Research Funding Forms

The SIU Department of Surgery Research Committee has developed forms to be used in requesting funding for resident research. These forms may be picked up from the Division of General Surgery office or downloaded from this web site. The forms are available in Word or .pdf format. You will need the full version of Adobe Acrobat to fill in the forms electronically if you are going to use the .pdf format. You can also download the Word version also which needs to be saved to your hard drive, filled in, saved, and sent via email to the address below. cmatthews@siumed.edu

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Surgery Research Committee Award for Resident Research Instructions for Applicants

Title Page

Complete Page 1 (attached) as specified. All of the information requested must be supplied.

• Budget Provide a detailed budget for the entire project period. If the total budget surpasses the $2,500.00 grant, please provide an explanation of how the discrepancy between the total budget and the grant amount will be funded.

Complete Page 2 (attached).

Research Proposal

On separate pages, provide a description of the proposed project complete with the following sections:

• Specific Aims (suggested limit: 1 page) Provide an introductory paragraph that sets the stage for the proposed project. Then state clearly and concisely the general goal (major objective) of the research and the specific aims (limited objectives). The specific aims are the statements of how you will address the major goal. They are best presented as hypotheses to be tested, or in the form of questions that can be readily translated into hypotheses by the reader.
• Background and significance (suggested limit: 1.5 pages) Describe the research and events leading to the proposed study.
  Prove familiarity with the field by demonstrating a balanced knowledge of the pertinent literature.
  Identify gaps in the literature that the project is intended to fill.
  Justify the proposed model (if applicable) by documenting its use in related studies. If you have some preliminary data, include them here.
  Describe how the proposed work will yield results of general biological value or practical clinical significance.
• Experimental Design and Methods (suggested limit: 2.5 pages)
  Outline the experimental design. Describe species and numbers, experimental and control groups, the protocols to be used and the tentative sequence of the investigation, including data acquisition, analysis and interpretation.
  Discuss potential problems with the design and methods, and what alternative methods might be used should the problems become a reality.
  In a separate section describe the specific methods in enough detail so that the reader will be convinced that you will be able to successfully conduct the experiments.
• Literature Cited (no page limit) The list of citations should be relevant and current, but not necessarily exhaustive. Reviewers will assess the strengths and weaknesses of your application by answering the following questions:
  Is the goal well defined?
  - Are the aims logical in the context of ongoing research in the field of interest?
  - Are the hypotheses valid (testable)?
  - Are the procedures feasible, adequate and appropriate for the research proposed?
  - Is the research likely to produce new data and concepts, or confirm existing hypotheses?
  - What is the significance and originality of the proposed study in its scientific field?
  - Are the budget, facilities, equipment and other resources adequate for the proposed work?
• In preparing any grant application, it is in the applicant’s best interest to craft the proposal in a way that the above questions are clearly answered. Once all of the above has been complete you must sent (1) hard copy to Dr. Michael W. Neumeister Mail Code 9653 as well as an electronic copy to cmatthews@siumed.edu
  
  
  Thank you for submitting your grant application to the Department of Surgery Research Committee

SIU Department of Surgery review and award cycles and receipt dates for resident research grants are as follows:

Send the original with signatures to: Cheryl Matthews – Plastic Surgery Mail Code 9653