LETTER OF INTENT DUE FRIDAY APRIL 15, 2022, 5PM EST

Letter of intent should include

• a 250 word abstract
• a 150 word statement of eligibility
• an NIH style biosketch including all other support

Please submit in a single PDF file to csrmail@partners.org

In the subject line include your last name and “P30P+F LOI”  eg: SmithP30P+F LOI

THOSE INVITED TO APPLY FOR FUNDING WILL BE INFORMED BY MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2022

 

A TWO PAGE SCIENTIFIC PROPOSAL WILL BE REQUIRED BY MONDAY, MAY 9, 2022

 

Eligibility is based on the criteria listed below:

1. Junior faculty proposing highly focused Skeletal Biology research projects with the goal of generating preliminary data sufficient to support an application for independent NIH research support. Applicants in this group must meet the NIH Early Investigator Criteria(New Investigators who have had less than 10 years of research or research training experience after the completion of their terminal research degree or medical residency, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm) Awardees of K grants may apply with committed effort but cannot receive salary from the P&F.
2. Established researchers from outside the bone field proposing innovative studies relevant to Skeletal Biology.
3. Established Skeletal Biology investigators proposing studies relevant to Skeletal Biology that represents a clear departure from their established line of investigation.

Investigators must invest at least 1 calendar month of effort.  If salary requests do not reflect this effort, cost-sharing plans must be indicated. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents must have active visas permitting them to remain in the U.S. for the full period of the proposed research.