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Investigator Initiated Research in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

List of Required Information for Application:

1. Investigator's name and contact information

2. Project title

3. Project summary or abstract

4. Detailed research plan

5. Description of the computational genomics, data science, statistics, and bioinformatics research proposed

6. Explanation of how the proposed research is relevant to basic or clinical genomic science

7. Statement of how the research is broadly applicable to human health and disease

8. Description of the innovative analytical methodologies or approaches to be developed

9. Statement of how the tools and software being developed will contribute to the biomedical genomics community

10. Plan for the early-stage development of tools and software

11. Explanation of how the software and tools will be refined or hardened

12. Description of the value of the software and tools to the genomics community

13. Statement on the generalizability or broad applicability of the research across diseases and biological systems

14. Discussion of how the proposed methods would scale to handle larger data sets

15. Budget and budget justification

16. Relevant prior research experience and publications

17. Curriculum vitae (CV) of the investigator

18. Letters of support or collaboration from other researchers or institutions, if applicable.

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