The Office of Research Technologies听 and CFAC are excited to announce that we will once again hold a SOM Core Facility Voucher听Program听and ask that you forward this information to your customer e-mail lists and send to departmental list servs.
The听voucher听program听is intended for 黑料网 researchers (from any school) to apply for up to $10,000 in funding to be spent at one or more听SOM core facilities which invoice for services. This is specifically intended for听NEW method development听or听PILOT DATA for currently unfunded projects听that听ALSO听meets one of the following criteria:
- Establishes the applicant as a new customer of at least one core facility
- Creates a multi-core pipeline
- Allows a customer of a core facility to use a new technique or methodology within a core they have previously used in other capacities (this is at the discretion of the core director)
Applicants will be required to meet with and have the written approval of the core directors for core facilities they intend to use at the time of submission and must plan to fully spend out their funds by June 30, 2023. Carry-over of funds is not guaranteed, and applicants should be aware that the technical feasibility to complete the study within the proposed timeframe will be an important factor in award decisions.
Please find the RFA attached and all information, including necessary documentation, a submission form template to aid in organizing the application, core director/applicant signature forms, and submission instructions, can be found on the ORT/CFAC听Voucher听Program‘s Website:听/corefacilities/core-voucher–program/
Applications for the听Voucher听Program听are now open for submission and will be due听October 27, 2023 at 11:59 pm听
Please direct any questions about this听program听to Kara Clissold in the SOM Office of Research Technologies at kara_clissold@med.unc.edu