Office of Research

Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being Grant Program

Limited Submissions

(Note: “This is a stub-year (shortened cycle) proposal timeline. The full year proposal cycle will begin with another RFP for proposals due September 1, 2015.”)

 

The Pac-12 Conference (“Pac-12”) offers research funding to support the advancement of Pac-12 student-athlete health and well-being and has made it a priority to utilize research results to develop best practices for general improvements in these areas

 

The aim of research projects should be to improve the health, general well-being, and safety of student-athletes at all Pac-12  member institutions. The Grant Program’s primary focus areas are listed below.  Although this is not an exclusive Grant Program focus list, priority will be given to those research projects targeted at the focus areas below. Priority also will be given to research projects that are the result of collaboration amongst multiple Pac-12 member institutions and/or organizations that are directly affiliated

with Pac-12 member institutions.

  • Head Trauma
  • Mental Health
  • Cardiac
  • Overuse Injuries / Injury Prevention
  • Temperature matters (heat/cold) / Hydration
  • Emergency Action Plans

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
  3. 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 Monday, June 15, 2015. Full proposals are due to the sponsor 7/1/15, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 6/23/15 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2015

Deadlines
06/15/2015 UW Internal Deadline Closed
06/23/2015 OSP Deadline
07/01/2015 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Pac-12

Funding amount

$3,500,000 (Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. (It is assumed 1-4 proposals will be funded at $3.5 million or less) )

Maximum Number of Applications

3

Eligible groups
  • All campus

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.