Letter of Intent Requirements
The Program for Research Leadership
Program Summary
The Program for Research Leadership (PRL) is a Connecticut-focused grant program that will support transdisciplinary teams of health researchers led by a principal investigator who has demonstrated leadership in innovative and useful health research and in transferring knowledge gained from research into clinical and/or public health practice. The overall goal of the program is to fund rigorous health research that incorporates effective approaches to translating research knowledge into practice. The program provides opportunities for the team members to enhance their expertise in transdisciplinary work and knowledge translation. Therefore, the grant project must contain research, knowledge uptake and team building components.
The process to apply for a grant has three steps: 1) a letter of intent, 2) an invited application, and 3) a presentation by finalists on the proposed research made to the foundation and a panel of reviewers.
Please see the grant announcement or the full program description for eligibility requirements for submitting a letter of intent.
Letter of Intent
Letters of intent will be evaluated on subject matter eligibility and the potential practical benefit of the proposed research. The letter must be submitted electronically to leadership@donaghue.org by the principal investigator on his or her institution’s letterhead, and the letter must contain the principal investigator’s signature. The letter should be no more than 750 words (excluding headers, biosketches, and references and citations) and must contain the following:
- I. Project Title
- II. Brief Overview
- a. Topic background and significance
- b. Overall goals for the four year project
- III. Principal Investigator and Team Members
a. Institution of the principal investigator and names and titles of the team members and their
institutional or organizational affiliation must be included
b. Biosketch (or resume for non academic team members) must be attached
a. Research component
- i. Goals
- ii. Aims
- iii. Methods
b. Knowledge uptake component
- i. Goals
- ii. Aims
- iii. Methods
c. Team building component
- i. Goals
- ii. Aims
- iii. Methods
Reference & citations
You may include up to one page of references and citations.
The foundation’s committee will review each letter and invite investigators with research projects meeting the foundation’s goals for this program to submit an application. Letters must be emailed to the Donaghue Foundation at leadership@donaghue.org by noon on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Investigators will be notified of the decision by Friday, June 10, 2011 whether they will be invited to submit a full application.
For further information on the application procedures and forms, please contact the Donaghue Foundation at (860)521- 9011 or email us at leadership@donaghue.org.
