Internal Funding Opportunities

 

Faculty Opportunities

InCHIP Seed Grants for UConn Faculty

Description: UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) offers seed grants for faculty at UConn Storrs, UConn Health, and the regional campuses who are InCHIP Network Members. This mechanism is designed to fund pilot work that will directly support a future external grant application in the area of human health, consistent with InCHIP’s mission. External grants that emerge from InCHIP funded seed grants must be submitted through InCHIP or UConn Health. InCHIP anticipates funding 4 to 5 pilot projects this academic year.

Fall semester deadline: November 17, 2023 at 11:59pm.
Spring semester deadline: April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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Pilot Studies in Health Equity, Human Rights, & Social Justice Approaches to Health

Description: This award provides funding for pilot studies conducted by UConn Faculty in the area of social justice, human rights, and health equity. This opportunity represents a collaboration between InCHIP and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute. This opportunity will award one project for up to $20,000.

Spring semester deadline: April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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UConn Faculty Career Development Funds

Purpose: InCHIP will provide up to $ 5,000 for UConn faculty whose work is aligned with InCHIP’s mission to access training in a new area or topic relevant to the research agenda of the applicant. Funding will be prioritized for proposals that clearly connect their training activities to planned external funding proposals.

Fall semester deadline: November 17, 2023 at 11:59pm.
Spring semester deadline: April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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Rolling Seed Grants for Team Formation, Bridge Funding, and Project Completion

Purpose: This award provides funds to support the development of new interdisciplinary research teams and community-partnerships, matched funding for projects with other sources of funding, and project completion activities. Awards ranging from $500-$5000 are available in this competition.

Fall semester deadline: November 17, 2023 at 11:59pm.
Spring semester deadline: April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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Pilot Studies in Environmental Health

Purpose: This award provides funding for pilot studies conducted by UConn Faculty in the area of environment and health. Projects should examine the ways the environment impacts human health and can include explorations of climate change or policy impact on health. Awards ranging from $5,000- $10,000 are available in this competition.

Fall semester deadline: November 17, 2023 at 11:59pm.
Spring semester deadline: April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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Community-Engaged Health Research Seed Grants

Purpose: InCHIP will provide up to $10,000 in grant funding for UConn Faculty pursuing a community-engaged health research project that meets a need identified by and in collaboration with a community stakeholder(s). This award provides funding for community-academic partnerships to perform pilot studies that will establish or strengthen relationships and produce preliminary data for future extramural grant applications.

Fall semester deadline: November 17, 2023 at 11:59pm.
Spring semester deadline: April 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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Graduate Student Opportunities

Dissertation Assistantship Award

Purpose: This assistantship will provide an outstanding graduate student a paid assistantship to support dissertation research in the fields of public health or health-related behavioral and social science research. Students can elect to make use of this award full time in one semester or part time across two semesters.

Deadline: March 8th, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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Jeffrey D. Fisher Health Behavior Change Research Fellowship

Purpose: The Fisher Fellowship will award $2,000 in funds to one outstanding UConn graduate student working on their dissertation in the area of health behavior. To be considered a competitive applicant, the student must have a record of outstanding achievement in health behavior research. Outstanding achievements can include peer reviewed publications, presentations at national conferences, or other notable accomplishments.

Deadline: April 26th, 2024 at 11:59pm.

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For questions about InCHIP’s rolling seed grants, contact Grace Morris.