Duke CFAR Small Innovative Grant Program Application Checklist
Grant Title:
Applicant:
(please indicate if you hold a faculty rank or are a fellow by checking the appropriate box below)
a. Faculty:
Assistant Professor working in HIV/AIDS------
Faculty new to HIV/AIDS Research------
Associate Professor or Professor in HIV/AIDS Research------
b. Postdoctoral Fellow (grants may not be submitted during the 1st 6 months of fellowship)
Mentor:
c. Clinical Fellow (grants may not be submitted during the 1st 6 months of fellowship):
Mentor:
NIH “New Investigator” / Yes / No
Any previous NIH award / Yes / No
Previous CFAR Funding: / Yes / No
If “yes” above, please indicate the progress you made on the previous CFAR award (publications or new grant award) and indicate how this proposed research is different from the previous award?
Department/Division:
International Project/Location:
Budget:
BFR#, Business Manager Contact & Signature:

Grant review training:

The Duke CFAR Developmental Core provides CFAR members exposure to the grant review process by allowing CFARfaculty and postdoctoral trainees to observe the small grant review process to learn the types of discussions that develop during a grant review meeting. At this time, those observing the small grant review are permitted to observe the discussion but they are not permitted access to the small grants or the reviewer’s written critiques.

Would you be willing to allow your CFAR Developmental Core small grant application and summary statement to be used in future grant review training sessions?

Yes______No ______

Project Summary:
Plan for future funding:
Duplication of Funding:
If your small grant is funded and a similar proposal is funded by NIH during that same funding year, the applicant must meet with CFAR to 1) make sure the research proposal from CFAR does not overlap with the NIH proposal or 2) return funds to CFAR or refuse funds from NIH.

Self-reporting of CFAR user Category. Please select from the NIH categories below.

All CFAR users will fall into one or more of eight categories. All CFAR users will fall into Categories 1-4. Some CFAR users may also fall into Categories 5-8.

Indicate in the space below the user category that applies.

Category 1: NIH AIDS PIs: Individuals who have ever been the PI on an R01 equivalent grant in HIV/AIDS (R01 equivalents include R01, R23, R29, R37 and, after 2008, DP2).
Category 2: NIH PIs being brought into AIDS research: Individuals who are or have ever been the PI on an R01 equivalent grant, but never in HIV/AIDS
Category 3: AIDS-research Pipeline: NIH “New Investigators,” An NIH definition that encompasses individuals who have received funding as a PI directly from NIH*, but not yet at the R01 equivalent level.
Category 4: AIDS-research Pipeline: CFAR Users who have not yet received direct funding from NIH* as PI or Co-PI funding on any NIH grant mechanism.
*Individuals whose only NIH funding at the PI or PD level has come indirectly from NIH, for example via an NIH CFAR Administrative Supplement, fall into Category 4
Category 5: Developmental Core Special Emphasis. Recipients of Core B research funding, mentoring, and/or other services
Category 6: Developmental Core Special Emphasis. Recipients of NIH CFAR administrative supplements
Category 7: NIH Special Emphasis: Members of underrepresented groups in AIDS research. These include African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska natives, native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Category 8: NIH Special Emphasis. Women

Career development resources available at Duke.

  • Grant writing:Gopen Writing Seminars (
  • Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Faculty is given priority. There are limited seats available for fellows, postdocs, students, and staff.
  • Path to Independence Program/K Club (
  • The Path to Independence is designed to help Assistant Professors secure NIH R01 or DOD funding.
  • The K Club is a program designed to help junior faculty prepare career development (K) grant applications
  • Grant writing resources (

CFAR Developmental Core Mentoring / IDP Checklist
•All applicants of the rank of Clinical Fellow or Postdoctoral Fellow through Assistant Professor are required to have a mentoring plan and submit a completed Individual Development Plan with their application. Clinical Fellow or Postdoctoral Fellow are required to include a letter from the mentor as outlined in the RFP.
•IDP development tools:



All CFAR Small Grant awardees of the rank fellow through Assistant Professor are required to have a CFAR member (CFAR Core leaders or CFAR members with relevant research expertise of the rank of Associate Professor or higher) as a member of your mentoring plan, even if your Laboratory, Division or Department provides a mentoring plan.
Do you have a mentoring plan provided by your Laboratory, Division or Department? / Yes / No
If “yes”, please describe your mentoring plan below
If “no”, please contact the CFAR Developmental Core to establish a mentoring plan.

Mentoring plan description:

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