MCIC Risk Reduction Awards Program: Letter of Intent
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Deadline for submission: January 10, 2014 to mschroeter@mcic.com
RISK REDUCTION PROJECT TITLE:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT:
REQUEST AMOUNT:
PROJECT TIME FRAME (estimated duration):
Letter of Intent Template Instructions (Please delete this box before submitting your
Letter of Intent)
 Describe your proposed risk reduction project using the headings below. Additional
information has been included in parenthesis under each heading; please delete this
information before submitting your Letter of Intent.
 Letters should be no more than 1 single-spaced page, 11 Arial font, margins 0.05”
 To submit your Letter of Intent, please email it as an attachment to Mary Lee Schroeter at
mschroeter@mcic.com by January 10, 2014.
Project Objectives and Question/Hypothesis: Describe the specific objectives of the project,
as well as the question and hypothesis posed.
Rationale for Proposed Project: The following questions should be addressed in your
description:
 How is the proposed project innovative and supportive of the goals of MCIC in reducing
patient harm?
 How is patient harm mitigated?
Description of Methods: Briefly describe the data collection procedures, proposed analytic
methods, and statistical tools used.
Data Metrics: What data will you collect to know you have met the project goals?
Sustainability & Spread: What is the plan for continuing the risk reduction efforts at the end of
the project and how will it be spread beyond the project site?
Note: Research studies, quality improvement and performance improvement projects that are
focused on innovations in risk reduction are eligible for funding.