Collaborative Health Sciences Program RFP Grant

Collaborative Health Sciences Program RFP Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Amount: Up to US $600,000
Last Updated: January 08, 2026

Summary

The Collaborative Health Sciences Program RFP by the University of Wisconsin aims to fund innovative research addressing complex health issues in Wisconsin. With a maximum award of $600,000 over three years, this initiative encourages interdisciplinary teams to explore new directions in health research. Eligible proposals should demonstrate potential for additional funding and focus on improving health equity, addressing diseases, clinical knowledge, and innovative training for health professionals, while ensuring collaboration among diverse disciplines.

Overview

Faculty Grants The Wisconsin Partnership Program’s Faculty Grants support innovative research to prevent, diagnose, treat and cure diseases. These grants target a multitude of issues affecting Wisconsinites, including Alzheimer’s disease, blindness, cancer, diabetes, infectious disease, maternal and child health, obesity and more. Collaborative Health Sciences Program Request for Proposals Goals and Description Through the Collaborative Health Sciences Program (CHSP), the Partnership Education and Research Committee (PERC) supports interdisciplinary team science to advance novel research or education approaches that bring together different disciplines to target complex health problems while advancing health, health care or health equity in Wisconsin and beyond. Proposals must be led by a collaborative team composed of a Principal Investigator and one or two Co-Principal Investigators from two or more of the following disciplines: basic, clinical, education, informatics/data, population, social/behavioral, and/or translational sciences. Teams with a history of collaboration must explore a new direction. This includes teams with two or more individuals who have collaborated in the past, e.g., partnered on grants or published papers together. Proposals should be highly innovative and have the potential for leveraging additional funding sources. They should also describe how the project will improve health, health care or health equity in Wisconsin as well as explain the path to translate discovery to application in the clinical setting or in communities. At least one of these topics must be addressed: Etiology, pathogenesis and mechanism of disease — including discovery studies with short- and long-term goals aimed at treatment or prevention of injury or disease, health promotion and/or biological basis for health inequitiesClinical knowledge, improved diagnosis or disease managementHealth policy or health care delivery, such as quality and cost of care, access to care, health equity, and public and community health interventionsInnovative training and development of current and future health and health care professionals and/or biomedical scientists to better address statewide health needs and health care practiceCommunity-engaged research to address the needs of communities disproportionately impacted by health inequitiesOther topics in alignment with the Wisconsin Partnership Program 2024-2029 Five-Year Plan Framework (PDF) The PERC recognizes that projects may require the development of new infrastructure. However, the project focus must be to advance novel basic, clinical or educational research, not solely to establish or create the infrastructure. Funding Scope and Duration The maximum award is $600,000 over three years. Depending on the availability of funds as well as the topics covered and rigor of the application submissions, PERC anticipates funding up to five projects this cycle to include at least one community-engaged research project and at least one basic or translational science project.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The primary project team is composed of one Principal Investigator (PI) and one or two Co-Principal Investigators and must include two or more of the following disciplines: basic, clinical, education, informatics/data, population, social/behavioral, and/or translational sciences. In addition, the team may include a number of collaborators consistent with the scope of the project.The Co-PIs and Collaborators may have an appointment at any UW System campus or other academic institution, Wisconsin health care system, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin-based non-profit community organization, 4K-12 school district or Wisconsin tribal, state or local government entity.Co-Principal Investigators will be considered key personnel expected to contribute to project oversight as well as drafting of manuscripts and progress reports, and may only participate on one CHSP application each funding cycleCollaborators typically contribute specialized expertise to the project and have more narrowly defined roles than the PI and the Co-PIs, and may be involved in more than one CHSP application each funding cycle A PI must have a salaried appointment of at least 50 percent as professor, associate professor, or academic staff with permanent PI status in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Co-Principal investigators and collaborators may have appointments at any UW System campus, Aurora Health Care, Marshfield Clinic, Gundersen Health System, the Medical College of Wisconsin, state and local government agencies, or community organizations.A Principal Investigator (PI) is required with a salaried appointment as:Professor or associate professor on the clinical health sciences, clinician-teacher, education professor, research professor or tenure track.Academic staff with permanent PI status — documentation of permanent PI status by the UW–Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE) — is required. Individuals who have campus approval are listed on this VCRGE website.Individuals with appointments in SMPH auxiliary units that report to the SMPH (e.g. Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene) must have a salaried appointment of at least 50 percent as professor, associate professor or academic staff with permanent PI status in a SMPH department as outlined.Individuals should confirm their appointments before applying, to ensure they are in line with the eligibility guidelines. To be eligible, individuals must have the appointments finalized before the start of the grant period. The PI must have demonstrated experience leading a research or educational project. The PI is responsible and accountable for leading and advancing the project as specified in the Memorandum of Understanding. The PI may only participate on one CHSP application each funding cycle. Application ResubmissionApplicants are limited to two submissions — an original and one resubmission — of the same proposal. Applicants submitting a revision must respond to the reviewer comments provided by the Partnership Program during the applicable funding cycle to explain how the current proposal differs from the original submission.Applicants who have submitted two versions of an application and have not been successful may submit a new application. It must be substantially different in content and scope with more significant differences than are normally encountered in a revised application.Allowable and Unallowable ExpensesPIs and Co-PIs should dedicate and maintain a minimum five percent full-time equivalent (FTE) professional effort to the project.This effort must be described in the budget justification. If effort is cost shared by other funding sources, details about the funding sources and amount are required in cash-match or cost-share section of the project budget and should also be referenced within the budget justification. Funds must be used for project-related costs:Direct salary support cannot exceed NIH salary limitationsSupport staff expenses, such as salaries and fringe benefits or graduate student tuitionTravelServices, such as consultant or contractual servicesSupplies and other expenses, such as participant support costs and equipment(Equipment is defined as items costing more than $5,000 with more than one year of useful life, and the maximum amount allowed for equipment is $50,000)

Ineligibility

Proposals with a primary objective of developing infrastructure are not eligible.Assistant professors on any track are not eligible to apply as Principal Investigator and are encouraged to contribute as Co-PI or Collaborator.If a change in appointment takes place after the grant start date, the individual will not be eligible until the next grant period.Applicants serving as PI or Co-PI on a CHSP grant award that is active beyond July 1, 2025 are not eligible to serve as Principal Investigator this cycle.Funds may not be used for:Pre-award costsIndirect overhead and administrative costsInfrastructureLobbyingInstitutional Review Board fees (for more information, see the applicant and grantee terms and conditions)Supplanting (for more information, see non-supplanting policy)