OUTLINE FOR RESEARCH PROPOSAL
SYNOPSIS
Title
Acronym
Principal Investigator /
Coordinating Investigator
Participating Partners /
Recruiting Centres
Duration
Funding volume
Keywords
Summary
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A. RELEVANCE, AIMS AND NOVELTY
1. RELEVANCE
2. AIM(S) AND NOVELTY
3. STATE-OF-THE-ART AND EVIDENCE
4. COLLABORATION
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Participatory approaches
International collaborations
5. GENDER ISSUES
B. DESIGN AND RESEARCH METHODS
1.
STUDY DESIGN AND INTERVENTIONS
2.
TARGET / STUDY POPULATION
3.
ENDPOINTS
4.
FIELD ACCESS AND FEASIBILITY
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5.
DATA COLLECTION
6.
METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
7.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SAFETY
C. WORK SCHEDULE, TIME FRAME AND MILESTONES
D. DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
1.
2.
SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION
PUBLIC DISSEMINATION, TRANSFER AND IMPLEMENTATION
E. ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
F. STUDY PARTICIPANTS
1.
PARTICIPANTS
#
Affiliation
Name
Declaration of
(only institution and
Responsibility / Task
city, no complete
commitment
(see appendix no.
address)
3.1, 3.2)
Principal / Coordinating Investigator
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Responsible for study statistics
Recruiting centres (e.g. hospitals, nursing homes,
network of health care providers)
Study-supporting facilities / institutions (e.g.
sickness funds)
Responsible for quality assurance / data
management
Support- and advocacy organisations of patients
(if applicable)
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G. FINANCIAL DETAILS
1.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Position
PM
Personnel
X
Sum
€
Scientific
€
Non-scientific
€
Other
€
Consumables
X
€
Equipment
X
€
Travel costs
X
€
Subcontracts
X
€
Case payment
X
€
Overhead / lump sum*
X
€
Total amount
x
€
PM: Person Months, indicate full-time equivalents
*if applicable, academic institutions (universities and universities of applied sciences) and can apply for a
lump sum up to 20% of total for indirect costs
Comments:
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2.
3.
CO-FINANCING BY THIRD PARTIES
OTHER FUNDING
H. APPENDICES
1.
REFERENCES
2.
CURRICULA VITAE OF ACADEMIC STAFF
3.
DECLARATION OF COMMITMENTS
3.1
DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT OF RECRUITING CENTRES AND
PARTICIPATING PARTNERS
3.2
DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT OF SICKNESS FUNDS OR OTHER
INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING DATA
3.3
FINANCE COMMITMENT OF THIRD PARTIES
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