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Implementation: Limited Competition PCORI Funding Announcement
- PCORI provides templates for certain portions of the application. Do I have to use these templates, or may I create my own templates?
- Do I need to use the PCORI D&I Framework to guide my Project Plan?
- What are the page-formatting requirements that I should follow when submitting an application?
- What can an applicant remove from the PCORI templates?
- What should an applicant include for milestones in the Milestones tab?
- What information does the Project/Performance Site(s) and Resources Template require?
- What does the Project Personnel and Environment section of the Project Strategy section of the Project Plan Template require?
- What information should the applicant include in the profile/biosketch?
- Who needs to have a profile/biosketch?
- Are biosketches required for patient and other stakeholder partners?
- If a project team member has an NIH biosketch, can he or she use this as his or her PCORI Professional Profile?
- Who should write the Letters of Support, and to whom should they be addressed?
- Will the applications for D&I have to go through merit review?
- Who is involved in the merit review process?
- Do patients and stakeholders participate in the review process?
- What’s the difference between the summary statement from merit review and the Associate Editor (AE) synthesis letter from PCORI peer review? How will each play into my application processing?
- Who approves Implementation awards for funding?
- To whom should I address my questions?