CIMIT Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare (2014-2015)
Department Deadline: 2/20/2015
OSPRA Deadline: 2/27/2015
External Deadline: 3/9/2014 2015 (pre-proposals due)
See: http://cimit.org/grants-cimitprize.html
Letter of Intent Guidelines: http://cimit.org/files/grants/2014-student-prize-loi-guidelines.pdf
Full Proposal Guidelines: http://cimit.org/files/grants/2014-student-prize-full-proposal-guidelines.pdf
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"Students can only submit one application on behalf of their individual or team project. However, there is no limit on the number of applications a university or program can submit."
2014 2015 Awards: 1st Prize: $150,000; 2nd Prize: $100,000; 3rd Prize: $50,000; 10 Finalists: $10,000 each.
For internal university purposes, students must have a faculty mentor who is willing to be the dejure Primary Investigator for the submission and award. (To be processed through the CS department, it must be a CS faculty member; students from other departments should go through their department.)
Please ensure that the following materials are submitted by 5 pm on 2/1720/2014 2015 to Colin Robertson (colinr@illinois.edu, 2233 SC):
1) Letter of intent (two pages max). All text must be in a readable font (at least Arial 10 point), and margins must be at least 0.5 inches. The letter of intent should include a project description of the following:
a) A statement of the targeted problem area or opportunity space.
b) A description of the proposed solution.
c) A statement briefly indicating their personal goals and contributions to the group project or their mentor's laboratory efforts.
d) A listing of all collaborators, including students, faculty, and clinicians. Involving clinical collaborators is encouraged. Please include position and institution for each collaborator.
2) Completed Coversheet with signatures of the student and the faculty mentor ("Signature of Department Head/Student Mentor"). Leave "Institutional Official" line blank. Please use this version: [.doc]
Do not prepare the "Letter of Support from responsible Institutional Official"; the university will prepare this document.