Research News - May 21, 2021

Mass General Brigham (MGB) has implemented 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. 

To be compliant with the new Proposal Deadline Policy for the June 5, 2021 submission deadline, all Administrative Components must be submitted to Research Management by May 26, 2021 and all Science Components must be submitted by June 3, 2021 by 5:00 P.M. 
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. 

Research Management has scheduled an information session to answer questions and/or clarify any information about the new policy.  Registration is not required for this sessions: 

• Tuesday May 25, 2021 from 4 P.M. to 5 P.M. – Zoom Link: https://partners.zoom.us/j/87661686360

Additionally, there are resources for Hospital Department Grant Administrators located on the Research Navigator: Proposal Submission Deadline Policy Page.   

We look forward to your cooperation and support by submitting your proposal on-time. 

The MGH fringe rates have been updated based on the latest available information, please see below.  The actual rates will be updated on 10/01/2021.  In the interim, please use the latest MGB Budget Template for grant proposal submissions. Rates have also been updated in Insight.
MGH Fringe Rates

• The Professional fringe rate is increasing to 35% in FY22 onwards, from 32%. The fringe rate had been decreased in FY21 to reflect the temporary freeze in pension expenses.  With the restoration and retro payback of the defined contribution pension expenses, the Professional Staff fringe rate is being restored to 35% in FY22.

The Non-Professional fringe rate is increasing from 34% to 35% in FY22.  There are two main drivers. Early indicators of health expenses for FY22 show costs rising more that salary costs. The second factor is the change in short-term disability benefits.

The Innovation Fellows Program is a skills and career development program designed specifically for MD and PhD faculty and staff from Mass General Brigham hospitals who are interested in translational medicine and bridging the knowledge gap between industry and academia.  This unique program provides eligible staff with part-time, co-mentored experiential Fellow Projects in industry settings, including in pharma, biotech, digital health, medical device, and venture. 

The Program is currently seeking candidates for several Industry opportunities starting July 1, 2021 at Sanofi, Novartis, Boston Pharmaceuticals and Outcome Capital.   Please visit the Innovation Fellows website to review qualification requirements and to view current available opportunities (password: Fellows2021-please do not share this password externally).  Website best viewed in Chrome.

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, BioRenderwill 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. BioRenderrequires 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 Available for Purchase

FlowJo portal licenses are offered at a discounted rate through the ERIS Research Computing Core. FlowJo is a software package for analyzing flow cytometry data. Files produced by modern flow cytometers are written in the Flow Cytometry Standard format with an .fcs file extension. FlowJo will import and analyze cytometry data regardless of which flow cytometer is used to collect the data. This is a per user subscription service with an annual fee of $209. Request through the ERIS Research Computing Core Service Catalog.

Click here to learn more about FlowJo Software Available for Purchase

Is your anesthesia machine/vaporizer due for service? Colonial Medical will be on-site at MGH June 22 (Boston Campus) and June 29 (CNY Campus).  Anyone scheduling service on these days will receive special discounted pricing - $170 for small machines and $270 for large machines.  Contact Colonial Medical directly to schedule: 888-446-8427 or service@colmedsupply.com.

Monday, May 24, 2021, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, Virtual

Please join the Connors-BRI Research Center at BWH from 3-5pm on May 24 for a special symposium on Incorporating Sex as Biologic Variable to Advance Health featuring a keynote address by Dr. Janine Clayton, Director of the office for Research in Women’s Health at the NIH, on Why Studying Sex and Gender is Square One.

The event is open to all, please register here to attend.

