PSRC RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
1. Submit a 1 page cover letter signed by the principal investigator (PI) that includes the following:
- Project title
- PI’s name, degree(s), title(s), institution, department, email address
- Name(s) of any co-investigator(s), and their degree(s), title(s), institution, and department
- The following statement: “As the principal investigator for the proposed project, I certify that I am a member of the Society for Pediatric Sedation®, and the information submitted within this application is true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. If this proposal is funded, I agree to accept responsibility for the scientific conduct of the project, to conduct the project in accordance with all applicable guidelines and requirements, and to provide progress reports as specified.”
2. Submit a 1-2 page proposal that includes the following:
Background
- Include relevant context and information necessary for the reviewer to understand your clinical question, stated objectives and methods; include data from preliminary studies as needed. Any references cited will not be included in the two-page limit.
- State the clinical significance and relevance of your study proposal, the “gap in knowledge” that you wish to address. Why is your question important?
- State your objectives as specific aims (typically between 1 to 3 aims) and, if applicable, the hypothesis that each aim will test.
Preliminary Methods
- State the anticipated study design.
- Describe the anticipated study population (e.g. age, setting or provider type, sedative administered, etc.).
- State the anticipated inclusion and exclusion criteria.
- State the anticipated time frame of data you wish to analyze (see PSRC Database Versions for dates).
- State the anticipated outcome(s) of interest.
- It is not required to include additional details regarding your methods at this stage. However, you may include elements such as planned descriptive statistics, comparative testing, association/prediction analyses, etc. if desired. These elements can be finalized after the grant is awarded in collaboration with the CRU.
It is required that variables used in writing the preliminary methods should match the same variables, wording, and category labels that currently exist in the PSRC database. Do not request or include variables that do not exist in the PSRC database version you request (see PSRC Database Versions for dates).
We recognize that elements of your proposal may change after working with the CRU. However, the main study question should remain in line with that originally proposed and for which the grant was awarded.
Applications should submit a NIH Biosketch for the PI and all Co-Investigators
- Biosketch format pages, instructions, and samples can be found here.
PSRC RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANT TIMELINE (2026):
Send applications by the deadline below to Joye Stewart, Association Executive.
Deadline for applications: January 16, 2026 (5pm EST)
Application review: January to March 2026
Grant award recipients notified: April 2026 (via email) and at the September 2026 SPS Annual Conference
Presentation at SPS Annual Conference: September 2027
Please direct any questions to Dr. Becky Burger, SPS Research Committee Vice Chair ([email protected]) and Dr. Juan Boriosi, SPS Research Committee Chair ([email protected]).