Sarcoma Career Development Award: Full Grant Proposal
Full Grant Proposals must contain the following items:
Note: All pages must be typed with font size 11 points or larger, in Arial or New Times Roman. The candidate’s name should be on the upper right corner of each page. Proposals that do not meet the page limits (including letters) and formatting will not be accepted.
- Abstract (maximum 1 page)
- Research Plan (6-10 typed pages)
- Hypotheses and Specific Aims
- Background and Significance
- Preliminary Results
- Research Design and Methods (discuss any potential difficulties and alternate approaches)
- Training in Clinical and Laboratory Research (maximum 1 page)
- List courses taken and a brief description of content.
- If additional course work is needed, indicate what areas are involved and how you plan to obtain the expertise
- Time Frame: (Provide estimated milestones for accomplishing key goals)
- Literature cited in Research Plan (no page limit)
- Detailed First Year Budget and Year Two Budget with Justification
- Description of Resources
- Other Sources of Research Support
- Current or pending funding
- Project name, PI, Institution
- Your role with other projects and percent effort
- Total Award (Direct and Indirect Costs)
- Project period (start and end dates) and description
- Indicate if the project is related to work proposed in this application
- Clinical Protocol and proof of IRB status (if applicable)
- Consultant/Collaborative/Contractual Arrangements (each letter maximum 1 page). If applicable, include letters verifying any arrangements necessary to conduct the proposed research.
- Letter of Instructional Commitment – must be signed by division chairperson.
- Letter of Support from Mentor (maximum 2 pages)