Summary of Ongoing and Planned Research

A summary of the applicant’s ongoing and planned research program (to include specific aims) and a statement of why the AHA should support the applicant’s research and vision. (8-page limit; up to 1 page of figures is permitted and counts toward the 8-page limit)

This section must build upon the letter of intent by focusing on how the applicant’s past accomplishments, future vision, and proposed research project would:

• Transform and advance the future of approaches to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
• Through proposed research and building on past scientific insights, move into emerging and/or difficult areas of inquiry, being consistently at its forefront.
• Support creative approaches to questions in research design and implementation, encompassing concepts from other disciplines.
• Forge links between disparate disciplines to advance the best science.
• Allow for collaboration with other distinguished scientists across disciplines.
• Generate original and innovative contributions.

Each of these criteria must be explicitly addressed in the 8-page summary of the applicant’s ongoing and planned research program.