Funding Opportunities
Grant-in Aid
Agency: Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Audience: Faculty
Details: Seed money; summer bridge fund program
Average: $33,000
Research and equipment grants
Agency: Medical School
Audience: Faculty
Details: Start up ($15,000) or bridge funding ($75,000), equipment funding
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
Agency: Powell Center for Women's Health
Audience: Early career investigators
Details: Internal K12 grant mechanism (75% salary, $25,000 research funds)
Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics
Agency: U of M / Mayo
Audience: PI from U of M and PI from Mayo
Details: $500,000 - $1M, offered once per year. LOI due August 31.
Minnesota Futures
Agency: Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Audience: Faculty – new collaborative research group
Details: $250,000, Annual competition
MN Reach
Agency: Joint effort of NIH and U of M
Audience: Faculty
Details: Projects involve unmet medical need and within steps of commercialization
CTSI funding opportunities
Agency: Clinical and Translational Research Science Institute (CTSI)
Audience: Faculty
Details: Multiple deadlines
MCC funding opportunities
Agency: Masonic Cancer Center (MCC)
Audience: MCC faculty
Details: Foster development of novel cancer research ideas
Cancer related funding
Agency: Sponsored on MCC site
Audience: Faculty
Details: List of agencies and foundations that support cancer research
Faculty Research Development Grants
Agency: AHC
Audience: 2 PIs – different AHC schools
Details: New or expanding interdisciplinary research; Max $200,000, 2 yr. award