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LMI Grant Opportunities

 Grant Submission Dates and Times

 

February 15, 2021

  • Deadline to submit your letter of intent (LOI) for Pilot and Established Investigator Awards. LOIs should be submitted to [email protected] by 11:59 PM CST.

 

March 15, 2021

  • Invitations will be extended to select investigators to submit a full grant application.

 

May 15, 2021

  • Deadline for invited investigators to submit their grant proposals. Proposals should be submitted to [email protected] by 11:59 PM CST.

 

August 31, 2021

  • Applicants will be notified by this date. Once the paperwork has been signed, funding is anticipated to begin in September.

 LMI Grant Opportunities

 

Pilot Award

Funding level: Maximum of $75,000 may be requested

Period: Up to 1 year of support is available

 

The pilot grant is intended to encourage exploratory research, to develop and test exciting new hypotheses or research approaches that have the potential to significantly advance our understanding and/or treatment of CCLA, GLA, GSD, or KLA. Given the exploratory nature, no preliminary data are required but may be included if available.   At the end of the pilot award, investigators are expected to use data generated during the award period to apply for additional funding.

 

How to apply: Submit a LOI to the LMI. If your LOI is selected, you will be invited to submit a full grant application. Click the link below to download instructions and form templates for the Pilot Award application.

 

Pilot Award Documents: [Click to download series of required documents]

  1. Letter of intent instructions
  2. Pilot award instructions
  3. Grant Application Cover Page
  4. Grant Application Signature Page
  5. Timeline and Budget Templates
  6. Final Research Report
  7. Funding Agreement
  8. Grant Review Template

 

Established Investigator Award

Funding level: Maximum of $125,000 a year may be requested

Period: Up to 2 years

 

The purpose of this award is to empower established investigators and collaborative teams to innovate and accelerate research to understand and ultimately cure CLAs.  All proposals must provide sufficient preliminary data to justify support.  Multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional applications are highly encouraged. At the end of the award period, investigators are expected to apply for additional funding from outside agencies (e.g. NIH).

 

How to apply: Submit a LOI to the LMI. If your LOI is selected, you will be invited to submit a full grant application. Click the link below to download instructions and form templates for the Established Investigator Award application.

 

Established Investigator Award Documents: [download]

  1. Letter of intent instructions
  2. Established investigator award instructions
  3. Cover page template
  4. Signature page template
  5. Timeline and Budget Templates

Additional LMI Grant Documents

 

Post-award documents: [download]

  1. Funding agreement
  2. Budget reporting template
  3. Final research report template

 

Reviewer documents: [download]

  1. Review criteria and instructions for reviewers
  2. Review template

 

No-cost extension request: [download]

  1. Instructions for submitting a no-cost extension

Additional Funding Opportunities From Other Organizations

 

Million Dollar Bike Ride Pilot Grant Program

Please visit the ODC website for more details about this program.

https://orphandiseasecenter.med.upenn.edu/

 

Alfie Milne’s Lymphangiomatosis Trust

Please visit the Alfie Milne’s Lymphangiomatosis Trust website for more details about this program.

https://www.alfiemilne.org.uk/

 

Proposal Central

Please visit the Proposal Central website to find grant opportunities from other agencies.

https://proposalcentral.com/