Spring 2020 COVID-19 Grant Program

Overview

<p>The College of Health Solutions (CHS) announces the COVID-19 grant program for faculty. The purpose of the program is twofold: 1) to develop and foster transdisciplinary and translational team research collaborations within CHS, across ASU, and with external partners related to COVID -19; and 2) to generate pilot data for subsequent proposals for external research funding related to COVID-19. The COVID-19 grant program will support 12-month pilot research. Applications should strive to address one or more of the following topics (including their inter-relationships):</p> <ol> <li>Behavioral Health - including mental health, exercise, diet, drug use, etc</li> <li>Biomedical – Immunology (cellular response) and Virology</li> <li>Communication - including social media, risk/crisis communication, emergency notification, disinformation, news)</li> <li>Economic and Policy Outcomes</li> <li>Education and Training (including emergency management and preparedness, physical</li> <li>Epidemiology - including transmission, environment, climate, waterborne/airborne particles</li> <li>Health Care Services - quality of care, training, workforce, health systems)</li> <li>Health Informatics, Data Analytics, and Visualization</li> <li>Social Systems and Social determinants - including underserved, homeless, legal</li> <li>Mathematics, Statistics, and Modeling</li> <li>Population and Public Health</li> </ol> <p>Proposals are also encouraged to support the implementation of the COVID-19 Translational Team goals. Groups of investigators are permitted to submit more than one proposal. Only quality proposals with solid science will be funded. Proposals must meet all criteria described below.</p> <p>If awarded, it is anticipated that the COVID-19 grant will lead to the successful submission of a large proposal (e.g., 7-10x the budget of the pilot) to a federal sponsor, foundation or other funding entity, as well as at least one peer-reviewed publication. The research award should generate preliminary data for future submission of applications with a larger scope and larger budget (e.g., NIH R21, NIH R01; NSF; PCORI; DOEd, DOD, national not-for-profit).</p> <p>Criteria for Award</p> <ul> <li> Significance to a COVID-19-related problem or challenge</li> <li> Innovative</li> <li> The approach implements appropriate design, methods, and analyses</li> <li> Project/Research Team (indicate expertise of the Co-PIs and Co-Is and how they will work together; describe any mentoring opportunities)</li> <li> The one-year timeline is doable and feasible</li> <li> Plan for future funding with names of potential sponsors and specific grant mechanisms</li> <li> Budget is adequate to complete project in the timeline presented.</li> </ul> <p>The following proposal characteristics will have the highest priority for funding:</p> <ol> <li>Proposals from Translational Teams, that is collaborative teams that include researchers, community partners and students. Examples of community partners include health care systems, government organizations, schools, non-profit organizations, businesses, etc. Students can be post-doc, pre-doc, undergraduate and high school.</li> <li>Projects that include collaboration between academic programs within the college, and those that incorporate Affinity Networks and Cores</li> <li>Projects that address the needs of underserved populations</li> </ol>