Funding Opportunities
The President’s Research Fund (PRF) supports projects that have a strong potential for obtaining external funding for SLU investigators.
The RPC administers a single PRF cycle for the School of Medicine (SOM) with a January deadline and a May start date. The maximum award term is 13 months.
- View complete information on PRF funding: PRF Info
- View a list of current and previous awardees: PRF Awardees
Quicklinks:
- PRF Guidelines (PDF download)
- Submission Portal: Openwater via MySLU Tools
- Contact Denise Johnson with questions (977-8067; Email)
The RPC is currently not accepting applications for the Research Opportunity Funding mechanism.
The Research Opportunity Fund (ROF) aims to provide rapid funding for SOM researchers, with several specific areas of support.
Applicants must be tenure-track or tenured faculty in the SOM. However, faculty mentors may submit applications on behalf of research fellows or trainees with proper explanation of the circumstances.
View complete information on ROF funding: ROF Applications
Details:
- Applications are due on the 10th of any month by 5 pm CST (or the following business day if the 10th is a holiday or weekend)
- Submission is via OpenWater Portal: ROF Openwater
- ROF Program Overview: ROF Program
- Contact Denise Johnson with questions (977-8067; Email)
- New Clinical Trial ($300,000 over 3 years)
- Existing Clinical Trial (200,000 over 2 years)
- Pre-R01 Program ($200,000 over 2 years)
- Pre-R01 Program with Cancer Prevention & Control Emphasis ($200,000 over 2 years)
- Multi-PI Pre-R01 Program ($400,000 over 2 years)
- Team Science Program ($800,000 over 2 years)
- Research must be conducted at non-profit, US-based institutions with the capacity for research programs suitable to research in the field of probiotics.
- Young investigators who are senior fellows with a committed faculty appointment or early faculty members within a maximum of 5 consecutive years of his/her first faculty appointment (appointments must be in the United States) are eligible.
- All partners must sign a “Research Grant Agreement”, which outlines: information on institutional overhead fees and clearances; use of funds; ownership of results; and any restrictions. The agreement will be supplied upon grant acceptance.
- Applicants are limited to one submission per investigator.
- Clinical Care
- Research
- Education
- Emergency Preparedness
Enrico Di Cera, M.D.
VA Research Liaison Officer
(314) 977-9201