Research News - May 7, 2021

Mass General Brigham (MGB) is implementing a Proposal Deadline Policy requiring departments to submit the required Administrative Components on or before the eighth business day, and Science Components on or before the third business day, in advance of the Sponsor’s submission deadline.  This policy goes into effect in May for proposals with Sponsor deadlines beginning June 5th, 2021. 

As part of the policy, late submissions will require approval of the respective Chief/Chair and the SVP of Research.  It is expected that requests for approval of late submissions, will be infrequent.  SVP approval is not assured and should only be requested when there are extenuating circumstances such as rapid turnaround time between the publication of the funding notice and the sponsor’s deadline.  Additionally, an exception approval does not guarantee that the proposal will be submitted. Proposals will be added to the Pre-Award Grant Administrator’s queue and reviewed on a first-In first-out basis.  Do not jeopardize the submission of your proposal by missing the deadlines. 

We would like to acknowledge that many departments have already, or are in process of, implementing departmental timeline and workflows to ensure they meet the MGB proposal deadlines.  For a successful rollout, it is recommended that all departments set-up their own timelines and workflows.  There are resources for Hospital Department Grant Administrators to assist with this implementation located on the Research Navigator: Proposal Submission Deadline Policy Page.  
Research Management has scheduled information sessions to answer questions and/or clarify any information about the new policy.  Registration is not required for these sessions: 

• Wednesday May 12, 2021 from 8 A.M. to 10 A.M. – Zoom Link: https://partners.zoom.us/j/83605561258
• Thursday May 20, 2021 8 A.M. to 9 A.M. – Zoom Link: https://partners.zoom.us/j/82684766839
• Tuesday May 25, 2021 from 4 P.M. to 5 P.M. – Zoom Link: https://partners.zoom.us/j/87661686360

We invite nurses to submit an abstract for consideration for MGH Nursing Research Day, which will be held in September 2021! At this time, it is anticipated that the event will occur virtually, and posters will be shared via our Virtual Poster Platform on the Munn Center website.

• Abstracts are due May 7, 2021
• Abstract categories include Original Research, Evidence Based Practice, and Quality Improvement.
• **NEW Abstract Guidelines and Template in 1 document for 2021**Please review the abstract guidelines (including IRB/QI requirements), access abstract templates, and SUBMIT your abstract via the Munn Center website:
• If you are planning to submit more than one abstract as the primary author, please email MunnCenter@PARTNERS.ORG, and we will provide detailed instructions for your second abstract submission.
• Need help writing an abstract? Visit our Resource Page:

Questions? Please email the Munn Center: MunnCenter@PARTNERS.ORG

BioRender licenses are offered at a discounted rate through the ERIS Research Computing Core. BioRender is a web-based application that can be used to create scientific figures, diagrams, and illustrations from a scientifically accurate image library, all in a matter of minutes. Using a simple drag and drop model, BioRender will save you time, so you can focus more on the science and less on illustration. This is a subscription service with an annual fee renewed on May 1. BioRender requires no installation and you may log in to your account on any computer, to access the BioRender portal. Request through the ERIS Research Computing Core Service Catalog.

Click here to learn more about BioRender Software

As many of you have heard through MGB and Research Leadership communications, our goal as an organization is to work together and ensure price parity, one system, one voice.  To support this target, Research Supply Chain Contracting would like to make you aware of the process for submitting your ideas.  The following are the steps to take to begin discussing your idea(s):

1. Submit your request to Supply Chain Contracting via the following link (Supply Chain Contracting) to our group.
   1. Your idea will be routed to the appropriate Contract Manager who will pull current spend by hospital and department as a starting point to quantify opportunities. 

2. Supply Chain Contracting will review each idea with Research Executive Leadership to be sure you have Executive Sponsorship.  Once approved, we will need your help forming a committee from the different institutions along with your assigned Research Contract Manager to flush out the details of the opportunity and what the Committee would like to achieve. 

3. The final Committee solution recommendation will be brought back by Supply Chain Contracting to Research Executive Leadership for approval. Once approved your Contract Manager will work with the vendor(s) to negotiate terms and/or price to be approved by the Committee prior to signing an agreement.

Friday, May 7, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Zoom
Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being  

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. 

