Internal Funding
PURPOSE
- To provide seed money for the initiation of projects that subsequently may attract funding from other sources
- To encourage the pursuit of new areas of research, scholarship, or artistic endeavors
- To fund travel in support of research, scholarship, or artistic endeavors
- To develop specific professional skills within one’s discipline
ELIGIBILITY
- All full-time faculty (as defined in the UNCW Faculty Handbook) across academic disciplines may apply.
- Faculty members who received an award (either as PI or co-PI) in the preceding year or two awards in the last five years are ineligible.
- Applicants who have not fulfilled responsibilities for previous awards will not be considered for future awards.
- All PIs and project staff must have completed their annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure.
- The department chair/school director must support and approve the project through the InfoReady routing system.
AWARD INFORMATION
Individual proposals are permitted, and interdisciplinary collaborative proposals are also encouraged. There is not a limit on the number of PIs per application.
Award Ceilings:
- $6,000 - Individual or teams where all the faculty applicants are in the same department/school
- $12,000 - Requires a minimum of two faculty from different departments/schools
- $18,000 - Requires a minimum of three faculty from different departments/schools
The number of projects awarded will be dependent on annual funding received each fiscal year.
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS
- Proposal Abstract
- Project Description
- Evidence of Scholarly Activity
- Project Relationship to Professional Experiences and Goals
- Project Impact
- Budget
- Allowable Costs – student compensation (Graduate Research Assistants can only be funded during the summer); materials and supplies; travel and equipment inextricably bound to project; activity costs (e.g., data collection, survey costs, literature review), participant incentives
- Unallowable Costs – faculty salary; administrative support; degree/certification expenses; academic conference/meeting attendance
- Budget Justification
- Curriculum Vitae (for each PI)
- Literature Cited
*Detailed instructions are available within the InfoReady competition. Please read each section thoroughly to ensure all requirements are met.
EVALUATION PROCESS
The Associate Provost for Research will convene the Faculty Senate Research Committee to evaluate the applications and make funding recommendations.
Proposals will be evaluated on intellectual merit with attention to the proposal requirements –abstract, description, scholarly activity, relationship to professional experience/goals, impact, and budget. Each of these criteria will be scored points based on the following designations: 1 – poor, 2 – moderate, 3 – good, 4 – exceptional. There will also be an overall score.
The reviewer scores will be averaged to determine a final rating. Applications not following the guidelines may be returned without review.
The committee seeks to engender a diverse applicant pool drawing from as many departments as possible. During the review process, when applications receive an equal rank, the committee will consider academic rank (favoring early career faculty) and previous Cahill grant recipients (favoring new awardees) to balance awards among academic disciplines.
TERMS OF AWARD
- Submit a final report via InfoReady at the end of the grant period.
- Share a poster at the Annual Research Celebration.
- Acknowledge funding support from Research and Innovation in future research publications and presentations. PIs are encouraged to use the Research and Innovation logo.
- Serve as a reviewer for future seed funding programs.
CONTACT
Email: RD@uncw.edu
Faculty submitting proposals are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of colleagues who have previously received Cahill grants and other experienced faculty within their departments. View a list of past Cahill awardees (UNCW login required).
PURPOSE
This is a capacity building grant to provide faculty time for proposal development activities that increase the competitiveness of a grant proposal for submission to an external funding sponsor.
ELIGIBILITY
- All full-time faculty (as defined in the UNCW Faculty Handbook) across academic disciplines may apply.
- Faculty members (either as PI or co-PI) may only receive one Research Momentum Fund award every two years.
- Applicants must meet with a Research Development Office staff member prior to RMF submission.
- Applicant(s) must identify a targeted external funding sponsor.
- Applicants who have not fulfilled responsibilities for previous awards will not be considered for future awards.
- All PIs must have completed their annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure.
- The department chair/school director must support and approve the course release/summer salary through the InfoReady routing system.
AWARD INFORMATION
These funds are only available to buy time to work on a proposal. This can be either a full 1-course buyout or one month of summer salary.
Individual proposals are permitted, and interdisciplinary/interprofessional collaborative proposals are also encouraged. Teams of two or more faculty (limit 3) can apply for a joint project. All joint project collaborators must be from different departments. The number of proposals awarded will be dependent on annual funding received each fiscal year.
This is an outcome-based award. Submission of a grant proposal to an external funding sponsor within 12-18 months of receipt of a RMF award is required.
OPTIONAL MENTOR SUPPLEMENT
$750 is available for a single, identified faculty mentor. Faculty mentors must have grant experience and agree to support proposal development activities for this proposal. Mentoring activities may vary. Research and Innovation will determine mentor eligibility, and mentors cannot support more than two projects.
- All proposals are eligible for the faculty mentoring supplement.
- Identified mentors must have demonstrated experience with external sponsored funding, preferably with the mentee’s targeted sponsor.
- Mentors are expected to assist with budget development.
- Mentors are expected to provide at least one full review of the draft proposal prior to final submission to external sponsor.
