Deadline: 23-Mar-22
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s 2022 Flash Grants Program is noe open to identify and energize the most creative ideas that exhibit early indications of exceptional commercial potential.
Like a flash of inspiration, Flash Grants infuse a quick jolt of funding at a critical early point when a small, targeted influx of funds can be crucial to shaping innovative research ideas into high potential life sciences technologies.
Categories
Flash Grants support short, tightly-focused research projects in these two categories:
- To obtain initial exploratory, proof-ofconcept, or feasibility data necessary to suggest the disruptive potential of a life sciences technology and/or
- To conduct the final experiment(s) needed to advance a basic life sciences research program into the translational research phase of development
Funding Information
A maximum of $20,000 may be requested for projects of up to 12 months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any North Carolina university or non-profit research organization may apply.
- Companies and individuals are not eligible to apply for Flash Grants.
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At the time of submission, the Principal Investigator (PI) must hold a full-time, tenure-track, or tenured faculty appointment, or an appointment as permanent, full-time, clinical or research faculty at the applicant institution or hold an equivalent position.
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Postdoctoral research fellows, adjunct faculty, and non-permanent research personnel are not eligible.
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The PI may not have more than two active awards from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center at the same time.
For more information, visit North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
For more information, visit https://www.ncbiotech.org/funding/grants/flash-grant