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Population Health Research Catalyst Pilot Funds
As part of the development of the new Population Health Initiative (PHI) at FIU, the Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED) is pleased to announce a call for the inaugural Population Health Research Catalyst Pilot Fund. This program call aims to provide funding for pilot studies that will lead to federal grant applications for population health research. Our objective is to support new and innovative ideas that seek to stimulate and increase capacity to conduct large-scale population health research that fosters collaboration across departments and is embedded in team science.
To be considered, proposals must be multidisciplinary and involve at least two distinctive disciplines that addresses one or more of the PHI research focus areas. The primary principal investigator must be a tenured or tenure-eligible faculty member, while other principal investigators may be from either tenured or non-tenured faculty positions. Single-investigator proposals are not eligible.
Program Details
Who Should Apply?
Tenured or tenure-earning faculty members.
Fund Amount
FIU PHI will provide financial support for up to two projects, with funding availability of up to $45,000 per project over a 12-month period.
Research Focus Areas
Applications must be interdisciplinary with at least two principal investigators, multiple principal investigators (mPI) model, from distinctive disciplines AND addressing any of the FIU PHI research areas. Applicants are encouraged to have a preliminary conversation about their idea with one or more of our Senior Faculty Fellows or FIU Distinguished Professors Members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to ensure that the project fits within the scope of the call. To request a meeting, please email pophealth@fiu.edu.
Who Should Apply?
Tenured or tenure-earning faculty members.
Fund Amount
FIU PHI will provide financial support for up to two projects, with funding availability of up to $45,000 per project over a 12-month period.
Research Focus Areas
Applications must be interdisciplinary with at least two principal investigators, multiple principal investigators (mPI) model, from distinctive disciplines AND addressing any of the FIU PHI research areas. Applicants are encouraged to have a preliminary conversation about their idea with one or more of our Senior Faculty Fellows or FIU Distinguished Professors Members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to ensure that the project fits within the scope of the call. To request a meeting, please email pophealth@fiu.edu.
Population Health is defined as the interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the life course, identifies systematic variations in patterns of disease occurrence by groups and geographies, and applies the resulting knowledge to develop, implement and evaluate policies and actions to improve the health and well-being of those populations while improving efficiencies and reducing costs.
(Kindig & Stoddart, 2003; Warnecke et al., 2008)
Population Health is defined as the interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the life course, identifies systematic variations in patterns of disease occurrence by groups and geographies, and applies the resulting knowledge to develop, implement and evaluate policies and actions to improve the health and well-being of those populations while improving efficiencies and reducing costs
(Kindig & Stoddart, 2003; Warnecke et al., 2008)
Example of Projects
(list is non-exhaustive)
- Studies that provide evidence-based recommendations for policies and regulations that mitigate the adverse effects of environmental stressors such as heat, crowding, and air quality in lower resourced communities.
- Examine the multifaceted relationship between education and health outcomes throughout the various stages of life.
- Statistical modeling of various spatial justice that influence health outcomes to inform policy interventions.
- Community organization-level interventions to prevent accidental injury, falls/falls related injuries, interpersonal violence, or suicide and suicidal thoughts and behaviors especially with use of firearms.
- Evaluate the impact of a selected local, state, tribal, federal, or organizational policy aimed at reducing or regulating substance use or reducing drug overdose, on rates of at least two overdose outcomes.
- Community level screening of cognitive decline in lower resourced communities and populations historically underrepresented in research.
- Implement community-led structural interventions addressing food insecurity and ultimately assess the impact of these interventions on health outcomes. Interventions include assisting eligible patients in applying for state and federal programs, linkages to food insecurity resources such as food banks/pantries located proximal to areas of greatest need (including within the FQHCs) and developing systems to address transportation barriers.
- AI analytics and electronic health records to develop/disseminate prediction models to identify persons with dementia who would benefit from palliative care
- Oxidant stressors and decrease obesity risk through the life course.
- Associations between social determinants of health, non-communicable diseases and access to health care.
- Microsimulation modeling of clinic-based community health worker (CHW) interventions targeted to patients with individual and neighborhood cardiovascular disease risks and community-based CHW programs targeted to neighborhoods according to disparate burdens of cardiometabolic risks.
