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Clinical Research Grants for Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Intuitive Foundation

The Intuitive Foundation grant program is accepting applications for Clinical Research Grants for Robotic-assisted Surgery in 2024-2025.

Overview: The purpose of these grants is to support clinical research at non-profit institutions worldwide focused on the field of robotic-assisted surgery. Successful proposals will study important questions related to surgical care and patient outcomes

Available Grants:

Applicants may apply for grant funding total costs up to $75,000 (US) per project.

Grant funds can be used to support salaries for statisticians, lab technicians, fellows, research coordinators, and other support personnel. Funds can cover equipment, supplies, and/or travel required to support the proposed research project for a period of up to one year. Funding may not be used to support physician salaries.

Research Areas of Interest

The Intuitive Foundation has identified key research areas of interest for the 2024-2025 clinical grant programs. Principal Investigators are encouraged –  although not required – to submit proposals that fall into one or more of the following areas:

Clinical Outcomes-Based Research 

Research related to clinical outcomes for robotic-assisted surgical procedures with a particular focus on comparative studies between robotics and alternate surgical modalities, or therapies. Examples include:

  • Assessment of clinical outcome differences (including variation in outcomes) comparing robotic-assisted surgeries vs. other laparoscopic invasive and/or open surgical techniques.
    • For applications from the United States, we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery.
    • For applications from APAC (Asia, Australia, and New Zealand),we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Urology, Gynecology, Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery, Head and Neck procedures, Thoracic surgery, and other emerging surgical procedures.
    • For applications from Europe, we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Colorectal Surgery, General/Visceral Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Gynecology, and Urology.
    • For applications from Africa and South America, we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Colorectal Surgery, General/Visceral Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Gynecology, and Urology.
  • Comparison of opioid use and/or pain between robotic-assisted procedures vs. other minimally invasive and/or open surgical techniques.
  • Evaluating the impact of ERAS or similar protocols.
  • Proposals related to public health or other of-the-moment topics.

Imaging, Vision and/or Navigational Research (all regions)

Research focused on enhanced visualization during surgical procedures. Examples include:

  • The application of preoperative imaging modalities during surgical interventions.
  • The use of intraoperative imaging modalities during surgical interventions.
  • Novel use of fluorescence imaging technology. Note that research that has been published or presented by other groups will not be considered.
  • The use of novel imaging modalities during interventions.
  • New techniques to discriminate between healthy and diseased tissues.

Health Economic and Outcomes Research including Cost-effectiveness and Cost-utility Studies related to Robotic-assisted Surgery (all regions)

Research related to local services utilization, clinical and economic burden of the disease, cost of care, and research focused on quality of life or utilities related to surgical care. Examples include:

  • Patient care pathway or epidemiological studies on clinical and economic burden of illness.
  • Patient/clinician-reported outcomes, quality of life, health utilities.
  • Cost-effectiveness modeling incorporated local services utilization and costs from local data sources (not from the literature.)

The Intuitive Foundation strongly recommends that research within this category include a health economist as a part of the research team. Please identify this individual in the capabilities section of the grant submission.

New Procedure Exploration and Development Research (all regions)

Research focused on emerging robotic-assisted surgical procedures using existing technologies. Please note that research conducted on human subjects may require applicable authorizations or favorable opinions from any relevant authorities, such as governmental and medical institution authorities, prior to funding. Example proposals may include:

  • Robotic-assisted procedures that do not have a laparoscopic analog.
  • Procedures that benefit from parallel entry of instruments (e.g., da Vinci SP).
  • Development of replicable workflows to achieve critical surgical access in high volume procedures that do not have standardized port placement positions, such as lysis of adhesions. Such workflows should reliably apply to variations in patient body habitus and pathology.

