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Jump to application section<\/a><\/p>\n Winter Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n Supports conference attendance between February and July, 2026<\/p>\n Applications open January 1, 2026 and close January 30, 2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Summer Awards\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Supports conference attendance between August 2026 and January 2027<\/p>\n Applications open July 1, 2026 and close July 31, 2026<\/p>\n The UNC Core Facility Director and Staff Travel Awards are designed to encourage<\/span> attendance of <\/span>core facility directors and staff <\/span>at <\/span>regional, national, or international conferences<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>.There will be two award cycles per year<\/strong>, and within each award cycle up to 5 <\/strong>awards of up to $1,000 will be awarded.<\/p>\n Awards are intended to enable core directors and staff to <\/span>participate<\/span> in continuing education within their field<\/span> and to stay abreast of ongoing technological and service<\/span> advancements that will <\/span>benefit<\/span> their core and the UNC research enterprise<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Awards will be decided by the School of Medicine Office of Research Technologies and the Core Facility Advocacy Committee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The applications will be scored based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n Are there restrictions on the location or size of the conference or workshop?<\/strong><\/p>\n No! You application will be judged on how well the conference\/workshop suits the needs of your core, your core’s customer base, and the applicant’s professional development.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Can multiple people from the same core apply for awards in the same funding cycle?<\/strong><\/p>\n No more than one person per core facility would receive an award during any given funding cycle. We ask core directors to only support one nomination per funding cycle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What expenses are covered?<\/strong><\/p>\n Any expenses associated with registration, travel, lodging, and per diem food is permitted. All expenses must be submitted via Concur and are subject to UNC and departmental travel policies. Alcohol is NOT an allowable expense.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What if my expenses will exceed $1,000?<\/strong><\/p>\n Remaining expenses will need to be paid through another account. Recharge accounts may pay for conference attendance and travel, you can request or apply for funds through your department or center, or personal funds can be utilized.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My core is in a deficit\/surplus. Will that impact review of my application?<\/strong><\/p>\n Generally, no. We understand that balances fluctuate and there are many reasons a core may be in a deficit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I want to attend a multi-day training workshop, user-group workshop, or other educational event. Can I apply for these funds?<\/strong><\/p>\n Maybe! Reach out to corefacilities@med.unc.edu with information about the format of the event for approval to apply.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How do I access the funds if awarded?<\/strong><\/p>\n You will be given a chartfield string to use for this award. You must submit the travel request through Concur and allocate expenses up to the award amount to the travel award CFS. For instructions please see page 128 of the Concur Step-by-Step Guidebook<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When will I know if I have received the award?<\/strong><\/p>\n Awards will be made the month following\u00a0 the application period (February for the winter award cycle and July for the summer award cycle)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> Please complete the UNC Core Facility Director and Staff Travel Award Application<\/a> and e-mail it with the title “Core Facility Director and Staff Travel Awards” to corefacilities@med.unc.edu during the application window.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UNC Core Facility Director and Staff Travel Awards Jump to application section Winter Awards Supports conference attendance between February and July, 2026 Applications open January 1, 2026 and close January 30, 2026 Summer Awards\u00a0 Supports conference attendance between August 2026 and January 2027 Applications open July 1, 2026 and close July 31, 2026 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5406"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6314,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406\/revisions\/6314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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