Funding Opportunities

Inter-Institutional Pilot Project Awards

The Inter-Institutional Pilot Project Awards promote collaboration across the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium by funding innovative, translational research projects that involve three or more of the six CTSA institutions that make up the CORES Research Collaborative: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; University of Kansas Medical Center; University of Kentucky; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; University of Iowa; and the University of Utah Health.

In accordance with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) strategic plan and its commitment to increasing representation in research, funding priority for this RFA will be given to research that addresses issues of disparities either because of rurality or underrepresented and disadvantaged groups.

Rurality includes individuals living in rural or frontier communities.

Underrepresented and disadvantaged groups include:

• Ethnic groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research: Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
• Individuals with disabilities.
• Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

For more information and expanded definitions, please see the NIH's statement on Underrepresented Populations in the U.S. Biomedical, Clinical Behavioral and Social Science Enterprise.

Involvement of these groups is not a requirement for funding, but projects which address health concerns that disproportionately affect one or more of these groups, or projects that seek to apply or test general treatments to one of more of these groups are preferred.

Frontiers Pilot Program

Frontiers Pilot Program

The Lauren S. Aaronson Frontiers Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Program provides grant funding and other support to grow interdisciplinary, investigator-initiated clinical and translational research across a broad range of scientific disciplines. The Frontiers Pilot Award Program is supported by and aligned with the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program, which focuses on advancing clinical and translational science (CTS).

Pilot Award RFA

Every year, three one-year pilot projects receive up to $50,000 each in grant support awards.

External Funding Opportunities

At times, there are supplemental and external funding opportunities through NIH and NCATS. Please check for current opportunities here. 

Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition; University of Kansas Medical Center/Children’s Mercy Kansas City

 Purpose
The Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, a joint effort of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is pleased to announce a pilot research grant program to support innovative pilot studies relevant to pediatric healthy lifestyles, broadly defined. More specifically, the purpose of this call for proposals is to fund work that: 1) is related to pediatric healthy lifestyles, 2) promotes cross-site partnerships between KUMC and CMH, and 3) has a high probability of leading to extramural grant funding. We are particularly interested in proposals that advance our work in the areas of early childhood nutrition, special needs weight management, stress and obesity, social determinants of health, and multigenerational behavior change but are open to any topic in the general area of pediatric healthy lifestyles. Applicants must be a member of the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition (www.chlnkc.org) or become a member if their proposal is selected for funding. Projects may be clinical, basic science, translational or have any type of scientific approach. Grants may be for a maximum of $33,000, and the maximum project duration is one year. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of scientists for scientific merit and feasibility, and only top proposals selected for funding. See checklist for scoring criteria for more information. For the 2023 cycle we have funds for one $33,000 pilot grant.
 
Dates
If you plan to submit a proposal, please email your non-binding letter of intent to adonnelly@kumc.edu by February 24, 2023, at 5pm. Complete applications are due on March 24 by 5:00pm. No projects will be accepted after this deadline. The funded projects will be announced on April 28. Funding will start on June 16, 2023, and last until June 28, 2024. Any monies unspent by the final deadline will be retained by the Center.
 
Letter of Intent (LOI)
A letter of intent is recommended. Letters should state the name of the applicant, the name of mentors/collaborators, the title of the project and a brief paragraph about the topic of the proposal. This will allow the Center grant proposal reviewer team to plan for the incoming submissions. Information submitted for these LOIs is not binding (meaning you are not obligated to submit a full proposal and you can change your title or the focus of the project without any consequence at all).
 
Please see this link for additional details. Please contact adavis6@kumc.edu with any questions.

Please see the below notices for opportunities that may be of interest. Those interested should review eligibility guidelines and as applicable, any listed Specific Areas of Interest, prior to applying.

NOT-OD-23-018 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Research and Capacity Building Efforts Related to Bioethics Issues (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

• Only one application per grant is allowed; request cannot exceed $200,000 direct costs for one year.
• Applications are due February 17, 2023, with earliest funding in July 2023.  

NOT-OD-23-002 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship

• This is a reissue of NOSI NOT-OD-22-057, with modified eligibility requirements, including mechanisms and citizenship status.
• Applications are invited to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. Funds will support ongoing and future efforts.
• Applications are due February 17, 2023.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) released a funding opportunity announcement for its new Leading Equity and Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP) (T32).  

• The goal of the LEAD MSTP is “to develop a diverse pool of highly trained clinician-scientist leaders available to meet the Nation’s biomedical research needs by providing support for dual-degree clinician scientist training at institutions that have historically not been well represented among NIGMS-funded MSTPs.”  Dual-degree training programs at (1) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), (2) Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and (3) institutions within Institutional Development Award (IDeA)-eligible states are eligible to apply.
• The first application due date is January 25, 2023.

HEAL* NATIONAL K12 CLINICAL PAIN CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD (HEAL K12) - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center at the University of Michigan is requesting applications for the HEAL National K12 Clinical Pain Career Development Award (HEAL K12). The HEAL K12 is a mentored career development program designed to provide protected time for clinicians and scientists to focus on training and conducting clinical pain research. Awards provide a minimum of 75% salary support (up to $100,000/year) plus fringe benefits, and $50,000/year in research support costs, for up to 3 years.

Successful applicants will have at least (3) mentors: a primary home-institution mentor, a senior pain research mentor of national stature assigned by the K12 program, and a mentor with lived pain experience (also assigned by the K12 program). Training is split between the scholar’s home-institution and didactic resources available remotely or in-person at the University of Michigan. Annual travel to the 3-day NIH PURPOSE Conference on Pain Education and to the two-day Ann Arbor Summer Pain Short Course is expected.

Application deadline is March 1, 2023.

Learn more.

Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Award

This award supports the development of novel statistical, epidemiological, and research design methodology for clinical and translational science. Frontiers encourages applications involving gradtuate students. 

Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation Trailblazer Awards

Frontiers Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation (IAMI) Trailblazer Awards support four targeted areas of clinical and translational research: Experimental Therapeutic trials, Drug and Medical Device Development, Biomarker Discovery and Validation, and Entrepreneurship activities consistent with IAMI's mission.

Applicants may request up to $25,000; lesser amounts are acceptable and encouraged especially if the Frontiers IAMI Trailblazer Award can be used to match or leverage additional resources.

View the full RFA

A goal of Frontiers' funding agency, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, is "to get more treatments to more patients more quickly". The Frontiers IAMI Trailblazer Award addresses this goal by providing funds to help investigators carry out early-stage, feasibility studies to identify drug, diagnostic, and medical device product development opportunities. Data generated from successful studies will be disseminated in impactful publications and support successful extramural funding applications.