The 2021 Community Performances and Partnerships String Quartet at New England Conservatory is excited to present an educational program connecting classical music repertoire to histories of LGBTQ culture across place and time. The quartet will present a program of canonic classical works ranging from Mozart and Schumann to Benjamin Britten, paired alongside with stories of gender variance, queer culture, and LGBTQ narratives in contemporary music performance. 

The session will be followed by Q&A and discussion.  

Register and receive a link    

Monday, May 10, 2021, 2:00 – 3:00 PM, Zoom

Join subject matter experts online for 1:1 support with Research IS & Computing tools and services available to help your research and innovation, discuss problems and answer your questions. No appointment necessary. The Scientific Computing team is available at 1p.m. to provide extra support for ERISOne Linux Cluster, R, Python and the new ERISXdl platform. We hope to see you then! Check back to https://rc.partners.org/events for additional dates.

Monday, May 10, 2021, 4:00 – 5:00 PM, Zoom

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development 
  
"Cancer Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges" 

The Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series was created to support and advance the careers of women. These lectures bring together faculty from institutions that have hosted Anne Klibanski Scholars with MGH scholars, on topics that overlap both research areas. Faculty from the outside host institutions are also invited to present on their own. 

This lecture will be given by Erica T. Warner, ScD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, MGH/HMS and Victoria L. Mango, MD, FSBI, Associate Attending Radiologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 

Register and receive link

Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 2:00 PM, Zoom

Join Gaurdia Banister, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Executive Director, Institute for Patient Care, including Center for Innovation in Care Delivery, MGH; and David Ting, MD, Chief Digital Health Officer, MGH; Chief Medical Information Officer, MGPO; Co-Director, Center for Innovation in Digital HealthCare, MGH for an insightful discussion clinician-driven innovation across Mass General Brigham. They will share guidance on digital projects and resources for the clinician, nurses, and patient experiences.
Click here to register

About MGB Innovation Digital Education Academy (IDEA) Symposium
Mass General Brigham Innovation Digital Education Academy (IDEA) Symposium is a new, year-long program focused on Innovation and Digital Health. Designed for faculty, staff, and innovators within our System, each month will feature a theme with speaker(s) working on innovations and initiatives within the digital health space.   The following events are only open to Mass General Brigham employees. IDEA webpage: Learn more

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Zoom

In response to requests from the research community, we are pleased to offer an MGB Town Hall, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., on Thursday, May 13, 2021, focused on NIH Biographical Sketch and Other Support Changes and recent NIH implementation notices.  Our agenda is a work-in-progress with speakers from Research Management, Research Compliance, and the Office for Interactions with Industry (OII). Ravi Thadhani will moderate the panel.  At a minimum, the panel will address the following topics

• What and when PIs and Key Personnel are required to report on domestic and foreign appointments (Biographical Sketch submitted with grant application) and on the Other Support page at Just-in-Time (JIT);
• Investigator guidance to determine whether Consulting/Outside Activities are considered research and therefore must be reported as Other Support;
• New gift reporting requirements;
• Anticipated Insight Investigator Other Support tools;
• Some case studies based on top questions from across MGB; and
• A Q&A session.

The Town Hall will be available on Zoom and recorded and posted to the Research Navigator for later viewing.  We are developing an FAQ resource and will incorporate questions generated during the Q&A session in this document.

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Webinar

CCDS is hosting their monthly virtual Lecture Series - Artificial Intelligence for Clinicians (AI4C) and we’d love to have you join!

Speaker: Constance D. Lehman, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Breast Imaging, and Co-Director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital

The objectives of this talk will be to describe the training, testing, validation and implementation of AI tools in the specific use case of breast cancer risk assessment and image interpretation and to understand pearls and pitfalls, challenges and opportunities associated with this rapidly evolving field.

AI4C lectures are now CME approved! MDs, DOs, NPs, and PAs can receive CME category 1 credit. Other health care professionals can get participation certificates including Information Technology professionals. Go to the following link to sign up for CME:
May 13, 2021 AI4C: Clinical Implementation of AI Models in Breast Imaging: Challenges and Opportunities | Mass General Brigham CPD (partners.org)

Please click here to register for this event on Eventbrite

Friday, May 14, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Zoom

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being  

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. 

