CIMIT: Types of CIMIT Grants & Awards

Types of FY2011 CIMIT Grants & Awards

Grants, Awards, Fellowships, and Prizes are listed below in cronological order of submission dates.


CIMIT PRIZE FOR PRIMARY HEALTHCARE The CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare is a national competition open to graduate and undergraduate engineering students from accredited engineering programs, and is designed to encourage development of technological innovations in the frontlines of care. Learn more. 2.16.10 ANNOUNCEMENT: 2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare Finalists Selected Join our CIMIT Prize email list to be notified of the 2010 Winners and to receive notice of the 2011 Request for Applications (Fall 2010).
PRIZE AMOUNT (DIRECT COSTs ONLY, NO IDC ALLOWED)	Submission Timeline	Contact
Ten finalists: $10,000 to fund expenses developing their idea into a full entry Three winners awarded: $150,000, $100,000 and $50,000	Letters of Intent Accepted: Dec. 1, 2009 - Jan. 17, 2010 Final proposals due (invited applicants only): May 31, 2010	Email cimitprize@partners.org with questions

CIMIT Innovation GRANTS CIMIT Innovation Grants support early stage, collaborative research projects for improving patient care, with emphasis on devices, procedures, diagnosis, and clinical systems. CIMIT awards grants to principal investigators on faculty at the CIMIT Consortium institutions. Learn more. 3.2.10 ANNOUCEMENT: CIMIT receives 195 Innovation Grants pre-proposals. Over 100 teams advance to the full proposal stage
AWARD AMOUNT (DIRECT COST)	Submission Timeline	Contact
$70,000 (up to $100,000 total cost)	Pre-proposals Accepted: January 1 - February 15, 2010 Final proposals due (invited applicants only): March 31, 2010	Your CIMIT Site Miner or Program Leader

YOUNG CLINICIAN RESEARCH AWARDS The Young Clinician Research Award recognizes outstanding clinicians within CIMIT Consortium eligible hospitals, early in their careers, who are engaged in the development of breakthrough medical devices and technologies. Those eligible include clinical researchers early in their careers, such as Fellows, Instructors, and Assistant Professors. Please Note: Nominations are submitted by CIMIT Consortium Hospital Site Miners. 8.26.09 ANNOUNCEMENT: CIMIT Names 2009 Recipients of Young Clinician Research Awards. Seven Innovative Physicians Win $50,000 to Fund Novel Medical Device Research. Established as a pilot program in 2007, this innovative award was initiated and supported by sponsorship from Johnson and Johnson for three years. CIMIT is now seeking additional sponsors.
AWARD AMOUNT (total)	Submission Timeline	Contact
$50,000	June 1 - July 15, 2010	Beverly Brown, PhD Chief Development Officer or your CIMIT Site Miner

MIMIT-CIMIT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION GRANTS International Collaboration Grants are designed to encourage the formation of international teams and to initiate early stage research in specific areas. International teams must be focused on addressing unmet clinical needs with an emphasis on devices, procedures and diagnostics. This research grant opportunity will support up to four international team collaborations. Funding for these grants has been made possible by a Science Bridges Award from the Research Councils United Kingdom (RCUK). Only faculty of MIMIT and CIMIT Consortium institutions are eligible for the International Collaboration Grants.
Award Amount (dIRECT cOST)	Submission Timeline	Contact
Up to four £50,000 (approximately $80,000) Collaboration Grants	To Be Confirmed, Summer 2010	For assistance in identifying a potential international collaborator, please contact Colleen Kigin in the US and Roz Kelly in the UK.

Medical Engineering Fellowships These two awards are funded respectively by CIMIT and MIT and by CIMIT and Boston University. This new fellowship offers multi-year support for graduate engineering students to work in highly innovative yet classically under-funded areas of healthcare research. 11.23.09 ANNOUNCEMENT: CIMIT Awards Eight Graduate Fellowships to Students at MIT, BU
MIT/CIMIT Medical Engineering Fellowship Award Amount	Submission Timeline	Contact
$55,000 for stipend & tuition, $500 for travel to present	To Be Confirmed, Fall 2010	Beverly Brown, PhD Chief Development Officer Please Note: Nominations are submitted by department heads
BU/CIMIT Applied Healthcare Engineering Fellowship Award Amount	Submission Timeline	Contact
Standard stipend, tuition, & fees; $500 for travel to present	To Be Confirmed, Fall 2010	Beverly Brown, PhD Chief Development Officer Please Note: Nominations are submitted by faculty research advisors

CIMIT does not support drug development, information technology-centric projects, basic research, or clinical trials.

CIMIT awards grants to principal investigators on faculty at the CIMIT Consortium institutions. Projects may include team members from other academic institutions and collaborators from industry.

All investigators (especially first-time applicants) are urged to contact the CIMIT Site Miner at your institution and the leaders of CIMIT Program(s) most relevant to your application. Site Miner(s) can answer questions and connect you with CIMIT leaders and staff. All can help you network with other CIMIT institutions, suggest potential collaborators, and advise on developing your pre-proposal application.

CIMIT does not provide funding for Industry, but does provide services and SBIR grant assistance to companies through its Industry Liaison Program.