Office of Research
National Hemophilia Program Coordinating Center
This announcement solicits applications for the National Hereditary Blood Disorders Program: Hemophilia Services, National Hemophilia Program Coordinating Center (NHPCC). The purpose of the NHPCC funding opportunity is to support a coordinating center to facilitate an integrated and collaborative regional network to promote and improve comprehensive, quality care of individuals with hemophilia and related bleeding or clotting disorders such as thrombophilia. The purpose of this center is to: 1) Coordinate and support quality improvement (QI) activities that will be selected and carried out by the Regional Hemophilia Networks (RHN) to improve the care and improve outcomes for individuals with hemophilia and related bleeding and clotting disorders; 2) Provide a resource for the RHNs in their work that results in uniformity of practice and standards of care, accessibility of care for all patients and their families, reducing the cost of care, and the broad dissemination of bleeding and clotting disorder services and information; 3) play a key role in identifying, prioritizing, and addressing issues of importance regarding increasing access to, and the improvement of, hemophilia and related bleeding and clotting disorder services through outreach to underserved populations in conjunction with key stakeholders; and 4) provide access to training to the RHNs on activities to improve care and services; recruitment and retention of staff, and incorporation of genetics and public health into the hemophilia program.
Application Instructions
Please submit:
- a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
- Biosketch or CV of the PI
- A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally
to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, February 5, 2015. Full proposals are due to the sponsor 2/23/15, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 2/16/15 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.