CLINICAL RESEARCH FEASIBILITY FUND
The Clinical Research Feasibility Fund (CReFF) Award offers start-up funds for junior investigators utilizing Schubert Research Clinic (SRC) resources. The CReFF award is designed to provide funding for junior investigators who are on a well-planned clinical research career path with committed and supportive mentors.
Click here to download the CReFF submission guidelines.
ELIGIBILITY
YOUR STUDY MUST UTILIZE SCHUBERT RESEARCH CLINIC RESOURCES and
An appointed junior faculty (based at UC, CCHMC or Cincinnati VAMC) with a rank of instructor or assistant professor.
Fellows, who are not faculty, may be candidates when it is anticipated they will have a faculty appointment during the course of the CReFF award.
Candidates must have an active SRC-approved protocol or submit one for review with their application. (If submitting simultaneously with application, funding may not be awarded if study is not approved at time of review). The project should utilize substantive SRC resources, particularly nursing services, outpatient visits, etc. Applicants are strongly advised to contact Dr. Mark Mitsnefes (Medical Director, SRC) at mark.mitsnefes@cchmc.org prior to submitting their application, and should submit their study protocol documents to the SRC Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) at least one month in advance of the CReFF review meeting to facilitate resolving scientific or other issues.
The SAC approval process for the study protocol must be completed before an investigator is considered for a CReFF award. Protocol submission processes are outlined here.
Applicants must be CCTST members. Membership is free and can be completed here.
Prior to applying
Applicants are strongly advised to contact Dr. Mitsnefes prior to submitting their application, or contact Christy Keller for assistance.
Deadline for Submission
January 12, 2024
Send completed applications to:
Christy Keller
Program Manager
christina.keller@cchmc.org
513-636-9263
Additional Opportunities
For additional funding opportunities, please search the database provided by the CCTST. Click here to search for funding.
Awardees
Kristine A. Karkoska, MD, Assistant Professor, UC Department of Internal Medicine, received a CReFF award from the 2021 cycle for the the project, MINO-SCD: Minocycline in Neurocognitive Outcomes – Sickle Cell Disease.
Usha Najara, MD, Associate Professor, Clinical Radiology and Pediatrics at CCHMC, received a CReFF award from the 2020 cycle for the the project, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Normal Fetuses for Comparison with Opioid Exposed Fetuses.
Arun Jose, MD, Assistant Professor, UC Pulmonary Division, received a CReFF award from the 2019 cycle for his project, Diagnostic Value of Intestinal Microbiota in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Gaurav Gulati, MD, Assistant Professor, UC Division of Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology, received a CReFF award from the fall 2017 cycle for his project Evaluating the Role of Environmental Influences in Lupus.
Senu Apewokin, MD, UC Division of Infectious Diseases, received a CReFF award from the fall 2017 cycle for his project Assessing Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Clostridium dificile in Chemotherapy Patients Using Induced Intestinal Organoids.
Khurram Bari, MD, Assistant Professor, UC Division of Digestive Diseases, received a CReFF award from the fall 2016 cycle for his project A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Budesonide as an Alternative to Prednisone for Liver Transplant Immune Suppression. Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD serves as mentor.
Vanessa A. Olbrecht, MD, Assistant Professor and anesthesiologist, CCHMC Division of Anesthesia, received a CReFF award from the spring 2015 cycle. Her project is entitled Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to Detect and Predict Pain in Children in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting.
Smokey Clay, MD, Assistant Professor, CCHMC Division of Anesthesia, received a CReFF award from the fall 2014 cycle. His project is entitled Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion in Children.
Hansel Greiner, MD, Assistant Professor, CCHMC Pediatrics, and Co-Director of the Epilepsy Surgery Program in the CCHMC Division of Neurology was awarded a grant from the fall 2013 cycle. His project is entitled Focal Cortical Dysplasia as an mTORopathy: Identification of a Serum Biomarker in Treatment Resistant Pediatric Epilepsy.
