INDEPENDENT REVIEW

Project Award Amount: $4,000
Funding Period: 6 months (January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025)

Description:
The Last Mile Grant Supplements are intended to support the dissemination of completed research (either one study or a body of research, not necessarily all by the PI) to policymakers in governmental and non-governmental sectors (e.g., healthcare leaders, professional societies). Research disseminated through Last Mile Grant Supplements should be sufficiently robust that it is ready to be translated into governmental or non-governmental policy.

Recipients of funds are not allowed to use funding to lobby federal, state, local, or international officials. Funds may only be used to educate policymakers and other stakeholders on research or a body of research that is consistent with scientific consensus.

Last Mile Grant Supplements can be used for:

• Time and resources needed to prepare for and disseminate findings to policymakers.
• Material development (policy briefs, infographics, presentations, etc.)
• Postage
• Printing
• Trips to DC, Sacramento, or to meet with policymakers elsewhere.
• Salary support
• Stakeholder meeting support (such as cost for reserving a space, food, and assistance with preparing any documents)

NOTE: Research must be complete to be eligible. Visit the Last Mile Grant Supplement Awardees and their Projects page to learn about past recipients and their funded projects.

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Eligibility
Eligibility requirements need to be met as of date of submission; no waivers are allowed.

Who’s Eligible:
PI or mentor has a UCSF affiliation. Residents, Fellow/Post Doc, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Full Professor.

K Awardees funded directly by NIH or AARQ are eligible BUT need to provide a letter from their mentor stating that receiving a Last Mile Supplement Grant will not conflict with the requirements of their K Award (letter not included in the page limit).

Submission Rules

Put your best foot forward! Please prioritize one application. More than one application will not be accepted in each round from a single PI.

Criteria for Review/Evaluation of Applications
We encourage submission of completed research projects that need support in taking research “the last mile” to policymakers in government or outside of government (including clinical systems and professional organizations). Review criteria include:

• The potential to influence policy
• The appropriateness of the target audience
• Feasibility of the dissemination strategy
• Appropriateness of budget and the budget justification

Selection of Awardees
The highest scoring applications using the criteria above will be recommended for funding.

To Apply

Step 1:  Complete the electronic application form.  Please note there are several pieces of information that need to be provided directly via the electronic application form (selecting the appropriate grant mechanism, providing demographic information, uploading an abstract, etc.).

A preview of an inactive template of the electronic application form is available online.

Step 2: Upload your proposal as a SINGLE PDF that includes all the things listed in numeric order in the instructions below.

Instructions for Proposal PDF
Please write your proposal following the instructions listed below and create on single PDF file. Do not include form fields in your PDF.

Proposal Length: 2 pages

Format Requirements: Arial font; 11 pt.; minimum 0.5 inch for all margins; no appendices; include page numbers.

Resubmissions
Definition: Same topic with an amended application or new dissemination plan, rather than a new top and new dissemination plan.

Requirements: You can resubmit one time. Please use up to one extra page to introduce your revised proposal, addressing the issues raised in the review, and any additional changes to your proposal. Make sure the new edits are highlighted in bold or italic font so the reviewers can easily see where and how the proposal has changed. Do not use "track changes”.

1. P.I. Name, title, and affiliation
2. Project Title
3. Abstract - NOTE: this is a required field on the RAP e-application form, please list N/A in order to complete that section of the e-application
4. Mentor name (if PI is not a faculty member), title, and affiliation
5. Co-Investigator names, titles, and affiliation
6. Department ID number (e.g. 123456)
7. Proposal (2 pages) The Supplement Proposal should include one page for the narrative (items 1-3) and one page for the budget, budget justification and confirmation of agreement to terms and conditions (items 4-5).
   • Summarize the work you are interested in disseminating in 1 paragraph. Include citations (where appropriate) and whether each citation is open access (the citations can be on the second page).
   • Describe what you would like the target audience to do as a result of the work you are intending to disseminate (sponsor a bill, allocate new funding, add a new strategic priority, implement a new clinical policy, revise a clinical guideline, etc.) in 1 paragraph.
   • Describe your dissemination strategy and/or deliverable (policy brief, stakeholder meetings, infographic, etc.) in 1 paragraph.
   • Please agree to the following in the text of your proposal:

• I/We agree to credit UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Grant Number (UL1 TR001872) on all publications, peresentations, or abstracts resulting from the CTSI grant on all developed materials using this exact language: "This publication (or project) was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through UCSF-CTSI Grant Number (UL1 TR001872). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the offical views of the NIH."
• I/We agree that any developed materials will be hosted on the IMPACT website. (Note: you may also host materials in any other forum as well)
• I/we verify that I have read and agree to the terms and conditions of UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).
• Research is complete; no active human subjects contact. (Note: the IMPACT supplements provide “last mile” support for completed research projects and may not be used for active human subjects research.)

5. Please indicate if you would like access to the services of a free graphic designer for infographics, communications expert, policy briefs, presentations, etc

6. K Awardees funded directly by NIH or AARQ are eligible BUT need to provide a letter from their mentor stating that receiving a Last Mile Supplement Grant      will not conflict with the requirements of their K Award (this letter is not included in the page limit).

7. Budget ($4,000 max. per proposal)

Use the following form: PHS 398 Form Page 4, "Detailed Budget for the Initial Period":  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html 

Please note explicitly if any of the following are domestic or international:

1. Subcontracts (including indirect costs)
2. Travel
3. Stakeholder Meeting Support

8. Budget Justification: clearly and fully justify all costs. 
9. NIH BioSketch of Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s) and UCSF Faculty Mentor(s) (if applicable), (5 page format):

• Use Form Version H at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch-blank-format-rev-10-2021.docx 
• Include biosketches for both PIs of a multi-PI application. 
• NIH Bio sketch version H only will be accepted with RAP applications this Fall 2024 Cycle.

10. Other support pages of Principal Investigator(s) and Co-Investigator(s) and UCSF Faculty Mentor(s)

• Use form at https://grants.nih.gov/sites/default/files/other-support-format-page-rev-10-2021.docx 
• Include information for all active grants.