WU-Center for Diabetes Translation Research Pilot and Feasibility Grants

Description:

The Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research (WU-CDTR) is soliciting applications for its second round of Pilot & Feasibility grants. The Center will grant two awards for up to $25,000 per year for 1-2 years, for a total of $50,000 over two years for each award. A second year of funding is contingent on review of first year’s progress. This pilot does not provide money for indirect costs. Projects must be for translation research, preferably T3 or T4; community-based; and in the area of diabetes, prediabetes/metabolic syndrome, or obesity prevention or treatment in order to be considered responsive to this RFA. T3 research is the practice-oriented stage of translational science that relies on dissemination and implementation (research to find out how an intervention or program is actually used in the community or the world-at-large), and T4 research explores what is the best method to reach clinicians and patients alike with a nationwide policy concerning an intervention or program so that they will understand it and start to use it.

Letters of Intent (LOI) should be limited to 2 pages and include a brief description of the project, how it is community-based and how it relates to diabetes, prediabetes/metabolic syndrome or obesity prevention or treatment.

LOI is due by November 15, 2012. Funding will start August 1, 2013.

Full applications will be by invitation only. Formal applications are due by March 15, 2013 and should include a Research Plan in NIH format (Specific Aims, Significance, Innovation, Approach; limited to 5 pages), detailed budget and justification, and Biosketches and Other Support for all key personnel. Additional application guidelines will be included with official invitation to submit.

Eligibility: In order to be eligible for WU-CDTR pilot funding, PIs must be members of the WU-CDTR and have a PhD or MD. For information on becoming a member of the WU-CDTR please visit our website at http://cdtr.wustl.edu.

LOIs and applications should be sent to:
Jenn Hultz
jhultz@wustl.edu
(314) 935-7504