How to Apply

• PI Name
• PI Home Institution
• PI Contact information
• PI Demographics (optional)
• PI Years since terminal degree
• MPI Status and information (if applicable)
• Co-Is (if applicable)
• Duration of proposed trial
• Whether trial builds on research previously funded or conducted by a Roybal Center
• If trial is being considered for co-sponsorship w/ another Roybal P30 Center

This section should include a completed Columbia Roybal Center Writing Template. Please download the attached for more information but do not fill this out unless you are invited to submit a full proposal. Requested sections include:

• Project Title
• Study Goals & Rationale
• Specific Aims
• Public Health Problem
• Study Design/Arms
• Target behavioral mechanism and the measure used to measure this mechanism
• Target outcome(s)
• Study Protocol  
• Study Population
• Sample Size
• Preliminary Studies  
• Masked or Blinded Design (if applicable)
• Recruitment & Retention Plan  
• Participant Enrollment Duration
• Stage of Behavioral Intervention(s) and Goals
• Behavioral Intervention Details
• Public Health Impact Statement  
• Fidelity Considerations
• Statistical Analysis & Power
• Long-Term Goals
• How this trial is consistent with the theme of the Columbia Roybal Center for Fearless Behavior Change
• References

Provide a detailed budget and justification of your expenses. Please upload your completed detailed R&R budget and justification of expenses as a single PDF.  

Note: The maximal award is in the sum of $300,000 in total costs over a 2-year period. Calculate salaries using your institution’s fringe rate. Please contact Tyla Yurgel at ty2267@cumc.columbia.edu with any budgetary questions.

Please compile Common Forms for Biographical Sketch from key personnel [PI and Co-I(s)].  

Note: Key personnel include individuals who contribute to the scientific development or execution of a project in a substantive, measurable way, whether or not they receive salaries or compensation under the trial.

1. A member of the research team must commit to attending the annual Columbia Roybal Center Retreat and the study progress meetings with the Roybal team (typically once every 2 weeks).
2. A member of the research team must commit to submitting current enrollment and screening data in CROMS* on the 15th of every month the trial is active as required by the NIA.
3. A member of the research team must commit to maintaining an accurate and up-to-date ClinicalTrials.gov entry for the trial, including submission of results no more than 365 days after the trial’s primary completion date. 

*CROMS is the National Institute on Aging (NIA)’s Clinical Research Operations Management System, designed to provide NIA staff and grantees with real-time tracking, reporting, and management of clinical research enrollment data, study documents, and activities.