2020 Program to Enhance the Retention of Clinicians (PERK) Grant Is Now Open to Application

Dear MUSC SPARC Users,

We are excited to announce that the 2020 Program to Enhance the Retention of Clinicians (PERK) Grant is now open to application: https://musc.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1800420

The corresponding grant service in SPARC (to obtain your SPARC ID and fill out on the application form) can be found by clicking this direct link (https://sparc.musc.edu/services/38259) , browsing the service catalog under SCTR/Funding Opportunities or search for the key word:

Detailed Information:

Description:

MUSC/MUHA is the recipient of an award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) to improve the retention and advancement of junior physician scientists who face special challenges of balancing their professional work with caregiving responsibilities. The PERK program provides supplemental funds to eligible junior faculty to support their ongoing clinical research efforts. The goal of this program is to retain early-career physician scientists in research. PERK aims to help junior faculty sustain productivity while managing extraprofessional caregiving demands, including childcare, eldercare, and personal health concerns.

ELIGIBILITY

Full-time faculty appointment at MUSC at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level at the time of application
Hold an MD or DO degree and have an active US medical license
Be conducting a clinical research project and have existing research support ("parent grant") as Principal Investigator on a mentored career development grant, research project grant, or other equivalent research grant from a federal or non-federal source (e.g. foundation or professional society)
Have at least 1 year of support remaining on the parent grant at the time of application.
Demonstrate a compelling need for this supplemental research support as it relates to extraprofessional caregiving responsibilities - typically childcare, eldercare, family or personal health concerns, etc.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Appointment Term: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
A SPARC Study ID for the parent grant is required. More information about this can be found in the RFA.
Program effectiveness will be evaluated by an IRB-approved research study from the University of Michigan (PI: Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil). Baseline data will be collected as part of this application. More information about the evaluation can be found in the RFA.
Please submit all requested documents as PDFs.
You may save the application and return to complete. Once the application is submitted you will not have the ability to edit.

For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact Diana Lee-Chavarria at leeachar@musc.edu