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Deadline Extended: SOM Research Incentive Seed Grant Program


School of Medicine Research Incentive Seed Grant Program
Award Amount: 
up to $50,000
Application Due Date: (Deadline Extended) 
December 2, 2019 at 5:00PM MST

This Request for Proposals is for one-year pilot projects supporting new, innovative areas of research. This program is specific to School of Medicine faculty.

Tenure-line faculty and Career-line faculty are eligible to apply. Faculty must be in residence at the University of Utah to be considered for Seed funding. Proposals should exhibit high potential for leveraging extramural funding. Applicants that have significant start-up, cash reserves, or are seeking gap funding to bridge support between external grants or contracts are not eligible. Preference will be given to early career-investigators, investigators that have not received funding in the last three years, and investigators pursuing a new research direction.

Applications must be submitted electronically through the University of Utah’s CompetitionSpace.

View the complete RFP here.

For more information, please contact Abby Rooney, Associate Director, SVPHS Research Unit.