Open Competitions
Current Call for Proposals

Funding Mechanisms
Educational Initiatives (EI)
Educational Initiatives provide funds for educational activities on child health topics relevant to the goals of the CDI. 

Faculty Recruitment/Scholar Awards (FR)
Faculty Recruitment/Scholar Awards provide funding to exceptional new investigators to establish a laboratory and to embark on highly promising pediatric medical research relevant to the goals of the CDI.  Nominations must be submitted by the recruit's Department Chair.

Fellowships (F)
Fellowships provide especially promising postdoctoral trainees funds to complete a research project under the direction of a mentor on an issue relevant to the goals of the CDI.

Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives (II)
Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives may be submitted by any WU faculty member(s) seeking to embark on a novel project in need of initial start-up funding to enable procurement of other independent support.  Projects should strive to bring investigators from multiple disciplines together to identify targets for improved diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a pediatric health problem relevant to the goals of the CDI.

Infrastructure and Core Large Initiatives (LI)
Infrastructure and core large initiatives provide funds to establish facilities, services, or other shared resources that have the potential to expedite identification of therapeutic targets, diagnostic markers, or animal models for CDI and/or WU research studies.  Large initiatives also include large-scale interdisciplinary research initiatives in which a team of colleagues research a specific question which strives to identify targets for improved diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a pediatric health issue that is relevant to the goals of the CDI. 

Funding Objectives
All funding initiatives are organized through the CDI's Centers. Funding objectives include:

• Preference will be given to faculty members prior to achieving tenure, to teams of investigators from multiple disciplines, and to multi-investigator projects to develop interactive research groups.
• Potential for acquisition of new knowledge/translational impact and scientific excellence.  
• Programs synergistic with Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. 
• Immediate relevance to the goals of one or more of the CDI's Centers.  
   

Funding Mechanisms	Letter of Intent Deadline	Proposal Deadline	Award Activation	Budget Guidelines
Educational Initiatives**	August 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	October 15*, 5:00 p.m. CST	February 1	Up to $50,000 total costs per year for 3 years
Faculty Recruitment / Scholar Awards***	August 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST or February 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	October 15*, 5:00 p.m. CST or April 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	February 1 or July 1	Up to $400,000 total costs over a 3 year period
Fellowships	August 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	October 15*, 5:00 p.m. CST	February 1	Up to $30,000 total costs per year for 2 years
Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives	August 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	October 15*, 5:00 p.m. CST	February 1	Up to $150,000 total costs per year for 3 years
Infrastructure and Core Large Initiatives	February 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	April 1*, 5:00 p.m. CST	July 1	Up to $1,500,000 total costs over a 3 year period

* If a deadline falls on a weekend or a University holiday, then the deadline will be moved to the next business day.  Example: October 15, 2011 is a Saturday.  Proposals for that cycle are due Monday, October 17, 2011.  Deadlines are subject to change.

** Investigators wishing to submit proposals for Educational Initiatives must obtain the approval of the CDI Executive and Scientific Directors prior to submission. 

*** Department Chairs wishing to submit nominations for Faculty Scholar/Recruitment Awards must obtain approval of the CDI Executive and Scientific Directors prior to submission.