UNC Internal Funding
Please click on a heading below to explore funding opportunities across the SOM and UNC.
- NCTraCS Pilot Funding
- UNC Lineberger Developmental Funding Program
- Center for Innovation- Health Care Innovation Awards
- KickStart Innovation Awards
- Eshelman Institute for Innovation Awards
- Junior Faculty Development Awards
- Creativity Hubs Pilot Award
- UNC IDEA Seed Grant
- Internal Funding Opportunities for Postdocs
NCTraCS Pilot Funding
Deadlines: October, February, June
Funding: $2k-$50k (some require 50% match, see RFA for details)
Description and Eligibility: NC TraCS has issued a pilot RFA focused on Clinical and Translational Science. The 2 step application process begins with a Concept Proposal due October 11, 2022. More info can be found at the TraCS website.
Contact: mbcassely@med.unc.edu
UNC Lineberger Developmental Funding Program
Deadlines: September
Funding: T1 $50k/1 yr | T2 $100k/1-2yrs
Description and Eligibility: All Cancer Center members and UNC faculty may apply.
Tier 1 Pilot (1 PI)
Tier 2 Stimulus (1-2PIs)
Each tier accepts basic, translational and population proposals related to cancer research.
Contact: lccc-dev-awards@office.unc.edu
Center for Innovation- Health Care Innovation Awards
Deadlines: Fall
Funding: up to $50k
Description and Eligibility: PI must be from UNC Healthcare or SOM
Supports Innovative care delivery models and care pathways; new technology deployments; advanced analytics; business model innovations; workforce development
Contact: innovatehealthcare@med.unc.edu
KickStart Innovation Awards
Deadlines: January and July
Funding: $25,000 to $50,000
Description and Eligibility: The KickStart Award Program helps early-stage companies meet commercial milestones either on the technical side (prototype development, animal studies) or on the business side (regulatory pathway, freedom to operate).
Contact: Balaji.Vasudevan@unc.edu
Eshelman Institute for Innovation Awards
Deadlines: See website and contact for details
Funding: 1-2 years, variety of funding levels
Description and Eligibility: Therapeutics Proposals:
The Eshelman Institute seeks to fund translational research related to therapeutics focused on oncology, infectious disease, and neuroscience (including rare diseases). However, the Institute welcomes ideas for devices and diagnostics, and other therapeutic areas and services.
Opportunistic Proposals are also accepted.
Digital Health Venture Studio:
After a Venture Studio sprint, some concepts are deemed to be very attractive potential startups and would be eligible for a non-dilutive Eshelman Institute validation grant. These concepts get support to get the concept in position for launching as a future startup.
Contact: https://eshelmaninnovation.org/connect/
Junior Faculty Development Awards
Deadlines: October
Funding: Up to $10K
Description and Eligibility: The Junior Faculty Development Award is for untenured assistant or associate professors. Support for research or scholarly project.
Contact: facultyaffairs@unc.edu
Creativity Hubs Pilot Award
Deadlines: See website for details
Funding: Up to $250,000
Description and Eligibility: Promotes the development of innovative ideas that emerge from cross-disciplinary interactions to address key challenges and develop new knowledge. Funded projects are expected to lead to large-scale extramural funding.
The team leader must have a primary faculty appointment at UNC-Chapel Hill or Center/Institute and can serve as a Principal Investigator. Teams must also include researchers from multiple schools/college and/or Center and Institutes.
Contact: creativityhubs@unc.edu
UNC IDEA Seed Grant
Deadlines: Rolling deadline, see website
Funding: $5,000 – $20,000 for up to 1 year.
Description and Eligibility: The UNC Idea Grant is a pilot funding program sponsored by the OVCR that encourages researchers to develop novel ideas that address important problems or roadblocks to a current line of inquiry. This competition is open to any field of research and/or scholarship conducted by UNC-CH researchers.
Contact: ord@unc.edu
Internal Funding Opportunities for Postdocs
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has various funding resources and fellowships at UNC.