• • Pre-proposal: Each potential applicant must first review in detail the aims and challenges addressed by the CCB investigators. Then the applicant will normally contact one CCB Principal Investigator 6-8 weeks before the initial pre-proposal is due. This Principal Investigator must be carefully chosen so that he is an expert in the chosen field, interested and willing to serve as a local CCB liaison for this proposal.
    
    Once initial contact with the liaison is established you need to beging formalizing your research proposal in close collaboration with your CCB liaison. Finally, you need to submit your pre-proposal and full proposal to CCB by the deadlines listed in the Timeline section. With your initial inquiry, please submit two additional documents: a complete biosketch and other support (including pending and proposed).
    
    
  • Full proposal submissions are by invitation only and based on the pre-proposals. These must include:
    • What to submit? Like a regular PHS 398 grant application http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html, we need a complete proposal, including Face Page, Form Page 2, Table of Contents, Budget Forms, Budget Justification, Biosketches, Resources, Research Plan, Checklist, Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table & Inclusion Enrollment Report if there're human subjects involved in the project, and publications for the appendix. In addition, we need your Statement of Work & a copy of your institution F & A Costs Agreement for the subcontract set-up at UCLA.
      If there're human subjects or animal subjects involved in the project, please work on your human or animal protocol ASAP, list our CCB primary funding source, Grant #U54 RR021813 in your protocol. Once you obtain the institutional approval, please send all the related documents to us, as we'll have to get the approval from UCLA as well.
    • Send the final proposal directly to CCB.
    • Please send us three hard copies of the full proposal (NIH-1; CCB office-1; UCLA Contract and Grant Office-1, for the subaward set-up). The institutional signature is needed for the Face Page.
    • UCLA should be listed as the sponsor, not NIH, like a regular subcontract submission, the primary site (i.e. UCLA) is your sponsor, not NIH.

• DBP application review committee includes the CCB Principals with feedback from the CCB NIH Science/Program Officers.

• • • Annual Total Costs cannot exceed $180,000

CCB Driving Biological Projects (DBPs) - Request for Applications

• DBP application review committee includes the CCB Principals with feedback from the CCB NIH Science/Program Officers.

• • • NIH R01 proposal format must be used for all applications. PHS 398 Form

• DBP application review committee includes the CCB Principals with feedback from the CCB NIH Science/Program.

CCB Driving Biological Projects (DBPs) - Request for Applcations

• What?
  Request for Applications (RFA) for new DBPs (June 01, 2007 - July 31, 2009)
  Center for Computational Biology (CCB)
  David Geffen School of Medicine
  University of California, Los Angeles
  

• Program Summary
  The CCB was established to develop, implement and test computational biology methods that are applicable across spatial scales and biological systems. Our objective is to help elucidate characteristics and relationships that would otherwise be impossible to detect and measure. CCB provides a number of advanced computational tools, research infrastructure and resources to the biomedical community.
  
  This request for applications (RFA) intends to solicit outstanding proposals that will provide new, exciting and challenging biomedical problems and applications that will serve as driving forces for the development of novel mathematical models and computational tools within the CCB.

• Eligibility
  
  • This search for new DBPs is nationwide. However, UCLA investigators are encouraged to apply.
  • Any investigator with a PI status is eligible
  • Project must be aligned with the overreaching goals of CCB
  • Project must provide a driving motivational biological problem

• Important Notes
  • • NIH/NCBC RFA (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-04-003.html).
    • CCB DBP Wiki page: http://www.loni.ucla.edu/twiki/bin/view/CCB/CCBDBPS.
    • All current CCB DBPs are for 3 years.
    • CCB is recruiting up to 4 additional DBPs.
    • Successful applications will be funded directly by the CCB
    • Annual Direct Costs can not exceed $180,000
    • The typical NIH R01 proposal format must be used for all applications
    • Applicants should have a CCB liaison from the CCB principals.

• How to Apply?
  Each potential applicant must first review in detail the aims and challenges addressed by the CCB investigators. Then the applicant will normally contact one CCB Principal Investigator several months before the initial pre-proposal is due. This Principal Investigator must be carefully chosen so that he is an expert in the chosen field, interested and willing to serve as a local CCB liaison for this proposal.
  
  Once initial contact with the is established you need to beging formalizing your research proposal in close collaboration with your CCB liaison. Finally, you need to submit your pre-proposal and full proposal by the deadlines listed in the Timeline section.
  

• Timeline:

• The criteria for selection will be based on:
  • Scientific merit
  • Relevance of the proposal to the aims of the CCB
  • Approach & Innovation
  • PI & Environment
  • Plans to obtain support for the DBPs research after July 31, 2009.
    

• DBP application review committee includes the CCB Principals and the CCB Science/Program officers from NIH.

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