UNC Lineberger Developmental Funding Program

The UNC Lineberger Developmental Funding Program (the Innovation Awards) is intended to support the cancer research innovations led by faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in several of our sister Universities. The objective is to initiate new directions leading to successful new applications for extramural funding.

All UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center members and UNC-Chapel Hill faculty are encouraged to apply. A separate RFA encourages applications from several UNC System schools.

Two tiers of awards will be accepted: Tier 1: Pilot Awards and Tier 2: Stimulus Awards. Within each tier, proposals are accepted in basic, clinical/translational, and population science. Additionally, targeted RFAs may be added to each funding cycle, and proposals of high merit in each tier may be considered for the targeted RFA mechanism.

Study sections chaired by UNC Lineberger Associate Directors will review all Tiers of proposals.

Tier 1: Pilot Awards will consist of up to $50,000 for one year, with expected start dates of July 1 or January 1, depending on submission. They should have only one principal investigator. Basic and pop-sci research categories require applicant to be a faculty member of any rank, tenure-track or non-tenure-track. Applicants in the clinical/translational category ONLY may be non-faculty (clinical fellow) with faculty sponsor. Go to Pilot Awards

Tier 2: Stimulus Awards allow for 1-2 principal investigators (PIs). The award will consist of up to $100,000 per year, for one or two years. Research proposed should be innovative and have potential for advances that can enhance our scientific understanding of cancer and/or clinical and public health practice. Go to Stimulus Awards

In this round, we will be featuring several targeted RFAs that address specific strategic aims for the Center. These include:

• Matching funds for single cell nucleic acid sequencing and geospatial analysis
• Virology associated collaborations and projects
• Cancer survivorship
• Population science approaches to address cancer disparities in NC
• Protein binding therapeutic/diagnostic shared resource
• Proposals outside these areas are strongly encouraged and the overarching goal of this program remains to fund innovative and cutting-edge work that increases the likelihood of extramural funding

 Go to Targeted RFAs

Application

The application website will be announced and opened approximately one week ahead of the deadline. Both registration and submission must be completed by 5 p.m. on the deadline date.

Support

If you have questions, please contact our team at lccc-dev-awards@office.unc.edu