Dear
Colleagues,
Greetings
from IADVL.
To
promote research in dermatology, leprosy, and STIs, IADVL invites IADVL Life
members and SIGs to apply for IADVL Glowderma Research Grants. These grants
are applicable for projects with a bearing on dermatology in the
community. Multi-centric projects will be preferred. Please do not submit the
same project under IADVL Research Grants 2023. Total budget allocated for these
grants is Rs 10 Lakhs.
The
research proposals with a well-defined study design, time-bound specific
objectives, adequate sample size, clearly defined study subjects and variables,
and appropriately described statistical methods will be considered for the
grant.
Only
duly filled and signed application forms with mandatory documents (refer to
attached Application form 2) will be accepted for evaluation by reviewers.
Applications will be evaluated by the members of the IADVL SIG Dermatology
Clinical Research (SIG DCR) in a blinded manner; hence, please refrain from
including any identifiers in part II of the application form, (including Clinical
Trials Registry number or Institute Ethics Committee name). Comments from
members of the SIG DCR shall be communicated to the Principal Investigator for
consideration for modifications of the proposal to improve them further. The
final decision on suitability for funding shall be taken by a Jury, comprising
of IADVL Academy members.
The
following conditions are considered before allocating grant
o Projects with a
proposed budget of up to Rs 5 lakhs are preferable. Any project with a higher
budget may be considered, depending on quality of the proposal, its relevance
and importance in the Indian context, total amount available for funding and
the number of projects short-listed for funding.
o If selected for
IADVL Glowderma Research grant, another proposal by the principal investigator
will not be considered for IADVL Research grant in the same year.
o At no point of time,
a principal investigator can have more than two ongoing IADVL funded projects.
In addition, the investigators will give an undertaking that this proposal is
not a part of any ongoing concurrent funded research/ postgraduate thesis
project.
o Successful
applicants will have to submit proof of the Ethics Committee approval and
registration with the Clinical Trials Registry of India (applicable for all
studies approved for funding) within 6 months of receipt of communication on
approval of funding.
o Disbursal of the
grant will be in parts, as decided by the Jury.
o Projects will have
to be submitted for presentation in DERMACON and for publication within a year
of completion.
o The grant cannot be
used for thesis topics, to buy instruments or equipment, or for projects longer
than two years or partly funded by another grant.
o For a multicentric
project, the principal Investigator will be responsible for its satisfactory
completion and for submission of the accounts and project report. The
budget requirement of each such centre should be given separately in the
application form Part II, along with a No Objection letter from Head(s) of
concerned centre(s). The project proposal should clearly specify the details of
the Institutional Account to which the funds are to be disbursed if a grant is
awarded.
o The Principal
Investigator has to be the corresponding author mandatorily in any scientific publication(s)
arising out of the project.
o Independent
practitioners applying for this grant shall get ethical approval for their
research project from independent ethics committee of their area of practice
and shall need to furnish individual account details along with a signed
undertaking, as for Institutional researchers.
o While
coinvestigators can be of an allied speciality, a no objection letter from the
head(s) of concerned department(s) should be submitted.
o Principal
Investigators with two or more incomplete IADVL funded research projects (as
on 25th April, 2023) will not be eligible to apply.
Note: The Indian
Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology carries a guest editorial
( https://ijdvl.com/designing-a-research-protocol-in-clinical-dermatology-common-errors-and-how-to-avoid-them/ )(doi:
10.4103/0378-6323.152168) on the subject of
preparing a research proposal that may be consulted when preparing the
proposal.
The research protocols should be prepared in
accordance with the SPIRIT statement downloadable from: http://www.spiritstatement.org/publications-downloads/
Please
apply online by emailing the following documents to iadvlresearchgrants@gmail.com with a copy to academy@iadvl.org by April 25th, 2023
1.
Application
form 1
2.
Application
form 2 (with necessary documents)
3.
Undertaking
document
The
Application forms and mandatory documents to be submitted are available in
word format on the website https://iadvl.org/
Any queries can be directed
to iadvlresearchgrants@gmail.com with a copy to academy@iadvl.org.
Regards,
Dr Vinay
K & Dr Joyeeta Choudhary
IADVL
Research Grant Co-ordinators
Dr
Lalit Kumar Gupta
Dr Rashmi Jindal
Chairperson,
IADVL
Academy
Convener, IADVL Academy
Dr Vijay
Zawar Dr
Dinesh K Devaraj
President,
IADVL
Hon. Secretary General, IADVL