Project Director’s Name:                                                                   Date:                                                 

Home Department:                                                                Telephone:                                                   

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Thematic Area of Research:                                                                                                                                    

Program title:                                                                                                                                                            

Agency and program to be targeted for extramural funding:                                                                  

Anticipated Application Date for extramural funding (Developmental Awards) :                                             

Collaborators and Areas of Expertise:

Investigator(s):                                                                                               

Department(s):                                                                                             

Research Area:                                                                                                                     

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Program Statement

Program title:                                                                                                                        

Description of Program (Do not exceed 2 pages):  Provide a brief statement about the thematic emphasis of the program and how you envision the work of each of the individuals identified contributing to the proposed research center:

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Statement of Limitations

Program title:                                                                                                                                    

Describe what weakness you see in the current configuration of the center, what needs to be added/strengthened to make the program competitive and how these planning funds will help you meet that goal.

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Advisory Committee

Program title:                                                                                                                                    

An advisory committee of three individuals not directly involved with the project should be described including the role of the committee in developing the proposed program and brief biographical sketch for each member.  You should consider including experts from outside the University of Louisville on this committee.

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Considerations for Letters from Participant’s Dean(s)

While there is not specific format for letters from the deans, there are certain issues that need to be addressed to indicate that there is institutional support for the success of this proposal.  If the program involves faculty from multiple units, Dean’s can write a joint letter over combined signatures or can individually address the issues of unit support for the program.

The Dean’s letters should address how the proposed program will further the stated research priorities of their units.  They should also indicate plans for future development of the programs/centers including any commitments or investments that will be made that will further the development of this area of research.  Consider things such as increased number of faculty lines, space, core facilities, graduate program expansion and student or postdoctoral assignments.

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Budget sheet

Program title:                                                                                                                                    

Budget should be outlined for the period of one year.  The amount indicated for any course release must, at a minimum, include social security tax (7.65%)

Description (itemize)                                                                                    Amount requested

                                                                                                            ________________________

                                                                                                                        TOTAL

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Budget justification and explanation

Budget explanation and justification:

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Biographical Information

To be completed by each participating investigator

Applicant's Name: ________________________________ Rank:                                                        

Highest Degree: ______  Year: _______  Field: ____________ Institution:                                             

Signature                                                                                                                               

Describe your research expertise as it pertains to the proposed center:

Grant support received over the last three years: (title, agency, amount, period).  Include any pending applications submitted for extramural funding: 

List any internal support that you have received in support of your research over the last three years.

List five publications [author(s), title, journal, volume, pages, year] and up to three other of your most important and/or relevant publications.

Review Criteria

Is the work being proposed clearly intended to spur funding for a research center or core group at the University of Louisville?  This program is not intended to support individual multi-investigator projects, but programs that will have a long term impact on the research capacity in a given area.

Does the design of this program convey clear goals and strategies for achieving them? Have the investigators targeted an extramural funding program and designed a program that will make them competitive for those funds?

Is there sufficient institutional support to promote the success of this endeavor?

Is the identified group of participants well integrated and significant for the success of the project? Is there evidence that this group can/will work well together?

Have the investigators demonstrated thoughtful considerations of the limitations or shortcomings of their programs?  Are the limitations that have been identified things that can be realistically overcome for the program to be successful?

Are the investigators effectively using the funds provided by the CPDA to further the development of this program?  Does the CPDA grant improve the likelihood of successful extramural funding for a center or program project grant?

Points for the Investigator to consider:

• If a participating researcher does not seem to be well meshed into the focus of the goals of the proposed center, it is better to eliminate that person than risk the entire proposal.   A funding agency will not support research unrelated to the overall goals of an integrated proposal.

• Most agencies will require a track record of successful extramural funding by at least some of the individual investigators participating in an integrated program proposal.  If the PI is not a funded investigator, strong justification of why s/he is the best choice to lead the program will be necessary to overcome reviewers concerns.

• For Center type grants, reviewers are likely to look for joint publications to judge if the proposed work is truly a collaborative effort or if it simply represents investigators working independently in the same area.

• For many integrated programs, the individual projects are reviewed separately as well as the overall program grant.  Individual projects that do not withstand scientific rigor can be eliminated, even though the proposal itself is funded.  It is important to consider that the overall program will not collapse if one component is lost.  NIH Program Project grants are one example.

• For a center / program project grants to a federal agency, it is especially important to consult the program manager up front and include them in the planning as the grant develops.  There is a limited amount of funding for larger grants and those that are not closely aligned with the priorities for the agency are not likely to be successful.