Funding opportunity announcement

The Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation (WMREF) is pleased to announce a Collaborative Investigator Initiated Research (CIIR) funding opportunity of $15,000.

The purpose of this research program is to provide investigators with short-term funding in the areas of social/behavioral, biological, genetic, or environmental determinants of disease and/or health, either physical or mental, across the life span.

A special feature of this announcement is the requirement for collaborative partnerships between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita in this funded research project.

All WSU and KUSM-W faculty members able to submit a joint application are eligible to apply.

Letters of intent will be screened for responsiveness to this RFP and fit to WMREF program development goals. The deadline for letters of intent submission is Sept. 5. Only those selected will be permitted to submit full applications. Notification of successful letters of intent will occur no later than Sept. 26.

The successful candidate will be expected to credit WMREF for funding in presentation and publication.

Please see the RFP announcement (http://bit.ly/WLTwrG) for further details and deadlines.