INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS AT VUMC
VICC Internal Funding Sources
Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) [Cancer Center members only]
$110,000/year direct
1 year project period
Up to $35,000 direct costs
Application Deadline: May 1; award begins: September 1
American Cancer Society (ACS) [junior investigators only]
$170,000/year total
1 year project period
Up to $25,000 direct costs
Application Deadlines: April 1 or October 1; awards begin: July 1 or January 1
SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence) in GI Cancer
$175,000/year direct
1 year project period
Up to $50,000 direct costs
Application Deadline: February 1; award begins: May 1
SPORE in Breast Cancer
$195,700/year direct
1 year project period
Up to $50,000 direct costs
Application Deadline: March 1; award begins: June 1
SPORE in Lung Cancer
1 year project period
Up to $50,000 direct costs
Application Deadline: January 1; award begins: May 1
Core Center in Molecular Toxicology pilot projects
All faculty in the University are eligible (including any research-track faculty eligible to submit other grants for external funding)
1 year project period with a possible second year of funding
Up to $40,000 per year
LOI due November 15
Full application due January 15
Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology Pilot Projects
Applicants must be full members of the VICB
Preference for collaborative projects and young investigators
Projects should employ tools of chemical biology
Up to $40,000 for 1 year
Applications due in January, funding begins in March
Vanderbilt Physician-Scientist Development Program
$75,000/year; may be extended 2nd year
These awards are for mentored research with an established investigator and are given to newly appointed assistant professor physicians who wish to pursue a career in academic medicine. The award is $75,000/year; a second year of funding is dependent upon the awardee’s progress. The expectation is that the applicant will apply for a K- or R-type award during the funding period. The competition is held once a year with a deadline of March 1. Approximately five grants are awarded each year. Details of this award may be found at: http://bret.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vpsd
Skin Diseases Research Core Center
$20,000/ year up to 3 years; 5 grants a year total
Funds are awarded for Multidisciplinary Pilot and Feasibility studies in skin-related research. Awards are typically $20-25,000/yr. Grants may be held for up to three years on a competitive basis. Four to five grants are awarded in a typical year. The application deadline is variable.
Mouse Metabolic Physiology Center
$40,000/year for 1 year
Funds are awarded for Pilot and Feasibility Studies for the development of new techniques and tests for characterization of mouse models of diabetes and related disorders. Awards are for up to $40,000 for one year. The internal deadline is May 15 with a start date of October 1.
Digestive Disease Research Center (DDRC) Pilot & Feasibility Project Funding Opportunity
$10,000 - $25,000/year for 2 years; 4 grants a year total
Applications are solicited for pilot projects to conduct basic, translational, clinical or collaborative research relating to digestive diseases. Applications will be considered in all areas of digestive disease research. Funds will support focused projects from individual investigators and are intended to provide support to collect preliminary data sufficient to support an application for independent research support through traditional NIH mechanisms. Funded projects will range from $10,000 to $25,000 per year. DDRC funding is limited to two years support at a maximum level of $25,000 per year.
DDRC Young Investigator
$50,000/year for 2 years
Exceptional applicants at the junior faculty level with a high likelihood for progression to extramural funding and a successful career in investigative gastroenterology are eligible to be named as a DDRC Young Investigator. Salary support for such an individual is limited to 24 months and cannot exceed $50,000/year and requires 80% of faculty effort to be focused on research. The deadline for submission of a complete application is March 1, 2006.
The O'Brien Pediatric Nephrology Center Grant
up to $31,500/year for up to 2 years
Funds available for use in supporting pilot studies commencing June 1, 2008. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2008. For further information contact Dr. Agnes Fogo at 2-3114.
Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Award Program
This competition is open to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center faculty Investigators or Members for conducting pilot projects consistent with the mission of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. The Kennedy Center's mission is to conduct and support collaborative research that investigates fundamental mechanisms of behavioral, cognitive, and brain development and plasticity relevant to developmental disabilities, across the lifespan. The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's aims are to better understand children's development, to prevent and solve developmental problems, and to enable people with developmental disabilities to lead better lives. Due dates for submissions: annually in August.
Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) Pilot and Feasibility Program
The goal of the DRTC Pilot and Feasibility Program is to support small research projects by new investigators (who have little or no independent research support) or established investigators who are turning to diabetes research for the first time. Three new projects are normally funded each year. After a university-wide solicitation of proposals, four individuals (two internal and two external to the institution) review each grant. The critiques of the proposal are evaluated by the P&F Review Committee (equivalent to an NIH study section), and each proposal is assigned a priority score. The proposals and priority scores are then presented to the DRTC Executive Committee (equivalent to the NIH Council) for a funding decision. Support for a second year of research is awarded when satisfactory work is completed in year one and if external support for the projects has not been obtained in the interim. Due dates for submissions: annually in January.
