2022 Regional Pilot & Feasibility FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Deadline:
Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 5 pm
Amount of funding:
Applicants may request up to $70,000 in total costs (including indirects) for one-year duration under this program. Continuation of a project beyond its first year will be contingent upon the success of the previous year.
Start date: January 1, 2023
Purpose and Request for Applications
The Stanford Diabetes Research Center (SDRC) is soliciting new Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Projects. The focus of the SDRC P&F Program is to provide seed funds to help develop early-stage investigators as well as support innovative and/or high-risk proposals from established investigators involved in any aspect of diabetes related research, including but not limited to basic sciences, translational research, clinical research, economics and population sciences. The SDRC is committed to supporting diabetes research within and beyond Stanford University.
The SDRC P&F program is primarily supported by the P30 center grant awarded by NIH/NIDDK and has supported 55 pilot projects since 2016. Institutional funds have also been used to supplement some of the projects
Eligibility
UC Berkeley or UC Davis investigators (with faculty appts.) with M.D., M.D./Ph.D., or PhD. degrees.
Each applicant must have at least two years of full-time laboratory/clinical research experience after receiving the advanced degree.
Applications from established investigators new to diabetes research are also encouraged.
Applications from established investigators with innovative diabetes-related research proposals are also encouraged.
Preference will be given to:
Early stage investigators: Assistant Professors who have a high potential for extramural funding in the near future, and to achieve independent status
Applications using core services (listed below) at Stanford not available at the applicant's home institution (U.C. Davis or U.C. Berkeley)
a. Clinical and Translational Core - Repository of existing and prospectively collected human tissue samples with sample tracking and links to clinical data; advanced support in data analytics
b. Immune Monitoring Core - Provides services related to molecular, cellular and functional studies of human immune cells in diabetes
c. Genomics and Analysis Core - Next-generation sequencing and genomic data analysis services for diabetes sample sets
d. Islet Research Core - Provides assistance and training for islet isolation and transplantation; islet culturing and perifusion
Applications that focus on translational studies of diabetes prevention and control; and
*Note: Though collaborative proposals involving investigators from other institutions, including Stanford University, are permitted, budget allocation for such investigators will NOT be approved. Funding must be entirely used to support research at UC Davis or UC Berkeley only.
Submitting an Application
By Tuesday, Sep 6, 2022, 5 p.m., please submit one PDF containing the following in the order listed below via email attachment to:
Fredric B. Kraemer, M.D. Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) fbk@stanford.edu
File name: LastName_NameOfInstitution_P&F.pdf
Title Page
Stanford Diabetes Research Center
Pilot and Feasibility Projects
Project title: Project leader and co-investigators’ name, title, department and complete contact information
Type of Proposal: Basic/Clinical/Translational/Prevention and Control (may be multiple)
Topic: Diabetes/Obesity/Endocrinology/Autoimmunity/Transplantation/Related complications (may be multiple)
Research Proposal
5 page* description of proposed research, including the following:Research plan with relevant illustrations
Description of research subjects involved (both human or animal)
Description of interdisciplinary characteristics of this project or if it utilizes Specialized Resources (SDRC has these 4 diabetes specific Research Cores - Clinical and Translational Core, Immune Monitoring Core, Genomics and Analysis Core and Islet Research Core)
Explanation of how the proposed research fits into Diabetes related research (*note: references are not included in the 5 page limit) Format: single-spaced, ½ inch margins, Arial or Helvetica font size 11 or larger
Detailed budget for up to $70,000 including indirect costs. Use PHS 398 budget form available for downloading from this NIH webpage: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
Budget justification
Biosketches (NIH format) for the Project Leader and Co-Investigators NIH biosketch webpage: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm
Other Support (also NIH format*). Please include both active and pending support. *Sample "other support" form available on this NIH webpage: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
Agreement to provide progress reports and required presentations on P&F Project Progress to the SDRC.
Please note: Proposals can be submitted directly to Dr. Kraemer (fbk@stanford.edu) following the internal application approval process at your home institution. Once funded, the issued sub-award will go through the institutional (U.C.) grants office (CGO) for contract signatures.
Frederic Kraemer Professor of the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism
INQUIRIES:
Applicants are welcome to discuss their plans in response to this solicitation. Please direct these inquiries to Dr. Fredric Kraemer at fbk@stanford.edu or Dr. David Maahs at dmaahs@stanford.edu