{"id":3157,"date":"2019-11-04T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/innovation\/?page_id=3157"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:21:17","slug":"funding-opportunities-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/innovation\/home-2\/funding-opportunities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Pilot Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the Center for Health Innovation offers internal pilot funding to UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine employees for health care innovations across a broad spectrum of interest areas, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Care delivery models<\/li>\n<li>Health equity\/disparity improvements<\/li>\n<li>Technology development<\/li>\n<li>Advanced analytics<\/li>\n<li>Business models<\/li>\n<li>Workforce development<\/li>\n<li>Translational research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proposals are evaluated on their significance, novelty, methods, feasibility, and alignment with the Center&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/innovation\/home\/\">mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>The 2026 Innovation Pilot Awards Request for Proposal is closed. The 2027 award cycle will open in Fall 2026.\u00a0 Look for announcements on the next cycle in UNC Health and School of Medicine e-newsletters and on our web pages.\u00a0<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/innovation\/home\/funding-opportunities-2\/previous-award-winners\/\">previous award winners<\/a> to learn about winning proposals, or access our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/innovation\/funding-opportunities\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">frequently asked questions<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the Center for Health Innovation offers internal pilot funding to UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine employees for health care innovations across a broad spectrum of interest areas, such as: Care delivery models Health equity\/disparity improvements Technology development Advanced analytics Business models Workforce development Translational research Proposals are evaluated on their significance, &hellip; 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