ࡱ> q` u"bjbjqPqP 8D::1CtttttttX.X.X.8.D.<X2/Lh/~/~/~/~/~/~/XWZWZWZWZWZWZW$MYh[dWt3~/~/33W"tt~/~/W[7[7[73t~/t~/XW[73XW[7[7|RttU~// M#jBX.4RLT4 WLW0XTx\48\hU\tU~/H0[70tL1~/~/~/W~W 7@~/~/~/X3333dT" T"D,tttttt  NOTES FOR APPLICANTS These notes relate to outline applications in the grant round 2008/09 for research projects commencing in August 2009. Outline applications will be considered at a meeting of the Scientific Research Grants Committee in September 2008 Successful applicants will then be invited to submit a full application for a research grant. For further information on Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke grants contact: Research Assistant Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke 21 Dublin Road Belfast BT2 7HB Tel: 028 9026 6714 Email cdevlin@nichsa.cokm Visit www.nichsa.com Notes for applicants General Applicants should first satisfy themselves that their proposed application falls within the remit of Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke as defined in the current Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Research Strategy. The priority area for research in 2008/09 is in the area of heart disease. Up to 125,000 will be available for heart disease research. The total amount of funding available for all projects is 250,000. Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke now has a two-stage grant application procedure. Grant applications now require a preliminary Outline Application. This can be downloaded from Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke website at www.nichsa.com. The deadline for receipt of Outline Applications is Friday 5th September 2008 Successful applicants at this stage will be notified in by Friday 10th October 2008 and invited to complete a full research grant application. We regret that no feedback will be given to unsuccessful applications at the Outline Application stage. For those invited to complete a full application, the deadline for submission of these will be Friday 5th December 2008. Full applications will be subject to external peer review and will be considered at a meeting of the Scientific Research Grants Committee on Thursday 5th March 2009. Successful applications at the full application stage will be recommended to the Governance Board of Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke for approval at a meeting in March or April 2009 (date to be confirmed later). Successful applicants will be notified after the meeting of the Governance Board of Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke within 7 days. Outline Application The form can be downloaded from Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.nichsa.com" www.nichsa.com Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke must receive both an electronic copy of the completed outline application form and a signed hard copy. The electronic copy should be sent to  HYPERLINK "mailto:cdevlin@nichsa.com" cdevlin@nichsa.com. This must be received by 12 noon on Friday 5th September 2008. Late applications will not be accepted. The hard copy should be addressed to The Research Assistant, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, 21 Dublin Road, Belfast, BT2 7HB. This must be received no later than the first post after the closing date for applications. The outline application must not exceed three pages of A4. Please do not change the typeface or pitch on the application form. The approximate costing is intended to be just that approximate and does not require institutional approval at this stage. The brief details of the proposed research must be no longer than two sides of A4 including a maximum of ten references. Applications that exceed this will not be considered. Main application 19 You should only complete this form if you have been invited to do so following a successful initial application using the Outline Application form. 20 All relevant sections of the form must be completed. The form can be downloaded from Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.nichsa.com" www.nichsa.com or contact the Research Assistant. Please type throughout using font Arial 11. Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke must receive both an electronic copy of the completed outline application form and a signed hard copy. The electronic copy should be sent to  HYPERLINK "mailto:cdevlin@nichsa.com" cdevlin@nichsa.com. This must be received by 12 noon on Friday 5th December 2008. Late applications will not be accepted. The hard copy should be addressed to The Research Assistant, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, 21 Dublin Road, Belfast, BT2 7HB. This must be received no later than the first post after the closing date for applications. Late applications will not be accepted. This application will be subject to an extensive peer review process as laid out in Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Research Policies & Procedures document. Applicants will be given an opportunity to respond to peer review comments before the applications are submitted to the Scientific Research Grants Committee Section 1: Applicant 1 (the principal applicant / lead researcher / grant holder) must be someone at senior level (consultant or above) with tenure. This person must take responsibility for ensuring that the project will be completed. It must be certain that this person will be in post for the period of the research. All correspondence will be directed to the principal applicant as named on the application form (applicant 1). Correspondence from another member of the research team must be counter-signed by the principal applicant. Section 4: Do not exceed 250 words. Section 5 Indicate the approximate start date and duration of the project. A start certificate indicating the actual start date must be returned to the Research Assistant within three months of a grant being awarded. Section 11: The section headed Proposed Investigation must not exceed five A4 pages in total (references may be additional). In addition, it should be typed in font Arial 11 and contain no diagrams. Applications which fail to comply with these requirements will be returned as unacceptable. Applicants should note that the SRGC places great importance on the balance between background and research plan. In particular it looks at the method, design and proposed analysis of results in the research proposal and how they will meet its objectives. Please incorporate this section into the body of the application. Section 17 & 18 Please copy and complete if additional pages are required. 32 Section 20 The committee places much emphasis on this section of the form in which the applicants give a description of the nature and purpose of the proposed research in terms understood by the public who do not have a grasp of medical or scientific terminology. 33 Section 24 Separate CVs should be completed for each applicant.      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