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Translating Duke Health: Open Requests for Proposals
The Translating Duke Health Initiative (TDH) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-year commitment to harness the expertise and knowledge found at Duke to address society’s most significant scientific and healthcare challenges and fulfill the vision of making discoveries and transforming health for millions. Each of the five pillars has annual RFPs, and the Immunology and Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative both currently have open calls for applications. For more details about TDH, visit www.translatingdukehealth.org.
Pilot Project Grants in Innovative Approaches Combining Computational Techniques and Immunology Research, due February 17, 2020
The Immunology and Transplant Initiative has a focus on cross-cutting paradigms in transplantation tolerance, tumor, autoimmunity, and protective immunity, with an overall goal to invest in transformative areas of research and technology where Duke Health can have the greatest impact on human health. The intent of this call for applications is encourage interdisciplinary team approaches integrating immunological and quantitative research. Applicants are also encouraged to take advantage of available biobank samples and Duke Core facilities. Funding is up to $100,000 in total costs; G&A will be applied. Click here to see the full RFP.
CHDI Faculty Fellows Program, due April 15, 2020
Children’s Health and Discovery Initiative (CHDI) announces a request for research applications to the CHDI Faculty Fellows Program, a year-long program to help Duke researchers develop grant applications to support research that investigates early life origins of disease. The goals of this RFA are to promote the development of externally funded research into the early life origins of health and disease, support new investigators in obtaining NIH (or equivalent funding), and to develop new multidisciplinary collaborations that leverage Duke’s unique resources and expertise. Click here to see the full RFP.
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Duke Orthopaedic faculty and trainees will be well represented at the 2020 Orthopaedic Research Society’s annual meeting beginning on Saturday, February 8. Click 
Chair James I. Huddleston III, MD and RUC Advisor Adolph J. Yates Jr., MD were joined in January in Washington, D.C., by AAOS representatives in meeting with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) staff to discuss the value of total hip and total knee arthroplasty in Fee For Service and Bundled payments.
