** 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.

Proposal Elements:

• Project Abstract (not to exceed 250 words)
• Project Description (up to three 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)
  • Research Plan and Methodology (2 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 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 projects
• Co-Investigators’ abbreviated Biosketch(es) with selected relevant publications (not to exceed 2 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, such as a pilot survey form or a Penn Medicine administrator or operational lead’s support letter.

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