{"id":31580,"date":"2020-02-05T09:27:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?p=31580"},"modified":"2020-02-05T09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:28:44","slug":"10000-pilot-funding-opportunity-available-for-sleep-research-through-department-of-allied-health-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2020\/02\/10000-pilot-funding-opportunity-available-for-sleep-research-through-department-of-allied-health-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"$10,000 Pilot Funding Opportunity Available for Sleep Research through Department of Allied Health Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/u><\/u>The Department of Allied Health Sciences<\/a> Office of Research and Scholarship is pleased to announce its third and final round of pilot funding for the Sleep Innovation Research Grant<\/a> (SIRG) program. The purpose of this program is to promote the study of clinical and translational sleep science. SIRG applications are open to any UNC-Chapel Hill investigators who incorporate sleep as a component into their research; i.e., investigators do not need to consider themselves primarily sleep researchers.\u00a0<\/em>The competitive award process is open to both faculty and post-doctoral fellows.<\/p>\n

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SIRG awards are for one year at a maximum of $10,000. The goal is to support successful pilot projects that will seed future larger-scale grant applications. A letter of intent (LOI) is due February 17\u00a0and asks for basic information about the proposed research team and project. Grant applications are due March 31.<\/p>\n

The SIRG program launched in 2018 thanks to the generosity of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation. Continuing through 2021, the program awards up to three grants annually in an initiative to build an internationally recognized program of research in sleep science at the University.<\/p>\n

\u201cSleep science is a research field that impacts all populations and has major implications for quality of life,\u201d said Brad Vaughn, medical director of the sleep science bachelor\u2019s program.<\/p>\n

The pilot grant program has been successful in bringing together cross-disciplinary researchers<\/a>, some of whom have formed collaborations to seek larger-scale funding support.<\/p>\n

John Grose<\/a>, PhD, is the associate chair for research in the DAHS.<\/em><\/p>\n

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