1. The primary applicant (principal investigator) must be a current SPLIT individual member in good standing (dues for 2022 and 2023 must be paid)
2. The primary applicant must be associated with a SPLIT registry site (the primary applicant should be at a SPLIT registry site or partnered with a collaborator at a SPLIT registry site). The SPLIT database must be used.
3. The application/proposal must be aligned with at least one of the following SPLIT priorities:
   1. Increasing pediatric voice
   2. Advocacy
   3. Access to allocation
   4. Improvement in outcomes on the pediatric liver transplant waiting list
   5. Intra-operative, peri-operative or post-transplant concerns/complications
   6. Long term health/quality of life challenges
4. Applications may be submitted under the categories of Research, Quality Improvement, Education or Innovation.

• Applications/proposals should be submitted to Katie Tait (katie.tait@tts.org) and cc’d to the SPLIT Research Committee Chair (Katryn Furuya – knfuruya@wisc.edu. The deadline for submission is Monday, March 13, 2023.. Applications that do not follow these RFA guidelines in total will not be considered.
• Each application/proposal should include a Cover Page with the Title of the Study, name of the Principal Investigator (primary applicant) and Co-Investigators with their institutional affiliations and faculty designations (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Trainee) of all applicants. The cover page is not included in the page count.
• Proposals will be limited to an absolute total of 3 pages. (not including the cover page and budget justification) and must be completed in Arial 11pt font., with ½-1 inch margins. The proposal should include:
  • background (1/2 page)
  • hypothesis and specific aims (1/2 page)
  • methods (study design, research methods, statistical analysis and study duration) (1/2-1 page)
  • relevant experience of the principal investigator (primary applicant) and co-investigators (1/2 page)
  • anticipated impact and significance to SPLIT (1/2 page).
  • The maximum budget requested should NOT exceed $10,000 and should not include administrative costs.
    • The estimated budget with justification (1/2 page) must be reviewed by Emmes prior to submission and is not included in the 3 page limit for the proposal. Please allow 3 weeks for this to be reviewed by Emmes. Please send requests for budget review to Jeff Mitchell at jmitchell@emmes.com. An email with Emmes’ budget approval from Jeff Mitchell must be included with the application prior to the RFA deadline (March 13, 2023).
  • List of references/cited literature should be included after the proposal and will NOT be counted in the total 3 page limit.
  • No appendices or supplemental figures or data will be considered and are NOT allowed.

If you have any questions, please contact Katie Tait (katie.tait@tts.org) prior to the submission deadline.

Attached to this SPLIT RFA 2023 is the SPLIT CRF so that the data that is available through the SPLIT database is identifiable.