Emerging Scholars Grants Application
Integration/Application Proposal Narrative
The purpose of the Integration/Application award is to promote new clinical practice
insights and innovations in the Health Science professions by integrating and applying
existing information across disciplines, and by seeking to “…interpret, draw together,
and bring new insight to bear on original research”1 This type of scholarship requires
multidisciplinary research, collaboration and knowledge translation, as stated in the
mission of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation (OCPI)2. Therefore, successful
applications must include collaboration between the Emerging Scholars principal
investigator and an OCPI staff member or senior scholar (see OCPI website – “Bios”
and “Scholars Program”).
I. SPECIFIC AIMS (1 page)
The Specific Aims page should
 Introduce the health problem, knowledge gap or critical need
 State the overall project goal to address the identified problem, gap or need
 Present a central hypothesis (or, alternatively, a statement of need)
 Provide a brief overview of the methodology
 Delineate specific aims in a bulleted list
 Identify the project’s innovation, e.g., a unique approach or technology
 Discuss how knowledge about the project’s processes and outcomes will be
disseminated to key stakeholders
 Summarize the project’s relevance to practice and education
II. RESEARCH STRATEGY (8 pages)
(a) Significance
 Using current literature, explain the importance of the problem, gap, or critical
need that the proposed project addresses.
 Explain how the proposed project will integrate and improve scientific knowledge,
technical capability, and/or clinical practice in one or more broad fields.
 Discuss how the proposed project is significant in promoting practice innovation
priorities of evaluation, engagement, and education.
(b) Innovation
 Explain how the application challenges and seeks to shift current clinical practice
paradigms.
1
Boyer, E. L. (1990). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. Princeton, N.J: Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching (pg 19).
2
OCPI Mission (https://smhs.gwu.edu/clinicalinnovation/mission-objectives)

Explain any refinements, improvements, integration, or new applications of
theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation or
interventions.
(c) Approach
• Describe the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses to be used to
accomplish the specific aims of the project. Describe specifically how the data
will be collected, managed, analyzed, and interpreted.
• Discuss potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success
anticipated to achieve the aims.
• Describe the strategy you will use to establish feasibility, and address the
management of any high risk aspects of the proposed work.
 Point out any procedures, situations, or materials that may be hazardous to
personnel and precautions to be exercised.
(d) Translation
 Describe how this information will be disseminated to other professionals, both
internal and external to GW.
 Discuss how this project can be leveraged to promote future research
collaborations.
III. PRELIMINARY WORK (1 page)
IV. MONTH-BY-MONTH PROJECT TIMELINE (1 page) – include the following
headings:
Project
Month:
Task
Potential Barrier(s) to
Accomplishing Task
Plan for Overcoming
Potential Barrier(s)
V. REFERENCES (not counted in the page limit)
VI. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT (not counted in
page limit)
 Describe your long-term research or career goal(s).
 Explain your rationale for pursuing the project.
o Indicate what will be possible to accomplish when your research is
complete.
 Describe your qualifications and research environment.
o How you are better prepared than other, equally qualified researchers.
o Identify special training, expertise, experience, and, most importantly,
relevant preliminary data.
o Identify access to human and animal subject pools; to unique equipment
and instrumentation; and to collaborations and partnerships.
VII. COLLABORATORS (not counted in the page limit)
 Name all collaborators and their contribution to the project.