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS
- Targeted External Funding Sponsor and Program
- Project Idea – Potential, Significance, and Personnel
- Proposal Development – Goals/Activities, Timeline
- Mentoring Plan (if applicable)
- Budget – Choose funding option: Course buyout or one month's summer salary. (We will work with you to determine the exact amount after award.)
*Detailed instructions are available within the InfoReady competition. Please read each section thoroughly to ensure all requirements are met.
EVALUATION PROCESS
Proposals will be evaluated by an ad hoc review committee led by the Associate Provost for Research and Innovation. Proposals will be evaluated on the identification of a targeted external funding sponsor and the expected success of grant submission. The project idea should be well-developed i.e., at a stage such that the proposal development activities will clearly strengthen a competitive proposal for external funding.
Proposals will be evaluated with attention to fit with scope, budget, feasibility, goal specificity, clarity, and significance. Each of these criteria will be scored points based on the following designations: 1 – poor, 2 – moderate, 3 – good, 4 – exceptional.
Applications not following the guidelines may be returned without review.
TERMS OF AWARD
- Submit a grant proposal to an external funding sponsor within 12-18 months of receipt of this RMF award.
- Submit a final report via InfoReady at the end of the grant period.
- Acknowledge funding support from Research and Innovation in future research publications and presentations. PIs are encouraged to use the Research and Innovation logo.
- Serve as a reviewer for future seed funding programs.
CONTACT
Email: RD@uncw.edu
Faculty submitting proposals are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of colleagues who have previously received RMF grants and other experienced faculty within their departments. View a list of past RMF awardees (UNCW login required).
PURPOSE
To transform early-stage research or innovation into commercially viable products and services with societal impact and practical application
ELIGIBILITY
- All full-time faculty (as defined in the UNCW Faculty Handbook) across academic disciplines may apply.
- Applicants who have not fulfilled responsibilities for previous awards will not be considered for future awards.
- All PIs must have completed their annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure.
- Applicants must have an Innovation Disclosure - tied to the proposal and not already licensed - on file with the Office of Innovation & Commercialization.
- The department chair/school director must support and approve the project through the InfoReady routing system.
AWARD INFORMATION
Up to $15,000 total available across 1-3 awards annually
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS
- Description of Innovation
- Problem Statement
- Timeline & Milestones
- Budget
- Allowable Costs – student compensation (Graduate Research Assistants can only be funded during the summer), materials and supplies, travel and equipment inextricably bound to project, tradeshow/commercial conference, third party contracting, faculty summer salary considered
- Unallowable Costs – course buyouts, administrative support, degree/certification expenses, academic conference/meeting attendance
- Budget Justification
*Detailed instructions are available within the InfoReady competition. Please read each section thoroughly to ensure all requirements are met.
EVALUATION PROCESS
Proposals will be evaluated with attention to feasibility, IP strength, market opportunity, and grant impact by the OIC Selection Committee.
TERMS OF AWARD
- Acknowledge funding support from Research and Innovation in future research publications and presentations. PIs are encouraged to use the Research and Innovation logo.
- Recipients must attend training sessions including OIC Customer Discovery.
- Recipients must attend monthly one-on-one meetings with OIC.
- Recipients must complete at least 20 Customer Discovery Interviews during the grant period.
- One Progress Report must be submitted during the grant period through InfoReady.
- One Final Report must be submitted upon completion of the grant through InfoReady.
CONTACT
Email: OIC@uncw.eduFaculty submitting proposals are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of colleagues who have previously received OIC grants and other experienced faculty within their departments. View a list of past OIC awardees (UNCW login required).
PURPOSE
- To build interdisciplinary capacity in areas of growing research strength
- To foster an intellectual community of peers
- To connect the local community with national knowledge networks
- To promote collaboration among UNCW researchers
ELIGIBILITY
- All full-time faculty (as defined in the UNCW Faculty Handbook) across academic disciplines may apply.
- The topic must cross two or more disciplines (operationalized as departments/schools at UNCW).
- Applicants who have not fulfilled responsibilities for previous awards will not be considered for future awards.
- All PIs must have completed their annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure.
- The department chair/school director must support and approve the project through the InfoReady routing system.
AWARD INFORMATION
One award up to $10,000
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS
- Abstract
- Project Description
- Budget & Budget Justification
- Curriculum Vitae (for each PI)
*Detailed instructions are available within the InfoReady competition. Please read each section thoroughly to ensure all requirements are met.
EVALUATION PROCESS
Proposals will be reviewed by an ad hoc review committee assembled by the Associate Provost for Research and Innovation. Proposals will be evaluated with attention intellectual merit, collaborative potential, and feasibility to grow research success. Each of these criteria will be scored points based on the following designations: 1 – poor, 2 – fair, 3 – good, 4 – very good, 5 - excellent.
TERMS OF AWARD
- Submit a final report via InfoReady at the end of the grant period.
- Acknowledge funding support from Research and Innovation in future research publications and presentations. PIs are encouraged to use the Research and Innovation logo.
- Serve as a reviewer for future seed funding programs.
CONTACT
Email: RD@uncw.eduFaculty submitting proposals are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of colleagues who have previously received IRSS grants and other experienced faculty within their departments. View a list of past IRSS awardees (UNCW login required).