The SOM Office of Research acknowledges the valuable contributions of Health Science (HS) Clinical Assistant, Associate and Full Professors to translational and clinical research at UCI and is pleased to support the submission of research grant proposals through the HS Clinical Faculty Research Incentive Program (HS-CFRIP).The grant may be a collaboration between a HS clinical professor and PI(s) of any UCI School (e.g. School of Medicine, Biological Science, Engineering).

Federal, state and foundation grant submissions are eligible.

Role in Grant Application: If the HS Faculty member is the PI or MPI, the grant budget must include a $50k minimum per year in direct costs. Alternatively, the HS faculty member may be a coinvestigator with a significant contribution (at least 10% budget). In this scenario, the grant budget must include a $100k minimum per year in direct costs.

Investigator-initiated studies with industry support with $75k minimum per year in direct costs

Eligible Grant Dates of Submission: 7/1/24 – 6/30/25

Incentive Program 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
• If there are multiple SOM HS clinical faculty, all PIs must be listed on the form and the incentive will be split equally among them.
• 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 HS-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).