Fund Details
NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams - University Area Competition Spring 2019
Award Duration
5 years
Maximum Award Amount
$1,500,000/year
Sponsor Deadline
5/25/2019

Brief Description:

This funding opportunity announcement is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six PD/PIs to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are important for the mission of NIGMS and are beyond the scope of one or two investigators. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields.

Description:

This funding opportunity announcement is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six PD/PIs that propose to conduct research to address complex and challenging biomedical problems, important for the mission of NIGMS, through deeply integrated, multidisciplinary research teams. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields. Applications should address critical issues and be sufficiently challenging, ambitious, and innovative that objectives could not be achieved by individual investigators.

While applications may request research program budgets of up to $1.5 million direct costs per year, it is anticipated that most awards will be between $700,000-$900,000 direct costs. In addition to the research program budget, an additional $250,000 direct costs per year may be requested for optional exploratory pilot studies for ESIs.

To be successful, programs of this level of complexity are expected to require significant effort from all PD/PIs involved. The contact PD/PI is required to devote at least 30% of his/her time available for research to this award, while other PD/PIs are required to devote at least 25% of his/her time available for research to this award. The time available for research should be expressed in person-months and should not include time expended toward teaching, administration, and/or clinical duties.


Application Information:

NIGMS intends to fund a limited number of applications. Therefore, consultation with relevant staff is strongly encouraged. Once applicants have identified overall program objectives and PD/PI participants, NIGMS staff may be able to advise applicants whether the proposed research strategy meets the goals and mission of the Institute, whether it addresses one or more high priority research areas, and whether it is appropriate for a collaborative team program.

This is a limited submission opportunity and only one application may be put forward from the Harvard University Area (Cambridge campus) per review cycle. Therefore, applicants from the University Area who wish to apply for the May 25, 2019 NIH deadline must first submit a pre-proposal via the APPLY button at the top right corner of this page no later than March 4, 2019 by 5:00PM.

Applicants will be asked to provide the following:
  1. Project Description (PDF) - limit 2 pages. A third page may be used for references and graphics.
  2. NIH Biosketches of the PI's (combined and uploaded as a single PDF)
Those interested in applying for subsequent NIH deadlines of January 25, 2020 or May 25, 2020 should NOT apply to this competition, but are encouraged to express their interest via email to Erin Hale at erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu.

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Institution
  • Harvard Business School
  • Central Administration
  • Harvard Divinity School
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Graduate School of Design
  • Graduate School of Education
  • Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Harvard Kennedy School
  • Harvard Law School
    Position
    • Assistant Professor
    • Associate Professor
    • Professor
    • Other Academic/Research Appointment
      Type of Competition
      • Limited Submission
        Discipline
        • Basic Science
        • Clinical Science
        • Engineering
        • Life Science
        • Population Science
        • Multidisciplinary
        • Social/Behavioral Science
        • Translational Science
        • Other
          Type of Award
          • Research
            Begin Accepting Applications Date:
            2/01/2019
            Deadline Date (EST Time Zone):
            3/04/2019 5:00 PM