In 2007, Spectrum Health and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (CHM) formed the Alliance to facilitate collaborative efforts in clinical research and education between the two institutions. Since that time, the Alliance has contributed over $21 million towards supporting joint initiatives to bring innovative and novel research projects to our West Michigan community.
The Alliance is announcing a Spring 2023 funding opportunity. The Alliance is particularly interested in receiving unique and collaborative science proposals that combine both the clinical expertise of Spectrum Health and the scientific strengths of MSU.
The Alliance will support priority applications that reflect the need for start-up funding to further advance innovative concepts and ideas around research and education. Alliance funding may be used to provide foundational support in order to advance institutional strategic programs towards sustainable external funding support.
Stage | Funding Cycle Dates |
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Letter of Intent Due | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
Full Proposal Invitations | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
Proposals Due (by invite only) | Friday, July 28, 2023 |
Award Notification | Friday, September 15, 2023 |
Funding is available for either Full Proposals or Pilot Awards.
Applications may be submitted by:
The Alliance is particularly interested in receiving unique and collaborative science proposals that combine both the clinical expertise of Spectrum Health and the scientific strengths of MSU. The key program goals are to support the initial development of multidisciplinary and multi-investigator projects that foster highly innovative or conceptually creative research and scholarship, projects that have the potential for generating significant external funding, and projects that have the potential to further position our institutions as nationally and internationally recognized leaders in translational and clinical research. Projects should focus resources on regions where healthcare is provided by Spectrum Health and its entities. Additionally, the Alliance will accept proposals focused on education programs that meet the above eligibility requirements.
For applicants interested in applying, a letter of intent is required and will be reviewed by the Alliance Board before issuing an invitation for a full proposal. Reviewer feedback will not be provided at the Letter of Intent stage. For the letter of intent, applicants are required to submit the items below in the following order:
Please use Arial 11 font and 0.5” margins.
Please save the letter of intent package as a single PDF and name the file: LastNameSH_LastNameMSU_LOI_2023
Submit to alliance@spectrumhealth.org by the appropriate due date.
If you have any questions regarding the LOI guidelines or processes, please contact for Spectrum Health, Brandy Jurdzy at alliance@spectrumhealth.org and for MSU, Nicole Doppel at doppelni@msu.edu.