The University of Minnesota’s (UMN) Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) www.ctsi.umn.edu in partnership with UMN’s Department of Pediatrics www.peds.umn.edu and with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota www.childrensmn.org recently announced that the “2015-16 Child Health Collaborative Grant Award” Request for Application (RFA) is open.
The grant funding will help support projects that addresses unmet child health issues in communities across the state. The goal is to gain knowledge, identify, and prioritize the most critical child health issues at Children’s Hospital.
It is anticipated that one award with be funded with a two year budget period spanning July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018 and a total budget request of up to $200,000 will be considered. Funding for the second year will be contingent on submission of a satisfactory progress report covering the first year of the grant.
The funders seek novel high-impact research or inquiry into issues that affect child or adolescent health. In addition, funded projects should show promise of developing into long term research and evaluation projects that may attract larger grants from NIH, or from other federal, state, or private funding agencies.
High priority areas for future work include:
- Childhood mental health/behavioral health/substance abuse
- Health disparities
- Community population health including rural health
- Social determinants of health
Go to www.ctsi.umn.edju/sites/default/files/2016-child-health-collaborative-rfa.pdf for more information. A letter of Intent is required limited to one page and must be submitted to ctsi@umn.edu by January 29, 2016. Applicants will be issued an invitation to submit a full proposal by March 1, 2016 with full applications due by April 25, 2016.
An application will be selected for funding by June 6, 2016 with the project or projects to begin by July 1, 2016. For more details after reviewing the materials, email CTSI Child Health Champion Mark R. Schleiss, MD at schleiss@umn.edu