Revised 06/25/13
Indiana University Health Values Fund Grant
Pilot & Feasibility Program
- Education -
Dear Applicant:
Applications will be judged on educational merit as well as the potential benefits to Indiana University Health. The Pilot & Feasibility Program is funded by the Values Fund for the support of the Indiana University Health values. Those values are:
* Excellence and Dedication to the Education of Health Care Providers
* Excellence in Research
* Devotion to Holistic Health Care, Including Attention to Body, Spirit and Mind
* Devotion to Quality of Patient Care.
* Respect for Life
* Commitment to Charity: Equity and Justice in Health Care Delivery
* Leadership in Health Promotion and Wellness
* Development of Internal Trust and Respect within the Indiana University Health Family
To be funded by this program, applications must demonstrate how the proposed project supports one or more of these values and provides benefits to the Indiana University Health.
One or more applications in each category (scientific or educational) which demonstrate significant collaboration between health professionals on the Methodist campus and health professionals on the university faculty campus will receive special consideration in funding.
VALUES FUND: EDUCATION
NEED: Indiana University Health’s strength in providing excellent patient care is partially based on involvement in the continuous development of new, pre-eminent health care professionals throughout the entire workforce and innovative care delivery models. Without a continuous supply of new professionals, Indiana University Health will stagnate. For a wide variety of reasons, educational resources are stressed. There is no longer the time to develop and initiate new and unique approaches to educational programs. Necessary curricular changes will lead to a need for new didactic and clinical teaching tools. New programs based on competency training will be necessary to succeed. We will need to seek unique solutions to complex educational processes. The solutions may increase costs at a time of decreasing resources. The Values Fund offers a unique resource, which will permit us to go forward.
Core Values: Values Fund expenditures represent an expression of Indiana University Health’s Seven Core Values. Indiana University Health values include a dedication to excellence in research; excellence in education of health care providers; holistic health care including attention to body, spirit and mind; quality patient care; respect for life; a commitment to charity; equality and justice in health care delivery; leadership in health promotion and wellness; and development of internal trust and respect within Indiana University Health. Applicants are expected to show the significance of their project as it relates to the Indiana University Health values and the benefit it could bring to the Indiana University Health.
Specific Areas of Opportunities: Grants will be made in the following specific areas of opportunity:
1. Educational efforts in the field of ethics involving students, residents, or staffs.
2. Support for translation or dispersal of knowledge (e.g. library).
3. Education in Health Evaluation and Services, including outcomes evaluation and procedures.
4. Educational efforts especially with residents and staff which address ethical, socioeconomic, medical, legal and cost containment, or other issues that affect medical practice, quality of life, and access to health care.
5. Educational efforts in an ambulatory setting and/or promotion of continuity of care across care settings.
6. Education involving alternate approaches to health care including spirituality, end of life care, etc., or educational efforts which attempt to integrate complementary and traditional medicine in support of providing holistic care.
7. Educational efforts involving delivery of chronic care.
8. Primary care education devoted to holistic care.
9. Education in research principles.
10. Education in the development of and delivery of health promotion projects
11. Educational efforts in faculty, resident, professional and/or staff development as related to teacher/learner issues.
12. Education in quality improvement.
Funding Preference: Funding preference will be given to those applications that include:
— Collaboration between Indiana University Health main campuses. Collaboration with partners of Indiana University Health is encouraged.
— Multidisciplinary educational programs which not only provide education to different disciplines, but also are presented by a multidisciplinary faculty.
— Experimental and unique teaching programs (i.e. "New delivery") models in education. Where feasible, the request should include a plan for assessment of program outcomes. The committee is not looking to fund existing programs different from anything existing at Indiana University Health and that develop its own ongoing financial support after the Values Fund grant is over.
— Programs which are unique and not available locally or importable from elsewhere will be given priority. Innovation not duplication will be stressed.
— Educational interventions targeted at trainees and or patients that test theory based hypothesis bearing on learner/patient outcomes.
