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Internal pilot and other grant funding deadlines

Pilot Funding Opportunities

Award	Deadlines	Description and Eligibility	Funding	Contact
OoR/TraCS Translational Team Science Award (TTSA)	Concepts- Early Dec. Phase I- End of Feb	Support for new synergistic interdisciplinary teams of both basic science and clinical investigators. Not restricted to human subjects and tissues; may include research using cellular and animal model systems; however the project should translate across basic and clinical disciplines.	Phase I- $50k/1 yearPhase II- $75k/ 1year no match required for SOM teams	jenbren@med.unc.edu
TraCS Pilot Funding	October February June	TraCS $2k– accessible funding to support innovative research. TraCS $5k-$50k- serves as a stimulus for new translational clinical research initiatives aimed at obtaining sufficient preliminary data to allow new applications for extramural funding. Areas of focus include but are not limited to: Transformative Technologies, Comparative Effectiveness Research, and Drugs, Devices and Diagnostic Development 4D $5k-$50k– Special emphasis on Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics Development towards a commercial endpoint. Pre-application and invitation required for full proposals. RTI / UNC / N.C. A&T / NC State U. collaborative grants (grants eligible for 50% match) NEW! Promoting Health Equity by Including Under-represented Participants in Research — The purpose of this special RFA is to facilitate research that promotes health equity for groups who have traditionally been under-represented in health research or excluded altogether Additional Opportunities available for UNC / Duke pilots, Multi-Site CTSA Pilots and Planning Grants	$2k-$50k (some require 50% match, see RFA for details)	paulkerr@med.unc.edu
UNC Lineberger Developmental Funding Program	September	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.	T1 $50k/1 yr T2 $100k/1-2yrs	amenkens@email.unc.edu
Center for Innovation- Health Care Innovation Awards	January	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	up to $50k	innovatehealthcare@med.unc.edu
KickStart Innovation Awards	January and July	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).	$25,000 to $50,000	tim.martin@unc.edu
Eshelman Institute for Innovation Awards	February	PIs must be ESOP employees but can include outside collaborators Innovative and transformative research in: basic/applied pharmaceutical sciences; health care quality, practice and policy; health sciences educational research; business processes and practices	T1 $50k T2 $200k T3 $750k T4 $2MStudents/Fellows $25k	rajkash@email.unc.edu
SOM Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research	Varies, usually spring	PI/Team leaders must hold a primary appointment in the SOM Proposal should represent a new avenue of research for the investigators Spring 2018 Challenge: Healthcare and Precision Medicine	Up to $50K for 1 year Does not cover faculty salary	jenbren@med.unc.edu
Junior Faculty Development Awards	October	The Junior Faculty Development Award is for untenured assistant or associate professors. Support for research or scholarly project	Up to $10K	JFDA.Provost@unc.edu to access sakai submission site
Creativity Hubs Pilot Award	Stage 1 Pre-proposal: October Stage 2: Full proposal: April	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. Teams applying for the award are encouraged to design projects related to one or more of the following categories (although revolutionary ideas in any discipline are invited): The Brain, Cancer, Data Science, The Environment, Opportunity Well-Being and Culture, and Precision Health & Society. 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.	Stage 1(Pre-proposal): $5,000 Stage 2 (Full Proposal): $500,000 ($250,000 per year for 2 years)	creativityhubs@unc.edu

Award

Deadlines

Description and Eligibility

Funding

Contact

OoR/TraCS Translational Team Science Award (TTSA)

Concepts-
Early Dec.
Phase I-
End of Feb

Support for new synergistic interdisciplinary teams of both basic science and clinical investigators. Not restricted to human subjects and tissues; may include research using cellular and animal model systems; however the project should translate across basic and clinical disciplines.

Phase I-
$50k/1 yearPhase II-
$75k/ 1year no match required for SOM teams

jenbren@med.unc.edu

TraCS Pilot Funding

October
February
June

TraCS $2k– accessible funding to support innovative research.

TraCS $5k-$50k- serves as a stimulus for new translational clinical research initiatives aimed at obtaining sufficient preliminary data to allow new applications for extramural funding. Areas of focus include but are not limited to: Transformative Technologies, Comparative Effectiveness Research, and Drugs, Devices and Diagnostic Development

4D $5k-$50k– Special emphasis on Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics Development towards a commercial endpoint. Pre-application and invitation required for full proposals.

RTI / UNC / N.C. A&T / NC State U. collaborative grants (grants eligible for 50% match)

NEW! Promoting Health Equity by Including Under-represented Participants in Research — The purpose of this special RFA is to facilitate research that promotes health equity for groups who have traditionally been under-represented in health research or excluded altogether

Additional Opportunities available for UNC / Duke pilots, Multi-Site CTSA Pilots and Planning Grants

$2k-$50k (some require 50% match, see RFA for details)

paulkerr@med.unc.edu

UNC Lineberger Developmental Funding Program

September

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.

T1 $50k/1 yr
T2 $100k/1-2yrs

amenkens@email.unc.edu

Center for Innovation- Health Care Innovation Awards

January

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

up to $50k

innovatehealthcare@med.unc.edu

KickStart Innovation Awards

January and July

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).

$25,000 to $50,000

tim.martin@unc.edu

Eshelman Institute for Innovation Awards

February

PIs must be ESOP employees but can include outside collaborators

Innovative and transformative research
in: basic/applied pharmaceutical sciences; health care quality, practice and policy; health sciences educational research; business processes and practices

T1 $50k
T2 $200k
T3 $750k
T4 $2MStudents/Fellows $25k

rajkash@email.unc.edu

SOM Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research

Varies, usually spring

PI/Team leaders must hold a primary appointment in the SOM

Proposal should represent a new avenue of research for the investigators

Spring 2018 Challenge: Healthcare and Precision Medicine

Up to $50K for 1 year

Does not cover faculty salary

jenbren@med.unc.edu

Junior Faculty Development Awards

October

The Junior Faculty Development Award is for untenured assistant or associate professors.

Support for research or scholarly project

Up to $10K

JFDA.Provost@unc.edu to access
sakai submission site

Creativity Hubs Pilot Award

Stage 1 Pre-proposal: October

Stage 2: Full proposal: April

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.

Teams applying for the award are encouraged to design projects related to one or more of the following categories (although revolutionary ideas in any discipline are invited): The Brain, Cancer, Data Science, The Environment, Opportunity Well-Being and Culture, and Precision Health & Society.

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.

Stage 1(Pre-proposal): $5,000

Stage 2 (Full Proposal): $500,000 ($250,000 per year for 2 years)

creativityhubs@unc.edu

Bridge Funding

Bridge funding applications are accepted 3 times during the academic year: October, January and May. The latest memo can be found here .