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Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Research

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Overview

Please note that this Request for Applications has been paused until further notice.

The Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Research Pilot Award provides support for proposals that aim to effectively implement, disseminate, and scale up evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions or programs into clinical, community, and/or public health practice settings. Strong proposals will identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine D&I strategies and evaluate their impact, reach, uptake and sustainability. This award particularly focuses on projects that address a wide range of challenges, communities, populations, and geographic areas using dissemination and implementation methodology.

This award is intended to support projects that will further an investigator’s career path. Successful proposals will clearly describe how the pilot data collected as a part of this award will be used to seek further, external, peer-reviewed funding in support of a research career trajectory. Early career investigators with limited PI experience are strongly encouraged to submit proposals as the Contact PI, in partnership with senior investigators who have relevant research methods expertise to serve as Co-Investigators, collaborators or mentors.

Please acknowledge the Wisconsin Partnership Program as the funding source in any press releases, articles or publications relating to your project or its results. Find the most up to date language on the funding support page.


Application Details

Terms:

$150,000 (direct costs only)

Duration:

18 months

Applicant Eligibility:

Early career faculty, Faculty

Special Criteria:

Partnership with clinic or another community implementation site is required

How to Apply:

Review requirements and key dates in the RFA and reach out to Bri Deyo, ICTR Pilot Awards Program Manager.

Request for Applications (RFA): D&I Research Pilot Award

Registration for Pre-submission Canvas course

Registration for Q&A Session on Zoom

Budget and Justification Template

ICTR Resources for Pilot Applicants, Mentors and Teams (coming soon)


FAQs

Please review the FAQs below.

According to the NIH, a pilot study is defined as “a small-scale test of the methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale” (Porta, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th edition, 2008). The goal of pilot work is not to test hypotheses about the effects of an intervention, but rather, to assess the feasibility/acceptability of an approach to be used in a larger scale study. Thus, in a pilot study you are not answering the question “Does this intervention work?” Instead, you are gathering information to help you answer “Can I do this?”

ICTR reviewers use the new NIH Simplified Peer Review Framework.

Learn about dissemination and implementation research on the website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention.


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Contacts

Bri Deyo
Pilot Awards Program Manager