Applications

The application cycle for our 2025-2026 cohort of the FIU-RCMI Pilot Project Program is now open.

Preliminary Applications Due:

Monday, Sept. 30, 2024
by 11:59 p.m.

Preliminary Application Link

*Full Applications
Due:

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025
by 11:59 p.m.

Funding
Period:

June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026

*Full application instructions and additional files will be sent to the applicants selected during the preliminary application process.

Should there be any questions, please email Cinthya Silva-Cruz at csilvacr@fiu.edu.

Workshop Series Fall 2024

Our workshop series is designed to aid applicants in submitting their RCMI Pilot grant application, as well as provide intensive training on how to write and submit a successful NIH application.

To confirm your attendance for these sessions, select the RSVP button below. Should there be any questions, please email Cinthya Silva-Cruz at csilvacr@fiu.edu.

If interested in viewing previous seminars, please click here.

Pilot Grant Information Session

Presenter: Dr. Diana Sheehan Delgado

Date: 09/11/2024

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Hybrid – AHC5 300 & Zoom

We invite you to learn about an exciting funding opportunity for early-stage investigators at FIU who are committed to conducting health disparities research. Pilot project grants are up to $50,000 for one year. Early-stage investigators including postdoctoral fellows and assistant professors (or equivalent) who have not previously been a Principal Investigator on R or K funding from the NIH are strongly encouraged to attend. 

Learn more about our pilot program: rcmi.fiu.edu/pilot-program 

Session 1: Tips & Strategies to Identify a Mentor and Establish an Effective Mentoring Relationship

Presenter: Dr. Jason Mitchell

Pre-recorded Session & Office Hours: 09/16/2024 – 09/19/2024

Mentorship advances science, cultivates connections, and nurtures development on both a personal and professional level. It necessitates comprehending goals, communication preferences, expectations, and feedback from both mentors and mentees. This session offers helpful advice on mentoring from both angles. 

 

 

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Session 2: Grant Sections Overview and Review Criteria

Presenter: Dr. Diana Sheehan Delgado

Date: 09/20/2024

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual – Zoom

Become thoroughly familiar with the NIH application and review process. Learn everything there is to know about the RCMI-pilot application and review criteria. 

 

Session 3: Research Strategy: Significance, Innovation, and Scientific Premise

Presenter: Dr. Eric Wagner

Date: 09/27/2024

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual – Zoom

Learn how to communicate the significance and scientific premise concisely. Determine tactics for successfully demonstrating innovation. Recognize the differences between innovation, premise, relevance, and influence. 

 

Session 4: Tips on Strengthening the Approach

Presenter: Dr. Zoran Bursac

Date: 10/04/2024

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual – Zoom

Create tactics that effectively illustrate the approach’s rigor. Determine the essential components that should be used in the strategy. Recognize how to create an analytical plan. Determine what is required to perform a power analysis.

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Session 5: Writing the Biosketch, Addressing Human Subject Protections, and Data Management and Sharing Plans

Presenter: Dr. Mary Jo Trepka

Date: 10/18/2024

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual – Zoom

This session will show you how to create a biosketch that goes along with your proposal, what is needed for a thorough human subjects section, and data management and sharing plan requirements. 

Session 6: Developing a Project Timeline, Budget, and Budget Justification

Presenter: Dr. Michelle Hospital

Date: 10/25/2024

Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual – Zoom

Acquire knowledge about creating workable project timelines. Gain knowledge on how to plan research while staying within a budget. Decide what to include and what to omit in a successful NIH budget. Recognize the proper way to use ORED forms to generate the budget for the application.