Proposal Guidelines

A complete submission includes the following:

• PI, Co-PI, and collaborator information
• Title, target species or all species, amount requested (up to $25,000 per year), duration (1 or 2 years), and type of proposal (new or continuation)
• Significance/Relevance/Impact statement of 150 words or less for ILHAC council members
• If “yes” to Summer Scholar potential, provide a brief (300 words or less) abstract for students
• Proposal in pdf or Word format, including signed cover page

Submit here by 1/16/2024

Proposal Review

Proposals are sorted by animal species and then ranked within each species prior to submitting to the ILHAC Board. The ILHAC Board will then make the final decision on which proposals will be funded based on current research priorities. See 2024 Priorities here.

Eligibility

1. The PI must have a regular appointment at the College of Veterinary of Medicine and be eligible under the VPR eligibility guidelines. However, faculty members in other colleges, graduate students, postdocs, or any other qualified researchers are permitted and encouraged to serve as a Co-PI or collaborator.
2. Although an individual may be an investigator on up to three proposals to this program, an individual can serve as PI on only one and must serve as Co-PI on others.
3. More than one new scientifically-distinct proposal can be submitted, however, an investigator cannot serve as PI on more than one award at any given time and funding decisions must follow #2 above.
4. The ILHAC funding for a project is available for a maximum of two years.

Proposal Guidelines for New Projects

Printable format

Title Page (suggested template here)

1. Title
2. Investigator(s)
3. Proposal Type: New
4. Funds requested for the first year
5. Duration of the project (maximum of two years, at which time a new proposal must be written)
6. Signatures of all investigators and respective Department Chair(s) (include date of signature)

Project Summary (200-300 word lay language summary of the project)

1. Statement of the problem
2. Hypothesis to be tested
3. Experimental plan and expected results

Body of Proposal (maximum of 3 pages – single-spaced)

1. Literature review statement of the problem/hypothesis
2. Objectives
3. Plan of work — approach, methodologies and timetable
4. Justification — relevancy to livestock health problem & ILHAC Research Priorities
5. Previous work of investigator(s) related to this proposal

References – up to one page, single-spaced

Biographical Sketch – one for each investigator, up to one page each

1. Name
2. Title
3. Education
4. Research & Professional experience – most significant/recent publications

Current and Pending Support for each investigator

1. Project title
2. Source
3. Amount requested/awarded

Budget (no indirect costs)

1. Maximum of one page
2. Include budget justification on a separate page

Proposal Guidelines for Continuation Projects

Printable format

(5-page maximum including title and all components)

Title Page (suggested template here)

1. Project Title
2. Names of investigator(s)
3. Proposal Type: Continuation
4. Funds requested for the next year
5. Overall duration of the project (including starting year)
6. Signatures of all investigators and respective Department Chair(s) (include date of signature)

Project Summary (200-300 word lay language summary of the project)

1. Statement of the problem
2. Hypothesis to be tested
3. Experimental plan and expected results

Progress-to-date on project

Plan for the next year

1. Objectives (including specific aims to be addressed)
2. Experimental approach
3. Significance of the experimentation

Budget

1. Single column budget
2. Budget justification
3. No indirect costs