Other Grant Opportunities
U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group (www.usciitg.org)
The USCIITG group (sometimes referred to as the USCITT group) was established in 2008 to promote clinical research and the application of new data to improve outcomes for critical ill or injured patients of all ages and stages of care (pre-hospital to recovery). The group formed a nationwide network of experts to review published data, establish national priorities, vet hypotheses, write clinical protocols and generate pilot data. Among the groups aims are to provide a venue for discussing education and training in the science of clinical trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting for critically ill or injured patients, and to insure patient protection and privacy by addressing the ethical, legal and social implications of research in the specialized circumstance of critical illness or injury. The group is represented in the CCSC Research project. Although this is an independent organization, SCCM has supported the formation of the group by providing meeting space at the Annual Congress, a session on the program, as well offering a variety of other administrative support activities. The website is: http://www.usciitg.org
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a set of program announcements soliciting research applications on critical illness and injury in aging. These program announcements use the traditional R01, R03, and R21 research project mechanisms, as well as the R34 mechanism for clinical trial planning grants. The following links provide more information about each mechanism:
R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-042.html
R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-043.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-044.html
R34: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-045.html
If you have any questions, the NIH program contact is:
Basil A. Eldadah, MD, Ph.D
Phone: 301-496-6761
Email: eldadahb@nia.nih.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This funding opportunity solicits Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects (R18) grant applications from health professionals associations to disseminate patient-centered outcomes research using innovative educational methods. For more information please check out the AHRQ information website.
