The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Lawson’s Legal Structure

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Working Together: A City-Wide Perspective! Lawson Health Research Institute: Clinical Trials Management & Regulatory Affairs, Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements, Grants & Contracts Management, Mentoring Scientists/Teams, Budget Development, Institute Sign-off, Risk Management Schulich School of Medicine: Bi-Monthly Grant Development Meetings with Lawson for Strategic Planning, Mentoring and Grant Writing, Funding Western Research Office: Regulatory Approvals (REBs, BioSafety Approvals, Animal User Committee); Research On-Line Approvals (ROLA), External Grants: PSI, NSERC, ERA and CFI LOF WorldDiscoveries (Western/Robarts/Lawson): Patenting 101- Know your rights; Non- Disclosure Agreements, Pre-Reviews of potential commercializations.

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Grants vs Contracts “Research contracts are negotiated between the scientist and a company, and may be of the result of the scientist approaching a company, or vice versa” It is extremely important to engage Lawson’s Grants & Contracts office early in negotiations for the following reasons: 1.Institute overhead fees must be negotiated up-front! 2.Proposed budgets to do the research must be reviewed! 3.Contract must have the appropriate clauses to protect our scientists!

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. LAWSON’s Intranet: arch.com/intra/grant/fun ding.htm Where to find Funding? External Funding Database Internal Funding Lawson Internal Research Fund Tips on writing a successful Grant

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. External Funding Database Excel database Updated once a month Can be filtered by therapeutic area of research, funding deadline month, and funding agency Allows investigators to start preparing for recurring grants well in advance and seek help from Grant Development office, if required Internal Research Fund Run twice a year (Spring and Fall) Allows New Investigators to obtain SEED funding to collect pilot data Funding: $15,000 for a total of two years Basic Requirements: Must have a faculty appointment at Western, must be a Lawson member, must have primary appointment at a clinical department at either LHSC or St. Joseph’s, research activity must be performed on-site at either LHSC or St. Joseph’s

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. WESTERN’s Intranet: earch/funding/index.ht ml Where to find Funding?

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. EXTERNAL’s Database: -Licensed by Western -Sends bi-weekly s on funding opportunities based on your search keywords -Connects you to potential collaborators who are doing similar research within Western or in the world Where to find Funding?

The research institute of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London. Contact Information: Stephanie Bowman, Manager Grants Development extension Nitika Rewari, Grants Development Officer extension Questions?