Research Supported by the OI Foundation
The Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation invites applications for Research Grants.
Two Types of Research Grants are Available to Qualified Applicants:
1) Michael Geisman Fellowship awards to post-doctoral trainees (that is, those with an MD, DDS, DO, or PhD) who are currently working on projects with clear relevance to OI, or who have projects that will enable them to develop expertise in OI research.
2) Seed grants for new or established Principal Investigators who seek to initiate basic or clinical research studies with clear relevance to OI.
Michael Geisman Fellowships: A qualified applicant must hold an MD, DDS, DO, or PhD, and be appointed at the level of a post-doctoral trainee, or equivalent, within an academic institution. An applicant should have completed their Ph.D. or their clinical training within the past five years. Fellowship awards provide up to $50,000 per year, which can be used for salary, fringe benefits, and supplies. Research must be done under the supervision of a mentor with training and experience in Osteogenesis Imperfecta research or research in a related field. Fellowship awards are for one year; a second year of funding may be approved based upon satisfactory performance during the first year of funding. Fellowship applications require that the mentor submit a copy of his/her NIH biosketch and a letter of recommendation on behalf of the trainee, which also confirms that the mentor will supervise the trainee’s research. Fellowship applications also require two additional letters of recommendation from scientists or clinicians who can comment upon the applicant’s training, ability, and potential to develop expertise in OI research.
Seed Grants for Basic Research: A qualified applicant must hold an MD, DDS, DO, or PhD, and have a faculty level appointment within an academic institution. Basic research seed grants provide up to $60,000 for one year. Seed grants cannot be used for Principal Investigator salaries or indirect costs.
Seed Grants for Clinical Research: A qualified applicant must hold an MD, DDS, DO, or PhD, and have a faculty level appointment within an academic institution or an affiliated health care system. Clinical research seed grants provide up to $120,000 over two years. Seed grants cannot be used for Principal Investigator salaries or indirect costs.
Submitting an Application:
Download and complete the application.
Michael Geisman Fellowship The completed application should be submitted by the applicant via email to Bonelink@oif.org and should include the mentor’s NIH biosketch and letter of recommendation which also confirms that the mentor will supervise the trainee. The other two letters of recommendation should also be sent by email to Bonelink@oif.org, but should come directly from the writers’ email addresses. Please have them include the words “Michael Geisman Fellowship Letter of Recommendation” in the email subject heading. Applications and all letters of recommendation must be received by December 1, 2010.
Seed Grants for Basic
Research or Clinical Research
Seed grant
applications can be downloaded from the website and should be submitted by the
applicant via email in PDF format to Bonelink@oif.org. An NIH
biosketch is required as part of the application. Letters of recommendation are
not required for seed grant applications. Applications must be received by
December 1,
2010.
Review
Process
The OI Foundation’s
Scientific Review Committee will review the applications and funding decisions
will be made by the Board of Directors of the OI Foundation. Applicants will be
notified whether their grants will be funded by March 1, 2011. Funding will
begin on July 1, 2011. Grant recipients will be invited to discuss their work
at an OI Foundation sponsored meeting.
Osteogenesis
Imperfecta Patient Contact Registry
The OI Foundation maintains a contact registry (the OI
Registry) which is available for use in IRB approved research studies as data
to be mined and/or as a means of advertising a study to potential participants
in the OI community. Members of the Registry are from the US and several
other countries. For additional information contact the OIF Foundation or send
an email to registrymanager@oir.org
Send inquiries to Tracy Smith Hart, CEO, OI Foundation
E-mail: THart@oif.org, Telephone: 301-947-0083
NIH Biosketch directions can be found on http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html.
Related OI Foundation Policies
Fellowship Research Gene Patent Policy
Seed Grant Research Gene Patent Policy
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