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Your First Application to the GCRC
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Copy-Paste Template — UW Affiliates
When you prepare applications and publications related to research conducted at the GCRC, you
are welcome to use the following sample wording (edited as
appropriate for your needs). Additional information may be found on our
Copy-Paste Wording page.
Our productivity is measured in part by the number of publications arising from studies that
use GCRC resources. If your study is supported by the GCRC, we rely on you to
cite our grant in your publications. Don't forget to send
us a reprint too! (via email
or campus mail, Box 356178). Thank you!
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (CHRMC) is achieving new heights in research
and expanding its commitment to it. In 2003, NIH funding increased by 50%; the following year,
Children's was awarded $40 million in grants and contracts. Children's main campus hospital
has 15,000 square feet of research space with the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic
equipment. In 2004, research facilities expanded to seven times their original size. 100,000
square feet were added for bench and clinical research at the main campus and two new
facilities in Seattle 's South Lake Union area.
Children's occupies 50,000 square feet of wet laboratory space at 307 Westlake, in the heart
of Seattle 's biotech community. More than 120 faculty and staff conduct research at 307
Westlake in disciplines such as immunology and infectious disease, nephrology, neurology
and surgery.
The Westlake facility includes a state-of-the-art barrier vivarium (an indoor enclosure for
keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions)
as well as core laboratories for flow cytometry (a technique for measuring the characteristics
of cells contained in a stream of fluid) and confocal imaging (a way of looking into tissue
using a laser and a microscope).
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC)
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) is an independent, nonprofit research
institution dedicated to the development and advancement of biomedical technology to
eliminate cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. Headed by Lee Hartwell, PhD (Nobel
Laureate, 2002), FHCRC is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer
center in the Pacific Northwest and is one of forty-one nationwide. FHCRC receives more
funding from the NIH than any other independent U.S. Research center. Recognized
internationally for its pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation, FHCRC's major areas
of research include transplantation biology, tumor and viral immunology, infectious diseases,
cancer genetics and pediatric oncology. The FHCRC and the UW Medicine have been affiliated
since 1975 and in 1992 the parties formalized their academic relationship.
The VA Puget Sound Health Care System
The VA Puget Sound Health Care System is closely affiliated with the UW. It has over 150
active investigators who are faculty members, with over $28 million in NIH and DVA funding,
much of it for clinically oriented research. VA Puget Sound is the second largest VA funded
research program in the country and ranks fifth for overall research funding.
As the largest facility in the VA's Northwest Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 20),
VA Puget Sound provides tertiary care for Veterans throughout the VISN ( Alaska, Idaho, Oregon
and Washington). In FY03, 57,582 Veterans were treated, through 75,084 days of inpatient care
and 582,276 outpatient visits.
Through a national competition, VA Puget Sound was awarded special program emphasis creating
the Geriatrics Research & Education Clinical Center, Mental Illness Research and Education
Clinical Center (MIRECC), the Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, the Rehabilitation
Research and Development Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention, the Center for
Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education and Health Services Research and
Development. VA's major areas of research include aging, cardiology, pulmonary medicine,
cancer, dementia, substance abuse, mental health, rehabilitation and infectious disease and
diabetes.
The Center for Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound is a non-profit staff-model HMO serving 540,000 people
in Washington and Idaho . The Center for Health Studies, formally affiliated with the UW School
of Public Health and Community Medicine, conducts research funded by the NIH, foundations, and
other sources. It focuses on prevention, treatment of common problems in primary care,
medications, mental health and cancer. The Center has a staff of over 200 and a funded annual
budget of more than $17 million. Most of the scientific staff have faculty appointments and
many research projects are conducted collaboratively with UW and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center . Its 150 research projects include randomized trials of conventional
treatments, health care delivery interventions, and complementary and alternative medical
treatments. The center staff includes experts in epidemiology, preventive medicine, health
services research, biostatistics, behavioral sciences, computer sciences, operations research
and survey research.
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