Join Eight Active Ingredients of Tai Chi© certified teacher Barry Friedman in exploring the traditional principles of Tai Chi in a relaxed, informal and experiential session. Regular practice of this gentle “meditation in motion” leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and an overall sense of well-being. 

Barry is a long-term committed practitioner of tai chi, teaches regularly to his own classes as well as at the Tree of Life tai chi studios in Watertown, and brings his experience as a life-long soccer goalkeeper coach to bear in providing a welcoming environment for the cultivation of fitness, health and mental well-being. 

Register and receive link

Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Zoom
Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development 
  
"Improving Cancer Imaging and Treatment" 

The Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series was created to support and advance the careers of women. These lectures bring together faculty from institutions that have hosted Anne Klibanski Scholars with MGH scholars, on topics that overlap both research areas.  

This lecture will be given by Meenal Datta, PhD, AACR-Loxo Oncology Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radiation Oncology, MGH/HMS and Simone Dalm, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center. 

Register and receive link

Wednesday and Thursday, May 19 & 20, 2021, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm, Virtual

The 5th Annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit will be held on May 19 & 20, 8:30 a.m. - noon. The Summit has grown from its modest start in 2017 to a system-wide educational experience that has impacted thousands of employees across the Mass General Brigham community. 

Mass General Brigham has identified diversity, equity and inclusion as areas of priority that are aligned with the goals of our United Against Racism initiative. Our leadership toward ensuring the most equitable and diverse environment – for our patients and colleagues across the system – will be the very foundation for our success as a premier healthcare provider nationally and internationally.

On May 19, the featured speakers are:

• Isabel Wilkerson, Author of Caste
• David Williams, PhD, MPH, from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

On May 20, the featured speakers are:

• Leana Wen, MD, CNN Commentator
• Robin DiAngelo, PhD, Author of White Fragility
• Ibram X. Kendi, PhD, Author of How to be an Antiracist

Click “join” on these calendar items to add them to your Outlook calendar and access the Zoom webinar link for this virtual two-day event:

• DE&I Summit Day One: May 19
• DE&I Summit Day Two: May 20

Please note that capacity is limited to 5,000 employee-participants and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information, email diversityinclusion@partners.org.

Wednesday - Friday, May 19-21, 2021, Virtual

The 2021 Virtual World Medical Innovation Forum will focus on the growing impact of gene and cell therapy.

Senior healthcare leaders from all over look to shape and debate the area of gene and cell therapy. Our shared belief: no matter the magnitude of change, responsible healthcare is centered on a shared commitment to collaborative innovation–industry, academia, and practitioners working together to improve patients’ lives. Click here to learn more.

Click here to register

Thursdays, May 27, June 3, June 10, June 17, June 24, 2:00 – 4:30 PM, Zoom

Sponsored by the MGH Division of Clinical Research, Partners Human Research Committee and Partners Human Subjects Quality Improvement Program

Good clinical practice (GCP) is an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, recording and reporting human subjects’ research. GCP guidelines define the roles and responsibilities of the IRB, investigator, and sponsor as well as describe the essential documents needed for the conduct of a study. Compliance with GCP assures that the rights, safety, and welfare of subjects are protected and that the data produced from the research are credible.

After completing this training, the learner will have a comprehensive understanding of GCP and be able to apply those practices to the conduct of clinical research.

Note: To receive a certificate of completion a participant must attend all 5 sessions and successfully pass a post-course assessment through RedCap. RCR Eligibility: Completion of all five sessions of this course will fulfill two lecture/discussion requirements.

Registration is required. Please contact Amy Quinkert with questions.

Click here to learn more about Good Clinical Practice in Research at an Academic Research Institution

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM, Virtual

The Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH) is pleased to announce our 22nd Annual Symposium, entitled "Global Food Systems and Sustainable Nutrition in the 21st Century." We have an outstanding lineup of speakers who are experts in the fields of public health, global food systems, nutritional inequities, and sustainable nutrition.

Registration is now open. We are expected a high volume of attendees and encourage you to secure your spot early. Click here to register now.

