The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care is strongly committed to supporting basic, translational, and clinically oriented research in a variety of topics related to anesthesia and perioperative care. In order to facilitate the research being performed in the department, we solicit applications for funding via a yearly Request for Applications (RFA). The goal of the RFA program is to provide limited funding to facilitate, promote, or sustain research by members of the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care faculty.
Programs
Applicants can only apply to one award program per cycle.
1. New Direction Award for Established Researchers
Purpose: To provide pilot funding for clinical, translational, or basic research performed by established investigators. A limited number of awards will be made for innovative projects that have the potential to lead to larger projects that would be suitable for an R21, R01 or similar mechanism.
Eligibility: Established Investigators: faculty at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels who have established active research programs.
Maximum Budget: $40,000
2. Ongoing Project Award
Purpose: To provide support for clinical, translational, or basic research performed by new and established investigators with ongoing meritorious research projects.
Eligibility: New Investigators: junior faculty physician-scientists who are performing mentored research; for the most part, these will be members that have been on faculty for eight years or less. Established Investigators: mid-level and senior investigators who are experiencing a shortfall in extramural funding and who have (1) a track record of sustained peer-reviewed extramural research funding (NIH R01 or similar), (2) ongoing productivity through publication in peer reviewed journals, and (3) made concerted tangible efforts to acquire or re-establish funding.
Maximum Budget: $80,000
3. Ongoing Project Award for T32 Trainees
Purpose: To provide funding for research performed by T32 trainees who have exhausted all other means of support.
Eligibility: T32 trainees who have exhausted their funding from their research scholar allowance and/or their T32 supplies/budget. Carry forward amounts will be taken into consideration for final funding amount.
Maximum Budget: $20,000
4. Clinical Seed Award with Non-Clinical Time
Purpose: To provide seed funding support and non-clinical time to clinical Anesthesia faculty for research projects involving human subjects, human samples, and/or data derived from human subjects.
Eligibility: Junior clinical faculty (Assistant or Associate Professor level) who are performing mentored research. For the most part, these will be members that have been on faculty for eight years or less. The applicant must have an existing clinical commitment of 35% or more in order to be eligible to receive NCT for the project.
Maximum Budget: $25,000
5. Clinical Seed Award without Non-Clinical Time
Maximum Budget: $40,000
6. Patricia Sander Award
Purpose: To provide funding support to help mitigate the challenges faced by early- and mid-career faculty members trying to balance the demands of work and home life.
Eligibility: Early-and mid-career faculty applicants under Clinical Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor level conducting promising research.
Maximum Budget: $80,000 over two years
Additional Information and Application Guidelines
Faculty with current multi-year research support agreements are only eligible for the New Direction Award. Faculty who already have significant extramural funding are not eligible to apply for the Ongoing Project Award or Clinical Seed Award. Faculty with MOUs with associated research funds won’t be eligible for the full amount.
Awardees must be present for the entire duration of the project at UCSF.
Application Guidelines
For detailed application instructions, refer to the guidelines for each award program on Box.
Contact
For questions, email [email protected].