{"id":21107,"date":"2021-08-24T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/ay21-22-pilot-grant-program-call-for-applications-deadline-this-friday\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:59:57","slug":"ay21-22-pilot-grant-program-call-for-applications-deadline-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/ay21-22-pilot-grant-program-call-for-applications-deadline-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"AY21-22 Pilot Grant Program call for applications- deadline this Friday"},"template":"","news_categories":[17],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-21107","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-grants"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p><strong>The <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0019tmbZOpdXb_LO-OkNlbOAaoWNkib-1ZlFK704AfSAywVyxTV5XHJdLnAUVlBdlLiNQwOkCfWBSOMUgfG6Fmj6wvf0LPxFwUMXOfrRdB16f35ZOVEJEZE1uvNmn5GEJhBojTJ7u0OzIY%3D%26c%3DQBOdVVk0nPwnpvPsqIl2dq195qraeiIPr_pHotv6YFTVp9wa5zEhSg%3D%3D%26ch%3Djc5Ny-4aWx4qdRdaFBrI9ITA_w27rTI9QRxmSHqLpO6oqr6Su9HD8A%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chschle4%40uic.edu%7Cbbe9bb48aeea4806af3608d9670f34f4%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637654137267921242%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=coMVwDFo03s25%2F%2BS2lXl7euknAM%2F%2F%2FB8tj8SWZhVVwo%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>Center for Clinical and Translational Science<\/strong><\/a><strong> announces the availability of pilot grant funding for Academic Year 2021-2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These pilot grant awards will be for <strong>two years, up to $30,000 annually<\/strong>, with funding starting January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>CCTS Pilot Grant Program seeks to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>foster <strong>outstanding new clinical and translational health research<\/strong> at UIC by supporting the development of preliminary data that can be used to launch new NIH or other externally-funded research proposals;<\/li>\n<li><strong>encourage interdisciplinary teams<\/strong> of investigators that spans across Colleges and campus to develop collaborations or new research avenues;<\/li>\n<li>promote <strong>interactions between basic, clinical and public health <\/strong>scientists; and<\/li>\n<li>support research <strong>collaborations with community partners<\/strong> and organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pilot funding aims to support several aspects of the collaboration that will lead to successful extramurally funded research programs.<\/p>\n<p>Aspects include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>proof of principle studies for new methodologies;<\/li>\n<li>feasibility studies for patient recruitment;<\/li>\n<li>measurement validation studies;<\/li>\n<li>pilot intervention studies to inform sample size and power estimation;<\/li>\n<li>establishment of collaborative community partnerships;<\/li>\n<li>development of new technologies to address a clinical research problem;<\/li>\n<li>improvements in biomedical informatics architecture and\/or delivery of services,<\/li>\n<li>new methods for structuring or analyzing data sets; and<\/li>\n<li>stimulating child clinical research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AY21-22 Priority Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although applications are welcome in the broad domains of clinical translational research, we are especially interested in applications covering the following priority areas for Fall 2021 funding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projects directly addressing studies to understand the mechanisms of disease underlying Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) or factors related distinguishing PASC+ from PASC- among SARS-CoC-2 infected patients<\/li>\n<li>Projects directly addressing issues relevant to pandemic prevention\/response\/mitigation by supporting rapid response research questions<\/li>\n<li>Innovations in chronic pain management (including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches especially to reduce opioid use. (see NIH HEAL initiative)<\/li>\n<li>Health disparities\/health equity<\/li>\n<li>Health issues related to homelessness<\/li>\n<li>Innovative implementation science: implementation methods that promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in clinical or policy contexts<\/li>\n<li>Projects linking patient data to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0019tmbZOpdXb_LO-OkNlbOAaoWNkib-1ZlFK704AfSAywVyxTV5XHJdL75nR3EazZ7owvvKuzpbVUUs88QTVgWblaqVrKPaLFsgVuzAYaX0ZO41gNxshSIl1kI40oLR8X8GZq07osBAxoi6ykj-BAWGev2SE1HUYC4%26c%3DQBOdVVk0nPwnpvPsqIl2dq195qraeiIPr_pHotv6YFTVp9wa5zEhSg%3D%3D%26ch%3Djc5Ny-4aWx4qdRdaFBrI9ITA_w27rTI9QRxmSHqLpO6oqr6Su9HD8A%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chschle4%40uic.edu%7Cbbe9bb48aeea4806af3608d9670f34f4%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637654137267931233%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=CH4%2F4TYcSnH%2B3SqJdEjmCMtk1CBkvBTVtu%2FKoJU%2Bnwc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Chicago Health Atlas<\/a> data and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0019tmbZOpdXb_LO-OkNlbOAaoWNkib-1ZlFK704AfSAywVyxTV5XHJdL75nR3EazZ7QUvjq0FnqKrSc8ATj7MwIU95ZvNW57nc2OUglshAXVYbqBkEO55Dj16ob4h3d2EcdQWqPLXO0b2mDOLHXhCpvGSAYeAEndEhAsEbqkEucdPFwrSQ-Yccog%3D%3D%26c%3DQBOdVVk0nPwnpvPsqIl2dq195qraeiIPr_pHotv6YFTVp9wa5zEhSg%3D%3D%26ch%3Djc5Ny-4aWx4qdRdaFBrI9ITA_w27rTI9QRxmSHqLpO6oqr6Su9HD8A%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chschle4%40uic.edu%7Cbbe9bb48aeea4806af3608d9670f34f4%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637654137267941228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GAeaEchYqBhZd8Fdr1RKIfSf6ITuQI1JUYoC8m3ib%2BY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Healthy Chicago 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Projects that leverages\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0019tmbZOpdXb_LO-OkNlbOAaoWNkib-1ZlFK704AfSAywVyxTV5XHJdL75nR3EazZ76D4G5qJoGRztv2Mwt-06R11iNE5qpc1kmJ-U07lEbx8eSZVFiZ5lov_xXaCmLTz0hlI-kxGxvlPS6pvXH2s6wYoLzL7tQKwR-uEL_KkFNK8BtHfzKOCldZwoprpnUdBq8eutHaONnjvE_dNE8eMGeq15Ubh2wNNmeO3FvPHLYEgAO-0dQjxrcMgRQQXHI0Qff2gKTPUgRW8%3D%26c%3DQBOdVVk0nPwnpvPsqIl2dq195qraeiIPr_pHotv6YFTVp9wa5zEhSg%3D%3D%26ch%3Djc5Ny-4aWx4qdRdaFBrI9ITA_w27rTI9QRxmSHqLpO6oqr6Su9HD8A%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chschle4%40uic.edu%7Cbbe9bb48aeea4806af3608d9670f34f4%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637654137267941228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yvDpJxrC8AJpFQ9thYix6a0Pf8CLi7GpBl1%2FRow93dI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Healthy Chicago 2025 priorities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Studies on methods to improve the clinical translational research process<\/li>\n<li>Projects grounded in bidirectional community-based participation<\/li>\n<li>Child health research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application Timeline:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Letter of Intent Submission Deadline: FRIDAY, August 27, 2021 by 5:00PM CST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invitation to submit Full Application: Anticipated- September 27, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Full Applications Due: Wednesday, November 22, 2021 by 5:00PM CST<\/li>\n<li>Notice of Award Sent: Anticipated- January 7, 2022<\/li>\n<li>Pilot Award Start Date: January 16, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"The Center for Clinical and Translational Science announces the availability of pilot grant funding for Academic Year 2021-2022. 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