Additional event info and speaker information can be found here.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 12:00 PM, Zoom

Join Donald Gummow, Business Analyst, Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, BWH; Jennifer Shin, MD, SM, Associate Surgeon, BWH; Sara Silacci, Chief Strategy Officer & Senior Managing Director, Center for Innovation in Digital HealthCare (CIDH), MGH; and Haipeng (Mark) Zhang, DO, Medical Director, Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, BWH to hear from experts on crafting a pitch, finding a champion, assessing funding and other resources, and learn best practices in pursuing a digital project.
Click here to register

About MGB Innovation Digital Education Academy (IDEA) Symposium
Mass General Brigham Innovation Digital Education Academy (IDEA) Symposium is a new, year-long program focused on Innovation and Digital Health. Designed for faculty, staff, and innovators within our System, each month will feature a theme with speaker(s) working on innovations and initiatives within the digital health space.   The following events are only open to Mass General Brigham employees. IDEA webpage: Learn more

Please visit the new MGB web page for COVID funding opportunities that provides a central database for researchers to view open and competitive funding announcements.

We have aggregated opportunities from federal and private funding sources including NIH, DoD, CDC, EPA, foundations, and more.  The database defaults to sorting by award amount and can also be sorted by deadline or filtered by research focus.

Upcoming deadlines:

• NOSI: Administrative Supplements for COVID-19-Impacted FIC Research Training and Education Awards (deadline 5/14/21)

Recently added:

• Project Connect - Unilever (deadline 5/28/21)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic and Risks for Abuse and Injury Among Vulnerable Children and Youth - NIH (Various deadlines 6/5/21 through 5/8/24)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) Announcing the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus - NIH (NIDA) (3/31/22 - rolling deadline)

Fostering diversity in the scientific research workforce is a key component of the NIH strategy to identify, develop, support and maintain the quality of our scientific human capital NOT-OD-20-031.

This administrative supplement is designed to provide support for research experiences for individuals from diverse backgrounds throughout the continuum from high school to the faculty level. Continuation of this program in the future will depend on the evaluation of the career outcomes of the supported individuals as well as continuing assessments of the diversity of the scientific workforce.

Please click here to learn more.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke seeks to promote diversity in all of its research programs and to increase the participation of underrepresented groups. As the US population becomes increasingly diverse, reflection of that diversity among the biomedical research workforce is vital to our science enterprise and the NIH research mission (See NOT-OD-20-031). NIH is committed to implementing approaches to address the funding gap for researchers from diverse backgrounds and “committed to instituting new ways to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and identifying and dismantling any policies and practices that may harm our workforce and our science”.

This NOSI utilizes the NIH parent R01 announcement to encourage Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) from diverse backgrounds to conduct and contribute to the research areas of the NINDS.

This notice applies to due dates on or after June 5, 2021 and subsequent receipt dates through May 8, 2023. 

Click here to learn more.

Preliminary applications are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards.

What are they?
“The NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Program supports exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career. The Early Independence Award is intended for these select junior investigators who have already established a record of scientific innovation and research productivity and have demonstrated unusual scientific vision and maturity; typical post-doctoral training would unnecessarily delay their entry into independent research”

MGH is eligible to nominate two candidates for the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award.

When is the deadline?  
MGH internal pre-proposal: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 – 5:00 PM

How do I learn more and apply?
Click here to for more information and to apply for these awards.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced funding for Pragmatic Clinical Studies to Evaluate Patient-Centered Outcomes. This PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) emphasizes relevant Methodology Standards and the PCORI Guidance on the Design and Conduct of Trials in Real-World Settings.

A total of $90 million in funding is available through this PFA. Investigators may request up to $10 million in direct costs for a clinical trial lasting up to five years.

We've put together resources on how to apply, constructing a successful LOI, and assistance with your applications, including contact information on our website.

For questions about PCORI or the application process, you may also contact Leslie MacGregor, PhD, VMD, JD, Harvard Catalyst PCORI funding specialist.

Key Dates:

• PFA opens: May 4, 2021
• Town Hall webinar: May 21, 2021 from 11:30am – 1:00pm ET
• Letters of Intent (LOI) due: June 1, 2021, by 5:00pm ET
• Full applications due: August 31, 2021, by 5:00pm ET

Please note that this opportunity will be repeated once more in 2021. Cycle 3 opens September 7 (deadline October 5).

PCORI seeks to fund clinical trials, large simple trials, or large-scale observational studies that compare two or more alternatives for addressing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or management of a disease or symptom; improving healthcare system-level approaches to managing care; or eliminating health or healthcare disparities. Randomized study designs are strongly encouraged but not required.
 
