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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.vascularweb.org/professionals/Awards/seed_grant/seed_grant.html
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Sponsor/Award: |
Society for Vascular Surgery - CLINICAL RESEARCH SEED GRANTS - 2009 FALL COMPETITION |
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Grant Amount: |
$15,000 FOR ONE YEAR |
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Deadline: |
Dean's: Oct 16, 2009
Internal: Oct 23, 2009
Sponsor's: Oct 30, 2009
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Subject Areas: |
Diagnostics And Early Detection, Clinical Research, Pathophysiology, Quality Of Life, Vascular Disease, Vascular Interventions |
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Description: |
It is vitally important, both to patients and to the specialty, that vascular surgeons play prominent roles in both industry and investigator-initiated clinical trials. The principal investigator for the Clinical Research Seed Grant must be 1) an SVS member or 2) a fellowship-trained, board-eligible, vascular surgeon with a full-time faculty position with an SVS member serving as mentor. Clinical research, preferably patient-oriented (NIH defines patient-oriented research as research conducted with human subjects or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects). Small-scale clinical trials and ancillary studies in the setting of existing clinical trials (industry or NIH-supported) are particularly encouraged. |
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Application Details: |
The Clinical Research Seed Grant program aims to encourage the interest and development of clinical investigators among the SVS membership, particularly junior members or those with limited prior experience as Principal Investigators and provide direct support for pilot clinical projects that have potential to develop into larger studies fundable by industry or governmental sources An electronic copy of the complete application must be must be submitted to smurphy@vascularsociety.org by October 30. You will receive an email confirmation when your application has been received.INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM. |
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NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. |
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Western Contacts: |
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Sponsor Contacts: |
SMURPHY@VASCULARSOCIETY.ORG
633 N. Saint Clair Street
24th Floor
Chicago, Illinois, United States
312 334-2300
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