CIMIT issues RFA for Science, Clinical Systems Innnovation Grants

CIMIT is pleased to announce its annual Request for Applications for its Science Grants and Clinical Systems Innovation Grants, which provide support to research teams focusing on early stage medical devices, procedures, diagnosis and procedural systems that will result in better patient care.

CIMIT encourages applications by innovators who reach across member institutions, and whose novel ideas might create technologies that can benefit several medical disciplines.

CIMIT is particularly interested in new approaches for managing combat trauma, including hemorrhage control, traumatic brain injury and extending the "golden hour" (the moments between injury and arrival at a medical center when treatment is most crucial). It currently funds projects in diagnostics, image-guided therapies, tissue engineering, neurotechnology, minimally invasive surgery, sepsis detection, trauma & casualty care, simulation, cardiovascular disease, global health and traumatic brain injury. CIMIT does not support drug development, information-technology projects or clinical trials.

Applicants for both categories will submit a short pre-proposal, due Feb. 9. Those whose pre-proposals are accepted will develop a full proposal by March 16. A review board will make its decisions by May 4. To apply, download the RFA instructions PDF or access the information online.

CIMIT Science Grants are offered in four science categories: small (up to $40,000 direct cost, for one year); medium (up to $100,000, one year); two-year large (up to $250,000 direct cost per year, for two years); and two year medium (up to $100,000 direct cost per year, for two years).

CIMIT Clinical Systems Innovation grants support initiatives to advance systems that help improve clinical care in healthcare settings. These grants, up to $100,000 direct, help clinicians and institutions craft novel approaches to implementing enhancements such as design of a new facility or development of a better process through incorporation of innovative technology.

Last year CIMIT announced distribution of close to $5 million in grants.

CIMIT is the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology. It is a non-profit consortium of Boston-area teaching hospitals and engineering schools that provides innovators with resources to explore, develop and implement novel technological solutions for today's most urgent healthcare problems.

Member institutions of CIMIT are Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Partners HealthCare.

For more information:
Dyke Hendrickson
Communications Manager, CIMIT
dhendrickson@partners.org
617.643.3847