ACCP RI Futures Grants

The ACCP Research Institute Futures Grants will be back in 2016! These mentored developmental awards provide research funding through two competitive granting mechanisms: (1) student and resident research awards of up to $5000 and (2) junior investigator and fellow research awards of up to $40,000.

Notices of intent to apply will be due on April 1, applications will be due on June 1, and the awards will be announced by August 15, 2016. For more information, visit www.accpri.org/investigator.

Mentored Research Investigator Training (MeRIT)

MeRIT is a 2-year longitudinal program that uses a combination of live and virtual teaching/mentoring methods to provide trainees with the support and education they need throughout their research experience (i.e., from research question, proposal writing, funding application, and IRB approval to publication). The second offering of the MeRIT Program will begin June 27 – July 1, 2016, on the campus of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

MeRIT is designed to assist pharmacists with developing the abilities necessary to conduct investigator-initiated research, either independently as a principal investigator or as an active coinvestigator within a research team. Ideal candidates are pharmacy faculty or practitioners with limited research experience who are:

• committed to incorporating research into their professional careers,
• interested in generating research themes or obtaining preliminary data for larger funding opportunities,
• aspiring to be active principal or coinvestigators within a research team, and
• able to commit at least 10% effort to research.

The 2016 MeRIT Program application may be downloaded at www.accpri.org/investigator. Letters of intent to apply are due February 29, and applications are due March 31, 2016.

Focused Investigator Training (FIT)

The Research Institute is pleased to announce that the 2016 Focused Investigator Training (FIT) will be held at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 27 – July 1, 2016. The FIT Program is a 5-day, intensive, hands-on program to assist investigators with succeeding in the current research funding environment. Each experienced investigator will take necessary steps toward maximizing the competitiveness of a K, R01, or similar investigator-initiated application for submission to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other major funding source. Investigators will be challenged to carefully examine research aims and explore individual professional research goals and, by the end of the program, will have taken critical steps toward fine-tuning their applications to meet study section reviewers’ expectations. The program’s experienced and funded faculty mentors deliver a curriculum offering:

• Small-group proposal development sessions
• Tip-rich lectures and discussions
• One-on-one mentor/statistician appointments
• Protected time for proposal development and revision

The ideal applicant is a fellowship-trained, tenure-track, or research-focused pharmacist in the final stages of preparing a grant application for submission/resubmission. Please contact the Research Institute for eligibility questions. The 2016 FIT Program application and application instructions are available at http://www.accpri.org/investigator. Letters of intent to apply are due February 29, and applications will close March 31, 2016.