Deadline: 16 October 2015
The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) is currently accepting pre-proposals for 1-2 year grants of approximately $20,000/year for Pilot & Feasibility research projects in nutrition or obesity.
The primary objective of the Pilot & Feasibility Grant Program is to support the development of innovative research in nutrition and obesity. The program is specifically designed to help investigators collect preliminary data sufficient enough to support a grant application for independent research support and published work.
Pilot & Feasibility (P&F) projects may be biomedical, epidemiological, or clinical. They may include laboratory or non-laboratory research projects that focus either on human nutrition, on animal work that could be translated to human nutrition, or on basic research related to nutrition or obesity. Human nutrition projects may focus on inpatient or outpatient studies or on epidemiological or community-based research that is social or behavioral in nature.
Thematic Areas
- Causes and Prevention of Obesity
- Clinical Nutrition and Chronic Diseases in Populations
- Metabolic Responses, Metabolic Variation and Requirements for Nutrients
- Nutritional Interventions and Nutrition Behaviors
- Pregnancy, Child Growth, and Development
Funds available
The NORC funds 1-year grants up to $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
The applicants must be a faculty member at UNC-CH in US who is
- A new investigator without current or past NIH research support (R01, P01 or R24) as a PD/PI, or
- An established, funded investigator with no previous work experience in nutritional sciences, and
- obesity who wishes to test the applicability of their expertise to a nutritional science and/or obesity-related problem.
How to Apply
- Applicants must be submit a pre-proposal application by email.
- The pre-proposal should exactly follow the format that is given on the application form.
- Pre-proposals are limited to one page and should be written in Ariel 11 font.
- Selected applicants will be asked to submit a full proposal which is due on 29 January 2016.
- Funding for successful applications will begin on friday, April 1, 2016.
For more information, Please visit UNC NORC Pilot & Feasibility Grant Program.