General Expectations
- The lead PI may submit only one (1) application as the primary principal investigator.
- There are no restrictions on the number of proposals on which faculty can serve as Co-PI or Co-I.
- Submissions prepared in the requisite format are to be uploaded via the link provided in the guidelines by 5:00 p.m. (local time) of the due date.
- Within nine (9) months of the pilot completion, recipients will meet with PHI to present pilot findings and plans for submitting an external proposal, including submission timeline and specific aims.
- Lead PIs who receive a population health catalyst pilot research fund are not eligible to submit another proposal as the primary PI for a period of two (2) years following the completion of their FIU-PHI funded project.
General Expectations
- The lead PI may submit only one (1) application as the primary principal investigator.
- There are no restrictions on the number of proposals on which faculty can serve as Co-PI or Co-I.
- Submissions prepared in the requisite format are to be uploaded via the link provided in the guidelines by 5:00 p.m. (local time) of the due date.
- At the conclusion of the project, no more than nine (9) months post-completion, funding recipients are to present their findings and provide an outline for an external proposal to receive feedback from the PHI.
- Lead PIs who receive a population health catalyst pilot research fund are not eligible to submit another proposal as the primary PI for a period of two (2) years following the completion of their FIU-PHI funded project.
Application Process
A two-step review process will be implemented for the Population Health Research Catalyst Pilot Fund:
- Tenured or tenured eligible faculty members interested in applying to the Population Health Research Catalyst Pilot Fund must submit a letter of intent (LOI). The LOI submission deadline is March 5, 2024. Late LOIs will not be accepted. See LOI guidelines below.
- Selected LOI’s will be invited to submit a full proposal to undergo a uniform and centrally coordinated scientific review by an experienced faculty panel. The full proposal submission deadline is April 30, 2024. Late proposals will not be accepted. See full proposal guidelines below.
Submission to Award Timeline
Stage |
Deadline Date |
Duration |
LOI submission |
March 5, 2024 |
– |
Review of LOI |
March 6, 2024 |
2 weeks |
Notification of LOI Outcome |
March 20, 2024 |
– |
Submission of Full Proposal |
April 30, 2024 |
6 weeks |
Review of Full Proposal |
May 28, 2024 |
4 weeks |
Final Decision and Funding Notification |
June 25, 2024 |
4 weeks |
Project Start Date |
July 23, 2024 |
5 weeks |
Project End Date |
July 22, 2025 |
12 months |
Need Assistance?
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Iris Aguilar, DPPD
Director, Program Administration – Population Health Initiative
Office of Research & Economic Development
11200 SW 8th Street, MARC 473-A
Miami, FL 33199
P: (305) 348-5197
E: pophealth@fiu.edu
Library Support
The health sciences librarian at FIU is available to meet with any researcher from the Population Health Initiative for a research consultation. She can assist throughout several stages of the research process. Some areas of support are: identifying the research needs on a given topic, finding tests and instruments that apply to your study, generating an effective research strategy to find peer reviewed evidence for your research, finding seminal works, showcasing a citation management platform, locating the full-text of an article, exploring a research method of choice, getting recommendations for journals that are likely to publish your research, and even disseminating FIU’s faculty and staff publications in our institutional repository.
Contact Us
Iris Aguilar, DPPD
Director, Program Administration – Population Health Initiative
Office of Research & Economic Development
11200 SW 8th Street, MARC 473-A
Miami, FL 33199
P: (305) 348-5197
E: pophealth@fiu.edu
Library Support
The health sciences librarian at FIU is available to meet with any researcher from the Population Health Initiative for a research consultation. She can assist throughout several stages of the research process. Some areas of support are: identifying the research needs on a given topic, finding tests and instruments that apply to your study, generating an effective research strategy to find peer reviewed evidence for your research, finding seminal works, showcasing a citation management platform, locating the full-text of an article, exploring a research method of choice, getting recommendations for journals that are likely to publish your research, and even disseminating FIU’s faculty and staff publications in our institutional repository.
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