CIMIT: Types of CIMIT Grants & Awards

Types of FY2011 CIMIT Grants & Awards

CIMIT Young Clinician Research Awards Call for Nominations: June 20 - September 15, 2010

Grants, Awards, Fellowships, and Prizes are listed below in cronological order of submission dates.


CIMIT PRIZE FOR PRIMARY HEALTHCARE The CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare is a national competition open to graduate and undergraduate engineering students from accredited engineering programs, and is designed to encourage development of technological innovations in the frontlines of care. Learn more. 7.1.10 ANNOUNCEMENT: Instant Testing for Sore Throats wins the CIMIT Primary Healthcare Prize DNA nanobarcodes could deliver accurate results on whether pharyngitis is caused by strep, flu or any variety of other diseases. Join our CIMIT Prize email list to receive notice of the 2011 Request for Applications (Fall 2010).
PRIZE AMOUNT (DIRECT COSTs ONLY, NO IDC ALLOWED)	Submission Timeline	Contact
Ten finalists: $10,000 to fund expenses developing their idea into a full entry Three winners awarded: $150,000, $100,000 and $50,000	Letters of Intent Accepted: Dec. 1, 2009 - Jan. 17, 2010 Final proposals due (invited applicants only): May 31, 2010.	Email cimitprize@partners.org with questions

CIMIT Innovation GRANTS CIMIT Innovation Grants support early stage, collaborative research projects for improving patient care, with emphasis on devices, procedures, diagnosis, and clinical systems. CIMIT awards grants to principal investigators on faculty at the CIMIT Consortium institutions. Learn more. 6.22.10 ANNOUCEMENT: CIMIT Announces $3 Million in Medical Research Grants Awards will support projects targeting brain injuries, pain management, and innovations in healthcare delivery systems.
AWARD AMOUNT (DIRECT COST)	Submission Timeline	Contact
$70,000 (up to $100,000 total cost)	Pre-proposals Accepted: January 1 - February 15, 2010 Final proposals due (invited applicants only): March 31, 2010	Your CIMIT Site Miner or Program Leader

CIMIT MILES & ELEANOR SHORE FELLOWSHIP The 2011 CIMIT Miles and Eleanor Shore Fellowship will be given to an early career Harvard Medical School Faculty applicant who best represents the CIMIT values of academic excellence, near term impact on patient care, interest and aptitude for innovation, and multidisciplinary collaboration This fellowship is a Career Development Award and is open to early career Harvard Medical School Faculty applicants such as Fellows and Junior Faculty. See Career Development Award Review Criteria for more information.
AWARD AMOUNT (DIRECT COST)	Submission Timeline	Contact
Up to $50,000	April 9 - May 10, 2010	Kirby Vosburgh, PhD Director, Science Management

YOUNG CLINICIAN RESEARCH AWARDS The Young Clinician Research Award recognizes outstanding clinicians within CIMIT Consortium eligible hospitals, early in their careers, who are engaged in the development of transformative innovations in healthcare delivery workflows enabled by novel, interoperable medical technologies. Those eligible include clinical researchers such as Fellows, Instructors, and Assistant Professors. Please Note: Nominations are submitted by CIMIT Consortium Hospital Site Miners.
AWARD AMOUNT (total)	Submission Timeline	Contact
$50,000	June 20 - September 15, 2010	Steven Schachter, MD, Chief Academic Officer, or your CIMIT Site Miner

MIMIT-CIMIT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION GRANTS International Collaboration Grants are designed to encourage the formation of international teams and to initiate early stage research in specific areas. International teams must be focused on addressing unmet clinical needs with an emphasis on devices, procedures and diagnostics. This research grant opportunity will support up to four international team collaborations. Funding for these grants has been made possible by a Science Bridges Award from the Research Councils United Kingdom (RCUK). Only faculty of MIMIT and CIMIT Consortium institutions are eligible for the International Collaboration Grants. 1.10.10 ANNOUNCEMENT: Seven international collaboration grants awarded to CIMIT investigators Science Bridges awards to promote innovation in healthcare technology
Award Amount (dIRECT cOST)	Submission Timeline	Contact
Up to four £50,000 (approximately $80,000) Collaboration Grants	To Be Confirmed, Fall 2010	For assistance in identifying a potential international collaborator, please contact Colleen Kigin in the US and Roz Kelly in the UK.

Medical Engineering Fellowships These two awards are funded respectively by CIMIT and MIT and by CIMIT and Boston University. This new fellowship offers multi-year support for graduate engineering students to work in highly innovative yet classically under-funded areas of healthcare research. 11.23.09 ANNOUNCEMENT: CIMIT Awards Eight Graduate Fellowships to Students at MIT, BU
MIT/CIMIT Medical Engineering Fellowship Award Amount	Submission Timeline	Contact
$55,000 for stipend & tuition, $500 for travel to present	To Be Confirmed, Fall 2010	Steven Schacter, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Please Note: Nominations are submitted by department heads
BU/CIMIT Applied Healthcare Engineering Fellowship Award Amount	Submission Timeline	Contact
Standard stipend, tuition, & fees; $500 for travel to present	To Be Confirmed, Fall 2010	Steven Schacter, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Please Note: Nominations are submitted by faculty research advisors

CIMIT does not support drug development, information technology-centric projects, basic research, or clinical trials.

CIMIT awards grants to principal investigators on faculty at the CIMIT Consortium institutions. Projects may include team members from other academic institutions and collaborators from industry.

All investigators (especially first-time applicants) are urged to contact the CIMIT Site Miner at your institution and the leaders of CIMIT Program(s) most relevant to your application. Site Miner(s) can answer questions and connect you with CIMIT leaders and staff. All can help you network with other CIMIT institutions, suggest potential collaborators, and advise on developing your pre-proposal application.

CIMIT does not provide funding for Industry, but does provide services and SBIR grant assistance to companies through its Industry Liaison Program.