CTSA Inter-Institutional Pilot Project Award: UNM HSC, UK, UAMS, UI, KUMC & UU Health
Timeline
Letter of Intent & Draft Aims Deadline: February 14, 2020
IRB Submission Deadline (for applicable institutions): February 14, 2020
Application Deadline: April 10, 2020 5:00 pm Central Time
Notice of intent to fund at each CTSA: May 11, 2020
Just In Time Period: May 11, 2020 – June 30, 2020
Earliest Award Announcement: June 12, 2020 Funding Cycle: July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
Purpose
The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC), University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), University of Kentucky, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), University of Iowa and the University of Utah Health are soliciting applications from all faculty members—senior as well as junior investigators—for pilot projects that will exemplify the CTSA mission of developing clinical and translational research, to promote and support the “bench to bedside to community and practice and back” goal of the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). The purpose of this RFA is to promote inter‐institutional collaboration across the CTSA consortium by funding innovative, translational research projects that involve two or more of these six CTSA institutions.
Eligibility
Principal Investigators for these pilot awards must have a primary appointment as UNM HSC faculty (junior or senior investigators). Any other investigator who cannot submit the grants emanating from this pilot award through the UNM HSC is not eligible to receive this award.
Project Requirements
Successful projects will exemplify the CTSA’s mission of developing clinical and translational research.
Awardees will be required to submit a progress report approximately six months after receipt of funding and final progress report at the end of the project.
Projects must be approved at each participating CTSA in order to qualify for funding.
At least two of the participating CTSAs must be collaborating on the same protocol.
The collaborating PI’s must complete one application with separate budgets, one budget for each participating institution.
Funding
Up to $25,000 per institution
Note: All funds not spent by the end date of the Pilot Project Award will be returned to the CTSC and NIH. No extensions will be granted.
Budget Guidelines:
Separate budgets will need to be submitted by each participating institution. Typical expenses include laboratory supplies, small equipment, participant costs, consultants, or support for pre-doctoral students (note: if working in the lab, not as trainees), technicians, or research assistants. Details of services offered by each Institutional CTSA can be found at the individual web sites of the parent CTSAs listed in the table on the last page of this document.
The following costs are not covered by these awards:
- faculty salaries (institution specific policies differ, contact your CTSA office)
- postdoctoral salaries
- non‐institutional staff salaries
- graduate student stipends or tuition
- administrative or office costs (e.g., office supplies, telephone, etc.)
- meals or hospitality (i.e., no food, beverages, or alcohol)
- travel that is not directly related to the conduct of research
- other items typically supported by indirect costs
- monetary clinic incentives
- awards are not transferable to any other institution
Important Notice Regarding Pilots with Human Subjects Research
NIH requires prior approval of all pilot human subjects research. All pilot submissions must have IRB Protocol approved at the time of submission. A pilot cannot use an existing IRB protocol approval. Please note all pilot IRB protocol titles must match the title of the CTSA pilot application. All applicants will be required to submit proof of IRB Approval or proof of non-human subjects research at time of Pilot Application Deadline. Applications without IRB submission prior to the specified date will be administratively disqualified. Applications must have IRB approval no later than the pilot application deadline. Projects that do not have full IRB approval by the pilot application deadline will not be considered for funding.
All projects involving human subjects, required to submit an IRB application, are strongly encouraged to meet with the CTSA’s Regulatory Affairs Manager, Rebecca Brito (505-272-9542) for consultation and planning purposes.
Please refer to the RFA for further specific information. Please contact Christina Anderson
