Duke's MEDx is pleased to offer support for interdisciplinary colloquia that bring together physicians, engineers, computer scientists, data analysts, basic and/or clinical researchers with a common desire to combine the elements of medicine and engineering to solve complex problems and inspire innovation.
Awards of up to $5,000 will be provided to support each successful application. Funds can be used to cover food, meeting venues, external speakers, or other meeting costs.
Requirements
Proposals must be submitted by teams representing both the Duke University School of Medicine and the Pratt School of Engineering. Applicants for funding must be from at least two faculty members – at least one with an appointment in a School of Medicine department and the other in a Pratt department. The appointments will preferably be primary appointments. Faculty from other disciplines and schools may also join the Pratt-SoM teams.
Meetings may have any format (e.g., small monthly dinner meetings, larger quarterly meetings, single symposium, other approaches), but should be designed to bring together faculty members (and possibly trainees) with diverse perspectives.
Proposals that articulate a plan to sustain interactions – beyond the initial colloquium supported by MEDx – and/or prepare joint grant applications to a Duke or external funding mechanism will be given more weight.
Deadlines
Applications must be received on or before November 15, 2016.
Successful applicants will be informed in December, with funding available by January 9, 2017 to be used during the 2017 calendar year.
Submit a Proposal
Submit your one-page proposal using the submission form at the MEDx website. The one-page description of the proposed colloquium must include:
- Goals
- Potential participants
- Format of the meeting(s)
- Proposed timeline for meeting(s)
- Plan for advertising
- Budget
- A plan to sustain interactions and/or prepare joint funding applications
Click here for more information and contact Pamela Smith, pamela.g.smith@duke.edu, with questions.