Office of Research

HEAL Initiative: Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Data Integration, Algorithm Development and Operations Management Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Limited Submissions

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications for the NIH Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Data Integration, Algorithm Development and Operations Management Center.  BACPAC is a patient centric-research program that will focus on translational and clinical research for discovery of chronic low back pain (cLBP) mechanisms, and on identification and testing of new interventions targeted to individual patient. The Research Program will utilize novel analytics and technologies to extensively phenotype patients with low back pain, develop an integrated model of cLBP, produce new and improved diagnostic and treatment algorithms, and will conduct traditional Phase 2 Clinical Trials as well as sequential, adaptive, phase 2/proof of concept clinical studies in stratified patient populations. 

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. CV (not NIH format)  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 Thursday February 14, 2019. Proposals are due to the sponsor 3/20/19, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 3/12/19 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

RFA-AR-19-027

Deadlines
02/17/2019 UW Internal Deadline Closed
03/12/2019 OSP Deadline
03/20/2019 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding amount

$3,600,000 ($3,600,000 for Year 1; maximum project period is 5 years.)

Maximum Number of Applications

1

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.