Overview:
The Brigham Research Institute (BRI) has made funds (up to $400,000) available in 2018 to support basic, clinical and translational projects/activities related to any scientific theme with the goal of obtaining preliminary data that will be used to apply for new funding from the National Institutes of Health, other federal and state grantors, foundations, industry and other granting agencies
Process:
- Applicant must identify funding opportunity for which they will apply (the corporations and foundations team from the Development office can help identify opportunities – please contact bwhbri@partners.org if you need assistance). Identification of multiple funding opportunities may be advantageous
- Requests of any amount up to $50,000 will be considered; projected return on investment must be 10x total award amount (for example, a $25K request should be applying for a grant worth >$250,000 total costs)
- Applicant must outline a timeline including a specific start date and discrete milestones (spanning no more than one year) leading up to and culminating in the submission of a specific external grant based on the preliminary data that will be generated with the funds requested
- Applications will be accepted during two cycles with deadlines of April 30th, 2018 and Oct 31st, 2018 respectively
- Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis
- Applications will be evaluated and prioritized by an internal faculty review committee and BRI leadership
- The BRI is under no obligation to spend any or all the funds available to this mechanism and projects may be partially funded
- No-cost extensions may be permitted under extenuating circumstances; unused funds will be returned to the BRI