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.
Read an overview of the four programs below or login [URL for intranet from Ted] for specifics on eligibility, scope of the awards, and the application process.
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
- Independent investigators at rank of assistant professor though to professor
- Full-time faculty
Research Infrastructure Investment Grants
Purpose
Grants support new or upgraded research infrastructure (equipment, technologies, devices, software, hardware, computational storage, etc.) that address an unmet need.
Awards
- One-time award of up to $50,000 direct investment to support biomedical research infrastructure at UMB
Eligibility & Conditions
- Faculty at any rank or tenure status
- 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)
Pivotal Programmatic Research Grants
Purpose
Grants 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
- Submitted only by a UMB research dean, department chair, or institute/organized research center director
- May comprise any combination of basic science, translational, or clinical research
- Development 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 and centers that are critical to the School of Medicine’s long-term research success and are uniquely vulnerable to the federal funding crisis.
Awards
- Up to $2 million pivot investment grants competitively awarded with potential for supplementation for a second year
Eligibility
- Submitted by chairs and directors only