Subject:   Scholar Innovator Award from the Harrington Discovery Institute

Please visit http://www.uhhospitals.org/services/harrington-discovery-institute/programs-and-initiatives/harrington-scholar-innovator-program to learn more about the Scholar Innovator Award from the Harrington Discovery Institute. The competition is limited to physician scientists and provides research and drug development funding as well as non-financial support to selected innovators and their institutions to help bridge the gap between basic discovery and clinical introduction. U Iowa applicants: Please let Angie Robertson angie-robertson@uiowa.edu know if you intend to submit a letter of intent so the CCOM can track applicants. LOI deadline is April 5, 2017.

To be eligible for the Award, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

• Be a physician-scientist, MD or MD/PhD, at an accredited, U.S.-based research institution or medical center
• Focus of project includes fundamental discovery (elucidation of novel targets and leads) or development of new drugs or biologics or drug-device combinations.

 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Program Supports Physician-Scientists to Improve Standards of Care

The Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award recognizes physician-scientist innovators throughout the U.S. whose research has the potential to change standard of care. The Scholar-Innovator Award provides research and drug development funding as well as non-financial support to selected innovators and their institutions to help bridge the gap between basic discovery and clinical introduction.

Up to 12 Harrington Scholar-Innovator awards will be made each year through a competitive selection process. Awardees are selected by the Harrington Discovery Institute’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Multi-Level Support for Research Grant Recipients

Harrington Discovery Institute is committed to providing Scholar-Innovator awardees with a full level of support, including:

• Up to $700,000 over 2 years ($100,000 guaranteed)
• Additional funding according to the needs of specific projects
• Project management support through our Innovation Support Center.

Support for innovators includes:

• Consulting services from highly experienced drug development personnel
• Business and commercialization advice
• Clinical development advice
• Regulatory assistance
• IP review and advice
• Assistance identifying and securing additional financial support based on project needs

Continued Innovator Support

Once we have a contract in place, Harrington Discovery Institute’s Innovation Support Center Director will contact you to set up an initial face-to-face meeting. The goal of the meeting is to help put your drug development plan into action and to introduce you to the resources of the Innovation Support Center that will be available to you. A project coordinator from the Innovation Support Center will serve as your point of contact.

Clinical research awards are conditional on applicant meeting the terms of the grant agreement. Please see the Scholar-Innovator Grant Policies for more information.

Dates to Know

April 5, 2017   Deadline for Letter of Intent (required)

May 31, 2017   Full application deadline (for those invited)

December 2017    Harrington Scholar-Innovator awardees notified

The Harrington Discovery Institute is the nonprofit arm of the Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, an international initiative supporting breakthrough research by physician-scientists. The Project is a new and powerful approach to address some of the challenges hindering advancement of medicine today.

For Questions about the Scholar-Innovator grants or the application process, please email hdiquestions@HarringtonDiscovery.org.