. Notification of the grants status will be available in writing approximately 1 month after the submission date. Original proposal and sixteen (16) copies should be sent to: Chair, Research Allocation Committee, MSC08 4560, BMSB Room B61.