Overview of the Place Outcomes Research Award
Background and Purpose
The goal of the Place Outcomes Research Awards is to stimulate the development of health services and quality improvement research at CCHMC and to ensure optimal implementation of clinical and operational innovations in the care delivery system. The path from basic science discovery to successful clinical trial must end with successful incorporation into practice and measurable transformation of health care within and beyond CCHMC.
Outcomes research includes research that results in innovative approaches to health care delivery, optimizes the effectiveness and implementation of clinical interventions, examines whether outcomes meaningful to patients and families have changed, and assesses the value of new clinical practices. Through this research, CCHMC is most likely to achieve its mission of ensuring the best medical and quality of life outcomes, patient and family experiences and value locally, regionally, nationally.
The Place Outcomes Research Awards are named in honor of Geoffrey Place, a past Vice President of Research and Development for Procter and Gamble, and a member of the CCHMC Board of Trustees from 1979 until 2009. During that time, Mr. Place chaired the Research Committee of the Board. His long and distinguished service to our institution contributed significantly to the growth of our research program through his extensive experience in managing research and development, his creativity and his strategic thinking. His incisive questioning led to the key concepts of outcomes, experience and value in our mission statement, concepts that drive the areas of interest of these Outcomes Research Awards.
Eligible applicants include CCHMC health care faculty at any stage of their careers. We welcome applications from all CCHMC departments; nursing faculty applications and collaboration with other faculty is highly desired.
Types of Grants Available
Research Proposals: Grants can be requested for up to 2 years of support, with the second year contingent on a review of research progress. The maximum allowable budget is $60,000 per annum. Funds cannot carry over between Year 1 and 2 of the Award. The number of awardees will be determined by the quality of the proposals, the total amount of the requested budgets of sufficiently meritorious proposals, and available funds. It is anticipated that up to 8 awards will be made each round. Funding can be requested for faculty salary support, support staff, supplies, and travel to a single domestic scientific meeting. The maximum Principal Investigator support is 10% of salary per year. Faculty at all levels of appointment are eligible, and balance among the program awardees will be sought.
Retreats: Support is available for multidisciplinary retreats (at CCHMC or off-campus) for up to $3,000/retreat. Retreats should have a goal of developing or accelerating an outcomes re-search agenda within or between divisions or departments. Proposals should include a health services and/or quality improvement research focus and include participants with outside exper-tise or experience in these areas if needed. Funds are contingent upon matching funds (1:1) derived from other resources (clinical or research divisions). Applications for retreats are accepted at any time and should be emailed to robert.kahn@cchmc.org.
Outcomes Research Awardee Activities
An overarching goal of the grants mechanism is to foster a community of researchers focused on cutting edge outcomes research at CCHMC. Researchers should focus on specific disease outcomes wherever possible. Such a research community will have ties that cut across the divisions and programs that currently conduct outcomes related research. To this end, awardees will be required to attend an annual symposium within the institution in which research in progress and completed research will be presented in poster or platform format. Additional activities will include participation in "work in progress" seminars outside the applicant’s usual research meetings, participation in jointly sponsored seminars, attendance at events (including visiting professor lectures and grand rounds) sponsored by the HSR Matrix, and additional network building activities. These awards and the related activities have subsequent NIH or foundation funding and publications as their anticipated outcomes.
For addtional information regarding the Place Outcomes Research Award, please contact April Mack-Williams at april.mack-williams@cchmc.org.
