MEDx is pleased to announce a call for proposals that focus on, or have relevance to, lung function or diseases of the lung, especially pulmonary fibrosis.
The proposed research should address the following priorities:
- Improve our understanding of disease mechanisms
- Enhance diagnosis
- Create more effective treatments
- Ultimately find pathways to cure IPF and other lung diseases
The proposals may address basic biomedical questions or may be translational in nature, but each application must represent a collaboration between a faculty member in the Pratt School of Engineering and a faculty member in the School of Medicine. Because of the focus, the applicants are encouraged to have physicians or scientists with lung disease expertise as part of the collaborative team.
We anticipate awarding 3 to 5 grants that range in amount up to $150,000 in direct costs. The term of the award is 1 year. While the intent of these grants is to position investigators to be successful in attaining external support, extremely promising work may be invited to request a second round of funding for additional research.
Eligibility
Applicants must be permanent, full-time faculty members (assistant, associate or full), on the professorial, clinical, or research tracks.
Criteria
Applications will be evaluated for scientific merit, or for potential to impact patient care or treatment. The strength of the team approach will also be considered, as will the potential to obtain follow-on grant funding. Other desirable outcomes are commercial partnerships, a licensing event, or company formation and angel investment. The appropriateness of the budget will also be assessed.
Timeline
Proposals are due on September 14, 2017 and will be awarded October 12, 2017. The awardees will present a brief talk describing the problem to be addressed and the research objectives at the Kaganov Symposium, which is tentatively scheduled for October 20, 2017.
Instructions for proposal preparation and submission will be announced shortly.
Notify MEDx of your intention to submit an application by sending an email to Donna Crenshaw (donna.crenshaw@duke.edu).
Please contact the MEDx team with any questions.