— Make sure your proposal idea is communicated clearly in the written narrative as some educators have good ideas, but may not communicate them. Have other knowledgeable respected educators in your area of expertise review the proposal for clarity of expression.
— Proposals that rise to the top have a clear stated significance, a carefully thought out implementation and evaluation plans.
Pre-Application Information or OPen Sessions
For persons wishing to learn more about the Indiana University Health Values Fund Grants, there will be several one-hour pre-application informational or open informational sessions on the application procedures and format. These open sessions will allow program staff to clarify application requirements and answer questions.
These informational sessions will explain the:
· Values Fund program objectives;
· Eligibility requirements;
· Application procedures;
· Review process;
· Preparing a strong application.
Potential applicants are not required to attend the pre-application open sessions, however, attendance at these open sessions is encouraged. Sessions will be repeated on both IU and IU Health Methodist campuses, so potential applicants can select a session that best fits their schedule.
Pre-Application informational sessions will be held in August-September, 2013 timeframe as follows:
Values Fund for Education
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:00am -11:00am (Methodist –Noyes Pavilion Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics-FCME & Methodist Specialty Physician E-130)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 2:00pm - 03:00pm (IU Cancer Pavilion RT-101)
If you have any questions about the program that were not clear from these application instructions, please call Rob Clark at 962-9653 or email
WHO MAY APPLY: Applicants must be employees of Indiana University Health or physicians and health professionals with medical staff privileges or significant teaching responsibilities or hold a special assignment at IU Health. Please read the following Administrative guidelines regarding Conflicts of Interests, Misconduct in Science and Conflicts in Research at ealth.org/depts/PandP/policies/admin/adm1-12.pdf
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: Application forms can be obtained from the Indiana University Health Grants Administration Office, by contacting Rob Clark, Grants Specialist, Grants Administration, Indiana University Health, Wile Hall, Room W 219, 1812 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46202-1812 or by telephone 962-9653 or email at .
The forms can also be obtained from Indiana University Health Medical Education Office or the Dean's Office, IU School of Medicine. For assistance in proposal preparation, contact the Indiana University Health Grants Administration Office at the address and phone numbers listed above.
If the applicant is an IU employee, you need to submit a MS Word and signed PDF copy of the application to IU –ORA, 980 Indiana Ave, #2232 Indianapolis, IN 46202 (Amy Olson Miller, Tele: 274-0151 E: ) at least five business days before the deadline of October 14, 2013 @12:00pm. After IU-ORA has conducted an initial review of your application they will contact you about any changes that need to be made. Once you have submitted any requested changes to IU-ORA they will approve and sign off on the final version of the application, IU-ORA will send IU Health Grants Administration a MS Word and signed PDF copy of the application by the deadline. Please remember that IU employees must send your application into IU-ORA at least 5 business days before the grant application deadline . It is very important you organize and plan your proposal preparation time in order to meet this five business day requirement.
All Indiana University Health (IUH) employees who submit grant applications must obtain their manager’s signature (bottom right box on page 1 of the education application form) before submitting an application to our office . .
If you are an IUH employee, please mail a MS Word 07 and a signed PDF copy by the by the deadline to Rob Clark, Grants Specialist, Grants Administration, Academic Affairs, Indiana University Health, Wile Hall, Room W 219, 1812 Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202-1812 or at .
In order to track whether the grants are successful and making a difference, we require the applicant to include a 1-2 page annual progress report (due 1 year after grant award date) and a final report (due 60 days after the grant end date) and they should include any peer reviewed publications and extramural/external funding obtained as a result of the values grant award and specifically detail how the grant has benefitted Indiana University Health (IUH). This information is collected and reported to the IU Health Board of Directors every year to support continued funding of the grant program. .
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
1. In general, funding will be limited to two years and preference will be given to projects that provide, if appropriate, plans for obtaining sustained support (i.e. strong potential to obtain external funding to continue the project and the results be published in a peer reviewed journal).
