Updates from the SC CTSI's Pilot Funding Program for the Fall 2013 presented by the Research Development team. The Pilot Funding Program awards over $1.5M a year in awards to support clinical and translational science.
3. SC CTSI PILOT FUNDING PROGRAM:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
AVAILABLE
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL
PILOT AWARDS
Research Pilot: $30k
Multidisciplinary Research Project: $50k
CTU-specific Research Project: $30k
Translational Research Improvement: $30k
ACADEMIC–COMMUNITY RESEARCH
PARTNERSHIP AWARDS: $30K
T2/T3 (Bedside-to-Community): $30k
Community-based Health Intervention: $30k
Health and Research Policy: $30k
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Mentor-based Training Bridge: $30k
CORE-specific Investigation: $5k
New Direction: $30k
Mobile Health Research Project: $40k
Under-represented Faculty: $30k
Multidisciplinary Resource Development: $40k
Novel Methods and Technology: $30k
TEAM BUILDING INCUBATOR GRANT: $5k
15. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
FALL 2010
Fall 2010
Applications Received
• Very general RFA
• Different Application Process
• Different Review Process
139*
• 207 LOI’s Received
• 59 invited to submit
• 28 awarded
56
*LOI’s Issued
16. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
SPRING 2011
Spring 2011
Applications Received
• 139 LOI’s received
• 30 applications invited and reviewed
• 10 Awards
139*
• Program in transition
56
*LOI’s Issued
17. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
FALL 2011 (NO FUNDING CYCLE)
Fall 2011
• New Leadership
Applications Received
Fall 11
• Remarketed the program
• Reorganized the
structure
139*
56
*LOI’s Issued
18. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
SPRING 2012
Spring 2012
Applications Received
• 178 Applications Received
• PI’s allowed to submit 2 applications
• Basic science research proposals
submitted – not strictly translational
139*
• Funding Opportunities were up to $80K
56
*LOI’s Issued
19. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
FALL 2012
Fall 2012
Applications Received
• Applicants Familiar with the Pilot
Funding Program
• Allowed 1 Application per PI
• Expect Application # to Normalize
• Awarded co-PI’s submitted
applications
139*
56
*LOI’s Issued
20. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
SPRING 2013
Spring 2013
Applications Received
• Fewer Resubmissions
• Fewer Non-Responsive
Applications
• Cycle Breaks for Awarded
PIs/co-PI’s
139*
56
*LOI’s Issued
21.
22. APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS BY STAGES OF
AWARDS ISSUED BY STAGES OF RESEARCH
RESEARCH
(SPRING 2008 TO SPRING 2013)
(SPRING 2012 TO SPRING 2013)
$940K
$1.64M
$1.15M
$725K
$175
*Spring 2008-Spring 2011 application data excluded.
Awards include all pilot funding cycles, Ideas Empowered, Coulter and Team Building Projects.
23. PILOT FUNDING DISTRIBUTION
BY RESEARCH CATEGORIES
Research Categories
Amount Funded
Percent
Research Pilot
$
1,553,647.95
34%
Multidisciplinary Research Project
$
1,122,279.00
24%
Novel Methods and Technology
$
1,107,875.80
24%
Community-Based Health Intervention
$
338,297.00
7%
Ideas Empowered / Coulter
$
235,200.00
5%
T2/T3 Bedside-to-Community
$
60,000.00
1%
Mentor-Based Training Bridge
$
57,000.00
1%
Advanced PTRS
$
54,702.00
1%
Multidisciplinary Resource Development
$
35,194.00
1%
Translational Research Improvement
Opportunity
$
30,000.00
1%
Team Building Incubator
$
22,000.00
0%
Total Awarded
$
4,616,195.75
100%
Fall 2013 Pilot Funding Cycle
Website Updates / e-GATE
Reviewers
Funding Statistics
Fall 2013 Cycle
Made a strategic decision to combine the RFA’s under the Academic-Community Research Partnership Award.
Confusion between the subtle differences of community-based health intervention and health and research policy.
This option was provided so that they don’t necessarily have to default to the Research Pilot category.
No awards for:CTU-specific Research Project
Academic-Community Partnership
New Direction
Under-represented Faculty
CORE-specific Investigation
Mobile Health Research Project
Website Updates
Go over the different features on the website
Submit Application button (Visibility)
Addressing all concerns related to the Pilot Funding Program
Go over the different features on the website
Submit Application button (Visibility)
Addressing all concerns related to the Pilot Funding Program
Go over the different features on the website
Submit Application button (Visibility)
Addressing all concerns related to the Pilot Funding Program
Go over the different features on the website
Submit Application button (Visibility)
Addressing all concerns related to the Pilot Funding Program
Go over the different features on the website
Submit Application button (Visibility)
Addressing all concerns related to the Pilot Funding Program
Make it clear that this is the number participated and not the number available. Distinguish both
Prior to Spring 2012 – We had a pretty scant reviewer pool.
Spring 2012 – We recruited 80 people
Just some background, we had 178 applications, all were reviewed by our reviewer pool of about 80. Imagine the burnout they must have felt that cycle.
Fall 2012 – We launched our reviewer recruitment form for interested individuals to sign-up. If we felt they were qualified enough to review, we would in turn send them an invitation letter to participate as a reviewer.
Spring 2013 - By this time, we were able to get a few more interested individuals to join our reviewer pool.
This Fall 2013 – we are estimating about 193 reviewers to actively participate during the review process. Why such a jump between Spring 13 and Fall 13? We did additional outreach to credible faculty members from the PIBBS website after going through a comprehensive list with one of our former Review Committee Chairs.
193 Reviewers
29 CHLA
69 Clinicians
5 from other Institutions or Entities
Ian Hutchinson and Sanjeev Baniwal left USC but are still interested in serving as reviewers
Pilot Funding Four Investigators
LOI sent Fall 2010 and previous years
Normalize the number of applications received at about 80
People starting to understand what pilot funding is realizing that they may not be a fit to apply.
Changes in administration caused the jump and increase of pilot funding.
Number of allowed resubmissions
Applicants used to be able to apply to 2 applications before.
Need to find out how many unique applications were submitted in Spring 2012 (per Investigator)
PI and co-PI cannot apply.
So the rules got a little more stringent hence the changing numbers and decline
More finetuning
Add Daryl Davies award to the calculation here
Put in ( ) “Translational” under Lab/Basic Science so it shows we are not only funding lab/basic science. Must have a translational component.
Add Daryl Davies’ award calculation here
Other than CHLA
Fall 2013 Applications Close tonight so we will see how we did this cycle.