Society for Vascular Surgery Multicenter Clinical Studies Planning Grant

Society for Vascular Surgery Multicenter Clinical Studies Planning Grant Application Deadline: Letter of Intent:  October 1, 2013 Full application, if invited:  February 1, 2014 The SVS Foundation announces a funding opportunity directed to Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members developing grant applications for high-impact multicenter clinical studies in the treatment and/or prevention of vascular diseases. The SVS Foundation Multicenter Clinical Studies Planning Grant is one component of a broad strategy to facilitate clinical research directed at solving high-impact questions in the care of patients with vascular diseases. SVS recognizes that members face significant gaps in knowledge in their day to day care of patients with vascular disease and acknowledges the challenge of designing and executing clinical studies to provide concrete clinical guidance. Prospective multi-center studies are particularly challenging; yet these studies may be the only practical approach to recruit the large numbers of patients required to achieve statistical power to provide practicing surgeons clear guidance. A major hurdle for investigators preparing grant applications for multicenter studies are the costs of developing compelling preliminary data, recruiting and training collaborators, and creating tools in support of a competitive proposal. The purpose of the Planning Grant is to help investigators complete competitive applications for external fundi...
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