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To realize the potential of Computational Medicine at 91社区, there is a need to better connect researchers in life sciences and clinical domains with colleagues from data sciences (e.g., statistics, bioinformatics, medical informatics, computer science, epidemiology). The former has interesting datasets and questions, while the latter can apply or develop quantitative methods to look for solutions to these questions. However, biologists and clinician researchers don鈥檛 necessarily know where to find people with the right quantitative skills and who would like to collaborate and, conversely, data scientists don鈥檛 necessarily know who has interesting questions that they could help with.

We are very proud to launch the second version of ResearchMatch with help from听,听听and other partners soon to be announced.

Steps of the ResearchMatch Program
To facilitate this type of matchmaking, the MiCM ResearchMatch Program will be accomplished through the following three steps:

Step 1:听The 91社区 life science and clinical research communities will be consulted to ask for initial project submissions Keywords along with a high-level summary will be displayed on the MiCM website.

Step 2:听The 91社区 data science community will be asked to look through the list of projects via the MiCM website, contact project leads and, if there is a shared interest, develop a joint MiCM project proposal.

Step 3:听Joint project proposals will be submitted and a number of projects will be selected for funding.

Key dates

路 Call for initial project submission:听January听15, 2020

路 Date to receive initial project submission: March 6,听2020

路 Date to receive full joint project proposals: April 24,听2020

路 Announcement of funded projects: May听2020

Eligibility
The researchers submitting the application must be from the 91社区 community, spanning the downtown campus Macdonald campus, the 91社区 academic hospitals and their affiliated research institutes.

Selection criteria for full proposals will include:

路 One biological or clinical researcher and one data scientist who haven鈥檛 worked together before

路 Scientific excellence

路 Feasibility

路 Evidence of synergy in the proposed collaboration

路 Potential of the proposed work to progress to other funding competitions

路 Relevance to other 91社区 initiatives will also be considered

Joint project听proposal application instructions

* The faculty member that created the initial project is responsible for submitting the finalized project.

The application package will consist of:

1. 2020 MiCM听ResearchMatch Joint Proposal Application Form, Filled and attach in Relevant Documents on the ResearchMatch portal.听听Click here听to access the form.

2. Update the initial project creation. Things that change:
听 听 听听路 听Abstract (0.5 pages maximum)
听 听 听 路听 Project Description (3 pages maximum including figures) (Note:听length should be longer than initial description)
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 - Division of the project description can be organized around the selection criteria and include the following sections but not limited to: i) Background ii) Project Objectives & Aims iii) Project Implications iv) Future directions
听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听- Figures can be uploaded in Relevant Documents听
听 听 听 路 听Description of datasets to be used
听听 听 听路 听Explain why you see this as a collaborative research project and what you hope to gain from the collaboration. Highlight听any potential of the proposed work to progress to a听competitive funding 听 听 听 听 听 听application. Precise whether this is a new project for which you have no funding yet or a large project that is already funded, in this case, indicate what this funding will allow you to achieve.

3. Attach CV of collaborator in the ResearchMatch portal

When do I apply?

The initial project submission was听due on听March听6,听2020. The date to receive the full joint project proposals is听April 3,听2020听by 5 PM听Eastern standard time.

For any inquiries and/or assistance, please contact听info-micm [at] mcgill.ca.