About Pilot Grants

Support
Support is available for up to $75,000 direct costs per year for 1–2 years. Indirect costs will not be paid.

ELIGIBILITY
Full-time faculty of the Johns Hopkins University may apply.

OUTSIDE COLLABORATORS
Collaborations are welcome but the application must clearly state why the work cannot be done at Hopkins.

RESTRICTION
An individual may not be the principal investigator at any one time on more than one JHMRI pilot grant for research in their laboratory.

TERMS 

Financial/Administrative

1.     Support is available for up to $75,000 in direct costs per year for 1-2 years.  Grant funds will not be used to cover indirect costs. First year funds will be released upon initial award and second year funds will be released upon approval of first year progress report.

2.     Grantees may carry over up to 25 percent of unobligated funds at the end of a funding period to the next funding period. However, if the funds are expected to be greater than 25 percent of the current year's total budget, the grantee must provide plans and explanation for spending of those funds if carried forward.  Approval for additional carry-over funds (over the 25%) must be submitted in writing with the first year progress report.  

3.     Grantees may receive a one-time no-cost extension up to 12 months.  Requests must be submitted in writing at least 60 days prior to the end of the award.  If a no-cost extension is granted, Principal Investigators will not be eligible to submit an application for a new Pilot Grant until the no-cost extension period has ended or funding is spent.

4.     At termination of the funding period, all remaining funds must be returned to JHMRI.

JHMRI Scientific Progress Report forms 

5.     An Annual Progress Report is due 30 days prior to the ending date of the first year award.  Second year funding is contingent upon timely submission and successful review of the progress report. 

6.     A Final Progress Report is due two months after the award ends. One-year projects require only a final report.

7.     Reports should be on JHMRI Progress Report forms which can also be found on the JHMRI website and should include research accomplishments, project status, future directions, and one copy of each published journal article that has resulted from the grant funding.

8.     Scientific publications or presentations that result from these awards should acknowledge the grantee’s receipt of support from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and the Bloomberg Family Foundation. A copy of the manuscript should be forwarded to Genevieve Nixon at gnixon@jhsph.edu.

Required Meeting Attendance

9.     Grantees are required to attend and to present results of their work through presentation or poster at the JHMRI Annual Conference, upon request of JHMRI Conference Coordinators.

10.  Grantees are expected to attend the full series of the Malaria Interest Group Meetings and present their work at least once per year.

  PILOT GRANT SUBMISSION AND REVIEW