Proposed studies must address critical clinical choices faced by patients, their caregivers, clinicians, or delivery systems. They must involve broadly representative patient populations and be large enough to provide precise estimates of hypothesized effectiveness differences and to support evaluation of potential differences in treatment effectiveness in patient subgroups.

About PCORI

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was authorized by Congress in 2010 as a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. PCORI’s purpose, as defined by its authorizing legislation, is to help patients, caregivers, clinicians, policy makers, and other healthcare system stakeholders make better-informed health decisions by “advancing the quality and relevance of evidence about how to prevent, diagnose, treat, monitor, and manage diseases, disorders, and other health conditions” and by promoting the dissemination and uptake of this evidence.

In accordance with NOT-OD-21-069 and ongoing efforts to support family-friendly work environments for the NIH-supported workforce, this Notice of Special Interest requests applications for administrative supplements to support childcare costs on NRSA-supported Fellowship awards.

Eligibility
Applicants must have an active NIH-funded NRSA Fellowship award.

Budget
Fellows may request $2,500 per budget period for costs for childcare provided by a licensed childcare provider. Childcare costs are permitted for dependent children living in the eligible fellow’s home from birth under the age of 13, or children who are disabled and under age 18. Childcare costs do not apply to elder or non-child dependent care costs

Application and Submission Information
Applications to existing NIH NRSA Fellowships must be submitted using the following opportunity or its subsequent reissued equivalent.
PA-20-272 - Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-20-272 must be followed, with the following additions:

• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis beginning April 8, 2021.
• For funding consideration, applicants must include “NOT-OD-21-070” (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4B) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4B will not be considered.
• Applicants must use the forms package with the Competition ID containing “ADMINSUPP-FELLOWSHIP”.
• Applicants must specify the requested childcare costs in field 28b (Supplementation from Other Sources: Amount, Number of Months, Type, and Source) on the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form.
  • Enter “Childcare Costs” (without quotation marks) as the Type.
  • Applicants are strongly encouraged to request childcare costs for all remaining years that the project will be funded based on the dependent(s)’ age eligibility factor. (e.g. if requesting 2 years, enter $5,000 in “Amount” and 24 months in “Number of Months”).
• In order to facilitate efficient processing of the request, applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the Grants Management contact at the Institute supporting the parent award that a request has been submitted in response to this FOA.

Resources
Frequently Asked Questions are available here.

Click here to learn more.

NIH recognizes that the high cost of childcare impacts graduate students and post-doctoral researchers funded through NIH fellowships, and their ability to successfully complete their training and fully participate in the extramural research workforce. Therefore, this Notice announces that NCI, NHGRI, NIA, NIDCR, NIDDK, and NINDS (on behalf of the NIH Blueprint DSPAN) will defray childcare costs to recipients of Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) programs during the F99 phase of the award.

Eligibility
Applicants must be planning an F99/K00 application or have an active NIH Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) through NCI, NHGRI, NIA, NIDCR, NIDDK, and NINDS (on behalf of the NIH Blueprint DSPAN) that is still in the F99 phase.

Budget
F99/K00 applicants and F99 award recipients may request $2,500 per budget period for costs of childcare provided by a licensed childcare provider. Childcare costs are permitted for dependent children living in the eligible fellow’s home from birth until the age of 13 years, or disabled children under the age of 18 years. Childcare costs do not apply to elder or non-child dependent care costs.

Application and Submission Information:
Instructions for requesting childcare costs in new and continuation (Type 5) F99 applications should follow the instructions described in NOT-OD-21-074. Requests for childcare costs in administrative supplements to existing F99 awards (Type 3) should follow instructions described in NOT-OD-21-075.
Administrative Supplement Applications to existing F99 Fellowships must be submitted using the following funding opportunity Announcement or its subsequent reissued equivalent.
PA-20-272- Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-20-272 must be followed, with the following additions:

• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis beginning May 1, 2021.
  • Special Instructions: The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will accept requests by May 31st for consideration in a given fiscal year.
• For funding consideration, applicants must include “NOT-CA-21-053” (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4B) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4B will not be considered.
• Applicants must use the forms package with the Competition ID containing “ADMINSUPP-FELLOWSHIP”.
• Applicants must specify the requested childcare costs in field 28b (Supplementation from Other Sources: Amount, Number of Months, Type, and Source) on the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form.
  • Enter “Childcare Costs” (without quotation marks) as the Type.
  • Applicants are strongly encouraged to request childcare costs for all remaining years that the project will be funded based on the dependent(s)’ age eligibility factor. (e.g. if requesting 2 years, enter $5,000 in “Amount” and 24 months in “Number of Months”).
• In order to facilitate efficient processing of the request, applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the Grants Management contact at the Institute supporting the parent award that a request has been submitted in response to this FOA.

Resources
Frequently Asked Questions are available here.

Click here to learn more.

We ask that all MGH Investigators interested in applying for any limited submission award submit a Letter of Intent (see detailed instructions below) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) by the deadline indicated for each award to be considered to receive an institutional nomination.

Process            
Submit a one- to two-page Letter of Intent (LOI) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) via email to ecor@partners.org.  In addition to your LOI, please include an NIH Biosketch.

The letter of intent should include:

• Name of the Principal Investigator with appropriate contact information
• A descriptive title of the potential application
• Brief description of the project
• Brief description of why you specifically should be selected to receive institutional nomination for this award

If there is more than one MGH investigator interested in applying for each limited submission award, the LOIs will be used to assess candidates and a review and selection process will take place.

Current Limited Submission Funding Opportunities                                                                                                                                        
Please click here for more information and for our internal deadlines.

• Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) – Research Training (Collaborative U2R Clinical Trial Optional)
• 1907 Trailblazer Award – NEW!
• Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Limited Competition Coordinating Center for the HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Cohorts Program (U24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Centers for HIV Structural Biology (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – NEW!

If there is a limited submission funding opportunity you do not see listed above or you have any additional questions, please let us know at ecor@mgh.harvard.edu.

Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these opportunities.  Note that proposals are still routed through the standard Insight/Research Management process.

Please be aware that any grant that brings in less than 15% in indirect costs (IDC) will need to be supplemented up to the 15% equivalent by existing investigator or departmental sundry funds. Resolution of this issue must occur prior to submitting a proposal.  Training fellowships from foundations, public charity, and non-profit organizations are excluded from this minimum IDC requirement.

Week of 05/07/21

• Surgical Investigator Program, AATS Graham Foundation/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS). $200,000. Deadline: July 1
• AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Research Fellowship, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) NEW! $120,000. Deadline: July 6
• AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association (AHA). September 15
• Fellowships, Biogen. $90,000. Deadline: July 15
• Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS) Pilot Research Grants, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. $300,000. Deadline: June 11
• Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS) Postdoctoral Fellowships, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. $150,000. Deadline: June 11
• Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS) Senior Research Grants, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. $600,000. Deadline: June 11
• Repurposing Research Led by a US-Based Racial Minority Principal Investigator, Cures Within Reach NEW! $70,000. Deadline: July 9
• Repurposing Research to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes in Meniere’s Disease and Related Symptoms/Consequences, Cures Within Reach NEW! $50,000. Deadline: May 26
• Repurposing Research to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes in Meniere’s Disease and Related Symptoms/Consequences, Cures Within Reach NEW! $100,000. Deadline: May 26
• FamilieSCN2A Action Potential Grant, FamilieSCN2A Foundation. $50,000. Deadline: June 1
• IOIBD Operating Grants, International Organization For the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD). $240,000. Deadline: June 30
• Bipolar Disorder Grant Program, Milken Institute NEW! $200,000. Deadline: May 14
• Clinical Care Physician Fellowship, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS). $75,000. Deadline: July 28
• Rising Star Research Awards, One Mind Institute (formerly IMHRO). $300,000. Deadline: June 1
• Burden of Community Acquired Pneumonia, Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) NEW! $150,000. Deadline: June 9
• Closing Knowledge Gaps in Moderate-to-Severe Alopecia Areata, Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) NEW! $300,000. Deadline: May 26
• Development of Talazoparib for Prostate Cancer, Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) NEW! Deadline: June 21
• NSCLC Biomarker Testing, Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) NEW! $150,000. Deadline: June 23
• Health Equity Scholars for Action, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) NEW! $250,000

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