Research Grant Application
Request for Research/Quality Improvement Proposals & Guidelines/Requirements
PURPOSE: One of the missions of the Hawai`i Pediatric Association Research & Education Foundation (HPAREF) is to support pediatric-focused research and quality improvement endeavors by UH faculty, and UH residents, fellows, postdocs, medical students, graduate students, and undergraduate students. HPAREF will provide research support for competitive projects proposed by faculty and residents/students. The funds are meant to support feasibility or focused projects with the intent to generate preliminary data to be used for future grant applications. This announcement provides guidelines, requirements, and criteria for applications.
RESEARCH SCOPE: Research proposals focusing on any aspect of pediatrics (neonatal, children, adolescents) are eligible. Basic, translational, clinical, behavioral, and educational research projects will be considered. Interested applicants are urged to contact Iain MacPherson (iain@hawaii.edu) for questions regarding scope of proposal.
ELIGIBILITY: 1) For faculty proposals, the applicant must hold an academic appointment at the University of Hawai`i; Co-Principal Investigators will be allowed; 2) For resident/student proposals, the applicant must be a resident in Hawai`i Residency Program, fellow/postdoc or student at UHM (medical, graduate, undergraduate) and plan to complete the proposed project prior to graduating from the respective residency program or UHM program; and the fellow/postdoc/resident/student must have at least one faculty member as a mentor for the project. Past and/or current HPAREF-funded investigators are allowed to submit application provided up-to-date Progress and/or Final Reports have been submitted.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
1) One complete PDF file that includes in the following order: Cover Page with Abstract, Budget, Budget Justification, NIH Biographical Sketch or CV, Research Plan (electronic submission to Iain MacPherson, iain@hawaii.edu)
2) Incomplete applications (missing required elements, etc.) will not be reviewed
3) Applications are not required to go through JABSOM Grants & Development or UH Office of Research Services
4)All of the following Sections are required
A. Cover Page with Abstract (Page 1) and Guidelines
Complete cover page and abstract. For the other pages of the application, each page should be numbered; the name of the principal investigator should appear in the upper right-hand corner of each page after Page 1. The abstract should summarize the proposal in the space provided on the Cover Page.
B. Budget and Budget Justification (2 pages)
Please use the attached budget and budget justification page when completing the proposal budget (only direct costs apply). Enter the totals under each budget category. Salary support is not allowed but consultant fees such as biostatistician support are allowed. Travel and manuscript/publication costs are NOT allowed. HPAREF has a Non-Research Application process for these costs. Supplies directly related to the project should be included; request for equipment (including computers) requires proper justification and plans for future use of the equipment at the completion of the project. Any supplies and equipment purchased by HPAREF funds are properties of HPAREF. Suggested guidelines for total budget amount range from $1,000-$10,000).
C. CV or Biographical Sketch(s) (Use additional pages)
CV or standard NIH-format Biographical sketch (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm) for the Principal Investigator; and any additional key investigator including consultants. In the CV or Biographical sketch, please list publications and abstracts presentations. Also, please include a personal statement citing past research experience, if any, and stating motivations for the proposed research. Please state any areas of potential overlap the proposed project may have with current and pending projects.
D. Research Plan and Required Elements (Use addtional pages)
Please keep in mind these questions as the following items are organized (a-b)
•What do you intend to do?
•What is the significance and how is the proposed study related to pediatrics?
•Why is the work important?
•What has already been done; how innovative is the proposal?
•How are you going to do the work?
a. Specific Aims & Hypothesis (What are the goals and focus? What is the hypothesis or what doyou hope to prove?)
b. Research Strategy (Background with appropriate references, what is known, what is thesignificance of the proposed work, what are the detail steps to complete the project, provide atimeline to complete the project, if human subjects or animals are involved, please describe.)
E. Consultants/Faculty Mentor (for fellow/postdoc/resident/student)
Include letters from investigators and faculty members confirming and describing their roles as consultants/mentors in the project.
REVIEW PROCESS
Proposals will be reviewed by a committee comprised of HPAREF Board Members and/or ad hoc members whose areas of expertise are similar to the projects. Applicants will be notified of funding decision or request for revisions if appropriate.
AVAILABLE FUNDS
Proposals will be reviewed and considered for funding as long as HPAREF funds are available within each fiscal year.
Applications approved for funding will require any applicable regulatory documents be approved prior to release of funds. Funded investigators will sign a letter of agreement accepting the terms of the award.
A mid-year and final progress report (maximum 2 pages each) will be due 6 and 12 months, respectively, after funds are released, in electronic PDF format (email to iain@hawaii.edu). Failure to submit the mid-year progress report will result in termination of release of funds until the report is submitted. Failure to submit the final progress report, including planned abstract submission, will result in exclusion of any of the project personnel from submitting future research applications to HPAREF for consideration. Investigators who have mid-year and/or final progress reports that have not been submitted will not have new applications reviewed.
Faculty projects and resident/student projects will be required to have abstracts submitted to Regional/National Meeting or JABSOM Biomedical Symposium and Research Forum/JABSOM Symposium/Regional or National Meeting, respectively. Copies of the abstracts submitted should be submitted to HPAREF (iain@hawaii.edu) at the same time that the abstracts are submitted to the meeting. Investigators will be invited to present the results of their project to the HPAREF Board Members.
Investigators, students, and residents are asked to acknowledge funding support from the Hawai`i Pediatric Association Research and Education Foundation in abstracts and/or manuscripts; "The project was supported by the Hawai`i Pediatric Association Research and Education Foundation (HPAREF). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of HPAREF."
