Calendar of Award Deadlines
Summary of major awards, mainly limited awards that require an internal review process
| EXTERNAL AWARDS CALENDAR | |||||||||||||
| Sponsor Due Date (UNC due date) | Sponsor/ Award Name | Eligibility Criteria | Award Amount; Research Focus | UNC Contact/ Internal Application | |||||||||
| Rolling Deadlines | |||||||||||||
| Quarterly-based on event date (Not Limited) |
NC Biotechnology Center – Biotechnology Event Sponsorship [BES] | Any faculty-PI; advance understanding or application of bioechnology; local audience | $3K for direct event costs, e.g. travel, site rental and publicity [not honorarium or food] | NA | |||||||||
| Quarterly-based on meeting date (Not Limited) |
NC Biotechnology Center – Biotechnology Meeting Sponsorship [BMG] | Any faculty-PI; Focus national and international attention on NC scientific or business communities | $10K for direct event costs, e.g. travel, site rental and publicity [not registration fees or food] | NA | |||||||||
| January | |||||||||||||
| LOI-Jan. 30th (December 1st) | St. Baldricks Fdn – St. Baldricks Scholar | 1/institution;/ Jr. faculty, <5 yrs post-fellowship; MD or PhD or DO; can’t have R01, K23, K08 | Up to $110K/yr for 3-5 yrs, salary & benefits only; Pediatric cancer | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| LOI-Jan. 30th (December 1st) | St. Baldricks Fdn – Research Grant | 2/institution;/ Any faculty level | $100K per yr; Pediatric cancer; hypothesis driven; lab, clinical or epidemilogically-based |
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| Early January (October/November) | Brain Research Fdn – Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program | 1/institution; Tenure-track Asst-tenured Assoc Prof; Asst-new res. proj to generate pilot data; Assoc-pursing new directions | $40K/yr for 2 yrs; New & innovative projects in neuroscience that will lead to extramural funding | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Early January (Not Llimited) |
McNight Endowmwnt Fund for Neuroscience-Scholar Award | Jr Faculty, <4 yrs in tenure track postion | $75K/yr, up to 3yrs; neuroscience with clinical impact | N/A | |||||||||
| LOI-January 15 (Not Limited) |
K Rainin Foundation–Health Innovator Award | Any tenured/tenure-track faculty | $100K for 1 yr; Irritable Bowel Disease | N/A | |||||||||
| January-2nd (Early-Mid Oct.) | NSF–Major Research Instrumentation Prog. | 2 acquisition of instrument/ institution + 1 for instrument development; any PI | $100K-4M; cost-share of 30%; science, engineering or mathematics | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| February | |||||||||||||
| (V Fdn letter sent to LCCC) | V Foundation – Grants in Translational Clinical Research | 1/institution; Any faculty level | Cancer res./ facilitate transtion from lab to clinic; speed up bringing basic knowledge to clinical treatment | Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center | |||||||||
| Early February (Mid-November) | Mary Kay Fdn – Cancer Res. Grant | 1/SOM & 1/SPH; Any faculty level | $100K for 2 yrs/ Innovative, translational in ovarian, breast or cervical cancer | SOM-Off of Research GSPH-Off of Res. | |||||||||
| Early February (Early January) | Damon Runyan Foundation–Clinical Investigator | 5/institution, MD or MD/PhD; within 4 yrs of 1st faculty appointment | $450K for 3 yrs; cancer research on human subjects or material of human origin | SOM Office of Research | |||||||||
| Mid-February (Early January) |
Dana Fdn – David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program | 1/institution; Asst-Assoc [just promoted] Professor | $200K over 3 yrs/ Neuroimaging with direct clinical application; imaging in patients or patient tissues | SOM Office of Research | |||||||||
| Mid-February (Mid-December) |
Josiah Macy Jr. Fdn – Macy Faculty Scholars | 1/institution; Faculty teaching health professions students and fellows; Dean must commit to protecting 50% of Scholar’s FTE to pursuit of education reform projects | $100K/yr over 2 yrs; To accelerate needed reforms in health professions education; projects focus on education reforms within the Scholar’s institution | SOM Medical School | |||||||||
| Mid-Feb/Mid-July (Not Limited) | NC Biotechnology Center–Biotechnology Innovation Grant | Academic scientist + Commercial advisor | $100K 6-18 months, 10% match; enable commercialization of early-stage life science inventions | Carolina Kickstart | |||||||||
| Mid-February | NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) | 1/institution; 3rd-4th yr grad student doing cancer research + mentor | New RFA in 2016, not sure it will be annual; RFA-CA-16-005; up to 6 yrs of support in 2 phases–1-2 yrs of dissertation research + up to 4 yrs of mentored postdoc research | SOM Office of Research | |||||||||
| March | |||||||||||||
| Mid-March(TBA) | David & Lucile Packard Fdn – Fellowship for Science & Engineering | 2/institution; Jr. Faculty, <3 yrs as Asst. Prof, not currently well funded | $875 over 5 yrs/ Natural & Physical Sciences & Engineering; creative approach to research | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Mid-March (Not Limited) |
Damon Runyan Cancer Research Fdn – Sohn Pediatric Felloship Award | MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS or DVM; 1) PhD received <1 yr prior to application review, 2) Other degrees must have completed residencies & clinical training–80% FTE on awarded research | Stipend [PhD-$50K, Other degrees $60K] + $2k for 4 yrs; apply with a Mentor; Pediatric cancer research | NA | |||||||||
| Mid-March (Not Limited) |
New York Stem Cell Foundation- Stem Cell Investigator Awards | Jr. Faculty-within 5 yrs of 1st tenure-track position; MD, PhD or DPhil | up to $300K/yr for 5 yrs; career development funds; basic biology and translational potential of stem cells | NA | |||||||||
| Mid-March (Not Limited) |
New York Stem Cell Foundation-Neuroscience Investigator Awards | Jr. Faculty-within 5 yrs of 1st tenure-track position, MD, PhD or DPhil | up to $300K/yr for 5 yrs; career development funds; bold, innovative scientists who will transform the field of neuroscience | NA | |||||||||
| Mid-March (Not Limited) |
The Sontag Foundation-Distinguished Scientist Award | Hold doctorate in discipline relevant to research on brain cancer; in 1st tenure-track position | Up to $600K spread over 4 yrs; career track and proposed research demonstrate potential to generate new knowledge relating to causes, cure or treatment of primary brain tumors/cancer. | Off. of Corp. & Fdn Relations can help with proposals. Contact Brooke Church | |||||||||
| Late March (February 1st) | Society of Vascular Surgery Fdn – Wylie Scholar Program | 1/institution; Any level Vascular surgeon at a Med. School, ABS certified, practicing physician, not NIH funded, 40% time for research | $50K per yr for 3 yrs/ basic, translation, clinical, outcomes-health services, teaching, community services or patient care | Dept. of Surgery | |||||||||
| April | |||||||||||||
| Early April (Not Limited) |
The McKnight Foundation – Memory & Cognitive Disorders Award | Tenured or tenure-track faculty, may not hold another McKnight award that would overlap | $100K/yr for 3 yrs; Innovative efforts to solve problems of neurological & psychiatric diseases | N/A | |||||||||
| Invitation sent to LCCC | The V Fdn – The V Scholar Program | 1/institution; Jr. faculty establishing a lab | $200K over 2 yrs/ Cancer research | Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center | |||||||||
| May | |||||||||||||
| Early May (Early March) |
The Gordon and Betty Moore Fdn – Moore Inventor Fellows | 2/institution; Within 10yrs of receiving terminal degree; postdocs, tenured & non-tenured faculty; commit at least 50% FTE on project; Institution must commit $50K in direct support of the fellow [Provost will commit 1/3] | $200K/yr for 3 yrs to the fellow & $25K to the institution in F&A; Interest areas: natural science, environmental conservation, patient experience & care; inventors who harness science and technology to enhance the conduct of scientific research; inventions should be in the early stages of development to could lead to proof-of-concept or advance an existing prototype toward application | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| May & November (January & July – concept papers) | Keck Foundation – Keck Fdn grant (All UNC contact thru Brooke Church, UNC Dev. Off.) | 1 biomed & 1 science & engineering/institution; Any tenured or tenure-track faculty | $500K-2M/ Cutting edge, innovative basic research to solve an important problem | UNC Development Off. -Brooke Church | |||||||||
| Late-May (Not Limited) |
NIH-Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) | Any faculty or Core Director | $50-600K, no match required, acquisition of shared instrumentation | Office of Research (for LOS for SOM PIs) | |||||||||
| Late-May every 2 yrs (Not Limited) | NIH-High end Instrumentation Grant | Any faculty or Core Director | $100K-2M, no match required, acquisition of shared instrumentation | Office of Research (for LOS for SOM PIs) | |||||||||
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| July | |||||||||||||
| LOI-July 1st (Late April/ Early May) |
Brain Research Fdn – Scientific Innovations Award | 1/institution; Assoc.-Full Professor, NIH funding preferred | $150K for 2 yrs/ Basic & Clinical neuroscience, exploratory, normal-disease states of the brain/ http://thebrf.org/Grants/Scientific+Innovations+Award | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Early July (Late April) |
William T. Grant Scholars Program | Received terminal degree within 7 years [for MD 7 yr max from completion of 1st Residency]; tenure-track faculty; track record of 1st author pubs in peer-reviewed outlets; award will expand applicant’s expertise; 1 applicant per School [e.g. 1/CAS, 1/SPH and 1/SOM] | $350K over 5 yrs; 4-6 Scholars selected/yr; working in the area of reducing child/youth [5-25 yrs old] inequality to improve or promote better youth outcomes; applications should establish a clear link between a particular dimension of inequality [e.g. race, ethnicity, economic standing, and/or immigrant origins] and specific youth outcome [e.g. academic, social, behavioral and/or economic outcomes] | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Early July (Not Limited) |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fdn – Rachleff Innovation Award | Jr. Investigators-3 categories: 1) Tenure-track Asst Prof <4 yrs from initial Asst Prof position, 2) Clin. Instruc./Sr. Clin. Fellow in final yr of sub-specialty, 3) Distinguished Fellow with exceptional record of research & have dedicated lab space | Initially $150K/yr for 2 yrs, opportunity for 2 additional yrs; “high-risk, high-reward” ideas to impact understanding or approaches to prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer | NA | |||||||||
| Early July (Late April) | American Diabetes Assoc.–Pathway to Stop Diabetes | 1/institution–3 pathways: 1) Initiator (postdoc), 2) Accelerator (Jr. faculty), 3) Visionary (established investigator-new to diabetes) The institution can only submit 1 pathway/yr | up to $325/yr for 5 yrs; Medicine, Biology, Chemistry, Math & Physics | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Mid-July Preproposal (Invited full proposal early Nov.) (Not Limited) |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund-Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease | Tenure-track Asst. Prof.; US citizen or green-card holder; 75% of time spent in research activities | $500K over 5 yrs; interplay between human and microbial biology, multidisciplinary approach to study of human infectious diseases | Corporation and Foundation Relations | |||||||||
| Mid-July/ Mid-February (Not Limited) | NC Biotechnology Center–Biotechnology Innovation Grant | Academic scientist + Commercial advisor | $100K 6-18 months, 10% match; enable commercialization of early-stage life science inventions | Carolina Kickstart | |||||||||
| Mid-Late July (June) | The Pew Charitable Trust – Pew Biomedical Scholars | 1/institution; <3 yrs in 1st Tenure Track posiion; biomedical PhD or MD; can apply max. of 2x | $60K/yr for 4 yrs// creative & innovative science relevant to human health | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Late July (Not Limited) |
HHMI/Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn/Simmons Fdn – Faculty Scholars Program | Tenured faculty with 4-10 yrs post-training professional experience | $100-400K/yr up to 5 yrs; computational approaches to fundamental problems in diverse areas of biology | N/A | |||||||||
| Late July
(February) |
Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grants | Applicants must (i) have held a faculty position for no more than four years, (ii) have not been a PI on an NIH R01 or equipvalent award, and (iii) dedicate at least 50% of their work efforts to research. | Grants provides salary support and project costs for a total of $125,000 distributed over a 2-year period; to encourage a commitment to breast cancer research for early career scientists. 2 grants per institution are permitted. | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| August | |||||||||||||
| Early August (Not Limited) |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Career Award for Medical Scientists | Fellow, Resident or Post doc with MD, DDS, DVM or DO & not > 11 yrs from clinical degree + at least 2 yrs postdoc res. experience & 2 yrs from 1st faculty appt, 1st author on at least 1 pub | $700K for 5 yrs; basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or translational research | NA | |||||||||
| Early August (TBA) | The Pew Charitable Trust – Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research | 1/institution; MD or biomedical PhD; Tenure-track Asst Prof for <3 yrs; can be nominated 2x | $60K/yr for 4 yrs; research related to a cure for cancer | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| Mid-Aug/Mid-March (No Limit) | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fdn – Fellowship Award | MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS or DVM; 1) PhD received <1 yr prior to application review, 2) Other degrees must have completed residencies & clinical training–80% FTE on awarded research | Stipend [PhD-$50K, Other degrees $60K] + $2k for 4 yrs; apply with a Mentor; Cancer research | NA | |||||||||
| September | |||||||||||||
| Early September-Eligibility application, full application by invitation (Not Limited) |
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Career Development Programs | Postdoc & Early Career, independent investigators; Multiple tracks – 1) Scholar Prog: up to 5 yrs, have active grant(s), independent position < or = 8 yrs as of 1/1/17; 2) Scholar in Clin. Res. Prog: substantial pub record, tenure-track faculty < or = 10 yrs as of 1/1/17; 3) Special Fellow: any scientific discipline, between 2-4.5 yrs of oral defense as of 1/1/17; 4) Fellow: any scientific discipline, within 2 yrs of oral defense as of 1/1/17. | Scholar applicants must have blood cancer research experience. Scholar Program $110K/yr up to 5 yrs. Scholar in Clinical Research Program $110K/yr up to 5 yrs (only salary support) and must have a sponsor at UNC. Special Fellow $67K/yr for 2-3 yrs. Fellow $60K/yr. | Development Office | |||||||||
| Early September (Not Limited) |
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Fdn – Beckman Young Investigators | Early career, <3 yrs of 1st tenure-track appointment | $750K over 4 yrs; Innovative, high-risk in chemistry & the life sciences | UNC Development Office | |||||||||
| Late September (July) | Chicago Community Trust – Searle Scholars Program | 2/institution; Early career, <3 yrs as Asst. Prof. in 1st tenure-track postion | $300K for 3 yrs; Innovative, high-risk, usually basic research, can combine basic and clinical | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| September 25th (Late August) |
NIH Bridges to Doctorate (R25) | 1/institution [as lead institution]. Must involve at least 2 institutions, 1 has the Masters as the terminal degree. | $300K for 5 yrs; Includes faculty support as PD/PI and for developing new courses, workshops; some participant support [not = to T32 stipend support]; Goal–to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce. | Center for Faculty Excellence | |||||||||
| October | |||||||||||||
| October (TBA) | Paul G. Allen Fdn – Investigators & Fellows | 2/institution; Any tenured faculty | Groups of investigators pursuing pioneering research to answer broad scientific questions | Center for Faculty Excellence | |||||||||
