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Guidelines
to Apply
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF RESEARCH GRANT
APPLICATION
KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST OHIO
| Funding periods 2004-2005 |
| I |
Period of support: April 1, 2004
March 31, 2005 |
| II |
Date for submission: Applications
must be received in the office of the Kidney Foundation of Northwest
Ohio by 5:00 p.m., November 30, 2003. Announcements of awards
will be made in March, 2004. |
| III |
Level of funding: The total amount
available for research in 2004-2005 is approximately $7,500.
The number of projects supported and the level of support will
depend on the quality of the proposals received and the levels
of support requested. Investigators are urged to make their
budgets realistic. |
| IV |
Limitations on support: This granting
mechanism is intended primarily for the support of laboratory
investigations to include supplies, small items of equipment,
and salary and fringe benefits for technical personnel. Travel
and publication costs will not ordinarily be supported. Institutional
overhead is not allowable. Except in unusual circumstances,
approval will not be given for purchase of capital equipment
with a value greater than $1,000. |
| V |
Areas of investigation to be supported:
Research projects to be supported under this grant mechanism
are to be investigator oriented and thus will reflect the interest
of the investigator. The Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio
is particularly interested in supporting investigators with
clear relevance to human renal disease. |
| VI |
Review process: Applications received
will be reviewed by a panel of clinicians and scientists especially
chosen by the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio to serve in
this capacity. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of:
1) the potential for meaningful and timely results of the investigations
proposed; 2) the quality of the background and references given
in support of the project; 3) the appropriateness of the methods;
4) the originality and significance of the project; 5) the clarity
and brevity of the application; 6) the appropriateness of the
budget; 7) the qualifications, experience, and support base
of the investigator. |
| VII |
Year-end report: Within three months
of the expiration or termination of any investigational support
by the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio, a brief report of
the results accomplished must be submitted to the Foundation,
accompanied by a balanced budget statement from the institutional
official responsible for grants administration. |
| VIII |
Application form and instructions:
Application forms are provided for investigators to use in preparing
an application for support. Applicants are urged to make their
proposals clear and succinct. Submit pages 1-3 completed on
the forms provided. Page 4 and subsequent pages should be typed
on plain bond paper. |
| Page 1 |
| I |
Check whether this is a new application
or a renewal. |
| II |
Give a brief title of the project. |
| III |
Dates of proposed project period for this
grant year will be April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005, or
some later dates at the request of the applicant, and with approval
of the Kidney Foundation Research Committee. |
| IV |
Principal investigator’s name, title,
department, work address and telephone and, if different, mailing
address, signature. Attach a curriculum vitae. |
| V |
Give name of the institution where the
research will be carried out. |
| VI |
Give the name, title and address of the
official signing for the institution, who will have responsibility
for the administration of the grant. Have the official sign
the document. |
| VII |
Research involving human subjects: The
DHEW policy on protection of human subjects (CDHEW Publication
No. NIH72-102) requires that the grantee institution provide
with each application involving human subjects as certification
that the application has been or will be reviewed in accordance
with the terms of an assurance of compliance with this policy,
formerly submitted to and accepted by the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. If the project has already been reviewed
and approved by the institutional committee, check the appropriate
space and insert the date of committee review. This entry, on
the official signed application, constitutes a certification
that the institutional committee reviewed and approved the procedures
involving human subjects as provided for in the institutional
assurance. If the project involves human subjects, but has not
yet been approved by the institutional committee, check the
appropriate box and insert the date the project is scheduled
for review. If circumstances are such that it is impossible
to submit this certification with the application, it should
be forwarded as soon as possible thereafter. |
| Page 2 |
| VIII |
Give the names, titles and institutional
affiliations of other faculty level personnel who will be collaborating
on this investigation. (Attach a CV for each collaborator.) |
| IX |
List other grants, with amounts of support,
of the principal investigator which are either currently in
effect, approved, or planned. Indicate beginning and terminating
dates for each, plus dollar amounts. |
| Page 3 |
| X |
Prepare a realistic budget.
For personnel, give names when possible, their position, the
percentage of time which will be spent on the project for which
support is requested, a dollar amount for salary and fringe.
Itemize any equipment for which funds are requested, keeping
in mind that special permission will be needed for purchase
of capital items with a value greater than $1,000. For supplies,
itemize those major areas of expense. Funding will not be approved
for faculty level salary support, travel, or publication. |
| Page 4 and subsequent pages |
| XI |
Description of research plan: |
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| A. |
Introduction |
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Specific Aims (objectives of
the proposed research) |
| 2. |
Background (previous work by
others and current status of research in this field;
give references) |
| 3. |
Previous work by applicant
(related to the proposed research; give references) |
| 4. |
Rationale (present reasoning
behind your approach to the problem) |
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| B. |
Methods of investigation: Detail
the methods, procedures, techniques to be used and the
means of analysis or interpretation. |
| C. |
Facilities available: Specify clinical
or laboratory facilities, major items of equipment. |
| D. |
Significance of proposed research:
Potential importance or contributions...in particular,
health related implications. |
| E. |
Summary in lay terms of proposed
investigations and significance: Provide a short (less
than one page) clearly written summary in lay terminology
of your project, its aim and significance. |
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Keep the proposal as clear and succinct
as possible, remembering that the reviewers will have a number
of proposals to read, and those which are clearest and most
realistic will undoubtedly make the most favorable impression.
Remember to include with the application curriculum vitae of
the principal investigator and collaborating investigators,
if any.
Send five copies of the completed application to Research Review,
Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio, 1545-B Holland Road, Maumee,
OH 43537. Applications are to be signed on page 1 by principal
investigator and institutional official named in Item VI. |
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