Submission Guidelines
Combine all documents listed below into one PDF document and submit your application by emailing Leah Zullig, PhD. Files should be named with the investigator(s) last name, first name followed by “Onco-Primary Care Pilot Project”. (e.g.: “Smith, John_Onco-Primary Care Pilot Project.pdf”)
Please include the following in your application:
Research Strategy (3-page limit) encompassing the following sections, in this order:
- The title of the grant, the name of the trainee PI and mentor(s), noting the primary faculty mentor and (if appropriate) co-mentor(s) and co-investigator(s), and a brief abstract that includes the specific aims.
- A significance section, paying particular attention to relevance to onco-primary care.
- An innovation section.
- A research design section, including relevant preliminary data and figures.
- A brief statement indicating the need for the funds and an indication of how these pilot funds will support the career growth and trajectory of the mentored trainee in onco-primary care.
Mentorship Plan (300-word limit).
A brief statement describing the mentorship plan and training plan (if appropriate) for the proposed project.
References (no page limit).
Budget
- The budget should be for 12 months totaling no more than $30,000. Please use PHS 398 Form Page 4 and 5.
- A detailed budget justification is required.
Letter of support from the mentor.
Letter of support from the DCI program leader of the mentor and/or trainee's primary or secondary research program (a full list of DCI Research Programs and leaders are listed below) explaining the importance of your cancer research both in general and in relation to their program, as well as confirming that you are a member of the program.
Letter of support from the director of any DCI Shared Resource that will be utilized for this project.
NIH biosketches for the trainee, PI, Primary Mentor, Co-Mentor(s), Co-I(s), and collaborators.
NIH Other Support documents for the trainee PI, Primary Mentor, Co-Mentor(s), Co-I(s), and collaborators, including, when appropriate, an explanation of whether overlap exists with the proposed project. This includes both the mentor(s) and trainee PI.
Please use the following NIH forms: