The Research Development Unit (RDU), an entity within the UCI School of Medicine Office of Research, designs and implements services and other resources to help investigators succeed in obtaining and maintaining extramural funding.
Our services include:
Funding Opportunity Support
Grant Proposal Support
For specific support requests, please contact somrd@hs.uci.edu.
UCI NIH Boot Camp
The RDU administers this campus-wide program designed to help UCI faculty researchers successfully apply for their first research grants from NIH. For more information, please refer to the Boot Camp website.
NIH Resubmission Program
The Research Development Unit (RDU), within the SOM Office of Research, provides faculty with in-depth and organized support for proposal writing and revisions. Support includes editing services and pre-review by subject matter experts to facilitate the preparation of competitive –A1 or restructured –A0 applications.
If you would like to enroll in this program, please contact the SOM RDU at somrd@hs.uci.edu for details or apply here.
Incentive Program for New Multi-Component NIH Grant (P Or U) Submissions
The School of Medicine is pleased to announce the NIH Multi-component Grant (P or U) Incentive Program in recognition of the additional effort required by the SOM Principal Investigator (PI) to lead these large grant efforts.
Program details include:
Incentive Plan Details:
To be eligible for these funds, please fill out the Multi-Component Grant Incentive Form prior to submission. For more information and additional grant submission support, please contact the Research Development Unit in the School of Medicine (somrd@hs.uci.edu).
SOM-BIO Incentive Program
The School of Medicine and the School of Biological Sciences Deans’ Offices are pleased to announce the SOM-BIO Incentive Program to promote collaborative grant submissions between our two schools. Specifically, multi-PI (MPI) research grants with one MPI from UCI School of Medicine and the other MPI from UCI School of Biological Sciences at the NIH R01 level or similar (not R03 or R21) are eligible. To be eligible for these funds, one member of the team must fill out the SOM-BIO Incentive Form prior to submission. For more information and additional grant submission support, please contact the Research Development Unit in the School of Medicine (somrd@hs.uci.edu) or in the School of Biological Sciences (bio-research@uci.edu).
In addition to the services above, the RDU administers a number of intramural funding programs, including the school’s process for proposals to the VCR’s Bridge funding program. Click here for a list of upcoming funding opportunities. For other inquiries, please contact somrd@hs.uci.edu.
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