INTERIM
SUPPORT FOR BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH
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The Interim
Support funding program offers short-term support between
a funded grant and a renewal of the project, with a demonstrated
likelihood of eventual external support and a pending revision.
Funding of up to $15,000 is available to maintain defined projects
over a short duration. There are not deadlines for this program.
A concurrent proposal to OVPR
to meet additional interim support needs (maximum is also $15,000)
is also permissable.
GUIDELINES
Purpose:
To provide short-term support between a funded grant and the pending
resubmission for projects with a demonstrated likelihood of eventual
external support
Eligibility:
All full-time, on-campus instructional and research track faculty
with primary appointments at the Medical School are eligible to
apply. Applications from the following are not accepted: postdoctoral
fellows, projects to be performed while the PI is on sabbatical,
visiting professors, faculty without evidence of investigative
independence, and faculty whose work will not continue at the
University.
Funding Threshold:
$15,000 with the assumption that applicants requiring additional
support will apply concurrently to OVPR.
Project Specifications:
- Applications
must include copies of the most recent peer-review evaluation
(e.g., NIH Summary Statements).
- Requests
should be limited to the minimum funding necessary to maintain
a defined project over a short duration (generally less than
6 months) and are not expected to cover maintenance of an entire
lab.
- Applications
should demonstrate a bridge between existing research effort
and eventual external support, rather than requesting funding
for a project repeatedly denied support and with no existing
foundation from which a bridge to eventual funding could be
built.
- Awards in
this category will be expected to supplement support from the
applicant's department and may not cover budget reductions in
existing awards from external sponsors.
- Applications
may not cover the PI's salary.
Application
Process: There are no deadlines for this program.
25 copies
of the proposal should be submitted to the Office of Research
and Graduate Studies, 4107 Medical Science I C Wing / 0624. Applications
are available by download here
or by contacting Camille Mrozowski, cmrozow@umich.edu,
764-3611.
