Partnership for Innovation and Research Collaboration (PIRC) Award

The Partnership for Innovation and Research Collaboration (PIRC) Pilot Research Award is designed to promote research collaborations between the University of Arizona College of Nursing (UACON) faculty and Banner Health (BH) nurses on research regarding serious/chronic illness and health equity (e.g., improving systems, nurse health/well-being, patient outcomes, informal caregivers, diverse populations). This award aims to provide formative work that will directly contribute to the submission of successful extramural research proposals in response to large-scale funding opportunities (e.g., NIH). Funds up to $20,000 may be requested.

Who is eligible to apply?

Only proposal submissions with UACON faculty and BH nurses in partnership as Multiple Principal Investigators (MPIs) will be accepted. UACON tenure or career track faculty member must have a research trajectory with evidence of publications and funding. BH nurses must have at least a Masters’ Degree and evidence of expertise related to the proposed study.

Key Dates

Letter of Intent: March 1, 2022, 5:00 pm MST
Submission due date: April 1, 2022, 5:00pm MST
Funding Decision and Summary Statement: May 1, 2022

Start Date: June 1, 2022
End Date: May 31, 2023
Mid-year Report: January 1, 2023
Final Report: July 1, 2023

Letter of Intent

A letter of intent is required. However, you may choose not to submit the proposal. The letter of intent is needed only to identify and arrange for appropriate reviewers.

Letter of Intent Requirements:

1. Multiple Principal Investigators’ names          
2. Project Title
3. Brief description of the project (2-3 sentences)
4. Select the strategic initiatives that the proposal will respond to (at least one for BH and one for CON)
5. Names of all other co-investigators and consultants 
6. Target Date, funding agency and funding announcement number for extramural submission

Submit the Letter of Intent as an email with PDF attachment by March 1, 2022, 5:00 pm MST to the Office of Research and Scholarship at: CON-ORS@arizona.edu with “PIRC LOI” in the subject line.

FAQs

• Proposals will be reviewed for scientific merit and responsiveness by two reviewers.
• Selection of proposals for funding will be made by a committee (5) consisting of 1 UACON faculty and 1 Banner Nursing representatives, the Associate Dean for Research and the Director of Nursing Research, and 1 member external to the UACON and BH. 

Other Requirements

• The extra-mural research proposal must be submitted in response to an existing funding opportunity. 
• A mid-year progress report and a final report must be submitted to PIRC.  
• Copies of all publications resulting from the research should also be submitted to PIRC. 
• Acknowledge the PIRC Awards Program in any dissemination of results from the research.