College of Health Sciences and Professions
CHSP Research Innovation Grant
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Purpose: Encourage innovative, high impact and sustainable research programming consistent
with college priorities. You are invited to identify essential seed funding in the concept paper for
the Dean’s consideration, including sustainability through subsequent extramural grant funding.
Review: This is a competitive application process with faculty peer review and the Dean’s
approval.
Total funding available this year: $20,000.
Budget: $10,000. This is seed funding for innovative (high-risk) research costs. PI salary
disallowed. GA stipend allowed if school/department will provide tuition waiver. Professional
travel should be no more than 10% of the budget.
Duration of funding: One year (May 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017). No extensions. All expenses
must be posted by June 30, 2017.
P.I. Eligibility: Full-time CHSP Group I, pretenure or posttenure. Not eligible if you have
received CHSP funding using this mechanism within the past 2 years.
Limit: No limit to number of proposals.
Due date: January 25, 2016.
Deliverable: Submission of an intra- or extramural grant proposal. A draft of the grant proposal
is due in the dean’s office no later than September 30, which is three months after the end of
the funding period.
Note: Be sure to discuss your plan in advance with your school director or department chair.
Application: A proposal approximately 5 pages in length (and tentative budget plus
sustainability plan); see format below.
Submit by email to hornerj@ohio.edu by the due date January 25, 2016.
CHSP Research Innovation Grant
APPLICATION TEMPLATE
Instructions:
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Arial, 11’ font; single-spaced, at least 1-inch margins all sides.
Limit to five (5) pages:
o Includes Sections I-V (below), i.e., the narrative, budget, budget justification,
figures and tables.
o Page limit does not include references and appendices (e.g., letters of support).
Submit by email to hornerj@ohio.edu by the due date January 25, 2016.
o Your email signature and date/time stamp will serve as your signature.
o Be sure to CC your collaborators and your school director/department chair.
Sections of Innovation Application
Use these section headings in your 5-page proposal:
I.
Title of program or project (at top of page 1):
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Project team
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Project director (name, title, academic unit, contact information):
Collaborators (names, credentials, contact information):
Project description
Overview of the innovative program or project:
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What are the goal(s) and research objective(s)?
What is the importance/impact of your research project?
Why is this project innovative?
Specific objectives:
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What methodology will you use to achieve your research objectives?
What is the timeline of activities?
What are the intended outcomes?
How will you measure outcomes?
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Budget and budget justification
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Sustainability plan. What is your plan to acquire extramural funding?
(References, letters of support and other appended material not counted in 5-page limit.)
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