American Diabetes Association Pathways to Stop Diabetes 2017

MGH Letter of Intent Deadline
Monday, March 20, 2017 – 3:00 PM

DESCRIPTION OF THE AWARD

The American Diabetes Association Pathways to Stop Diabetes supports innovative basic, clinical, translational, epidemiological, behavioral, or health services research relevant to any diabetes type, diabetes-related disease state, or diabetes complication. The Association seeks exceptional candidates from a broad range of disciplines, including medicine, biology, chemistry, computing, physics, mathematics and engineering.

MGH is eligible to nominate one candidate. MGH Letters of Intent will be reviewed and assessed by a panel of senior MGH faculty members.  Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal for a final round of internal review at MGH. One person will then be selected to submit their full application to ADA, which must be submitted by Friday, July 3, 2017.

Letters of Intent and invited Full Proposals must be submitted through MGH ECOR's Online Grant Management Portal by the MGH PI or their delegate.

AWARD AMOUNT

This award will be up to $1,625,000 with a project period of 5-7 years. Funding is granted in two phases, with transition to Phase 2 funding contingent on the success of Phase 1, as evidenced by productivity and continued dedication to diabetes research.

DEADLINES    

• Applicants must have a full time primary appointment at MGH.
• Nominees are required to devote at least 75% of their total time and effort to research during the funding period.

• Initiator: For post-doctoral talent on the cusp of their research careers, Initiator Awards provide the means to establish independent careers, hire staff and—most importantly—focus completely on conducting their innovative research. The two-part funding is designed to support the transition from trainee to independent investigator.
• Accelerator: For scientists early in their careers, Accelerator Awards provide the freedom to continue their work undistracted. This in turn will help to accelerate their research in novel areas that hold high promise for a breakthrough in diabetes research.
• Visionary:  For experienced investigators with demonstrated success in another field who are new to diabetes research, Visionary Awards provide support for particularly innovative and transformational ideas that have the potential to have an exceptional impact in diabetes.

MGH LETTER OF INTENT REQUIREMENTS

The MGH Letter of Intent must include the following 4 items:  

1. Project Title
2. Award Type: Initiator, Accelerator, or Visionary (Choose one)
3. Letter of Intent (maximum of 1-2 pages)
4. Principal Investigator's NIH Biosketch. Use the current NIH biosketch format. Click here for a sample NIH biosketch.  

FORMAT GUIDELINES

• Use margins of one inch or greater on all four sides.
• Use Arial 11pt font size
• Use single or double line spacing within paragraphs, double line spacing between paragraphs
• Upload PDF documents only.  Limit characters to A-Z, a-z and 0-9 when naming PDF documents.  Do not use periods, commas or dashes in the file name.

HOW TO APPLY
 

ECOR accepts all applications online via the ECOR Online Grant Management Portal.  The system has been designed to allow users to:

• Create a personal profile, which will auto-populate your future ECOR applications
• Assign a delegate to submit applications on your behalf (optional)
• View current calls and apply to open opportunities 
• Save and edit current applications in progress
• Submit completed applications.

Instructions for Applying Online:

1. Create your account: Log in using your Partners credentials and fill-out the profile information.
2. Complete the application: Once your profile is complete, you will automatically progress through the online application. If you cannot complete the application at one time, “save” the application and return to it at a later time to finish. Before submitting your application, you will have the ability to make changes to the application.
3. Submit your application: Once you have completed the application click on the “submit” button at the bottom of the page. Once you submit it, you will not be able to make further changes unless you send a request to ECOR (note that once the deadline passes, requests to make changes will not be accepted).

Useful tips:

• To avoid losing your work, remember to save frequently
• You can only upload PDF documents
• If you previously created a profile, please ensure your information is current prior to submitting an application.

Click 'Apply' below to begin the application.

QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please email ECOR.

Click here to visit the American Diabetes Association website.

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FULL APPLICATION INFORMATION (for invited applicants only): Applicants will receive an email from ECOR with an invitation to submit a full proposal.  Invited applicants must follow the guidelines below to submit a full proposal by the Friday, May 5, 2017 MGH deadline. 

        1. Annotated Publications (limit 1 page, 5 references)

        2. Essay Question Responses (limit 1 page) 

        3. Abstract

        4. Research strategy (limit of 4 pages): limit references to 1 page

        5. Budget justification (limit of 1 page)

        6. Collaborator(s) Biographical Sketch(es) (Optional) 

QUESTIONS 

• Any questions regarding the submission and process please email ECOR.