Pilot Grant Funding Opportunity

ELIGIBILITY

The purpose of the pilot grant is to encourage new cross-disciplinary collaborations that focus on advancing research in infection, inflammation, and immunity in children.

The research proposal must be in the area of infection, inflammation, or immunity and must relate to pediatric health.
The proposal must have at least 2 co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs). Though not prohibited, it is generally not recommended to have more than 3 co-PIs
The Co-PIs’ primary appointments must represent at least 2 different areas (e.g. departments, divisions, institutions, universities)
Co-PIs must be faculty; all academic ranks are eligible, including tenure-stream, appointment-stream, or tenured faculty
One Co-PI must be designated as the Coordinating PI for our administrative purposes. The Coordinating PI is responsible for submitting the application on behalf of the collaborative team. The Coordinating PI will take responsibility for managing the group collaboration and be the administrative point of contact. Grant funds will be awarded to the institution/department of the Coordinating PI, who will take responsibility for distributing funds to the institutions/departments of the other members of the collaboration. The Coordinating PI will be responsible for coordinating and submitting the progress report.
We encourage applications from newly formed collaborations. If the co-PIs have collaborated in the past (e.g. co-authored a publication, grant, existing ongoing study, etc), please explain how this project is a novel departure from your previous collaborative work.

PROJECT PROPOSAL

Email your project proposal as a single PDF with the exception of the budget spreadsheet which should remain an Excel spreadsheet to i4kids [at] pitt [dot] edu. Your submission email should therefore contain 2 attached documents.

Include the following sections:

Application face page
Proposal Body (2-page limit):
- Scientific Aims of the Project: Define the scientific question or problem that the team aims to explore. Clarify the rationale for why it requires an interdisciplinary approach, has been historically difficult to address, and how the team is poised to clarify it. The research proposal must advance the understanding of infection, inflammation, or immunity in children.
- Tools & Resources: Provide a summary of the tools, technology, and other resources that your team has access to that would support the success of your project.
- Outputs: Please describe how this project would be well-positioned to produce a publication and/or to pursue extramural funding at the end of the grant period.
Figures (optional): There is no requirement for preliminary data. This grant is intended to stimulate new collaborations and scientific directions. If you would like to provide figures of any kind, limit to one page, inclusive of legends. Text font must be at least 9 point Arial. If you choose to include figures, the figure page is in addition to the 2-page Proposal Body.
References Cited in your proposal (no word/page limit).
Biosketches for each team member: maximum of five pages per biosketch; NIH format or similar.
Budget: Please use the provided Excel spreadsheet template. No indirect costs are allowed. It is expected that the majority of the costs will be non-salary direct costs. However, total salary/stipend costs (faculty, staff, trainees) may be included up to a maximum of 25% of the total project budget with strong justification. Proposals that have salary costs that exceed 25% of total project budget must be approved before submission by contacting i4kids [at] pitt [dot] edu
The maximum budget request is $40,000.
Budget justification: 1-page limit
Letters of Commitment: Include a signed letter from each co-PI, briefly describing the role and contribution of the co-PI to the overall team and project. A letter is not needed from the Coordinating PI.
Letter of Support: A signed letter from the Department Chair is only required if the proposed project is dependent on in-kind contribution from the Department. You do not need to include a letter of support from the Department Chair if your project does not rely on in-kind contribution from the Department.

APPLICATION FORMAT

Arial font, 11 point or larger
Line spacing may not be smaller than single spaced
Use standard size 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper.
Use at least 0.5 inch margins in all directions (top, bottom, left and right)

The formatting and component requirements, including word and page limits indicated above, will be enforced by the review team. Any submitted materials that exceed the word and page limits or do not follow the requirements will not be considered during the application review process.

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