2. Applicants may submit only one Values Fund application to each round of competition in which he or she is the Program Director/Principal Investigator. If the applicant is awarded funding from another source, Indiana University Health Grants Administration should be notified 317/962-9653 or 962-2373.
3. At the end of the first grant year, a 1-2 page annual progress report must be submitted. A final report is due at the end of these two year grants. Both reports should be in both MS Word 07 and PDF and draw some conclusions from the study and include any external grant funding obtained, peer reviewed or other publications documenting work in the study, presentations made about the study and how the grant has advanced your career, specifically noting how the study has benefitted IU Health. The annual progress and final reports will be reviewed by IU Health Grants Administration and the Indiana University Health (IUH) Education Review committee. In addition, the final report should contain future plans. Please make a note in your Outlook calendar of the dates when these reports are due. The Annual Report is due 5/01/15 and the Final Report is due no later than 07/31/16.
4. Applications from Indiana University Health Medical Staff who are IU employees must first route their applications at least five business days in advance of the application deadline (October 14, 2013@noon) to the IU Office of Research Administration/, 980 Indiana Ave Room 2232 for IU/ ORA review, authorization and signature approval by IU-ORA..
5. Applications in excess of 35 pages (including all form pages, proposal narrative, biosketch/curriculum vitae, budget, references, letters of support, appendices and any and all other information) will not be reviewed.
6. We requ ire a copy of the application to be submitted in MS Word 07 ( for ease of use in populating our MS Access database ) and an applicant signed PDF copy. of the application both of which may not exceed the total page limit of 35 pages . Applications in excess of 35 pages (including form pages, proposal, letters of support/endorsement and appendices) will not be reviewed.
7. All applications must be received by the Indiana University Health, Grants Administration Office, Academic Affairs, Wile Hall, Room W 219, 1812 N. Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN. 46206-1812, on or prior to the application due date and time.
8. Applicants with less than three (3) years of experience as an educator must identify a senior educator as a mentor in the application.
9. Three (3) letters of support are required from leadership of affected service lines or departments. The three letters of support and any other letters of support in excess of three submitted at the applicant’s discretion are included in the total 35 page limit.
10. In general, grant funds should not be used for travel, equipment only, food or the
purchase of laptop computers.
APPLICATION DEADLINES:
For funding consideration starting in spring 2014, applications must be received by noon of the Mon day , October 1 4 , 201 3 . Funding is anticipated to start on or about late to mid spring 2014.
Applications that are not received by noon, Monday, October 1 4 , 201 3 will not be reviewed or considered for funding.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS - EDUCATION
Page 1. Face page should specify the title of the proposal, project director and his/her affiliation, as well as where the work will be performed, and the total budget.
Page 2. Abstract page listing all professional individuals involved in the project and an abstract of the proposed education plan.
Page 3. Lay description Please include one paragraph ( ? page or less)
Pages 4 - 5 Budget page(s) listing the direct costs for all personnel using the NIH budget template PHS 398. Travel costs will not usually be funded but under special circumstances might be considered. Supplies and other costs must relate directly to performance of the project. Indirect costs are not funded by the Values Fund grants.
Page 6. Budget justification All costs should be specifically justified (this should normally take less than one page).
Page 7. Significance page
1. What is the potential importance of the proposed work? Discuss any novel ideas or contributions that the project offers.
2. Make clear the potential importance of the proposed work for further educational efforts especially at Indiana University Health. Clearly and convincingly explain how this project supports the Indiana University Health values and is a significant benefit to the Indiana University Health.
Page 8. Biographical sketch , please submit a recent NIH biosketch. If you prefer, you may substitute the NIH biosketch form located at .gov/grants/funding/phs398/biosketchsample.pdf
Page 9. Other Support: List all active or pending grant support. If the applicant is awarded funding from another source following submission of this application. You should notify the Indiana University Health Grants Administration by contacting either Rob Clark at 962-9653 or to or Peter Michael at 962-2373 or .