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225 Years of Tar Heels: Francis Collins

25 March 2019

A graduate of the UNC School of Medicine, Francis Collins led the Human Genome Project, which identified and mapped all of the genes of the human genome. Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD Editor's note: In honor of the University's...

TraCS helps expand health screening for babies through Early Check

20 March 2019

NC TraCS has partnered with the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, RTI International, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, and Wake Forest to provide expanded health screening for babies born in NC through a research study...

Marci K. Campbell Dissertation Award

25 March 2019

UNC Lineberger is seeking applicants for the 2019 Marci Kramish Campbell Dissertation Award to recognize excellence in dissertation research focused on cancer and the population sciences. Graduate students in any of the...

i2b2@UNC trains 1000 users to date

20 March 2019

On the 4th anniversary of i2b2@UNC, TraCS announces that we have trained 1,000 users to date! Thanks to all of you that have attended the Introduction to i2b2 training, and to those who use i2b2 every day. i2b2 is...

Supplemental funding opportunities to promote diversity and re-entry into research careers

22 March 2019

NC TraCS has the opportunity to submit a limited number of candidates for research supplements to promote diversity and re-entry into biomedical and behavioral research careers. To ensure the best candidates are identified,...

NC TraCS Award Announcements

19 March 2019

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for 2 programs: The 113th cycle of the TraCS $2k pilot grants The TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement vouchers In total, 10 applications were received and 4 were...

Supplemental funding opportunity for research on Bioethics issues

20 March 2019

NC TraCS has a limited opportunity for a submission to the recently published PA-19-217-Administrative Supplements for Research on Bioethics Issues. This is a limited submission; only one application per CTSA award may be...

CEHS Rising Star Initiative

18 March 2019

Career Development Awards Available for Junior Faculty Up To $10,000 per Award Deadline April 8th Early to early-mid career faculty who conduct environmental exposure research at UNC are eligible to participate. Annually,...

Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves in clinical study

20 March 2019

UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Flavio Frohlich are the first to use transcranial alternating current brain stimulation to significantly reduce symptoms in people diagnosed with major depression. Postdoctoral student...

2019 NRP Professional Development Award Application

14 March 2019

The UNC Network for Research Professionals is proud to announce our 2019 NRP Professional Development Award. This award provides supplemental funding to help cover professional development opportunities for University of...