A strength of the University of Utah is its vast array of pilot, seed, and other funding opportunities available to junior faculty investigators. Below is a list of University of Utah's internal Funding Opportunities for your consideration!
**Finding available internal, University of Utah funding opportunities is challenging, even for VPCAT. If you know of any upcoming internal funding opportunities within your college/school, please send Erin Wachs the details via email to be posted here.**
Faculty Small Grant Program [link]
University of Utah/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: Supports significant research and creative scholarly projects in colleges where extramural funding is difficult to obtain; Provides faculty with grants up to $6,000 for a period of 2years to support scholarly projects and publications
Due Date: Three 2020 Deadlines - 9/15/2021 | 11/15/2021 | 3/15/2022
Faculty Grant Writing Support [link]
University of Utah/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: Supports faculty who experience significant hardship in meeting their extramural proposal submission goals due to family-care, other personal responsibilities, or unexpected life events. Funds through this competition will be available for grant writing assistance.
Due Date: Upon Selection
COH FY22 VPR Seed Grant Competition [link]
College of Health (COH)/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: To support research conducted by faculty in the COH and priority is given to seed grant applications that achieve support preliminary work likely to lead to competitive external funding applications; promote faculty moving into new areas of research or new collaborative efforts; foster interdisciplinary work and catalyze new research collaborations between College of Health faculty and researchers across the University of Utah; and promote rigorous scientific methods appropriate to the research question.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
CNRC FY22 Grant Competition [link]
College of Nursing Research Committee (CNRC)
Key Terms/Points: To support pilot research projects with high potential to lead to NIH or comparable extramural funding and thereby advance the academic careers of College of Nursing faculty.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
CON FY22 VPR Seed Grant Competition [link]
College of Nursing (CON)/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: To support CON investigators in collecting preliminary data in new, innovative research areas that will be leveraged for extramural grant applications.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
CSBS FY22 VPR Seed Grant Competition [link]
College of Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS)/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: To support CSBS investigators in collecting preliminary data in new, innovative research areas that will be leveraged for extramural grant applications.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
CSW FY22 VPR Seed Grant Competition [link]
College of Social Work (CSW)/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: To support CSW investigators in collecting preliminary data in new, innovative research areas that will be leveraged for extramural grant applications.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
SOM FY22 VPR Seed Grant Competition [link]
School of Medicine (SOM)/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: To support SOM investigators in collecting preliminary data in new, innovative research areas that will be leveraged for extramural grant applications.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
Transform: FY22 VPR Seed Grant Competition [link]
University of Utah/Vice President for Research (VPR)
Key Terms/Points: To support investigators in collecting preliminary data in new, innovative research areas that will be leveraged for extramural grant applications. Contact Claudia Geist (claudia.geist@soc.utah.edu) with all questions regarding this internal competition.
Due Date: 12/1/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program (WRHR) K12 Scholar Program [link]
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology/NICHD-Funded WRHR K12 Program
Key Terms/Points: The Utah WRHR Program supports a national program of mentored institutional career development awards for junior faculty who have recently completed postgraduate clinical training in obstetrics and gynecology. It is funded by the National Institutes of Health through 2025. The goal of the Utah WRHR Program is to increase the number, and skills, of investigators from the University of Utah Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, via a mentored research and career development experience that will lead to independent scientific careers as principal investigators in the field of women's reproductive health.
Due Date: 12/31/2021 by 5:00 pm MST
AHSE Fellowship [link]
Academy of Health Science Educators (AHSE)
Key Terms/Points: AHSE fellows are recognized as outstanding educators in their field and advocate for excellent education in their departments, colleges, and the larger University of Utah Health. Fellows will join an Academy committee and be an active participant in the Academy’s development and activities.
Due Date: 12/3/2021 by 5:00 pm MST [Email Sara Rose to register for Application Workshop from 2:00-3:00 pm MST 10/19/2021]
