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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.
As a contract needs to be put into place before we can consider you an official RSP awardee, we ask that you please wait until your agreement has been executed. Once the agreement has been fully executed, you may publish the fact that you have been selected for the RSP award on social media.
Yes, please contact the RSP coordinator at gileadsciencesrsp@bcdme.com to request the template for the interim progress report. Please feel free to include links or PDFs of any published manuscripts when sending your report.
Extension requests are considered on a case by case basis and are subject to approval by the Scientific Review Committee. If you wish to request an extension, please contact the RSP coordinator at gileadsciencesrsp@bcdme.com. In your message, please include:
Reason for the extension request
Any impacts to budget/ability to complete research as proposed. (If the requested extension will impact your budget, please include a revised budget with your request)
This will be considered on a case by case basis. (Note: in order for a change of institution to be considered, it is required that the new institution also be located in one of the program’s eligible countries). Changes of institution to countries not eligible for the RSP program can’t be considered.
In order to consider your request, please contact the RSP coordinator gileadsciencesrsp@bcdme.com. In your message, please include:
Timing of institutional change. (How much work has been done to date, how much work will be accomplished under your new institution)
Confirmation that the new institution is willing to continue supporting your RSP research (note: your new institution will need to enter into a new RSP Agreement)
How the change of institution will impact your research as originally proposed (any changes to budget – please note any transfers of funding which would need to occur between institutions, your mentorship arrangement, etc.)
Providing the above information will allow the RSP Coordinator to run the circumstances by the Scientific Review Committee for approval. Additional documentation will likely be required in order to formally process the change of institution.
No, you are not able to submit more than one research proposal per cycle. You are, however, able to start multiple applications within the portal before finalizing your proposal submission.
The award from Gilead Sciences is an industry-sponsored award and is considered a gift rather than a traditional research grant. However, tax treatment can vary depending on your country’s regulations and your institution’s policies. It is recommended you consult your institution’s finance or tax office to understand how this award will be treated for tax purposed in your specific information.
A subcontract involves (i) the awardee institution engaging a third party purely as a service provider to support the project (e.g., lab work, data analysis, etc.), where the awardee retains full control over the work, (ii) awardee institution is making payment to the third party for services, and all results and intellectual property flow back through the awardee. This should be noted in your application submission both in your budget proposal, and a letter of collaboration between your institution and the proposed third party. These documents are submitted within the application portal.
Subawards involve the awardee institution passing through a portion of the grant funding to the third party institution to carry out a substantive portion of the research, and cannot be funded with the Gilead RSP award.
