Call for Proposals for the 2009-2010 Regenerative Medicine Planning Grants
The Georgia Tech/Emory Collaboration (GTEC) for Regenerative Medicine and the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) have partnered to establish an inter-institutional grant program for regenerative medicine. This call for planning grants is aimed at groups requesting year two funding and new groups intending to pursue a multidisciplinary project in the area of regenerative medicine that has the potential for multi-investigator extramural funding in a three‐year time horizon. The goals of this RFA are to: 1) foster research that will unearth ideas and/or themes that will be the foundation of team‐based or center proposals; 2) develop collaborative teams around which larger proposals can be formed; and 3) produce preliminary data that will support the proposals and establish a track record for the team. Teams consisting of members from more than one institution are strongly encouraged. Awards will range in size up to $100,000 in direct costs for the first year with the possibility of similar level of support for the second and third years. A letter of intent for new submissions is due June 15. All proposals are due via email to Meg McDevitt by 5:00 p.m. on June 29. Funding is expected to commence starting August 1.Technical questions should be directed to the co‐chairs: Ravi Bellamkonda, GTEC (404‐385‐5038), Robert N. Taylor, ACTSI (404‐727‐9106), and W. Robert Taylor, GTEC (404‐727‐8921). For more information please click here.