Funding Opportunities

Bridge Funding Program-Applications due: Rolling deadline. The Bridge Funding Program was established to provide short-term bridge- or “gap”- funding for productive CoM researchers who have had previous NIH funding, and who have remained active in research and in submitting grant applications, but who are now between funding cycles.

Research Innovation/Pilot Grant Program- Applications due: April 14, 2025. The Research Innovation Grant Program was established to assist CoM investigators with generating the preliminary data necessary to develop highly competitive grant applications or to take their research in a new direction. Selected recipients will receive funding in July 2025. 

Recognition Awards

Basic Science and Clinical Research Faculty-to-Faculty Mentoring Award- Applications due: February 3, 2025. In partnership with the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development, this award recognizes a CoM faculty member who has demonstrated a rich history of mentoring faculty researchers with establishing their laboratory and securing extramural funding.

Citizenship/Research Service Award- Applications due: May 5, 2025. This award recognizes a CoM faculty member for exceptional service to our research mission.

Research Professional Award- Applications due: November 13, 2024. The award is presented to a laboratory or clinical research staff employee who shows an outstanding commitment to advancing the research mission of the College of Medicine.

Research Rising Star Award- Applications due: September 16, 2024. This is awarded to a CoM Instructor or Assistant Professor who demonstrates outstanding research accomplishments and impact at the early career stage.

Gallery of Awardees

Faculty who have been awarded external grants of $100,000/yr. or more in direct costs are recognized in the Gallery of Awardees. Besides celebrating our successful investigators, a brief synopsis of the award goals and pictures of the faculty are included on the announcement so that other faculty interested in potential collaborations or seminars by our researchers can contact them.*It may take 2-3 months before the Gallery of Awardees recognizes new awards due to the processing of data.

Grant Writing Support

Grant Pre-Review- Applications due: Rolling deadline. CoM Grant Pre-Review Program supports the refinement of scientific projects and grantsmanship of proposals from CoM faculty prior to official submission of a grant application to a funding agency. Faculty may submit grants to be reviewed at any time during the year. However, applications need to be submitted 60 days prior to the actual grant deadline to allow for a thoughtful review and time to respond to the suggestions by the reviewers.

For questions or to learn more information contact Brieanne Sheehan.