1. Funding Opportunities
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones MD ScM FACC FAHA

2. NUCATS – One-Stop Shop nucats.northwestern.edu

3. Multiple Mechanisms! Dixon NUCATS Vouchers NUCATS Pilots
NUCATS EDW Pilot Data Program
NU 1-2-3
FSM Multi-Investigator Seed Grants

4. NUCATS Vouchers and Pilots

5. NUCATS Vouchers and Pilots
Examples
Consultation with faculty statisticians and statistical analysts in the Biostatistics Collaboration Center.
Regulatory support from NUCATS
Computational Cluster CPU time to run specific analyses
Participant recruitment
Laboratory or hospital tests such as CBC’s
Qualitative focus groups
Analysis of samples by core facility
This is not an exhaustive list and examples outside the list above will be considered on a case-by-case basis

6. NUCATS Vouchers Up to $2500 Faculty PI but fellow may be driving it
One-pager, rolling application, rapid turnaround
The request must be for clinical and translational research projects.
Gap addressed by the request should not be fundable through other sources available to the applicant.
The request should be hypothesis driven.
Specify the target date and source of subsequent extramural funding.

7. NUCATS Pilots Up to $10,000 Faculty PI but fellow may be driving it
Three page application twice a year, formal review
The request must be for clinical and translational research projects.
Gap addressed by the request should not be fundable through other sources available to the applicant.
The request should be hypothesis driven.
Specify the target date and source of subsequent extramural funding.

8. NUCATS EDW Pilot Data Program
8-12 hours of EDW programmer time
Examples
Establish data mart
Feasibility study for cohort discovery
Prep-to-research data for grant proposals

9. Dixon Translation Awards
YIAs - $25,000
Innovation Awards - $50,000

10. NU 1-2-3
I1 - $1000
I2 - $15,000
I3 - $60,000/yr x 2

11. FSM Multi-Investigator Seed Grants
$1,000 for planning retreat
Up to $14,000 for pilot/seed/collaborative work to set stage for submission

12. NITRO Competitions nucats.northwestern.edu

13. Research @ Northwestern http://www. research. northwestern

14. Friends of Prentice http://www.friendsofprentice.org/grant-process

15. Northwestern Memorial Woman’s Board Eleanor Wood-Prince Grants
Earmarked by the Wood-Prince family to support three specific program areas including nursing leadership, cardiovascular outcomes and leading-edge research studies and novel patient care projects being conducted at Northwestern.
Variable amounts
Once per year
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16. Connect to NUCATS Center for Education & Career Development
Graduate Education (MSCI and MSRC)
Career Development Awards (KL2 & TL1)
Early Career Faculty Development
First Mondays Faculty Development Seminar Series
Responsible Conduct of Research Training
Training Grant Writing Support
K writing support/Grant review workshops and mock study sections
Mentor Development Workshops & Feinberg Mentor Development Academy
GCP and Research Staff Training (Online Education)

17. Other Funding Mechanisms
AHA/ADA/other foundation awards
F grants for fellowship
Local T32 grants (TGSO)
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18. Questions?
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