General Resources and Services of the PRDC includes sustaining collaborative relationships with Emory's Office of Research Development and Research Administrative Services. Core staff can help researchers liaise with these offices. We also facilitate collaborations and networking among researchers, maintain Department of Pediatrics boilerplates used in most funding applications, and maintain example funding applications (both internal and external) often used by DOP researchers. A key general service is the maintenance of DOP pilot programs, from the Buchter Resident Research Award through Junior Faculty Fellowship. 

Finally, falling under General Resources and Services are the Manuscript and Grant Editing Services that the Core has long provided to DOP researchers. Specific information about those services can be found here. 

Pricing

The Core provides an initial 1 hour intake session for any requested assistance. During this session, the scope of the request and needed resources are determined. The maximum number of fully subsidized hours per service is as follows:

Editing Assistance for Grant Applications

• Internal seed funds and pilot projects: 8 hours
• Career Development Award applications: 12 hours
• Mid-level project, such as R21s, R01s and Foundation Grants: 16 hours
• Larger program project grants, multi-site clinical trials and grants with proposed budgets exceeding $250K of direct costs per year: please see our Proposal Development Services.

Manuscripts

• Manuscripts to serve as foundation of grant application: 8 hours
• Manuscripts that are not leading towards grant applications: 4 hours/investigator with a maximum of two times per year

Abstracts/Poster Presentations

• Abstracts/posters to serve as foundation of grant application: 8 hours
• Abstracts/posters that are not leading towards grant applications: 4 hours/investigator with a maximum of two times per year. It is expected that, in general, abstracts will be tied directly to manuscripts and will not be stand-alone entities.