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LSDF 07-02: Innovative Programs to Advance Health Research

Note: The 07-02 competition is closed. Award selections were made on April 17, 2008. Award programs are described in Projects and Profiles.

This funding opportunity — LSDF 07-02 — has been designed to support new programs of research with the potential to achieve significant scientific, competitive, health, and economic benefits for Washington State. Proposals are invited from Washington nonprofit.organizations, singly or in collaboration either with other nonprofits or with for-profit companies.

Program proposals eligible for LSDF 07-02 funding may request support for many kinds of activities. A few examples are included here to suggest the range of possibilities:

• establishing new centers for research;
• creating new multi-institutional consortia;
• recruiting outstanding scientists to lead new research programs; and
• acquiring major equipment to accelerate advances within a new research program.

The benefits derived from programs in this competition are also varied. Examples of benefits include the following:

• enhancing the ability of the state's life sciences sector to solve important problems in health and health care;
• attracting additional financial resources to life sciences research;
• advancing the scientific leadership position of Washington research.organizations;
• promoting the training of the state's workforce, particularly in an emerging industry;
• drawing new scientific talent to Washington in the form of students, post-doctoral fellows, researchers, and companies; and
• developing opportunities for new intellectual property creation and commercialization.

Information for Applicants

• LSDF 07-02 Public Information Sessions schedule
• LSDF 07-02 Public Information Sessions presentation
• Watch the video
• Reviewer guidelines for first-stage reviews
• Reviewer Guidelines for Interview Stage Reviews

Applications Received

Applications for this competition include both letters of intent and full proposals. A summary of the available information received by LSDF in these applications is posted here:

• Letters of intent (summary)
• Letters of intent (full report)
• Proposals (summary)
• Proposals (full report)

Interviewees

On January 8, 2008, the LSDF Board of Trustees selected nine 07-02 proposals for interview. A panel of experts convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science will conduct the interviews in March. A summary table of the applicants invited to be interviewed is included here.