• Must be a PSG member.

• Be a physician, physician in training (letter of support), or hold an advanced degree (MD, DO, PhD or an international equivalent).

• Research must be in the field of gastrointestinal disease.

• Investigators may be in any stage of their career.

 

Formatting

• Grant research proposals should not exceed 3 pages.

• Must include:

  • Specific Aims

  • Background and Significance

  • Preliminary Data

  • Proposed Studies

  • Methods

  • Literature cited should be provided separately.

• A letter/statement from an Institutional Representative endorsing the submission must be submitted prior to review.

 

Budget Justification

• No more than one page. Justification for salary support and supplies and equipment listed on the budget page should be detailed.

• All grant applicants are encouraged to attend the annual meeting of the calendar year where the recipient will be announced.

 

Updates & Acknowledgements

• All recipients are expected to present their research at the Annual PSG meeting 1 year following the award and are expected to provide a short description of their research for the PSG newsletter (Rumblings).

• Recipients are expected to reference the PSG award for any publications that result from the grant.

 

Other Grant details:

• Grant awardees will receive 50% of funds at the start of the grant and the remaining 25% after a 6-month single page progress report is received and reviewed by the research task force for appropriate progress, and the final 25% upon completion.

• All grants are for 1 year (from the time of the first funding distribution)

 

Mentor program:

• Through the PSG grant process, a physician applying for a grant may request and be provided with a mentor through the PSG.