Penn LDI Research Initiative on Improving Management of Chronic Kidney Disease RFP 2022
  • Penn LDI Research Initiative on Improving Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Cycle 2 Request for Proposals
  • Submission deadline: Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET

    Use this form to submit your proposal to this initiative.

    Review the full request for proposals, including research questions and program goals, here.

    For general questions or questions about the submission process, email Nadiyah Browning.

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    • Business Administrator 
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    • 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 (one page)
        • Research Plan and Methodology (four 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 $350,000 across all budget periods.
        • 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 LDI’s data store and warehouse (if relevant for your project). 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 a timeline of up to two years. 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)
      • 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.

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