Community and Academic Allergists Partnership in Education and Research

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• ACAAI Membership: The Principal Investigators (PIs) must be members of the College in good standing and reside/practice in the US or Canada. Fellows-in-Training cannot serve as PIs but are encouraged to be part of the research team.
• MPI Model: Research teams must consist of at least one academic allergist PI and one private/community practice allergist PI. You will be asked to provide NIH-style biosketches for your PIs with your LOI and if selected for the full proposal, biosketches for your key investigators.

NOTE: The academic PI must have a faculty (teaching/research) appointment at an academic institution and dedicate at least 80% of their time to activities in an academic setting. The private practice PI must dedicate 80% of their time to clinical activities in a private/community practice setting. Both PIs must contribute at least 10% of their time for the oversight of the project.

Partnership Requirements

A crucial component of a successful CA²PER research project is having a strong partnership between academic and community-based allergists. Below is what will be expected of teams selected to be part of the program. 

• Equal collaboration: A full commitment by the principal investigators (at least one academic and one community-based) who will collaborate equally in directing the research project and share credit.
• Rotating responsibilities: Duties can be rotated, but the PIs will remain equal partners.
• Shared tasks: PIs will share tasks such as experimental design, resource allocation, supervision of staff, financial management, data sharing, and timely submission of publications.
• Co-presentation and co-publication: PIs agree to co-present and co-publish the research. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology will be given first right of refusal to publish the research findings.
• Investigative goals: PIs will participate in composing and delivering the investigative goals that are consistent with CA²PER and Good Clinical Practice guidelines (see the Resources section below for additional information).
• Regular communication: Frequent and consistent communication should be maintained between the PIs to keep the project on track.
• Administrative Contact: Each grantee will need to designate an administrative contact who will manage all communications between the College, PIs, research teams and participating organizations (e.g., university pre-/post-award office and the community A/I practice).