To promote vibrant discussion, spark new collaborations and explore new avenues for research, the event will feature short talks, lightning presentations and a video showcase in addition to the keynote address. Please visit the event website for full details.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Zoom

The Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) brings clinical information to the researcher's fingertips and ensures the security of patient information by controlling and auditing the distribution of patient data within the guidelines of the IRB. This course will provide instruction for advanced functionality within the RPDR including : 

1. Match Control functionality 
2. Creating a Patient set and using it in a query 
3. Image request (mi2b2) 
4. RPDR data output and analysis 
5. Scheduled query functionality 
6. Additional query examples 

The course is geared toward investigators and staff who are familiar with the RPDR tool and the data available. 
Register here. Please contact tmorrison-rohlfs@partners.org if you have any questions. 

Click here to learn more about the RPDR Advanced Class

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Zoom

The Partners Biobank Portal is a tool that links consented subjects from the Partners Biobank with their health care data from the electronic medical record (EMR) and allows researchers to request clinical samples for these subjects. 

This course will provide an introduction to the use of the Biobank Portal application for clinical research, including the review of healthcare data, types of samples available, genomic information and requesting data. The course is geared toward investigators and staff at all levels interested in the utility and information of the Biobank Portal for research.

Register here. Please contact tmorrison-rohlfs@partners.org if you have any questions.

Click here to learn more about the Biobank Portal Course

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 12:00 – 12:30 PM, Zoom

QUIIPS is the Mass General Research Institute’s new, 30-minute lunchtime video series where you can learn more about research from the investigators themselves!

Our next QUIIPS features Matt Rosen, PhD, Director of the Low Field MRI and Hyperpolarized Media Laboratory at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Dr. Rosen is a physicist, tool-builder and inventor whose research bridges the spectrum from fundamental physics to applied bioimaging work in the field of MRI. Matt will be interviewed by Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD, Director of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Radiology (no relation).

This online event is open to the Mass General community as well as members of the public. We hope to see you there!

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, MS Teams

These weekly sessions are a mix of training and show-and-tell for learning useful R tips just like the Enterprise Research IS R User Group Meeting. R is a free and open programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. In this weekly meeting, one small topic is covered at one time (45 min - 1 hr) in a very friendly, relaxed way so that many beginners can join without any difficulties. Topic and level of difficulty will be announced a couple of days before so that you know what to expect ahead. No need to register. Anybody can join; see MS Teams Meeting information for details (Mass General Brigham login will be required to access the meeting link).

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, MS Teams

This month will feature MGB Information Security who will discuss concerns regarding MGB data and international travel and Research Information Science & Computing (RISC) will discuss its newly deployed Digital Analytic Patient Reviewer (DAPR). Subscribe to receive the monthly meeting invite if you’re interested in learning more or attending.

Click here to learn more about the Virtual Research Technical Talk

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.

Friday, May 28, 2021, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Zoom

REDCap Representatives: Lynn Simpson, Research Data Collection Services Manager, Jeremy Alphonse, Research Data Collection Services Project Analyst, Research Information Science and Computing (RISC) Applications and Services

Learn how to create, send and collect research data using the REDCap Survey feature.
REDCap surveys provide a powerful tool for collecting responses from survey participants by 1) emailing or texting a link to your survey, 2) entering data direct on a tablet/kiosk, and/or 3) posting a links on websites. We will also review Responsy, which is a Mass General Brigham secure mobile platform for REDCap survey collection.

This is open to all employees who work within the Mass General Brigham network.
REDCap link : https://rc.partners.org/research-apps-and-services/collect-data#redcap

Register here. Please contact tmorrison-rohlfs@partners.org with questions.

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:

• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-engaged COVID-19 Testing Interventions among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations – RADx-UP Phase II (Emergency Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional) (deadline 5/24/21)

• Global Healthcare Detection and Response (LOI deadline 5/27/21)

• COVID-19 Private Sector Engagement & Partnership Fund    (deadline 5/28/21) High-value grant (starred): Please fill out our MGB Collaborative Grant Application if you are an MGB faculty member interested in applying.

• Project Connect (deadline 5/28/21)

Recently added:

• Science and Technology Awards - CooperVision (deadline 6/25/21) Philanthropic - please contact BWH Development or MGH Development before applying.

