AH+DMRT is pleased to announce a call for Round 2 Abstracts in support of applications for research funding in 2010. 

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AH+DMRT supports research into any area that is related to hyperbaric medicine and diving medicine. Applications in areas of research that may lend evidence to efficacy for medical interventions are encouraged. Applications in areas such as oxygen delivery systems, environmental control systems, fire deluge systems and patient monitoring systems may also be considered.

Grants available

The AH+DMRT has available $30,000 to award for research grants in 2010. Requested funding does not need to match available award monies. More than one grant application may be funded.

NOTE: A condition for all grants is that the grantee (applicant) must either be a Deductible Gift Recipient (approved by the Australian Tax Office to receive tax deductible donations) in their own right or be in a position to have the grant accepted through an institution or organisation that is a Deductible Gift Recipient (e.g. into a suitable fund within a public hospital). In the latter instance, all applicants are advised to establish that the relevant institution will be eligible to accept any grant money on their behalf.

Process / Timetable

Abstracts are to be submitted by the closing date, which is 1700hrs 11^th September 2009. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the AH+DMRT Research Advisory Panel to assess merit and form recommendations for the Trustees. Applicants will be advised of the review outcome by 16^th October 2009. Applicants of successful abstracts will be invited to prepare and submit a fully detailed and costed grant proposal to the Trustees by 13^th November 2009.

Grant proposals will be assessed by the Research Advisory Panel. The successful applicant(s) will be notified on or before 18^th December 2009.

Release of funds will be conditional upon receipt by the Trustees of copies of appropriate Ethics and other approvals where required.

Tenure

The tenure of the research grants is for one year from the date grant funds are released. Funds not used at the completion of that time are to be returned to the AH+DMRT.

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts must be received by AH+DMRT by the advertised closing date. Abstracts may be submitted by email or by paper copy. If submitting by email, they must be submitted as an attachment, which is to be a Word document in a single file.

Applications are to be sent to -

Publication of successful applications

The AH+DMRT may publish and release details of the successful applications to the media, general public and research community in future publications.

Reports

Grantees are required to provide an interim report on the research 6 months after commencing their study, and a final report on completion of the study. Final reports will be published on the AH+DMRT website. Grantees may also publish reports independently. Independent publication must acknowledge the funding support from the AH+DMRT.

There is no application form for these research grants, however, applicants are asked to adhere to these instructions when preparing their applications for funding. As a minimum, applications must provided information listed below as follows:

Abstract - sections 1 to 3 inclusive and 11;

Proposal - all sections 1 to 11 inclusive except for 2(c) and 3(c).

Applications are to be prepared using Arial with font size 12.

1. Cover Page
   1. Project title
   2. Investigators - Title, First name, Surname, Qualifications
   3. Institutional affiliations of investigators
   4. Institution at which the project will be conducted
   5. Details of Deductible Gift Recipient status
   6. Contact details for the Principal Investigator - including postal address, telephone, Fax and email address

2. Hypothesis and Aims
   1. Outline the hypothesis to be tested in the project
   2. List the specific aims of this project
   3. Abstracts only - outline the Research Plan

3. Outcomes and significance
   1. List the outcomes expected from the project
   2. Outline the potential significance of this project
   3. Abstracts only - provide indicative cost

4. Background
   1. Give an introduction to the relevant scientific data and literature related to the project
   2. Outline the data that have led to the hypothesis that is to be tested in this project
   3. All published data that are referred to should be referenced by number, and should be included in the References section.

5. Research Plan
   1. Provide a detailed description of the project
   2. Describe the experimental design
   3. Describe groups or populations to be studied
   4. Outline primary and secondary endpoints to be assessed
   5. Describe the methods and/or tools that will be used for the observation, measurement, data gathering or fieldwork procedures
   6. Outline the sample size and power calculations used to determine the sample size
   7. Outline the statistical tests that will be employed to analyse the data
   8. A maximum of 6 pages are to be used for the Background and Research Plan combined

6. Ethical considerations
   1. Outline the ethical considerations of this project
   2. If the project involves human subjects or animals, indicate whether approval has been obtained from an appropriate Ethics Committee.

7. References
   1. List the references that have been referred to in the Background and Research Plan
   2. A maximum of one page is to be used for the References.

8. Budget
   1. Indicate the total budget that is sought for this project.
   2. Indicate the amounts that are sought for salaries and amounts that are sought for direct research costs
   3. Provide justification for each aspect of requested funding
   4. Indicate whether other support is held for this project, indicating the amount, the funding body and what the funding is supporting

9. Track Record
   1. Indicate current research grants that are held by each investigator, and grants that have been held over the last 6 years
   2. Indicate the project titles, Investigators, Funding Bodies and amounts of funding for each year of the projects

10. Publications
    1. List the publications of each Investigator over the last 6 years
    2. List only articles that have been published in refereed journals, or articles that have been accepted for publication and that are awaiting publication

11. Certifications
    1. Certification by Investigators - all Investigators must sign the application and must certify that all information provided in the application is correct at the time of submission and that they agree to the conditions that govern AH+DMRT grants.
    2. Certification by Head of Department - where appropriate, the head of the Department where the research is to be carried out must sign the application and must certify agreement to provide facilities to conduct the project.