The Center’s Emerging Science and Scientists Pilot Project Program funds 1 year projects (limited to $30,000) to new or established investigators seeking to enter the field of medical countermeasure research and with a project idea that is complimentary to the current UC Davis CounterACT Center. Funded investigators will become part of the UC Davis CounterACT community by attending and participating in monthly Center investigator meetings and are welcome to all educations workshops and retreats.
WHO CAN APPLY
- Early stage investigators or establish investigators new to medical countermeasures and chemical threat agent research.
WHAT’S NEEDED?
- Application (no more than 5 pages, excluding references), with the following required elements: Specific Aims, Significance of the Research, Relevance to Goals and Mission of the Center, Innovation, and Experimental Design (rationale, methods, anticipated results, potential pitfalls).
- Biosketch (NIH format)
- Proposed budget not to exceed $30,000 and limited to direct costs, including salaries for personnel other than the PI, supplies, equipment at or no more than 25% of the total budget, travel capped at $1000.
- Relevant IRB or IACUC approvals or pending approvals
- Justification of how pilot funding will help the investigator develop an independently funded project in countermeasures research.
DUE DATE
August 10, 2022