Funding Opportunities & Awards
(All funding opportunities are contingent on a future award from the NIH.)
Bridging Grants
Bridging grant proposals are reviewed by external reviewers, with the major criteria being the importance and strength of the science and the likelihood of developing successfully into an NIH-funded project. Aspects to be considered are the priority score and adequacy of the responses to the reviewers.
- Bridging Grant Recipients (current and past)
- Bridging Grant Submission Procedures (PDF)
Core Facility Support
Core Facility grant proposals will be evaluated in terms of importance to the institutional and state Cell and Developmental Biology research initiatives.
- Core Facility Recipients (current and past)
- Core Facility Submission Procedures (PDF)
Major Starter Grants
After a competitive review, the K-INBRE Scientific Steering Committee awards Major Starter Grants to new faculty with outstanding research proposals in the scientific focus of the K-INBRE: cell and developmental biology. An NIH grant submission is expected by the end of the 2.5 year award.
Post-doctoral Awards
Post-doctoral awards are one-year mentored awards offered for the purpose of facilitating applications to support (1) initiation of post-doctoral research projects and (2) transition from the post-doctoral position to early investigator status. The awards are meant only for partial salary support during early or late stages of the post-doctoral experience and are not to supply ongoing salary support.
Recruitment Packages
Available to all K-INBRE campuses except KUMC, KU-Lawrence and K-State.
Recruitment package grant criteria will include (1) institutional needs, (2) strength of the applicant, and (3) the probability that hiring this individual will increase the competitiveness of the institution for NIH funds.
- Recruitment Package Recipients (current and past)
- Recruitment Package Submission Procedures (PDF)
Star Trainees
The K-INBRE “Star Trainee Program” is designed to identify outstanding prospective biomedical researchers during their junior year in college, and provide financial support during the senior year. Encouragement to progress to graduate training is expected from the award of funds to the Kansas institution of higher learning that has accepted an application for graduate training from the Star Trainee. Applicants are encouraged to work with graduate program directors listed on the K-INBRE website www.kumc.edu/kinbre to identify graduate programs and mentors.
- Star Trainee Recipients (current and past)
- Star Trainee Submission Procedures (PDF)
Summer Scholar
Support for undergraduate researchers during summer, spring or fall semesters is provided by these awards. All campuses are eligible to compete for the awards, which can be used for student stipends and/or laboratory research project supplies. Scholarships will be available at $4,000 per student.
- Summer Scholar Recipients (current and past)
- Summer Scholar Submission Procedures (PDF)