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Please note any current or pending funding on the relevant form within application assets and submit alongside your application. There can be no direct overlap with the funding, however, the RSP award may be supplemented towards part of a larger piece of research funded by other funders.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval is only required at the time of award disbursement. However a copy of the submission to the IRB must be submitted prior to the award.
No, as long as all budget requirements have been adhered to, you may present your itemized budget in any manner you see fit.
This is an optional upload field. As such it is not required that you upload anything here, however, this is an opportunity for applicants to detail any co-mentorship arrangements, how your team will support the proposed research, or other support mechanisms which may not be covered in the proposal or mentor letter.
Please log in to the application portal to adjust your submitted application, selecting the 'edit' button. If you are having any difficulty in the application portal, please email the RSP Coordinator directly at gileadsciencesrsp@bcdme.com, with specific information on which file you wish to replace and the new attachment.
Unfortunately, once the program deadline has passed, unless the RSP Coordinator contacts you regarding a submission error, it is not possible to amend your submission.
Yes please upload a biosketch for your co-mentor into the application. Please outline through a letter of collaboration how your mentors will work together to ensure the best outcomes for your research proposal.
You should provide contact information for an administrative department or person within your institution who can assist with reviewing the RSP agreement should your proposal be selected for funding.
Ideally this letter would come from your Department Chair, Division Chief, or another institutional equivalent.
If your technical difficulties prevent you from submitting before the application deadline, please contact the RSP Coordinator at gileadsciencesrsp@bcdme.com as soon as possible.