NC TraCS Offers Next Round of Pilot Grant Funding

The Pilot Grant Program will support new projects from basic, clinical and social scientists for translational NC TraCS offers a Pilot Grant Program with $4.3 million available this year to support basic, clinical, and social scientists for bench-to-bedside and bedside-to-practice translational research.  The goal is to promote development of novel solutions that will ultimately improve patient and community health outcomes for the citizens of North Carolina.

NC TraCS offers $10,000 grants to support researchers with the early development of a research idea or to expand an existing study beyond the original scope into promising new directions. THE NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE FOR A TRAC$10K IS MARCH 9, 2010.

NC TraCS Pilot Grant Program offers $50,000 Grants to serve as a stimulus for new research initiatives aimed at obtaining sufficient preliminary data to allow new applications for extramural funding. TraCS gives preference to new ideas from multidisciplinary teams of researchers. The $50K grants require matching from participating schools, departments, centers, or partner organizations.  THE NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE FOR A TRAC$50K IS APRIL 13, 2010.

For the TRAC$K50 GRANT CYCLE DUE DATE APRIL 13, 2010, an "email of intent” must be submitted to nctracspilots@unc.edu. The email should contain the full names of the PI and all Co-Investigators, the title of the application, and the “Research Type” (Pilot, Collaborative - Type I and Collaborative Type II) and have the subject line: "EMAIL OF INTENT FOR TRACS $50K" .

For complete information about NC TraCS Funding, click here.

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