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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Please distribute to colleagues and relevant
lists.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">McDowell
Research Center</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://mrc.uncg.edu">http://mrc.uncg.edu</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Seed
Research Grant Program, 2010-11</span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Request
for Proposals</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
McDowell Research Center (MRC) at the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro (UNCG) invites proposals from outside the UNCG for <i style="">collaborative</i> seed research grants
relevant to its mission.<span style=""> </span>Each grant
award will fund up to a maximum of $3,000 for salary support, expenses, or
professional development.<span style=""> </span>A maximum of three
awards will be made.<span style=""> </span><u>The deadline for
electronic submission is November 15, 2010</u>.<span style="">
</span>This invitation is open to only full time faculty members.<span style=""> </span>Students are not eligible.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
primary objective of this program is to provide financial support to faculty in
the pursuit of grants from external funding agencies, <i style="">in collaboration</i> with the McDowell Research Center.<span style=""> </span>The MRC’s primary focus is to study
management, behavioral, and people issues in the implementation of information
technology (IT) in healthcare.<span style=""> </span>We are
interested in mission related issues at all levels of analysis: individual,
local, regional, national, and international.<span style="">
</span>Also of interest are IT issues in healthcare offshoring. <u>The external
grant proposal must be submitted by June 30, 2011</u>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
MRC wishes to be proactive in the development of such collaborative proposals. Our
preference is to become involved at the proposal development stage rather than
only evaluating the submitted proposals.<span style="">
</span>Therefore, if you have any ideas for possible grant applications and
wish to pursue them further, please contact Dr. Prashant Palvia, Director of
the MRC.<span style=""> </span>Applicants who are unsure if
their topic fits this call are encouraged to explore their ideas and seek further
direction from us in an effort to develop a collaborative and fundable
proposal.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Note that topics in “IT in
Healthcare” include but are not limited to the following:</span></p>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Health
IT Adoption </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Implementation
of electronic medical records (EMR)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Privacy
and security of digital information</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Quality
assurance of electronic medical records</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Electronic
commerce applications</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Business
model redesign</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Process
reengineering</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Metrics
for effectiveness</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Systems
analysis and design issues</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Role
of IT in offshoring healthcare</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Intellectual
protection of offshored medical data</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Role
of IT in patient care</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Supply
chains in healthcare</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Clinician-Patient
interface issues</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Decision
support for clinicians</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IT
implementation issues for hospitals and clinics</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IT
implementation issues for physicians and staff</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Barriers
and facilitators for patients/consumers</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Role
of IT in preventive care</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IT
for wellness</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Proposal
Submission</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
proposal is limited to 2 pages: single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font, 8 ½ x
11 page size, 1” margins on all four sides.<span style="">
</span>It should </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">include
the following:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Title of the
research proposal</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Name(s) of
principal researchers – to include MRC representative(s). Include affiliation
and email address of each person.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One or more
external funding agencies to which proposals will be submitted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Date of proposal
submission to external agency/agencies.<span style=""> </span><u>The
external grant proposal must be submitted by June 30, 2011</u>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A description of
the substantive content of the research and its potential for <span style="">significant scholarly advances.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Expected role of
the McDowell Research Center in the collaborative grant </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Time line and budget
of necessary activities culminating in submission of the proposal to the
external agency.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In addition to
the proposal, an appendix which includes vitae of all principal researchers.<span style=""> </span>Limited to 2 pages, each vita should include
activities and selected publications relevant to the proposal.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Criteria
for Awards:</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
<span style=""> </span><span style="">Proposed
projects would be evaluated by the MRC based on </span>the likelihood of
securing external funding, the <span style="">potential
for significant scholarly advances and relevance to MRC’s mission. S</span>ubmission
of the proposal to an external funding agency is required. Each award will be
made in two equal installments: one after the acceptance of award terms and one
after the full grant proposal has been submitted to an external agency.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Deadlines:</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style=""> </span>Electronic submission deadline: November 15,
2010.<span style=""> </span>Awards will be announced by
December 15, 2010.<span style=""> </span>Deadline for proposal
submission to external grant agency: June 30, 2011.<span style=""> </span></span><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">McDowell
Research Center Staff</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Director</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prashant
Palvia, Ph.D., <a href="mailto:pcpalvia@uncg.edu">pcpalvia@uncg.edu</a>,
336.334.4818</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Research Fellows<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eric
Ford, Ph.D., <a href="mailto:ewford@uncg.edu">ewford@uncg.edu</a>, 336.334.4524</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kevin
Lowe, Ph.D., <a href="mailto:kevin_lowe@uncg.edu">kevin_lowe@uncg.edu</a>,
336.334.3055</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hamid
Nemati, Ph.D., <a href="mailto:nemati@uncg.edu">nemati@uncg.edu</a>,
336.334.4993</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Research
Assistant</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Timothy
Jacks, doctoral student, <a href="mailto:tfjacks@uncg.edu">tfjacks@uncg.edu</a>,
336.334.4547</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Office Manager</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rodney
Ouzts, <a href="mailto:rmouzts@uncg.edu">rmouzts@uncg.edu</a>, 336.334.4346</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></p>