Vertex is excited to announce a grant opportunity in the area of telemedicine aimed at supporting the community of patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Vertex is accepting grant applications for HCV focused telemedicine programs in the US, Puerto Rico or Canada. Modeled after Project ECHO, the goal of the program is to increase treatment capacity in medically underserved areas through linkage to expert care networks, resulting in local centers of Hepatitis C care excellence. Successful grant recipients are expected to be able to demonstrate a measurable increase in effectiveness of HCV screening, care and treatment at the conclusion of the grant period.
Number of Grants Awarded: Maximum 4
Grant Amount: Maximum $250,000 including institutional overhead
Announcement of Grant Recipients will take place by October 1, 2012
The grant proposal should not exceed a total of 10 pages (excluding references and bios). Incomplete and late proposals will not be considered for review. Complete proposals should include detailed information on:
• Organizational capacity
• Program summary
• Program milestones
• Evaluation plan
• Communication of results
• Collaborations
• Financial information/detailed budget
Applicant Requirements:
• Applicant must be a 501c3 organization
• Proposal needs to include robust and referenced:
o description of unmet medical needs addressed by telemedicine program and medical team that would participate o outcomes plan (Note: Publication of “best practice” approaches and outcomes is encouraged.)
• Identification of all community partners and clarification of each partner’s roles and responsibilities.
• Program must be functional within 3 months of execution of grant agreement and outcomes available Additional Information to be included in Proposal:
• Letter of support from Administration (e.g. section for review at 3, 6, 9 and 12 month intervals. chief, department chair) at sponsoring institution
• Applicant will have the opportunity to have program • Impact measurements; i.e. demonstrated presented at educational forum organized by Sponsor.
improvement in HCV treatment competence and • Telemedicine models that can demonstrate provider knowledge, increased linkage to care, sustainability through inclusion of other therapeutic areas or ability to secure multiple funding sources will improved knowledge of side effect management, be given priority consideration. number of HCV patients covered through HCP participation. Please see attached document for submission instructions, terms, and conditions
Please submit applications through grants.vrtx.com
Deadline for Submission: September 4, 2012, 5:00pm EST
Submission Instructions
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Navigate to grants.vrtx.com
To the right of the screen, click the link for “Grant Application Online Tool”
Log in or register as a new user
Click “New Grant”
Agree to the terms and conditions
From the dropdown “Grant Type,” choose “Charitable Grant”
For “Charitable Objective” choose “Promote Awareness and Screening of Hepatitis C,” and for the question “Does this activity include Hepatitis C screening?” select“No.”
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On the first tab, click “Copy my Profile” to populate much of the initial information. Complete the Organization Information fields as well.
9. On the “Program Info” tab, the title of your grant must begin with “Telemedicine Project/[title of your submission]” . This is extremely important, as it will allow us to identify grants submitted as part of this request.
10. Fill in the remaining fields, and upload the appropriate attachments on the attachment tab. The “Executive Summary of Planned Activities” field should be utilized for the proposal summary.
11. Submit your grant.
Terms and Conditions:
1. Vertex will not pay for any costs incurred by applicant in preparing a response to this Request for Proposals (RFP). 2. Posting this RFP does not commit Vertex to award a grant. 3. Vertex reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications received under this RFP, or Vertex may cancel the RFP, in part or in its entirety, if in the best interest of Vertex to do so. 4. Vertex reserves the right to use the name of any grant recipient, its location, the grant amount, and the goals or objectives of the application by whatever means to ensure transparency, including, but not limited to, within a press release or other public announcement, and all without grant recipient's prior review. 5. For compliance reasons and in fairness to all applicants, all communications about the RFP must come exclusively to the Medical Alliances and Grants Group at Vertex. Failure to comply will automatically disqualify applicants. Please submit applications through grants.vrtx.com
Deadline for Submission: September 4, 2012, 5:00pm EST