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Intramural Funding Opportunities and Resources

Temporary funding support for projects while full, outside support is being sought, and seed money for innovative, interdisciplinary, team research.

 

The Office of Research has re-envisioned the New Grant Support and Bridge Funding programs to better serve our faculty. These internal, intramural funding mechanisms will now be known as Finish Line Grants and Bridging Awards. These funds are designed to support faculty in their quest to become nationally competitive and secure extramural funding.

This intramural funding supports full-time UTHSC faculty members as they enhance their scholarly and research activities to increase the strength and competitiveness of a future proposal submission. Applications are considered for this internal, Office of Research managed, competition-based program if the submitted proposal is:

1) a previously submitted and unfunded grant application

or

2) previously funded grant not chosen for an extension or renewal. 

 

SUPPORT LEVEL

      • maximum of $25,000 over two years

ELIGIBLE GRANTS¹

Track 1: Finish Line Grants Eligibility

      • Previously Submitted R01, R15, R21, R24, R41, R43, U01, NSF Career, or similar mechanisms

Track 2: Bridging Award Eligibility

      • Unfunded, competitive renewal
      • Grant or project was previously funded for at least three consecutive years
      • A direct continuation of the previous grant 

BUDGET GUIDELINES

Allowed Expenses

      • Salary and fringe benefits for non-tenure track staff (ex. postdoctoral scholars, limited or part-time faculty members, graduate students not supported by the graduate college) as well as for exempt and non-exempt staff
      • postdoctoral scholars 
      • limited term or part-time faculty members
      • graduate students not supported by the graduate college
      • Research Supplies
      • Equipment costs and purchases under $10,000 
      • Publication costs

PLEASE NOTE:

    • Intramural funding recipients may have only one active award.
    • New submissions will not be considered if the applicant has a previous intramural funding award in a deficit status or with other accounting issues.
    • Future recipients will be known as Finish Line Grant and Bridging Award recipients. 

Please contact the Office of Research Development with any questions.

REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS

Each file will be uploaded separately. 

    • Summary Statement: dated within the last 6 months.
    • PI’s Explanation of Need: (2 pp., 11 pt. Arial or Times New Roman, one pdf): Please provide a description detailing your need and how these funds will assist you in achieving a successful, future extramural funding award. 
    • Budget (one PDF)2
    • Budget Justification

 

1If your grant mechanism is not listed, contact ORD for guidance. 

2Template provided.

 

InfoReady Review

InfoReady Review (IRR) is our internal funding competition management tool. IRR is used for the routing, reviewing, and selection of UTHSC nominees for limited submissions, and the submission and review of intramural funding opportunities.

Create an Account

  1. From the UTHSC InfoReady website, click "Log In" in the upper right corner of the screen (in the green header)
  2. Click the blue box labeled "University of Tennessee Health Science Center Login"
  3. Log in using your UTHSC NetID and password
  4. Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the screen (in the green header). This will take you to your User Profile page
  5. On your User Profile page, scroll down to Organizational Levels and click "Add Primary Organization"
  6. Choose your affiliation from the drop-down menu (it drills down to the departmental level)
  7. Click "Save and Close"
  8. Click "Save Changes" at the bottom of your User Profile page
  9. Click "Home" (orange writing under green header) in the upper left to go back to the IRR home page

Submitting an Application

  1. If you do not have an IRR account already, create one following the steps listed above
  2. Log in to your IRR account via the UTHSC InfoReady website
  3. On the IRR homepage, click the title of the competition you are applying to
  4. Click "Apply" in the right column
  5. Enter all required information in the fields marked with an asterisk(*). Enter "n/a" for any field that does not apply.
  6. Click "Submit Application"
  7. You will receive an automated confirmation email from IRR within five minutes of submitting your application. If you do not receive this email, please contact Jamie Whartenby. 
  8. Templates for Face Sheet, Budget Page, NIH-Style Biosketch, and other support can be downloaded from the UTHSC InfoReady Review website under "Support Documents".

 

Intramural Funding No Cost Extension Request
Intramural Funding Research Progress Report
Grant Prospecting Request

 

 

Aug 20, 2024