Research Support & Services: Funding: Intramural Funding Opportunities
Extended Research Bridging Program for Instructional Track Faculty
University of Michigan Medical School
Research Bridging for Instructional Track Faculty
After Recent Termination of Major Research Funding
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
About the Program:
Some of our faculty, after successful careers as independent investigators, have had difficulty securing outside funding to continue their research program. It is in the Medical School’s interest to maintain our faculty as contributing members of the academic community. Therefore, in selected cases it is appropriate for the Department and/or School to provide support to the faculty member to maintain his or her laboratory. This program is intended to provide a fair and transparent process for determining levels of bridging support for all faculty, that does not vary with deparatmental membership. These principles provide the basis for this program.
Eligibility:
Bridging support will be considered for instructional track faculty with a record of significant continuous external funding who currently lack external funding for their research. Only faculty with recent reviews based on failed outside submissions will be eligible for consideration.
Funding:
Bridging (including Departmental matching funds) will be provided for up to two years. The Chair and Dean, or their designees, will negotiate the final amount and sources of these funds.
Faculty members will be required to submit a budget justification for requested bridging funds.
The faculty member’s chair and division or section chief must sign off on the application for bridging funds, monitor the faculty member’s progress towards agreed-upon goals with formal reporting at 9 months and periodically thereafter, and be responsible for the faculty member’s progress towards competitiveness and independence. If timely progress toward the agreed-upon goals is not accomplished, funding will terminate.
Review Process and Funding Criteria:
A review committee will be convened for each review. The applicant will make a 30-minute oral presentation (“chalk talk”) describing the proposed experiments and their relationship to recent reviews and future applications. The review committee will provide feedback regarding preparation for resubmission and the likelihood of success. The committee will continue the discussion privately and provide their recommendations regarding funding. The review committee is advisory to the Chair and Dean who will make the final decision.
Application Submission Process:
Please submit the following materials electronically to (ExtBridging@umich.edu). PLEASE NOTE THAT E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS ARE NOT ERROR-PROOF. WE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF ALL ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS. If you do not receive a response from us by the end of the next business day, please call us at 615-1630.
Grant Application:
Application materials should be submitted in a single PDF format in the order listed below.
- Application cover pages including completed signature pages and budget summary.
Download the Application Form (Word)
- Budget Justification (Not to exceed one page):
A narrative which fully explains the relationship of costs to the proposed activity and the basis for cost estimates. If salaries are included, please itemize the salary and fringe benefits for each person. Requests are limited to the minimum funding necessary to maintain the laboratory for a defined period of time up to a maximum of two years. Awards may not cover budget reductions in existing awards from external sponsors, cost overruns, or travel.
- Complete Summary Statements from most recent Study Section review, including score and percentile.
- Current NIH-style Biosketch.
- Current NIH-style Other Support page.
