Internal Pilot Funding
Internal pilot and other grant funding deadlines
Pilot Funding Opportunities
Award | Deadlines | Description and Eligibility |
Funding | Contact |
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Concepts- |
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 |
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October |
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)
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September |
All Cancer Center members and UNC faculty may apply.
Tier 1 Pilot (1 PI) Each tier accepts basic, translational and population proposals related to cancer research. |
T1 $50k/1 yr |
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Center for Innovation- Health Care Innovation Awards
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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 |
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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 |
February |
PIs must be ESOP employees but can include outside collaborators
Innovative and transformative research |
T1 $50k T2 $200k T3 $750k T4 $2MStudents/Fellows $25k |
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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 |
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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.