Pilot Grants address important problems in human clinical and/or translational research and require interdisciplinary or cross-institutional collaboration.
Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grants
Request for Applications (RFA)
Harvard Catalyst is now accepting applications for its third round of Pilot Grants.
Click here to download the full text of the RFA.
The deadline for submitting a Letter of Intent has passed.
Click here to submit a full application.
(Due at 11:59AM [noon] on March 1, 2010)
Please note that you must have submitted a letter of intent and received an email invitation from Harvard Catalyst to submit a full application.
Harvard Catalyst is a pan-University collaborative effort committed to harnessing the human, technological, and fiscal resources of Harvard and its Academic Healthcare Centers (AHCs) to reduce the burden of human illness. To foster cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary collaboration, Harvard Catalyst offers seed funds in the form of Pilot Grants.
Harvard Catalyst has funded two rounds of Pilot Grants. Lists of the projects funded in each year are available below:
Projects Funded in Year 1 Projects Funded in Year 2
Key Elements of the Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant Program:
The main impetus behind the grants is to support pilot studies that will lead to sustainable, innovative, and collaborative projects that will impact human health.
All proposed projects must:
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Address an important question in human clinical and/or translational research that impacts human health
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Include a collaborative, synergistic team of researchers from different institutions or different departments within the same institution
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Propose research that is new to the team members
- Require pilot funds to generate preliminary data that will enable the investigators to obtain further funding to continue the project
Award Amount:
Pilot Grants will be awarded in the amount of $50,000, with an award period of one year.
Eligibility:
All Harvard faculty are eligible to apply, regardless of degree or institutional affiliation. Applications from scientists in all walks of research - basic, translational, clinical, social, etc. - are welcome as long as the proposed work addresses human health. Junior faculty are particularly encouraged to apply.
Process:
Applicants are required to submit a Letter of Intent and, subsequently, a five-page application.
Key Dates:
| RFA available: | December 3, 2009 |
| Letters of Intent due: | February 1, 2010 |
| Full Application webform available: | February 1, 2010 |
| Full Applications Due: | March 1, 2010 at 11:59am (noon) |
| Anticipated decision: | June 2010 |
FAQ:
The Harvard Catalyst Research Navigators have developed a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Pilot Funding program. Please click here to view the FAQs.
For more information, contact:
Harvard Catalyst Research Navigators
E-mail
617 432-7810
Resources to Assist Pilot Grant Applicants:
Free Consultations from the Harvard Catalyst Consulting Programs:
To assist you with your Pilot Grant application submission, Harvard Catalyst's Consulting Programs offer free consultations across a broad range of research domains. Experts in Biostatistics, Community-Based Participatory Research, Genetics & Bioinformatics, Health Disparities, Imaging, Provider & Health Systems Research, and Research Ethics are available to help you identify collaborators, design a feasible study, and/or get connected with relevant core facilities. You can access the Consulting Programs and request a consultation by visiting the Consulting Programs web page.
NOTE: Most of the Consulting Programs have set deadline dates for receiving consultation requests related to Pilot Grant applications. Please visit each program's respective web page for more information.
Profiles and Medvane:
Profiles is a research social networking application, and Medvane is a Harvard-specific method of mining the data available in PubMed. Both could be useful for identifying collaborators.
Grant Central:
Grant Central is a web-based service featuring tools for collaborative grant development that could be useful when writing Pilot Grant proposals.