HPDP announces $5K planning grants

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is accepting applications for one-year planning grants of up to $5,000 to help UNC faculty conduct pilot projects in health promotion/disease prevention research. UNC faculty who currently affiliate with the Center as Research Fellows as well as UNC faculty new to HPDP are encouraged to apply.

HPDP is interested in funding pilot projects that will lead to new applications for extramural research funding and welcomes the opportunity to assist with and administer future grant applications resulting from the pilots.

Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• significance to health promotion/disease prevention research
• investigator qualifications
• innovation of research
• feasibility/soundness of approach
• potential for pilot project to lead to extramural funding

Eligibility: UNC faculty with a minimum 0.75 FTE appointment are eligible to apply.

Award amount: HPDP expects to make 2 awards of up to $5,000 apiece.

Application deadline: April 30, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST.