Incentive Program for New Research Proposal Submissions for Clinical Faculty (CFRIP)

The School of Medicine Office of Research, with support from the SOM Dean’s Office, is pleased to promote the submission of research grants by clinical faculty.

In order to be eligible for these funds, faculty must fill out the CFRIP Intent to Submit form prior to submitting the proposal to the sponsor.


Details of the program include:

  • Federal, state and foundation grant submissions with $75k minimum per year in direct costs
  • Investigator-initiated studies with industry support with $75k minimum per year in direct costs
  •  Clinical faculty eligible: Clin-X Series, in-Residence, & Adjunct (not in-Line series). (HS series faculty should apply for the HS-CFRIP)
  • Role in Grant Application: PI or MPI
  •  Incentive Plan Details:
  •  Scored grants in the top 50% of the submitted applications: $500
  •  Funded grants: $1000
  • Funds can be allocated as unrestricted funds or z-payment.
  • There are funds available to incentivize a maximum of 15 award submissions per year in this program.


To be eligible for these funds, the faculty member must fill out this CFRIP INCENTIVE FORM prior to submission. We request the following the for provision of incentive funds: 1) a draft of the project summary/abstract is uploaded to this form at least four weeks in advance of the FOA deadline to ensure adequate time for Dean’s office review/approval, and 2) the lead PI notifies Research Support Services, SOMProposalReqs@hs.uci.edu, or any other contracts and grants staff who will facilitate the proposal submission at least six weeks before the submission deadline, and all submission timeline requirements are followed.


A faculty member can only apply for one SOM incentive per grant submission.


For more information and additional grant submission support, please contact the Research Development Unit (somrd@hs.uci.edu).

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Clinical faculty in the following series are eligible: Clin-X Series, in-Residence, HS Series & Adjunct (not in-Line series)

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Clinical faculty in the following series are eligible: Clin-X Series, in-Residence, HS Series & Adjunct (not in-Line series)

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