Pivot Funding is a strategic package of four short-term institutional investments to support and strengthen our research enterprise.
This investment by the UMB President’s Office will strengthen and grow the long-term impact of our biomedical research portfolio and sustain research to improve the human condition.
Pivot Funding eligibility, scope of the awards, and the application process are below. Dig deeper into the details on our intranet by clicking the red button.
Bridge Funding Research Grants
Purpose
Grants are a stop-gap measure to temporarily support critical research programs and federally funded investigators.
Awards
- Support any research from basic science through to T4 translational research
- Up to $100,000 in direct costs for a maximum of 12-months or until new or restored extramural funds are available
Eligibility
- Only School of Medicine full-time faculty members
Research Infrastructure Investment Grants
Purpose
The RIIG grants support new or upgraded research infrastructure (equipment, technologies, devices, software, hardware, computational storage, etc.) that address an unmet need to enable new lines of biomedical research.
Awards
- One-time award of up to $50,000 direct investment to support biomedical research infrastructure at UMB
Eligibility & Conditions
- Open to faculty at any rank or tenure status at all UMB schools
- Must have potential to enable new biomedical research or improve scientific rigor and reproducibility.
- Must be developed in consultation with the relevant department chair(s), or institute, center, or core facility director(s), who submit the grant application
Pivoting Programmatic Research Grants (PPRG)
Purpose
The PPRGs support development of new research programs that will be highly competitive in the current funding environment.
Awards
- One-time award of up to $500,000 over 12 months for novel, collaborative research programs that leverage combined expertise and resources within or across units at UMB
Eligibility & Conditions
- Open to all UMB schools
- Only UMB research deans, department chairs, or institute/organized research center directors may submit
- May comprise any combination of basic science, translational, or clinical research
- Proposals are expected to involve close coordination with faculty ideas and input
High-Priority Pivoting Programmatic Research Initiatives
Purpose
Targeted investment in five high-priority departments, institutes/organized research centers that are critical to the School of Medicine’s long-term research success and are uniquely vulnerable to current funding challenges.
Awards
- Up to $2 million pivot investment grants competitively awarded for one year with the potential for additional funds for a second year
Eligibility
- Selected School of Medicine departments, centers and institutes only
- Submitted by chairs and directors only