Application Guidelines

Selection Process: Applicants must first submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Propose as detailed below. Grant LOIs will be reviewed and ranked by a selection committee. LOIs reaching a predetermined scoring threshold will be invited to submit a full grant proposal. All LOIs, as well as invited full grant applications, will be reviewed, and scored on the following criteria:

  • Clarity of research goals and objectives
  • Novelty (building on existing literature)
  • Clinical relevance and value
  • Evidence of feasibility
  • Strength of evaluation methods and measures including statistical power analysis as appropriate
  • Availability of required resources
  • Appropriately defined research scope, timeline, and budget

LOIs and full grant proposals will be handled in a confidential manner and will not be distributed beyond the Intuitive Foundation’s grant selection committee. Please be advised that in order to comply with Intuitive Surgical’s Tender Compliance guidelines, organizational names will be shared with Intuitive Surgical’s Tender Department. Due to the expected volume of proposals, the foundation regrets that its committee will not be able to provide detailed individualized feedback on unsuccessful grant proposals.

LOI Guidelines: A LOI to propose should be submitted by all grant applicants. Submissions should consist of five parts:

  • Summary: one- or two-sentence proposal overview.
  • Description of Problem/Background.
  • Purpose, Hypothesis, and Methods of Research.
  • Capabilities: Indicate the identities, capabilities, and credentials of investigators as well as any participating institution. Include contact information for principal investigator.
  • Budget: Include a specific request for funds that includes permanent hard equipment, statistical analyses, consumable equipment, salaries to staff, and other direct expenses. No more than 20% of the total budget can be allocated for indirect costs. Funds from the grant may not be used to purchase equipment or instruments from Intuitive Surgical.
    • Hard equipment purchases should not exceed $5,000.
    • The budget should not include salaries for physicians, although salaries for statisticians, lab technicians, fellows, and other support personnel may be included.

Deadlines for All Clinical Research Grants:

Grant Cycle for Funding in July 2025 – June 2026:

  • Interested applicants should submit a Letter of Intent by Jan. 6, 2025. Invitations to submit full grant applications will be sent by the week of Feb. 10, 2025 (this invitation will include grant application guidelines and forms).
  • The deadline for submitting a full, invited grant application is April 7, 2025. Only complete application packets will be considered. Awardees will be notified by the week of June 9, 2025. Grant monies must be used to support research expenses during the 2025-2026 calendar year.

Grant Cycle for Funding in January 2025:

  • Interested applicants should submit a Letter of Intent by June 7, 2024. Invitations to submit full grant applications will be sent by the week of July 15, 2024 (this invitation will include grant application guidelines and forms).
  • The deadline for submitting a full, invited grant application is August 30, 2024. Only complete application packets will be considered. Awardees will be notified during the week of Nov. 11, 2024. Grant monies must be used to support research expenses during the 2025 calendar year.

  • Multiple grants will not be funded simultaneously to any principal investigator.
  • Multiple grants to the same institution for different principal investigators will be considered.
  • Awards must be used to fund research at not-for-profit institutions. Grants are not to be used to fund for-profit activities.
  • Grants are awarded to principal investigators at their institution. If there are any changes in the principal investigator or group’s ability to conduct the proposed research, the Intuitive Foundation reserves the right to reconsider the award.
  • Grant funding must be used to support research expenses and activities, which occur from Jan. 1, 2024 through Dec. 31, 2025 only.
  • Awardee institution must allow Intuitive Surgical reasonable access for servicing any Intuitive Surgical loaned equipment, including network connectivity for remote support.
  • Total costs may include no more than 20% indirect costs and the total budget, including both direct costs, indirect costs, and any applicable taxes, should not exceed $75,000 (US).
  • Grantees will be invited to present their work at our headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, (travel costs covered by the Intuitive Foundation).
  • All applicants selected to receive a grant are required to submit a mid-year progress report, as well as a final status report that details study results and conclusions.
  • If the funded project does not take place, all monies awarded will be refunded to the Intuitive Foundation, and any loaned equipment will be promptly returned to the lender of the equipment. If the project is terminated early, then a partial refund, with an accounting of the funds expended up to the termination date, will be provided by the principal investigator. Any unused funds as of Dec. 31, 2025 will be refunded to the Intuitive Foundation.

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Intuitive Foundation

Address: 1020 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5304

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Grant

Letter Of Intent Deadline:

Jan 06, 2025

Final Deadline:

Feb 10, 2025

Funding Amount:

$75,000

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