8. Budget Period Detail: Enter a proposed project / budget start and end date. Funds may be used to cover the applicant’ s stipend and research-related expenses. CurePSP will not pay indirect costs. Enter costs for relevant budget categories. a. Total Amount Requested: Budget totals should reflect an approximately three-month summer project, not to exceed $ 5,000.
9. Budget Summary and Justification: Max 3,000 characters. Justify all items of proposed budget.
10. Current and Pending Support: CurePSP will not provide funding that is redundant with that from other sources, but recognizes that this summer project will require funding from multiple sources to cover expenses. Indicate overlap with proposed project.
a. Current Support: List all current awards; give the source of funds, grant number, title of project, period of time covered by the grant, the amount of direct cost support for current year and total grant period, and percent effort. Outline the goals of the project in a brief two or three sentence paragraph. If necessary, an explanatory letter should be included in the appendix to clarify the differences between the present application to the CurePSP and currently funded projects.
b. Pending Support: List all pending applications to other funding sources for research support.
11. PI Data Sheet: Please enter your personal demographics. Applicant information is pre-loaded from the applicant’ s Professional Profile and can be updated directly on this page. These fields will not be visible to reviewers or used as part of the review process. These fields will be visible to CurePSP staff and will be used to help CurePSP understand our granting programs through analysis of aggregated data.
12. Attachments: Please upload the below components of your proposal as attachments. a. Curriculum Vitae: Upload a Curriculum vitae for the student applicant and the mentor. i. Student: Max 2 pages. We acknowledge that the applicant is in her or his earlystages of career, so we accept any type of curriculum vitae( max. 2 pages). We simply want to get to know the student better. The( student) letter of motivation is more important for the review process than the CV. ii. Mentor: Max 4 pages( including publication lists). Please include a personal statement describing why you are well-suited for your role as mentor in the project described in this application. The relevant factors may include aspects of your training; your previous experimental work on this specific topic or related topics; your technical expertise; your collaborators or scientific environment; and your past performance in this or related fields( you may mention specific contributions to science). Also, you may identify up to four peer reviewed publications that specifically highlight your experience and qualifications for this project. If you wish to explain impediments to your past productivity, you may include a description of factors such as family care responsibilities, illness, disability, and active duty military service. b. Research Plan: Max 2 pages. A template is available. There is no need to discuss PSP or CBD fundamentals. Proposals should be realistic in terms of work to be accomplished in the period of time for which support is requested. You can insert figures here.