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.