ROSE F. KENNEDY INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESEARCH CENTER
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES-RELATED RESEARCH
PROJECTS
The Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (RFK IDDRC) announces the availability
of Pilot and Feasibility awards (up to $20,000 annually per award) for both basic science and translational projects that
involve intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). The awarded funds are intended to enable new and
established investigators to generate preliminary data in order to successfully apply for extramural funding for their
project. Pilot and feasibility funds are not intended to support or supplement ongoing IDD research programs. Eligible
applicants must hold the rank of instructor or higher at the time of the award.
ELIGIBILITY. This program is designed to support:
1) New investigators with interests in IDD research. Meritorious applications from new investigators will receive
priority for funding.
2) Established faculty who wish to explore a new area of research involving IDDs that constitutes a substantive
departure from their on-going work.
3) Established faculty currently focused on IDD-related research who are attempting to build preliminary data for
additional NIH grant support.
Please note: It is not necessary to be an RFK IDDRC investigator or clinical partner at the time the application is
submitted.
APPLICATION
A one-page letter of intent (LOI) is required by October 15, 2015. Those selected will be informed shortly thereafter,
with R03-style grant applications due on or before December 1, 2015. Additional details of how to assemble the grant
will be provided with the notice of acceptance of the LOI. It is anticipated that the one-year funding for successful
applicants will be initiated on January 1, 2016.
In your one-page LOI please include (1) an overview of your specific aims and (2) hypothesis to be tested, (3) its
relevance to IDDs, (4) a list of the IDDRC cores you expect to access and (5) a proposed budget. In terms of the budget,
the total amount requested can be up to $20,000, although smaller requests are strongly recommended. Salary support
for the investigator is not allowed. Please note: It is required that 25% of the grant budget be used to cover costs of RFK
IDDRC scientific core use. A description of the 6 scientific cores of the IDDRC can be found at
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/centers/iddrc.
Submit your one-page LOI electronically as an e-mail attachment to rfk.iddrc@einstein.yu.edu on or before October 15,
2015. Please use the RFK-IDDRC LOI Pilot Project template which can be found below and as a link on the IDDRC
website. Questions concerning this program should be directed to Lisa Guillory (lisa.guillory@einstein.yu.edu).
RFK-IDDRC 2016 Pilot and Feasibility Award
Letter of Intent
Name of PI, credentials-insert here
“Please Insert Title of Project Here”
Background/Specific Aims:
Hypothesis and Research Goal:
Relevance to IDD:
IDDRC Cores to be used:
Proposed Budget: Please limit this to one simple sentence with the amount you are requesting along with a
promise to commit to use at least 25% of the request funds toward an IDDRC Core/Cores (FYI-you will receive the
IDD discounted rate). If you want you can also briefly state that you will use the funds to say, hire a technician at 20% time,
mouse colony, reagent staining, testing & evaluation etc. but this is not necessary at this point in the process. If elected for the final
round you will have an opportunity to flesh this out by submitting an NIH-R03style budget and justification.