GMCCOSA

Government Medical College Chandigarh Old Students Association

 
  

 

YOUNG CLINICAL INVESTIGATOR AWARD

 

About the Award

The Young Clinical Investigator Award is intended to fund innovative small pilot clinical studies (any clinical discipline/specialty) with the potential to be followed up with a larger scale clinical trial.

 

Description of the Award

The Young Clinical Investigator Award will provide each awardee with a maximum of upto Rs 20,000 in support over one year. One to three awardees will be selected from among the eligible applications. Any application failing to meet the requirements of the program will be judged ineligible. Awards will be scored by a panel of reviewers, with points given for novelty of the research question, feasibility of the project and potential for follow up as a larger scale clinical trial. Clinical projects related to any clinical discipline are eligible. Basic science or laboratory based projects will not be funded unless they directly apply to and involve patient participation. Approval by the Ethics Review Board of GMCH will be required before disbursement of award money. It will be expected that a publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal will result from the proposed study. Basic protocol development and statistical support will be provided, if necessary.

 

Eligibility requirements

  • The applicant (principal or main investigator) must be a medical student or post-graduate junior resident.

  • The project must be conducted in GMCH, Chandigarh.

  • The applicant should identify a mentor who will supervise the project.

Application materials

Application should be submitted electronically as a Word Document file (using 12 point font) to gmccosa@yahoo.com. Submit the following (applications beyond the specified page limit will be rejected):

  • Cover sheet

  • Curriculum vitae of the applicant (2 page limit)

  • Curriculum vitae of the mentor (2 page limit)

  • Outline of the proposed study (4 page limit, use headings of Objective, Background, Methods, Analysis plan (if possible) and References)

  • Budget detailing how research funds will be spent (2 page limit)

What will be funded?

There is no restriction to what will be funded as long as it is reasonably justified.

 

Application Deadline

Applications must be received on or before May 31st 2007 at gmccosa@yahoo.com. Only electronic (email) applications will be accepted.

 
 

 

 

 

 

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