Catalyst Award Application Submission Form – Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC)

Catalyst Application Submission 2021

IMPORTANT:

Before you apply, make sure that you are conforming to the MOST RECENT Catalyst Award RFA.
To submit your application, please fill out the form, attach your application in PDF format and click the SUBMIT button. Following the successful submission of your application you will receive a confirmation at the email address entered by you on the form.
Applications are being accepted until 5:00 PM of the day indicated in the Key Dates of the RFA.
Questions about the Catalyst Award program should be directed to Eleonora Gatta at: eleonora.gatta@northwestern.edu. Questions about the application webform should be directed to Corinna Kitcharoen at ckitch1@uic.edu.
All fields marked by asterisks (*) are required.

I. APPLICANTS’ INFORMATION

IMPORTANT: To be eligible to submit a Catalyst Proposal, at least two Principal Investigators (PIs) from two different CBC universities are required.

Two co-PIs, each from a different CBC university, can be entered on this form. Additional co-PIs, if any, MUST be listed on the Title Page of the submitted application.

PI #1 (Application Submitter) *

PI #1 First Name *

PI # 1 Last Name *

PI #1 Degree *

(e.g. MD, PhD, MD/PhD)

PI #1 Title *

(e.g. Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor)

PI #1 Institution *

Select one

PI #1 Email *

Confirm PI #1 Email *

PI #2 *

PI #2 First Name *

PI # 2 Last Name *

PI #2 Degree *

(e.g. MD, PhD, MD/PhD)

PI #2 Title *

(e.g. Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor)

PI #2 Institution

Select one

PI #2 Email *

Confirm PI #2 Email *

II. APPLICATION INFORMATION

Proposal Title *

(max. 100 characters including white space)

Key Words *

(max. 5 key words, separated by a comma)

Amount Requested (up to $250000.00) *

(Type in the requested amount using the following number format: 249800.80 without any commas or the $ sign)

III. APPLICATION SUBMISSION

IMPORTANT:

Please make sure that you are conforming to the MOST RECENT Catalyst Award RFA.
Remember that the Title Page and Budget Forms MUST be downloaded from the Catalyst Award RFA and appended to the proposal in the order specified in the RFA.
All parts of the application MUST be combined into a SINGLE PDF. PDF portfolios will NOT be accepted.
Application file MUST be named following this format: PI1lastname_PI2lastname_PI3lastname.pdf (e.g., smith_brown_williams.pdf).
Applications not conforming to the specified guidelines will NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Application completion checkbox list (recommended)

Please make sure your application includes:

Title page (appended as page 1)

Proposal (3 pages max.)

References (1 page max.)

2-page Budget Form from each participating PI

Up-to-date NIH Biosketch (not to exceed 5 pages) for each PI, including current and pending funding

Optional: Special requirements (e.g. a letter of support from a facility director)

Is the proposal assembled into a SINGLE PDF?

Is the file properly named (e.g. smith_brown_williams.pdf)?

Application PDF upload *

File Upload *

Maximum file size: 104.86MB

NOTE: Maximum upload size of the CBC applications is 10MB

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