Funding Opportunities

UNMC Internal Deadline:  May 13, 2013 
Award Range:  $300,000 - $750,000

Program goal: To recruit nationally-funded, internationally-recognized researchers who can expand capacity in existing strategic research planning areas to make UNMC more competitive for large or new categories of federal grant awards.  RFA full description and Application Form

 Eligible strategic planning areas (strategic areas with an existing large grant program):

• Cancer
• Neuroscience
• Cardiovascular disease
• Infectious diseases:
• Nanomedicine
• Rural health/health disparities

 Campus-identified priority cross-cutting disciplines that will be prioritized:

• Pharmacogenomics
• Comparative effectiveness
• Biomedical informatics

Applications should be submitted to the Vice Chancellor for Research Office (deb.hawkins@unmc.edu) by May 13th, 2013.

• Application Deadline:  Rolling
• $50,000 - $100,000

Bridge Funding is intended to provide critical support to established investigators threatened by an imminent lapse in research funding; both traditional bridge and retooling funding are available.

Contact Ken Bayles, PhD for information.

• Application Deadline:  Annually (Spring)
• $25,000
• Multi-Institutional Teams must have a UNMC Faculty Lead
• Link to RFA

The goal of this pilot project funding is to help initiate new research collaborations in the field of free radical biology and medicine, which will ultimately enhance investigators’ competitiveness for multi-PI/joint-PI extramural funding.

The Free Radicals in Medicine Program (FRMP) seeks to promote the development of new multi-PI collaborative research projects focusing on the role of free radicals, oxidants, and/or antioxidants in the pathogenesis of human disease. The overall mission of the FRMP is to:

 

1. Promote and stimulate the development of collaborative research programs between clinical and basic scientists with a focus on free radicals in biology and disease

 

2. Use interdisciplinary approaches to advance the scientific knowledge of how oxidants and antioxidants contribute to the pathogenesis of human disease

 

3. Provide expertise and training in the use of these interdisciplinary approaches to the University’s biomedical trainees, including medical students, graduate students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows.

• Application Deadline:  April 26, 2013 (Annually April)
• Up to $25,000
• Link to Additional Information

Scholars are provided $25,000 to support pilot projects that will support collection of vital data needed to submit extramural funding.

• Application Deadline:  January 31, and September 30, Annually
• Up to $5,000 for use in UNMC Core Facilities

This grant program is aimed at supporting research involving the use of UNMC core facilities.  Awards of up to $5,000 can be specifically applied toward core facility user fees.  Unlike a bridge grant program that provides funds for personnel, this program is intended to support the generation of data from core facility use.  Applications should be submitted directly to the Vice Chancellor for Research Office (402-559-8444).  For more information about this program, please contact Paula Turpen, PhD or Ken Bayles, PhD
Core Facility User Grant Program description.

• Application Deadline:  (3) weeks prior to the monthly Review Committee meeting (Committee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month)
• Amount:  Varies

The Research Support Fund is a source of funding for UNMC faculty investigator-initiated clinical research to obtain preliminary data for extramural research applications. Approved research allows the investigator to waive hospital-based costs of clinical and translational research, such as laboratory or radiologic tests, hospital bed costs or other hospital based services. The Research Support Fund does not provide funds for marketing, patient recruitment costs, professional fees, or non-hospital testing such as send-out tests.  Instructions and Application 

• Application Deadline:  2013 dates TBA
• Awards up to $50,000 (indirect costs are unallowable)

The Edna Ittner Pediatric Research Support Fund awards grants for the study of diseases and birth defects of children.  Research proposals may be basic, translational or patient-oriented.  Applications are submitted to UNMC Sponsored Programs Administration (SPAdmin) and inquiries may addressed to Amy Carson (402-559-2174). 

 

Deadline:  varies, contact UNeMED
Amount:  varies, $10,000 - $20,000

 

The Innovation Grant Program is designed to allow the further development of an early stage technology.

 Direct link to RFA

• Internal Deadline: January Annually
• Amount:  $5,000 - $15,000 for equipment
• 2013 Request for Proposals is now Closed

 The Nebraska Bankers Association Small Equipment Grant RFA was released, January 11, 2013. The Banker's grant program is intended to support equipment for research or research education activities that will impact a large number of individuals. Proposals that have the potential to leverage existing resources for the greatest impact will be given priority.

Attached are the RFA and Application form to be used.  Applications are due to the Vice Chancellor for Research Office, addressed to Deborah Hawkins (deb.hawkins@unmc.edu) by 5:00 PM, Thursday, January 17^th.  Past Award Recipients

• Application Deadline:  February Annually
• Global Engagement Planning Grants, limit $30,000
• Equipment Grants up to $230,000
• Past Recipients

The guidelines and procedures established by the University of Nebraska Foundation Grants Committee for the awarding of grants provide for the president to select a common theme or focus for funding each year.  Priorities for 2013 have not been released as of yet.  For information contact the Director of Research Resources, Paula Turpen, PhD.

Deadline:  Open Submission Dates
Amount:  up to $250,000 per project

 

The purpose of the Proof of Concept (POC) grants is to provide funds for additional development of selected technologies to increase their commercialization potential and value. POC grant funds are provided through the University of Nebraska Central Administration, via the Nebraska Research Initiative, and were initiated in the fall of 2011. It is the intent of the grants to increase the value of a technology beyond the cost of the grant, thereby generating a positive return to fund additional research.

Direct link to RFA

• Application Deadline:  Annually (April)
• $10,000
• Fully Completed NIN required

Contact UNeMED for details.

UNMC researchers are eligible for the collaborative University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Lymphoma SPORE Career Development Program.  Contact Dr. John Chan for more information.

There are three major focus areas of research at NWIHCS that involve:

• Alcohol and Addictive Disorders
• Obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus
• Rheumatology and Immunology

Additional areas of research include work in Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Liver Disease, Immunology, Endocrine/Diabetes/Obesity, Pulmonary Airway Inflammation and COPD, Rheumatology Arthritis, Infectious Disease, Orthopedic Rehabilitation, GI Physiology (obesity emphasis), Surgical Wound Healing, Cancer Treatment Trails, Reproductive Endocrinology, Video-laryngoscopy and Virtual Perioperative Care, Vascular Diseases/gait, Dental Prosthetics, Quality of Care and Patient Safety.  Conducting research on each of these areas which impact on the health and care of veterans is consistent with the NWIHCS and VA mission.

Contact NWI VAMC Research for current funding opportunities in these areas.

In some years, NIGMS will co-fund awards made by other NIH institutes and centers (ICs) to support investigator-initiated research project grants at institutions within IDeA-eligible states, depending on the availability of funds. When appropriate, NIGMS will request the other NIH ICs submit to NIGMS for IDeA co-funding consideration eligible applications that have already been judged meritorious by NIH peer-review committees and IC national advisory councils, but are outside the range of applications currently under consideration for funding. Investigator-initiated applications (either new or competing continuation) submitted by investigators at institutions within IDeA-eligible states and assigned to any NIH IC may be considered. 

Certain populations (Native Americans, Aleuts, Native Alaskans, Hispanics and Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders) within IDeA-eligible states are disproportionately affected by numerous diseases. Support for studies of diseases that have a disproportionate effect on their health—health disparities—is also provided by the IDeA program.  To learn more about these opportunities contact Dr. James Turpen, INBRe Principal Investigator or visit the INBRe and NIH IDeA websites.