Guidelines

Guidelines and Instructions 

2025 Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Awards

GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Awards are meant to support pilot projects or team science projects in multi-disciplinary research focused on prostate cancer that aims to develop a new research direction, explore an innovative idea, test an unconventional, but potentially important, new hypothesis, or ascertain the feasibility of a new research approach.
  2. Pilot projects should be aimed at providing preliminary data to be used in a future R01 level grant application. Awards for the team science/multi-PI projects should result in preliminary data that can be used to create and submit a program project grant, for example a P01.
  3. An emphasis will be placed on funding high risk / high reward research with a high priority given to project innovation and potential for clinical impact.
  4. Partnership with a Brady Urological Institute faculty member is highly encouraged.
  5. All faculty of the Johns Hopkins University may apply, whether or not they are members of the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute or of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.  Fellows and residents are not permitted to be principal investigators. A preference will be given to applications submitted by investigators who have not previously received research support through Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund. 
  6. Funds (up to $100,000 for single-PI projects or up to $200,000 for multi-PI projects) may be used for the salaries of staff or trainees (graduate students or postdoctoral fellows), equipment, and/or research supplies. Multi-PI projects must demonstrate true collaboration with appropriate funding to support both PIs. PCW funded awards may not support PI salary.
  7. Awards are granted for a 2-year period. Funds not utilized within two years will be returned to the Walsh fund with no option to request a no cost extension. 
  8. Grant applications should be submitted electronically. Please use the Pilot Projects Registration Center, which can be accessed at https://projects.rlogx.com/opportunities.
  9. Applications should be simple and brief and include the following documents in the order indicated below:
    • Page 1 of the application proposal should serve as the Title Page while the Specific Aims, Background, and Experimental Design sections should not exceed five pages, using Arial 11 Font, and ½”margins
    • Application Proposal (all required materials should be merged into one pdf document and uploaded into the application portal)
      • Title Page (Project title, PI/Co-PIs, co-investigators, and department affiliations; not included in the 5-page limit)
      • Specific Aims 
      • Background, including preliminary studies of applicant
      • Experimental Design (Please refer to previous publications of P.I. whenever possible).
      • 250-word project summary written in lay person text. (not included in the 5-page limit)
      • References/works cited (pages for this section are not included in the 5-page limit)
      • Additional materials (see below for requirements; not included in the 5-page limit)
        • Detailed Budget
          • Funds should be for direct costs only (no IDC)
          • Budgets for PCW Awards should not include salary support for faculty
          • Budgets for SPORE CEP and DRP Programs should allocate 15% effort for the PI
        • Budget Justification
        • Letters of Support (if applicable)
        • Biosketch form(s) for PI and co-PIs only (please use the current NIH biosketch format)
        • Current and pending funding for PI and co-PIs only: Carefully indicate reasons for non-overlap if potential overlap exists.
  10. Applications will be judged by a review panel composed of senior faculty members from several Departments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and/or other appropriate investigators from institutions outside of JHU. Final award selections will be made by the PCW Fund Scientific Advisory Board and the Internal Advisory Board of the SPORE in Prostate Cancer grant.

Post Award Requirements / Guidelines

  1. At the completion of the award, a 2-page technical progress report must be submitted to Brandy Yeater via email (dyeater1@jhmi.edu). In addition to the technical report, an additional 250-word progress summary written in lay person terms must be submitted. 
  2. Awardees will also be expected to present their progress at an annual scientific session, most likely at the Annual Department of Urology Donald S. Coffey Johns Hopkins Urology Research Day.
  3. Publications generated as a result of funding support must acknowledge the Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund.

For questions related to eligibility, the application process, or other topics related to the PCW Prostate Cancer Research Fund, please email David "Brandy" Yeater at dyeater1@jhmi.edu.

For post award questions or issues, please contact the SPORE Administrators: Brandy Yeater (dyeater1@jhmi.edu) and Melissa Turnbull (Mturnbu2@jhmi.edu).

 

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