Support for Specific Services
Funding Amount
Proposals under $5,000 are more likely to receive favorable reviews
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Support for Specific Services
Funder: Portland VA Research Foundation (PVARF)
Geographic Scope: Portland VA Medical Center and affiliated institutions (including OHSU)
Purpose: Provides funds for eligible unfunded or underfunded VA investigators to purchase specific services that would likely lead to new funding.
- Biostatistical resources
- Data analytical resources
- Shared resources from OHSU or other vendors
- Grant writing training (e.g., Vollum Writing Program)
- Lab management training
Eligible Services
- Applicant Type: VA investigators
- Funding Status: Unfunded or underfunded VA investigators
- Investigator Categories: - Promising new VA investigators who have data but no specified funds - Established VA investigators lacking funding or with insufficient funding where the resource/service would likely lead to new funding
Eligibility
- Submission Contact: Jaqulene Rowland (Jaqulene.Rowland@va.gov), Executive Director
- Phone: 503-220-8262 EXT-53236
- Address: 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland, OR 92739
Contact Information
How to Apply
Application Process
1. Prepare one-page application using the Request for Specific Services template
2. Submit directly to the Executive Director, Jaqulene Rowland (Jaqulene.Rowland@va.gov)
- One-page application using Request for Specific Services template
- Description of the project
- Description of services requested
- Proposed budget
- Justification of need
- "Other support" page listing all active and pending grants
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
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