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Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation 2023

 

MGH Internal Preliminary Application Deadline

Monday, September 11, 2023 – 5:00 PM

 

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE AWARD

The Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation is a non-profit private foundation which focuses its support on promising early stage medical researchers engaged in projects with the potential to result in understanding an important disease process or leading to a new therapeutic intervention. The ideal candidate is affiliated with an outstanding medical research institution and works under the supervision of experienced mentors. The goal is to assist these individuals by funding their current research, with the hope of enabling them to acquire more significant funding. The Landenberger Foundation does not restrict our support to any particular disease or medical condition.

MGH is eligible to nominate one candidate.  Preliminary applications will be reviewed and assessed by the ECOR Subcommittee on Review of Research Proposals (SRRP). 

 

AWARD AMOUNT

This award will be for up to $100,000 per year for two years, with the second year contingent on the approval of a progress report from the first year of funding. These funds should be fully allocated to direct costs and awards will start in December 2023.

For MGH investigators selected through a competitive process as the institutional nominee for any limited submission funding opportunities, in situations in which the grant will bring in less than 20% indirect cost (IDC), ECOR will cover the IDC gap up to a maximum of $50,000 per year. In order to optimize the distribution of limited ECOR funds across the MGH research community, it is expected that PIs and departments will work together to cover the remaining IDC shortfall.

 

DEADLINES    

MGH Internal Preliminary application Deadline:  Monday, September 11, 2023

Notification to MGH Candidate: Early October 2023

Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, November 30, 2023

 

ELIGIBILITY  

At the time of application:

  • The applicant must hold an MD and/or PhD
  • The applicant must have the appointment of either Post-Doctoral Fellow, Clinical Research Fellow, Instructor, or Assistant Professor
  • Intended for early stage investigators who have completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, whichever date is later, within the past 10 years
  • The applicant should not have previously competed successfully as PD/PI for a substantial NIH independent research award (R01). PIs who have been awarded R03, R21, or K awards are eligible.
  • The applicant must also not be the PI of an NIH R01 or equivalent grant at the time of award.

 

MGH INTERNAL PRELIMINARY APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

The MGH internal preliminary application must include the following 5 items:  

1 Project Title (Do not exceed 81 characters, including spaces between words and punctuation)

2. Research Summary (2 pages): 

  • Brief description of the project with an emphasis on how appropriate experience, training, and skills obtained will enable you to conduct highly innovative research
  • Brief description of your current scientific environment and how it will foster your career trajectory and contribute to the probability of success

3. Biosketch of the applicant in NIH format (not a CV).  Click here for a sample NIH biosketch.

4. Other Support in the NIH format. Be sure to list all current and pending research support including percent effort and dollar amounts. Please list any start up funding if applicable and the fund balance. if the funds have been spent down, please indicate a balance of $0. Include the project start date, initial balance and current balance. Please click here for a sample NIH formatted Other Support.

5.  Unit, Service, or Department Chief letter of recommendation (address letters to ECOR Review Committee).

 

FORMAT GUIDELINES

  • Use margins of 0.5 inches or greater
  • Use 11pt font size or greater.
  • 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 MGRI 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.