NIGMS Award: 1U54GM104944-01A1
Mountain West Research ConsortiumClinical Translational Research –
Infrastructure Network
The Mountain West CTR-IN
Robert D. Langer, MD, MPHPrincipal Investigator
Research Professor of Allied Health Sciences, UNLVAssociate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research and Professor
of Family Medicine-Las Vegas, UNSOM
What is it?
$20 million 5 year NIH Grant under the IDeA Program
Involving 13 universities across the 7 IDeA states in the Mountain West Research Consortium
What are the 7 Mountain West states?
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Wyoming
Support: to foster Clinical and Translational Research
(CTR) according to NIH Definitions
for Core Resources to facilitate the development of researchers moving into CTR
BOOTSTRAP CTR ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN WEST
“a rising tide that … … lifts all ships.”
We will sink or swim based on the increase in “R-level” translational
and clinical research that we achieve across the region over
the next 4 years
Who is in it?
What will it do?
Provide Pilot Grants of $40,000-$75,000/yr
Support Mini-Sabbatical and Visiting Scholar awards to build collaborations
Provide Mini-Grants for a variety of activities that can help build independent research
Provide infrastructure and services through Key Component Activities
Funding preference
Promising Early Career or New Investigators developing clinical or translational research programs
Established Investigators moving from bench to translational or clinical
Projects focused on health issues relevant to the region, including those in rural and vulnerable populations
What will it do?
Use an NIH-style approach to applications and funding
Model the processes that clinical and translational investigators need to master to compete successfully for NIH support
Key Component Activities (KCAs)
Education, Mentoring & Career Development KCA
Study Design & Biostatistics KCA
Pilot Grant KCA
Administrative KCA, including editorial support, award management, Annual Meeting
EducationMentoring
Study DesignBiostat
Annual Meeting
ALL AVAILABLE regardless of whether you’ve received a
competitive award from the CTR-IN
What will it do?
Hold an Annual Meeting to share science, motivate, build collaborations, & conduct study business that will: rotate across the 13 partner institutions feature an annual research theme relevant to
health in the regionbring together supported investigators, interested
researchers from the region, key administrators from partners, external scientists, the regional biostat team, and senior project staff
Second Annual Meeting at UNLV June 7 – 11, 2015
free registration, hotel rate ~ $100/night
What’s the current status?
Round 1 Pilot Grants: 24 applications, 6 awarded
Round 1A Pilot Grants: 63 applications, 14 awarded
Round 2 Pilot Grants97 applications, 15 awarded
Year 1 (Rounds 1+1A) Pilot Grants
Round 1 Round 1A Total
Boise State 0 3 3
Idaho State 0 1 1
Montana State 2 1 3
New Mexico State 0 1 1
U Alaska - Anchorage 0 1 1
U Alaska - Fairbanks 0 1 1
U Idaho 0 1 1
U Montana 2 0 2
U Nevada Las Vegas 1 3 4
U Nevada Reno 1 1 2
U Wyoming 0 1 1
6 14 20
What’s the current status?
Round 2 Pilot Grant RFA for 7/1/14 – 6/30/15:Process moved entirely onlineLetters of Intent with Abstacts were due 3/7/14
124 LOIs with Abstracts received
Invitations to submit were provided 3/14/14Applications were due 4/25/14Awards were announced 6/26/14^ via the Pilot Grant
Application Portal
Institution LOIs Apps Awards
U. Alaska Anchorage 8 4 1
U. Alaska Fairbanks 5 5 2
Boise State U. 4 4 1
Idaho State U. 14 14 2
U. Idaho 8 4 1
Montana State U. 8 8 1
U. Montana 5 4 1
New Mexico State U. 9 8 2
UNR 23 17 2
UNLV 30 21 1
U. Wyoming 10 8 1
124 97 15
Year 2 Pilot Grant Summary
Visiting Scholars
Call for 02 Year open through 11/26/14 Early Career or New Investigator status $8,000 to $10,000 including 10% indirect Investigator salary NOT allowed Earliest start date 03/01/15 Funds must be expended by 06/30/15 Applications submitted online Total funds available for all awards in 02 Year: $40,000
Anticipate up to 5 Awards Dependent on quality and budgets of applications received
5 Applications and 5 Awards in the 01 Year U Montana – to PG Awardee, U Hawaii, UNLV [3] – one to PG
Awardee
Mini-Sabbaticals
One call for 02 Year -- open through 11/26/14
Mid-Career or Established Investigator status
Up to $20,000 including 10% indirect
Earliest start date 03/01/15
Funds must be expended by 06/30/15
Applications submitted online
Total funds available for all awards in 02 Year: $80,000 Anticipate up to 4 Awards Dependent on quality of applications received
First offered in the 02 Year
Mini-Grants
Two calls for 02 Year – first open through 10/06/14
Preferred uses:
acquisition of pilot data
analysis of existing data with a specific plan to publish
development of an intervention
development of a community-based collaboration
development of a new research collaboration between investigators at two or more institutions within the CTR-IN
Mini-Grants
Up to $10,000 direct costs, plus 10% indirect
Investigator salary NOT allowed
Earliest start date 12/01/14
Second call deadline for 02 Year: 01/14/15
Funds must be expended by 06/30/15
Applications submitted online
Total funds available for all awards in 02 Year: $200,000 Anticipate up to 20 Awards Dependent on quality of applications received
First offered in the 02 Year
Round 3 Pilot Grants
One call for 03 Year – RFA end of January 2015
Earliest start date 07/01/15
Funds must be expended by 06/30/16
Applications submitted online
PEOPLE!
