Table 1.

Pilot Program: Original RFA Requirements and Changes Over Time

Original RFA Requirements (2008, first round of funding
$50,000 for 12 months
Proposal sections:
Scientific Abstract
Budget
Narrative:
Background & Significance
Preliminary Studies
Research Design & Methods
Translational Nature of Project
Each applicant must address 2 of these special criteria:
Community Collaboration
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
ICTR translational program Collaboration
Marshfield Research Foundation Collaboration
New junior-senior faculty team collaboration
Targeted project:
Pediatrics
Health Disparities
HIV/AIDS
Letters of Support, if applicable
RFA Additions & Changes per ECRC Recommendations
2008 (2nd round of funding)
Every proposal must also include a Community Abstract Letters of support from both academic and community collaborators mandatory and required at both the “letter of intent” and full proposal stages
2009
Collaboration with a community stakeholder no longer considered an optional “special criterion.” Every applicant must indicate who their community collaborator is and what role they will play in the research project Mandatory grant writing workshop added to the process. Taught by a member of the ECRC. Emphasis on how applicants should communicate their research to a lay audience. New grant program added: $200,000 for 24 months; some of budget must go to community collaborator
2012
Additional sections added to application: applicants must include dissemination plan and a paragraph describing what they anticipate the future policy implications of their research findings will be.