Accelerator Award LOI Submission Form – 2024

Accelerator Award Online Application Form - 2024
Welcome to the Accelerator Award LOI online submission page.

Please read the IMPORTANT information below before starting the application.

  • Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

  • Before submitting your Accelerator Award LOI, make sure that you are conforming to the MOST RECENT Accelerator Award RFA.

  • To submit your application, please
    1. Fill out the online form below (4 pages). All fields marked by asterisks (*) are required.

    2. Attach your LOI in PDF format. The LOI must include:
      • Project description (4 pages max.)
        • Basic research findings that are the basis of the hypothesis and project, including its significance with respect to the basic science, and the compelling data that suggests clinical/translational potential
        • Diagnostic, biomarker or therapeutic you have in mind and its significance
        • Proposed patient population that will benefit from your discovery
        • Potential clinical or therapeutic need
        • Positioning: how the proposed innovation differs from existing ones and/or benefits patients in a new way
        • Experiments you intend to do over the first year and how they will address key translational risks
        • Translational goal(s) for your project and proposed milestones (ensure that these are adequately quantitative for demonstrating progress)
        • Has this project received any funding for translational work? If yes, please elaborate and indicate the relationship of this proposal to otherwise funded work.

    3. References (1 page max.)
    4. LOI is assembled into a SINGLE PDF.
    5. The file is properly named (e.g. AA_LOI_lastname.pdf).
    6. Click the submit button.
      • Following the successful submission of your application, you will receive a confirmation at the email address provided on the form.

  • Questions about the Accelerator Awards program should be directed to Jessica Irons at jessica.irons@northwestern.edu. Questions about the webform should be directed to Corinna Kitcharoen at ckitch1@uic.edu.
I. APPLICANT INFORMATION
Eligibility *

To be eligible to apply for an Accelerator Award, applications must include at least one Research Faculty or Tenure Track Faculty at Northwestern University, The University of Chicago, and/or University of Illinois Chicago.. Applicants must have their own designated laboratory space.

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Submitter’s Information *

Enter your personal information below as PI #1. If there are additional co-PIs, please check YES at the end of each submitter section to add information for the next PI.

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PI #2 Info

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PI #3 Info

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PI #4 Info

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Additional PI Info

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