Your First Call …
Your Local Conciergehttp://ctrin.unlv.edu/?page_id=447
Your First Call Once You Decide to Submit a Proposal …
Your Local Biostatisticianhttp://ctrin.unlv.edu/?page_id=186
Senior Leadership
Administrative Core
Bob Langer, UNLV, PI
Jim Kenyon, UNR, Proj Coord
John Foreyt, UNSOM, Eval Dir
Pilot Grants
Curtis Noonan, UMT, Director
Bill Shuttleworth, UNM, Assoc Dir
Education & Mentoring
Jillian Inouye, UNLV, Director
Bruce Shiramizu, UH, Mentoring
Pope Moseley, UNM, Mentoring
Pat Alpert, UNLV, Assoc Dir, Educ
Merle Kataoki-Yahiro, UH, Educ
Craig Molgaard, UMT, Educ
Design, Epidemiology, Biostat
Pope Moseley, UNM, Director
Orrin Myers, UNM, Assoc Dir
UNM CTSA: Richard Larson
website
ctrin.unlv.edu
NIGMS Award: 1U54GM104944-01A1
Admin KCARobert Langer, MD, MPH, KCA DirectorJim Kenyon, PhD, Project Coordinator
CRDEB KCAPope Moseley, MD, KCA Director
CTPG KCACurtis Noonan, PhD, KCA Director
William Shuttleworth, PhD, Associate Director
Internal Advisory Committee Carolyn Yucha, PhD, Co-Chair
Thomas Schwenk, MD, Co-ChairVPRs of all 13 Partner Universities
External Advisory Committee William T. Cefalu, MD, Chair
Jill G. Joseph, MD, PhD, MPH, Co-Chair+6 other members from outside the region
Steering CommitteeRobert Langer, MD, MPH, Principal InvestigatorJim Kenyon, PhD, Project Coordinator, Partners
John Foreyt, PhD, Project Coordinator, T&ERafael Gorospe, MD, PhD, Project Officer
Maria Canto, DDS, MS, MPH, Project Scientist
Executive CommitteePI
2 Project Coordinators3 [4 with PI] KCA Directors
CTSC Coordinator
Principal InvestigatorRobert D. Langer, MD, MPH
CREMCaD KCAJillian Inouye, PhD, KCA Director
Tracking & Evaluation UnitJohn Foreyt, PhD, Project Coordinator
Mentoring UnitBruce Shiramizu, MD,
Associate Director
Education UnitPatricia Alpert, DrPH,
Associate Director
Regional Biostatistician Network
Mountain West CTR-IN Organizational StructureGovernance and Membership
UNM CTSCRichard Larson, MD,
Coordinator
AFFILIATION COLOR CODEUNLV
UNR/UNSOMU. New Mexico
U. MontanaNIH
Other partner InstitutionsOutside the 7 state region
Concierge Network
U. of Nevada, Las Vegas - HostU. Alaska – Anchorage Montana State U. U. Alaska – Fairbanks U. of MontanaU. of Hawaii U. of Nevada, RenoBoise State U. New Mexico State U.Idaho State U. U. of New MexicoU. of Idaho U. of Wyoming
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