Special consideration will be given to projects that focus on development or applications addressing social and environmental determinants of health, specifically as these relate to rural and other vulnerable populations who experience health disparities.
This topic includes, but is not limited to:
- Social determinants.
- Environmental determinants.
- Study of and/or interventions focused on diseases of despair (Case & Deaton, PNAS 2015).
- New or new applications of methodologies including telemedicine, community-engaged research, big data modeling, etc., in research on the determinants of health.
- Population health and patient-centered outcome research.
Award amount
CTSI will provide up to $300,000 to support up to 10 interdisciplinary, multi-investigator projects. Awards will be capped at a $50,000 budget.
Eligibility
The principal investigator must hold a Penn State faculty appointment. This includes faculty members at all Penn State campuses. Proposals from multidisciplinary, cross-campus teams, led by junior investigators with senior investigators on the team, will be most competitive.
Important dates
Office hours
On Friday, Nov. 19, potential applicants have an opportunity to join open office hours and ask questions related to the application. Join this Zoom room from 10-11 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. Issues accessing the Zoom link? Email ctsi@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Letter of intent
Dec. 10, 2021, at 5 p.m.
Full proposal invitations
Dec. 21, 2021
Full Application due date
Feb. 18, 2022, at 5 p.m.
Award announcement
May 18, 2022
Anticipated funding start date
Sept. 1, 2022