LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory RFP 2022

LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory

Request for Proposals
Topic for 2022:
Meeting the Patient Where They Are:
Optimizing Healthcare Through Community-Based Sites of Care

Submission deadline: October 3, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET

The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and the University of Pennsylvania Health System announce the 2nd Annual Request for Proposals for the LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory. The goals of this strategic partnership are both to advance LDI’s mission of developing generalizable health care knowledge for the nation and to generate actionable knowledge which guides Penn Medicine’s operational decisions towards ensuring that patients receive the best care.

To support this goal, this year the Research Lab solicits proposals for projects focused on Optimizing Healthcare through Community-Based Sites of Care.

To review the full request for proposals, including research questions and program goals, please click here.

For general questions or questions about the submission process, email Penn LDI.

Principal Investigator
Name *

First Name Last Name
Email *
Proposals must be led by an LDI Senior Fellows. Please indicate your LDI Senior Fellow status. *

Yes, I am an LDI Senior Fellow No, please send me information on how to become an LDI Fellow.

Business Administrator
Business Administrator Name *

First Name Last Name
Business Administrator Email *

Proposal
Title of Proposal *
Amount Requested *
(up to $65k)
Does this project involve any of the following *

Human subjects or animals Radioactive material/radiation producing equipment Investigational new drugs or new devices Potentially infectious agents, including human blood or tissue Carcinogens In vitro formation or recombinant DNA
** Note: As a condition of funding, PIs of all approved proposals must submit a letter from the university office of research administration that all human subjects approvals and other university regulatory requirements have been met for your project, but these approvals should NOT be obtained PRIOR to submitting the proposal to LDI.
Please upload submission as a single PDF document with Proposal Elements listed below. *
Proposal Elements:
- Project Abstract (not to exceed 250 words)
- Project Description (up to five pages, single-spaced, 11-point font minimum, 0.5-inch margins top, bottom, left, right for all pages), which contains the following sections and suggested size:
  - Aims and Significance (1 page)
  - Scalability (0.5 page)
  - Equity Plan and Impact (0.5 page)
  - Research Plan and Methodology (3 pages)
    
    Should describe data to be used or how the data will be collected; how key variables will be measured; and an analysis plan
- Project Budget
  - Proposals must include an itemized budget of up to $65,000.
  - An accompanying budget justification should clearly describe and justify the specific items to be funded by the grant.
  - The budget may include the time of an LDI-dedicated analyst with experience pulling data from Penn Medicine’s data store and warehouse. Please contact Traci Chupik for further details about this analyst’s cost structure.
  - The budget may include project salaries and benefits (e.g., faculty or staff), consultant fees, data management, supplies, and other direct expenses. Budgets may not include travel to meetings to present work, equipment, or indirect costs.
- Project Timeline and Milestones
  - Milestones should be identified along the 1-year timeline. Milestones should be well described, quantifiable, and scientifically justified benchmarks at critical junctures. This section may also include alternative strategies should any component efforts fail to perform as expected.
- Principal Investigator’s (PI's) Biosketch with selected relevant publications, current research support, and research support received during the past three years (follow current NIH biosketch guidelines)
- Other Pending or Funded Grant Proposals for the same or similar project
- Co-Investigators’ abbreviated Biosketch(es) with selected relevant publications (not to exceed two pages)
- Letter of Support from a key operational partner, detailing the partner’s specific role in the project and support for the project, including that the project is valuable, feasible, and has potential for long-term application. (This should be uploaded in the appendices)
- Appendices, limited to essential information that is directly relevant to the proposal, including the Penn Medicine administrator or operational lead’s support letter and other materials such as a pilot survey form
To review the full request for proposals, including research questions and program goals, please click here.
LDI-Penn Medicine Research Lab Grant 2022: Stages

Submitted proposal Proposal accepted Completed
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