• SAEMF Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant - Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEM Foundation) (deadline 8/1/21)

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.

Letters of intent are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grant.

What are they?
“The Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists, including post docs, whose primary focus is breast cancer and who are in the early stages of their careers, to apply for funding for the Young Investigator Grant.

Applicants for the 2022 award must (i) not have held a tenure track faculty or tenure track research position for more than four years following completion of their training, as of March 1, 2022; (ii) not have been a principal investigator on an NIH R01 or equivalent national/international non-mentored award; and (iii) dedicate at least 50% of their work effort to research. This grant is intended to help advance the careers of young researchers who do not yet have their own major grant support but who design and conduct their own independent research projects.”

MGH is eligible to nominate two candidates.

How much is the award?
The grant provides salary support and project costs for a total of $125,000 (distributed over the two-year period.) Indirect costs, which are included in the $125,000 award, must be limited to 8% of total direct costs.

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 15% 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.

When is the deadline?  
MGH letter of intent deadline: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:00pm
Full application to sponsor: Friday, July 23, 2021

What are the internal guidelines?
Please submit a 1-2 page letter of intent, along with a NIH biosketch, to ecor@mgh.harvard.edu

Be sure to include the following information:

1. Applicant's name, job title, and the applicant's contact information
2. State the project title and hypothesis, outline the research aim(s) and methods
3. A brief discussion of the project's potential impact

In the event that there are more than 2 applicants, the internal LOI will be used to assess if a review and selection process will be needed. ECOR will notify all interested applicants by June 18, 2021.

How do I learn more about the opportunity?
Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grants – Click here

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. 

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.

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.

• 1907 Trailblazer Award
• Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) – NEW!
• 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 05/21/21

• AATS Foundation/WTS Mid-Career Investigator Award, AATS Graham Foundation/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) NEW! $100,000. Deadline: July 1
• AATS Foundation Equity Award, AATS Graham Foundation/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) NEW! $150,000. Deadline: July 1
• Sir Magdi Yacoub International Mentored Career Development Award, AATS Graham Foundation/American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) NEW! $75,000. Deadline: July 1
• Research Award, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. $100,000. Deadline: August 16
• Clinical Research Professor Grants, American Cancer Society (ACS). $400,000. Deadline: August 1
• AHRF Regular Grants, American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF). $50,000. Deadline: August 16
• Birtman Grant, American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF). $50,000. Deadline: August 16
• Accelerating Drug Discovery for FTD, Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD). $150,000. Deadline: May 28
• Science and Technology Awards, CooperVision. $400,000. Deadline: June 25
• Mentored Research Training Grants (MRTG), Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER). $250,000. Deadline: August 15
• Research Fellowship Grant (RFG), Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER). $75,000. Deadline: August 15
• Research in Education Grants (REG), Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER). $100,000. Deadline: August 15
• Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships, JDRF. $285,000. Deadline: June 29
• Social Justice Grants, Oak Foundation. $600,000. Deadline: Continuous
• Career Development Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF). $300,000. Deadline: June 8
• New Investigator Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF). $50,000. Deadline: June 8
• Total Joint Replacement Grant in Honor of Dr. Jorge O. Galante, MD, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF). $300,000. Deadline: June 8
• Fellowships, Prevent Cancer Foundation. $100,000. Deadline: July 5
• Grants, Prevent Cancer. $100,000. Deadline: July 5
• Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design (ARMED) Pilot Training Grant, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEM Foundation). $50,000. Deadline: August 1
• Education Research Grant, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEM Foundation). $100,000. Deadline: August 1
• Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEM Foundation) NEW! COVID! $100,000. Deadline: August 1
• Research Large Project Grant, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEM Foundation). $150,000. Deadline: August 1
• Research Training Grant, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEM Foundation). $300,000. Deadline: August 1
• Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Research, Health Resources in Action (HRiA)/The Medical Foundation. $500,000. Deadline: June 9

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