| Innovation | Originality and inventiveness of the research proposal. For this competition, the foundation seeks to support bold research into mechanisms, methods, technologies, or treatments with the potential for high impact. Please weigh this criterion heavily in your score |
| Significance | Importance of the question posed to the field of sickle cell disease research and the potential for clinical application |
| Approach | Appropriateness of the methodology and scope of the project. When assessing the approach, keep in mind that proposals may be for exploratory projects that do not have extensive preliminary data |
| Investigator | Evidence of the applicant’s potential to drive innovation in SCD clinical research. Please note that the foundation has encouraged applications from researchers in fields from other disciplines and specialties. Therefore, prior expertise in sickle cell disease research and its morbidities should not be weighed against the scores |
| Environment | Resources available to the applicant |
| Innovation | Originality and inventiveness of the research proposal. For this competition, the foundation seeks to support bold research into mechanisms, methods, technologies, or treatments with the potential for high impact. Please weigh this criterion heavily in your score |
| Significance | Importance of the question posed to the field of sickle cell disease research and the potential for clinical application |
| Approach | Appropriateness of the methodology and scope of the project. When assessing the approach, keep in mind that proposals may be for exploratory projects that do not have extensive preliminary data |
| Investigator | Evidence of the applicant’s potential to drive innovation in SCD clinical research. Please note that the foundation has encouraged applications from researchers in fields from other disciplines and specialties. Therefore, prior expertise in sickle cell disease research and its morbidities should not be weighed against the scores |
| Environment | Resources available to the applicant |