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Collaborative Rush/Cook
County Hospital Research Fund
Request for Proposals
(Sponsored by the Rush/Cook County Affiliation
Research Committee)
The Rush/Cook County Affiliation Research Committee, comprised
of faculty representatives from Rush Medical College and Cook County Hospital,
was formed in 1995 to foster cooperation and communication in developing
joint research activities.
The collaborative research fund, established in 1997, supports research
programs that are exclusively collaborative between Cook County Hospital
and Rush investigators. The funds may be utilized to support new, collaborative,
basic and clinical science, health services research, and epidemiological
programs that are limited in scope and are well focused to produce pilot
data sufficient to attract extramural funding. These grants are for one
year of funding, and with a budgetary limit of $10,000 per project.
The Details
The Program
The program is designed to support research that is exclusively
collaborative between the two institutions. The intent of the program is
to facilitate the development of new clinical and basic research programs.
Collaboration is broadly defined to include any project with substantive
participation of investigators from both institutions.
Who May Apply
Fellows and faculty members with full-time appointments at
either institution may apply. All proposals must have at least one faculty
participant from each institution.
Scope of Funding
Grants are limited to a maximum of $10,000 per project. Support
will typically include staff, small equipment and supplies. Requests for
investigator salary support are discouraged.
Types of Research That are Eligible
The program is limited to new projects that are truly
collaborative; within these limits, all forms of fundamental, clinical
and epidemiological projects are eligible. Programs should be well focused
and designed to produce significant results after the one year funding
period so that extramural funding can be sought to continue the research
effort.
Review of Proposals
Review of the proposals for eligibility and scientific merit
will be conducted by a subcommittee of the Rush-Cook County Hospital Research
Committee. This subcommittee will consist of members from both institutions;
additional outside consultants may also be asked to review proposals.
Letter of Intent
Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent (no
longer than two pages in length) to the Committee describing briefly the
Specific Aims of the proposal and the names of all collaborative investigators.
The letter should include an explicit statement describing the collaborative
nature of the project. Fellows must identify a senior investigator who
will serve as mentor. Letters may be submitted to the Committee electronically
via e-mail; if submitting by mail, please include a disk version. See
contact information below.
Format for the Proposal
Detailed instructions for formatting the proposal will be included
in the Invitation for Full Application.
Deadlines
Letter of Intent must be received by:
May 1, 2000
Invitation for Full Application will be sent by:
May 19, 2000
Applications for Review due by: June 19, 2000
Funding to begin: August 1, 2000
For More Information and Submissions
Contact:
Robin Wagner
Rush/Cook County Hospital Affiliation Research Committee
Rush Primary Care Institute
1653 West Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL 60612
312-942-3336
Robin_Wagner@rush.edu
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