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Please note any current or pending funding on the relevant form and indicate any applicable overlap between such funding and your RSP submission. Assuming you fulfill all other eligibility components, the only funding type which would render you ineligible for the RSP award would be current funding (as a PI) on R01, P01, or U01 awards. For additional information a list of NIH grants that a PI can hold and still be considered an Early Stage Investigator (and thus eligible for the program) can be found at: https://grants.nih.gov/policy/early-investigators/list-smaller-grants.htm
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.
This should be the date you began your first faculty appointment at any institution, regardless of whether you are still currently in that appointment/role/institution.
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.