2009 CURE Christopher Donalty and Kyle Coggins Memorial Award for SUDEP Research Submission Guidelines
(for invited investigators)
REQUIRED COMPONENTS
- Abstract (do not exceed 500 words). Describe the project research in terms understandable to lay people. Be certain to include how this project addresses CURE’ s mission – “no seizures, no side effects.”
- Main Body of Proposal (do not exceed 12 pages). Include a project outline and research plan. Describe the project background, preliminary data, expected outcomes and interpretations for objectives of this grant program, and clearly specify hypotheses and research aims.
- Budget should include an itemized list of how funds will be used (i.e. materials, equipment, animals, salary, fringe benefits, disposables, maintenance, travel*) as well as a budget justification. Please note that indirect costs and institutional overhead are not provided. All expenses must be converted to U.S. dollars. Please use the budget form provided on CURE’s website.
*Please note that there is a travel cap of $1,500 for international applicants and $1,000 for U.S. applicants. If awarded funds, CURE encourages all grantees to attend the annual AES meeting. Additional funds outside the grant award will not be given to attend this event.
- Bibliography (literature cited in the body of your proposal) (no page limit).
- Curriculum Vitae (no page limit).
- Letters of Support/Recommendation (required for all Early Career Investigators). Submit up to three letters of support/recommendation from mentors, department heads, or essential project collaborators.
- Facilities/Institutional Assurances (do not exceed ½ page). If an institution does not have an official assurance document, please provide in writing assurances from the department chairman or practice colleagues confirming the applicant’s time, facilities, and future position if research is funded.
- Proof of application to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval of human studies (or international equivalent) and/or proof of application to the Institutional Animal Care and Committee (IACUC) for approval of animal studies (or international equivalent) must accompany the application.
APPLICATION FORMATTING
Applications must conform to the following guidelines:
- Type font: 12 point, 10 pitch
- Type density: No more than 15 characters per inch (including spaces). For proportional spacing, the average for any representative section of text should not exceed either 15 characters per inch or 114 characters per line.
- Spacing: Single-spaced between lines of text, no more than five lines of type within a vertical inch.
- Margins: Minimum of 0.5-inch top, bottom, right, and 1-inch left.
- Headers: Type name and title of project in the upper right hand corner of all pages to be submitted with application.
- Page Numbers: Type name and title of project in the upper right hand corner of all pages to be submitted with application.
- Color, resolution, and multimedia objects: Proposals may include color, high resolution, or multimedia objects (e.g., MPEG, WAV, or AVI files) embedded in the PDF files; however these objects must not exceed 15 seconds in length and a size of 10 megabytes (MB). If you are including black and white printed copies of a color file, applicants may wish to include text in the proposal directing the reviewer to the electronic file for parts of the proposal that may be difficult to interpret when printed in black and white. Photographs and illustrations, etc. must be submitted in JPEG format only (no bitmaps or TIFF).
The full application including cover page is to be submitted on one CD/DVD in PDF or Microsoft Word format as a single document. The CD/DVD must be labeled with the following contact information in case the disc is unreadable: organization’s and PI’s names, the email address and phone number for a point-of-contact. All application components must be complete and included on the disc at time of submission. Please mail ten (10) CD/DVDs, along with five (5) full sets of the application to:
CURE RESEARCH AWARDS
730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 404
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Please direct questions regarding this RFP to danielle@CUREepilepsy.org or
312.255-1801.
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