REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR PROJECTS RELATED TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN IMMUNIZATON
Annex 1: Proposal Format Instructions
1. Short Title: Please provide a clear and concise project title.
2. Contact Details:
For the principal investigator or institutional contact person, please state:
- The name of the organization (if it is an organization rather than an individual that is bidding)
- Postal address of the individual/organization
- Name of the principal contact person
- Telephone number of the principal contact person
- Fax number of the principal contact person
- E-mail address of the principal contact person.
3. Project Description
In no more than five pages, please describe how you intend to carry out the proposed project. The Project Description should provide a clear statement of the work to be undertaken and must include: objectives for the period of the proposed work and expected significance; relation to the present state of knowledge in the field, and to work in progress by the PI under other support and to work in progress elsewhere.
The Project Description should outline the general plan of work, including the broad design of activities to be undertaken, and, where appropriate, provide a clear description of methods and procedures and plans for preservation, documentation, and sharing of data, models, and software. It must describe as an integral part of the narrative, the broader impacts resulting from the proposed activities, addressing one or more of the following as appropriate for the project.
4. Project Description
Please outline in no more than one page the proposed project timeline, together with milestones and deliverables
5. Budget
Please detail the total budget, with details by cost components. The budget proposal should be fully supported by information adequate to establish the reasonableness of the proposed amount.
6. Organizational and Individual Capacity
In no more than two pages, please describe the qualifications of the individuals and/or organizations proposed to carry out the project and their comparative advantages. CV's of key investigators may be attached as annexes. A list of 5 key (recent) publications from collaborators on the project should be listed as part of the main body of the organizational/individual capacity statement. Any potential conflicts of interest should be clearly stated.