Investigator eligibility criteria

• Proposals are welcome from established and junior investigators
• One principal investigator per proposal. Additional co-investigators may be included
  • The principal investigator will be the primary contact for all correspondence
• The principal investigator should hold a doctoral degree (eg, MD, PhD, or PharmD) and an academic or institutional appointment

Proposal eligibility criteria

• Proposals must be submitted in English
• Budgets must be submitted in US dollars
• Research must be conducted in accordance with local regulatory, legal, and ethical guidelines, including posting on a clinical trial registry, if appropriate. Amgen does not assume responsibility for the conduct of the selected research
• The proposed research study must begin within 2 months of contract execution
• The study duration, including any follow-up, should be designed with quality improvement iterative considerations in mind (eg, quarterly assessments and process improvement) and deliver interim and final results within 12 to 18 months
• Funded research should merit submission as an abstract to a scientific meeting and subsequent publication in a peer-reviewed journal and must be submitted for publication/published within 2 years of contract execution