Volume 13, number 1: July 10, 2006
FUNDING TIPS
Mellon New Directions Fellowships in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences
UNC-Chapel Hill received an invitation to submit two nominees for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s New Directions Fellowships. This recently established program supports outstanding faculty in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who would benefit from training outside their own discipline in order to work on interesting problems at an appropriate level of sophistication. Faculty who received their doctorates between five and fifteen years ago are eligible.
The fellowships cover salary for approximately one academic year and two summers, as well as tuition and other reasonable costs associated with the fellows’ training programs. Internal nominations are required, and are due at the Office of Research Development by September 5 (extended from original deadline of August 10). READ MORE (pdf)
Community Economic Development Competitive Funding Available
As part of Carolina’s ongoing efforts to pursue engaged scholarship and service, the Office of Economic and Business Development, in partnership with the Carolina Center for Public Service, announces the Community Economic Development Competitive Grants Program. The program will fund projects with potential to improve the economic competitiveness of North Carolina businesses and communities across a wide range of issues, as identified at the Carolina Summit on Community Economic Development (PDF).
Tenured, tenure track, and fixed term faculty members from any discipline and any Carolina unit are eligible. For details and application forms, click here.
New BWF Career Development Award for Physician-Scientists
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has made significant changes to its primary career award program that provides bridging support for the postdoctoral-to-faculty years. Previously named the Career Awards in the Biomedical, the program is now the Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS). It focuses on increasing the number of physician-scientists and keeping them in research.
CAMS includes the following major changes:
- applicants must hold MD, DDS, DVM or equivalent clinical degree (PhD-only holders are no longer eligible);
- amount has increased to $700k (from $500k) over five years;
- candidate must be a clinical fellow, resident, instructor (non-tenure track) or postdoctoral researcher with at least 2 years of research experience; and
- candidate should not be more than 7 years beyond receipt of his/her most recent doctorate (previously required 1 to 4 years of postdoctoral research training).
Research areas include the basic biomedical sciences, disease-oriented, translational, or molecular, genetic, or pharmacological epidemiology research. U.S. or Canadian citizenship or permanent residency is still required. CAMS awardees cannot hold other bridging awards.
Carolina is limited to a total of five institutional candidates for the award. Therefore, internal coordination through the Office of Research Development is required, with internal nominations due August 1. For other requirements and details, click here (pdf).
New NC Biotech Center Guidelines
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center Science and Technology Program has posted new guidelines for their 2006-2007 funding cycle. The Center’s Research and Education grants strengthen university research capabilities, leverage larger financial awards, and foster academic and industrial collaborations through the following award programs:
- Collaborative Funding;
- Faculty Recruitment;
- Institutional Development;
- Multidisciplinary Research;
- Education Enhancement;
- Event Sponsorship; and
- Regional Development.
The new guidelines include two major changes. First, all grants and loans are now only accepted in electronic format. Also, the deadline for all grant applications will be noon of the published deadline date.
As always, applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a pre-proposal for review and comment at least two weeks before completing the online submission. To access program guidelines and application forms, click here.
Reynolds Trust Temporarily Suspends Health Care Funding
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem, which provides funding to programs that improve access to health care for North Carolinians with limited financial resources, has suspended grant-making from its Health Care Division until spring 2007.
Applications for Health Care funding will not be accepted for the previously stated September 15 deadline. The Trust will continue previous funding commitments through 2006 and will resume making new health grants based on requests submitted on or before the spring deadline of March 15, 2007. The Health Care Division will continue to schedule required advance consultations with organizations planning to submit proposals for the March 15 deadline.
To read the press release, click here.
New NC Tool for Identifying Federal Contract Opportunities
The North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) has a new web-based tool, MatchForce http://www.matchforce.org, which matches North Carolina businesses and individuals to government contracts, government purchasers to NC suppliers, and job seekers to NC jobs. Faculty members involved in collaborations with NC businesses, contracting officers, and others can register, post, search, and receive information about federal opportunities from MatchForce.
NCMBC is a collaborative effort between NC business and industry and the NC Community College System. READ MORE