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Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25)
NIBIB supports courses focused on team-based biomedical design projects that prepare
future engineers who can address NIBIB’s mission of leading the development
and accelerating the translation of biomedical technologies to improve health. NIBIB
encourages applications from institutions that propose to establish new or to enhance
existing team-based design courses in Biomedical Engineering departments or programs.
This funding opportunity targets undergraduate students at the senior level but
may also include junior undergraduates and first-year graduate students. Courses
that address innovative and/or ground-breaking development, multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary
training, and diversity recruitment are especially encouraged. Also encouraged are
courses that offer a clinical immersion period or emphasize the specific issues
related to the translation and commercialization of developed products.
For the purposes of this program, clinical immersion is defined as a 6- to 10-week
program, where students engage full-time in the hospital or other clinical environment
becoming familiar with the language, issues, and problems that can benefit from
an engineering approach. The clinical immersion period which is expected to be carried
out under the supervision of (a) clinical mentor(s), will typically involve rotations
at various departments of the hospital. Although students may be involved in solving
some clinical problems during this time, the main purpose of the clinical immersion
period is to observe the clinical activities, acquire communication skills necessary
to interact with clinicians, and identify unmet needs that can subsequently be addressed
in biomedical design projects.
Direct costs of up to $20,000 per year may be requested for parts and supplies,
machine shop or prototyping costs, speaker fees, technical support, travel and other
project- or course-related expenses. No more than $5,000 of the $20,000 may be used
for technical support. Programs that include a full-time clinical immersion program
outside the academic year (typically in the summer) may additionally request up
to $20,000 in student stipends (at no more than $10 per hour, with $4,000 max per
student). Participant costs other than these summer stipends are not allowed. In
summary, a direct cost maximum of $40,000 per year can only be requested if a summer
clinical immersion period is proposed in the application; if no clinical immersion
period is proposed, the direct cost may not exceed $20,000 per year. Program durations
of up to 5 years may be supported.
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Last Updated On 02/13/2013