
Bridge Funding Applications Due
April 25
Bridge funding applications are typically accepted 3 times during the academic year. A memo is sent to Department Chairs to share with their faculty giving specific due dates.
The most recent memo can be found here.
Eligibility criteria:
- The grant has been reviewed and received a written critique
- The PI has no more than 2 active R01s or the equivalent level of funding
- The PI does not have more than $50k of additional sources of lab support, e.g. trust fund, startup, retention, royalties.
- If the grant’s NIH number identifies the grant as a ‘new’ grant, the PI must include a cover letter explaining how the new grant is a repackaged version of previously funded research
- The grant under consideration must be administered in an SOM unit
- The department/center agrees to match the funding from the Dean’s Office.
The application for bridge funding much include:
- cover letter
- letter of support
- current 3-4 page NIH biosketch
- publications
- research section of the original grant application
- the NIH review of that application
- a draft rebuttal for the revised application
- proposed budget for the bridge funds.
Please direct questions and email your applications to Jen Brennan at OoR_Submissions@med.unc.edu.