| Early October (b/f Sept 8th to request matching $ from CFAC) | NC Biotechnology Center–Institutional Development Grant | No application limit, but only 1 of the same instrument/institution; any tenure-track or tenured faculty or core director | Up to $200K, 25% match of request to NCBC; acquition of shared instruments | SOM Office of Research | |||||||||
| Mid-October Preproposal due | Michael J. Fox Fdn – Funding Programs | Parkinson’s Disease research; Any tenured or tenure-track faculty | 3 areas: 1) Target Advancement [$100K for 1 yr] – build robust evidence to rationalize biological pathways and targets for further translation into new Parkinson’s treatment. 2) Therapeutic Development [pre-clinical $200-400K, clinical awards commensurate with stage and goals] – Parkinson’s disease therapeutic development along the pre-clinical and clinical path. 3) Outcomes Measures [Amount varies] – research that will develop biomarker tools and clinical outcome measures to assist in target validation. | UNC Development Office | |||||||||
| Late October (Not Limited) |
Doris Duke Charitable Fdn – Clinical Scientist Development Award | MD; Tenure-track Asst Prof within 5 yrs of 1st faculty appointment | $486K over 3 yrs; clinical research in any disease area (no animal research) | UNC Development Office | |||||||||
| October 28 LOI Sept. 28(Limited 1/inst.) |
NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) R01 Clinical Trial Option | Early stage investigators who intend to make a long-term commitment to research in the environmental health sciences, understanding environmental exposure effects on health | $250K DC/yr, 5 award period; A variety of scientific disciplines, including basic, mechanistic, clinical, epidemiological, computational, engineering, and/or health risk communication approaches | UNC Development Office | |||||||||
| November | |||||||||||||
| LOI Early Nov. (Late Sept.) | The Greenwall Fdn – Faculty Scholars Prog. | 2/institution; Non-tenured faculty | 50% salary support for 3 yrs; Bioethics research | Center for Faculty Excellence | |||||||||
| Early Nov.-late Jan. (October) |
Rita Allen Fdn – Foundation Scholars Program | 1/institution; < 3 yrs in 1st Tenure-Track position; can’t have Pew, Searle, Beckman, Ellison or Kimmel Award | $110/yr up to 5 yrs; basic research in cancer, immunology, neuroscience | Office of Research Development | |||||||||
| November (September) | NY Academy of Sciences – Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists | 3/institution; Jr. faculty <4 yrs in 1st tenure-track appt; made significant & innovative contributions to the field | $250K total, unrestricted; 3 areas: 1) Life sciences, 2) Physical Sci. & Engineering, 3) Chemistry | UNC Development Office | |||||||||
| November & May (July & January – Concept papers) | Keck Fdn – Keck Fdn grant (all UNC contact thru Brooke Church) | 1 biomed & 1 science & engineering/institution; Any tenured or tenure-track faculty | $500K-2M; Cutting edge, innovative basic research to solve an important problem | UNC Development Office | |||||||||
| December | |||||||||||||
| Early December (Not Limited) | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fdn – Physician-Scientist Training Award | MDs only, completed residencies & clinical training, be US Specialty Board eligible, able to devote 80% FTE to awarded research, cannot have >3 yrs of postdoc lab experience or NIH K award | Yr1-$100K, Yr 2-$110K, Yr 3-$120K, Yr 4-$130K; must apply with a Mentor [1 app/mentor]; Cancer research | NA | |||||||||
| Early December (Not Limited) | The McKnight Fdn – Technological Innovations in Neurscience Award | Any tenured or tenure-track faculty | $100K/yr for 2 yrs; new and unusual approaches to understanding brain function; how technology may be used or adapted | NA | |||||||||
| December (September) | The Duke Endowment – Grants | # of applications varies; Any tenured or tenure-track faculty | Projects that improve quality of care, access to care, prevention of illness and injury in the Carolinas; requires 1:1 match | UNC Development Office | |||||||||