Team Grant Accelerator
The Team Grant Accelerator program is structured to provide comprehensive support across the planning, pre-award, and post-award stages with specific mechanisms designed to incentivize investigators to pursue new large awards, fostering collaboration and enhancing grant success rates. Program projects receiving WFUSM support are expected to result in grant submissions. Below, please find the eligibility criteria for this program as well as four key areas of support for this program.
Institutionally funded Research Centers should become the key drivers and conveners of program projects and center grants. Centers’ contribution to these applications and awards will become a main criteria during annual reviews. As such, the large institutional commitment to pilot funds through Centers must be leveraged to develop program project or center grant applications. Projects can be funded independently with a single Center or receive joint funding from multiple Centers, where applicable.
Eligibility Criteria
WFUSM faculty at any rank and regardless of their WFUSM Centers or Institutes affiliation are eligible to apply. To be eligible for these funds, faculty must fill out the Intent to Submit Team Grant Application prior to submitting the proposal to the sponsor. The requests will be reviewed, and competitive applications will be invited to participate in the Team Grant Accelerator. Examples of eligible funding mechanisms supported by the program are listed below:
- P01 – Research Program Project Grant
- P30 – Center Core Grants
- P50 – Specialized Center
- P51 – Primate Research Center Grants
- P60 – Comprehensive Center
- U19 – Research Program-Cooperative Agreements
- U54 – Specialized Center-Cooperative Agreements
- UM2 – Program Project or Center with Complex Structure Cooperative Agreement
- RM1 – Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams
Other mechanisms, including non-NIH mechanisms, may be eligible, such as one supporting a large multi-center clinical trial. A determination will be made based on the review of the Team Grant Application.
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Other eligibility requirements include:
- New or competing renewals.
- WFUSM serves as prime site.
- Direct support exceeds $1M per year for at least 3 years.
- Indirect support (F&A) must be the NIH or PCORI level of support.
- Other grants/mechanisms not specified may be eligible; please submit the application to prompt a discussion with the Research Vice Deans to determine official eligibility.