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Pediatric Biostatistics Award Application Form

Four projects were funded out of seven applications during 2024 cycle 2:

Kathleen Cao (Fellow, Critical Care Medicine), "Improving Resident Knowledge and Comfort in Managing PICU Patients Through a Fellow-Led Structured Curriculum"
Madhuri Prasad (Fellow, Hospital Medicine), "Standardizing Simulation Curriculum in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships: A National Needs Assessment"
Mary Katherine Douthit (Fellow, Endocrinology), "Potassium chloride vs potassium acetate as a fluid additive in the treatment of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis"
Rebecca Gaillard (Resident, Dentistry), "Predicting Succesful Outcomes with Nasoalveolar Molding (NAM) Therapy"

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The Pediatric Biostatics Awards are intended to support investigators working on projects that can lead to impactful child health research in the future. Each project will be awarded up to 30 hours of biostatistics support.

Eligibility

The Principal Investigator (PI) (or co-PIs) on the application must be engaged in child health research
Investigators with no or limited funding are eligible
Projects must have a well defined aims and testable hypotheses
A fully specified data dictionary will be required (template provided below)
Funding can only be used towards biostatistical support
Proposals that are not awarded are eligible for resubmission

Timeline

We review applications in the following cycles:

	Application Submission Dates	Award Notified By
Cycle 1	January 1 to April 30	May 29
Cycle 2	May 1 to August 31	September 29
Cycle 3	September 1 to December 31	January 29

Applications are due at 11:59 PM ET on the last date of submission for that cycle.

Each proposal will be evaluated on:

Potential impact to child health
Quality of aims and hypothesis
Appropriateness and feasibility of study design
- Data collection
- Recruitment
- Sample size
- Deliverable

For more information, please visit our website.

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I agree to the Pediatric Biostatistics Awards policies.

No, I do not agree to the Pediatric Biostatistics Awards policies.

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Name

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Current position

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Faculty

Fellow

Resident

Postdoc

Other

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Please specify other position

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Please provide your mentor's name

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Are you affiliated with Emory DOP or CHOA?

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Yes

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Which DOP division or CHOA department is your primary affiliation?

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Please specify your DOP division or CHOA department

Per our policy, we may provide support to non-DOP or non-CHOA investigators if the study uses primarily pediatric data. If your data does not involve pediatric population, refer to other statistics resources on Emory campus.

Please confirm if your study includes mainly pediatric datasets.

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Yes, I confirm my study includes mainly pediatric data.

No, my data does not involve pediatric data.

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Are you the principal investigator (PI) for this project?

Yes

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What is the name of the PI you are submitting on behalf of?

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Is this your first submission to the Pediatric Biostatistics Award program?

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What changes have you made since your last submission?

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Project title

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List of study aims (numbered list)

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List of hypotheses (numbered list)

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Description of study design and sample size (if known).

Alternatively, you can upload your study/IRB protocol below.

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Has data collection started? This will not affect the review.

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Please upload a data dictionary following the template below (required for review).

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Data dictionary template:

Attachment:Data Dictionary Template.xlsx

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What deliverables are you expecting from this project? Check all that apply.

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Manuscript

Abstract

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Describe other deliverable

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What journal are you planning to submit to?

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Please refer to the table for the earliest deliverable date for abstracts and manuscripts:

Cycle	Application Due Date (by 5 PM EST)	Award Notified By	Earliest Deliverable Date
Cycle 1	April 30	May 29	June 26, 2024
Cycle 2	August 31	September 29	October 28, 2024
Cycle 3	December 31	January 29	February 26, 2025

The Pediatric Biostatistics Core requires 20 business days from the time of project start to turn around an abstract or manuscript. To meet these requirements, the above specified dates are the earliest dates for deliverables, which are set to 20 business days following the award notification date for each cycle.

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I understand that the earliest possible date for deliverables (abstracts and manuscripts) is 20 business days from the award notification date for this cycle.

Proposed deadline for a completed manuscript

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Are you planning on submitting to a conference?

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How many conferences are you planning to submit to?

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Name of conference 1

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Deadline to submit for conference 1

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Name of conference 2

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Deadline to submit for conference 2

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Name of conference 3

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Deadline to submit for conference 3

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Name of conference 4

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Deadline to submit for conference 4

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Name of conference 5

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Deadline to submit for conference 5

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You have entered a deadline that is too close to the award notification date, resulting in a turnaround less than the minimal turnaround policy. This may negatively impact the scoring of your application.

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Was this proposal awarded?

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Award Number

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How many hours was this proposal awarded?

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