How to apply ?

 Description

The Catherine Pouget award is not limited to projects with a scientific basis, in order to encourage those who may not have formal scientific training to make the best use of their experience in improving relationships between patients who are terminally ill and those responsible for their care and treatment. Proposals, whether strictly scientific in intention and design or not, may focus upon patients, their families, or medical and other carers but will have as their chief intention improvement in the quality of CARE that patients receive.

All applications will be evaluated by senior staff members of the MAPI Institute and its Advisory Committee. An award of up to a maximum of $10,000 will be made every year.

 Evaluation criteria

The criteria for evaluating proposals are Appropriateness (i.e., its relevance to the stated purpose of the award); Imaginativeness (i.e., originality of the concept and the method of its execution and evaluation); Realism (i.e., the likelihood that the defined objective and its evaluation will be achieved within the intended period – maximally two years); Generalisability (i.e., usefulness to other people or institutions in the field).

 The description of your proposal should clearly answer the following questions:

a.      What specific problem do you intend to address?
b.      What specific methods do you propose to employ to solve the problem?
c.       How will you show your work has been successful, or explain why if it is not?
d.      How much will your proposal cost (provide details; maximum  $10,000)?
e.      How do you intend to disseminate the results?

If relevant, briefly describe the subjects  (people) you intend to study and how you will find and recruit them; the manner in which you will handle your observations to decide if your work succeeded in what it set out to do; and pay particular attention to Ethical issues, including appropriate institutional review if necessary.

 Background information

On a separate sheet, give your date of birth; highest educational and/or professional qualification; major current professional (academic or research) position, if applicable, and relevance to the proposed research; and bibliographic references to not more than two or three of your own publications and/or public presentations (if available).
Applications for funding that permits components to be added to existing projects can be considered. The budget justification must address any overlap with funding, describing how new finding funding will enable activities that are not already supported.

 Form of Application

Applicants should submit not more than a maximum of 1500 words (approximately 4 double-spaced pages) in English. The text should preferably be submitted in pdf by e-mail to Tatiana Gauchon: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
The final date for applications is 30 September 2010.

The successful applicant will be required to write up a summary of 300-400 words at the beginning, at mid-term and at the end of the project. These narratives will be published in the Patient Reported Outcomes Newsletter (PRONL).

Please submit proposal to:

Tatiana Gauchon / Maud Beswick, MAPI Institute, 27, rue de la Villette, 69003 Lyon, France
Tel: +33 (0) 472 13 65 75  Fax: +33 (0) 472 13 66 82
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