At a glance
This grant funds planning work for future eye and vision clinical studies or epidemiologic studies, including protocol development, manuals of procedures, statistical plans, collaboration arrangements, data tools, monitoring plans, and limited preliminary work to test procedures or recruitment feasibility. It does not fund clinical trials, preclinical or animal studies, or research meant to generate data on the effect of an intervention. Eligible applicants include a wide range of organizations, including nonprofits, universities, governments, for-profit organizations, tribal entities, and foreign organizations, and foreign components of U.S. organizations are allowed. Awards provide up to $150,000 in direct costs per year plus applicable consortium F&A, for up to two years, and no cost sharing is required. The number of awards depends on NIH appropriations and the quality of applications.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The NEI supports large-scale clinical vision research projects, including randomized clinical trials and epidemiologic studies on eye/vision conditions. At the time of submission, applications requesting support for these activities are expected to provide detailed information regarding the study rationale, design, analytic methods, protocols and procedures, facilities and environment, organizational structure, and collaborative arrangements. This information is best conveyed in a study protocol and Manual of Procedures (MOP), the development of which represents a costly and time-consuming activity. This clinical research planning grant funding opportunity supports applicants in their planning efforts to conduct collaborative clinical research. The grant may be used to support the development of a study protocol and MOP, as well as to conduct preliminary studies to refine study procedures or document recruitment potential. The grant must not be used to generate data on the effects of a proposed intervention. This NEI NOFO is applicable to both epidemiologic and clinical trial research studies.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments