Applicants should download the Grant Submission Form and Budget/Justification Form to their computer to complete. Please adhere to specific font type and size, margins, and page limitations as indicated below. All completed submissions must be uploaded to the ENTELLIGENCE Web site (www.ENTELLIGENCEMD.org) and submitted electronically, along with a Letter of Support from your Mentor and all necessary Biographical Sketches (PI, Mentor and Co-investigators, if applicable).

Guidelines

• The document can be modified up until the submission deadline.
• Submission deadline: February 19, 2010
• No applications will be accepted after this date

Formatting

Font type and minimum type size: Arial, 11 point (for Windows users) or Helvetica, 12 point (for Macintosh users); no more than 16 characters per inch (cpi) for Windows or 14 cpi for Macintosh (cpi includes symbols, punctuation, and spaces)

• Margins: ¾ inch on all sides (footer will be outside the ¾-inch margin)
• Maximum lines per page: 60 (average number of lines per page using the font and point size indicated above will be approximately 50-55 lines)
• PDF format only

 Information Required for the Grant Submission

Grant Submission Form

• Project title and research focus
• Estimated start and completion dates - Research should begin no later than 6 months after approval of the grant unless an alternative date for commencement has been approved by the Steering Committee.  Funded projects should be completed within 12 months of commencement.
• Institution and location where the project will be conducted (site of conduct)
• Is there a need for a drug transfer?
• Will your proposed research involve laboratory animals?
• Research abstract (provide an abstract of no more than 325 words outlining your proposed research)
• The research proposal should be a clear and concise presentation of the applicant's proposed research. The applicant's mentor must review the proposal before it is submitted. Proposal page limits:  no more that 10 consecutively numbered pages.  The proposal must include:
  • Introduction (no more than 2 pages)
  • Specific objectives and hypothesis (no more than 1 page)
  • Background
  • Methods
  • Inclusion and exclusion criteria
  • Statistical analysis section (figures and tables should be included in the body of text, where applicable) (no more than 1000 words)
  • Preliminary data (no more than 2 pages but no limit to the number of figures, charts, tables, and diagrams)

Literature Cited-All references (no limit on the number of literature references cited)

Click here to download the Grant Submission Form.  The completed form should be uploaded to the ENTELLIGENCE Web site and submitted electronically.  Click on my application and then edit to upload the completed grant, budget justification form and mentor letter.

Budget/Justification Form

• Budget specifications, justification, and availability of other sources of funding
• Indirect costs of institution overhead of up to 10% of awarded grant
• Specify special resources, being careful to keep costs (eg, medications, devices, software, animals) within the limits specified below.

Budgets are to be submitted in US dollars and should reflect realistic estimates of the funds required for the proposed research. Awards are made without assurance of continued support beyond the term designated.

The award is not necessarily designated to cover the total cost of the proposed research. The grantee institution is expected to provide the required physical facilities and administrative services normally available in a research institution. However, each grant may include a 10% supplement for overheads, the disposition of which is the responsibility of the host institution and the applicant. Overhead costs should be included in the total budget at the time of submission. It is assumed that the institution will permit the overhead allocation to be spent on the research project.

The ENTELLIGENCE program provides funds for the following items:

1. NEW research
2. Indirect costs of institution overhead of up to 10% of the awarded grant
3. Travel, related directly to the research project to communicate research findings, is allowable up to a maximum of $1,500 (as a part of the submitted budget)
4. Maximum equipment: $5,000

The ENTELLIGENCE program does not provide funds for the following items:

1. Institutional overheads above the 10% flat rate
2. Purchase of journals and books
3. Purchase of office furniture
4. Payments of dues and membership of professional societies
5. Recruitment and relocation expenses
6. Construction and maintenance of buildings
7. Payment of nonmedical or personal services to patients
8. Purchases of reprints/copies

Click here to download the Budget/Justification Form.  The completed form should be uploaded to the ENTELLIGENCE Web site and submitted electronically.  Click on my application and then edit to upload your completed grant, budget justification form and mentor letter.

Letter of Support from the Mentor should detail the mentor's track record of productivity, funding, and success with prior trainees; available lab facilities; and proposed training plan for the applicant.  The letter must also assess the applicant's research competence, clinical proficiency, originality, perseverance, and ability to exchange ideas and organize scientific data.

Biographical Sketch for the PI, Mentor and Co-investigator (if applicable) 

• No more than 5 pages per biographical sketch
• Include career goals and objectives and career development and training activities
• Personal details and details on academic and professional experience of the PI, mentor, and co-investigators-consider quality of postdoctoral training
• List of publications (PI only)

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact: Jill Freeman, Program Director at jfreeman@medtelligence.net.