APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF INVITED APPLICATIONS
Application deadline: September 14, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
Complete and submit an online application and upload all required documents through the submission link sent with invitation to submit full application by Thursday, September 14, 2023. The submission site will automatically close at 11:59 p.m. Late or partially completed applications will not be accepted.
Application Components
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If you have questions, please contact us at ctsieduc@umn.edu.
SELECTING MENTORS
Select at least three mentors from different disciplines that are critical for the implementation of your project. It is expected that the mentoring team will work closely with the applicant in the development of the application. At least one mentor must a clinician and one mentor must be a PhD level biostatistician. For applications with clinical trials, one member of the mentoring team must have expertise in trials and the application must contain sufficient information to evaluate the trial.
All applicants without a faculty-level biostats or informatics mentor are required to contact the CTSI Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center (BDAC) for an initial consult, at no charge, with a BDAC faculty biostatistician to review the statistical support needs of the proposal. At the consultation, the applicant and a biostatistician consultant will determine together the level of statistical support required by the project and the amount, if any, needed to budget for in the proposal. This statistical support plan must be included in applications. It is recommended scholars schedule at the beginning of the application process to ensure a meeting. See Statistical Support Plan form for instructions.
INTRODUCTION
1 - Introduction to Application (for Resubmissions)
CANDIDATE SECTION
2 - Candidate Information and Goals for Career Development
3 - Biosketch and Curriculum Vitae
4 - Contribution to diverse Scholar community
RESEARCH PLAN SECTION
5 - Specific Aims
6 - Research Strategy
7 - Initial Start-Up Plan
8 - Translation Plan
9 - Statistical Support Plan
10 - Budget
11 - Training in Responsible Conduct of Research
MENTOR, CO-MENTOR, CONSULTANT, COLLABORATORS SECTION
12 - Plan and Statement of Primary Mentor with NIH Biosketch and Other Support Page
13 - Plan and Statement of Secondary Mentor with NIH Biosketch and Other Support Page
14 - Plan and Statement of Tertiary Mentor with NIH Biosketch and Other Support Page (if applicable)
15 - Plan and Statement of Biostatistician Mentor with NIH Biosketch and Other Support Page
16 - Mentor Mentee Compact with Primary Mentor (and Co-Primary Mentor, if applicable)
17 - Letters of Support from Collaborators, Contributors, and Consultants with NIH Biosketch
ENVIRONMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO CANDIDATE SECTION
18 - Description of Institutional Environment
19 - Institutional Commitment to Candidate’s Research Career Development
HUMAN SUBJECTS SECTION
20 - Protection of Human Subjects
OTHER RESEARCH PLAN SECTIONS
21 - Vertebrate Animals
22 - Select Agent Research
23 - Consortium/Contractual Arrangements
24 - Resource Sharing
25 - Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources
After formal review of the applications, the top rated applicants will be interviewed by CTSI-Ed leadership and final decisions will be made based upon a combination of the grant review score, the interview and having balance in disciplines and diversity in the program.