New guidelines for VICTR biostat support application (effective September, 2017)

• VICTR will no longer offer any $2000 vouchers.
• All biostatistics vouchers will be for 'up to $5000' and will get up to 90 hours of consulting. When the amount of time spent exceeds 80 hours, a VICTR biostatistician will request that the investigator's home division/department/center provide a letter of support for funding should the time requirement exceed 90 hours. Work will be suspended until the signed letter is received.
• All biostatistics vouchers will undergo expedited review by a VICTR scientific reviewer as well as biostatistical reviewer.
• PIs will still need to obtain a biostat quote to accompany the application by attending a biostatistics clinic or communication with VICTR biostatistician.
• Cost sharing will no longer be required/available. If analysis for a given study requires more than 90 hours of work, it will be the PI’s responsibility to provide a center number to the department of Biostatistics for the remainder.
• VICTR biostatistician will document the utilized hours on the StarBRITE so that the award can be closed and the VICTR allotted time will be complete.
• Only one voucher will be awarded per PI per year and a single project can only get support once.