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| Funding Opportunity | Eligibility | Award Amount and Duration | LOI Due | Full application Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROSF) College of Medicine internal selection competition | The total number of faculty allowed on a proposal is 3, a PI and 2 co-PIs. A faculty member can serve as a PI on only one ROSF proposal. A faculty member may serve as a co-PI on only one other proposal. If not serving as lead PI on any ROSF proposal, a faculty member can serve as co-PI on a maximum of 2 proposals. » Faculty members eligible to submit a proposal to an external funding agency (see Principal Investigator Eligibility - UF Research (ufl.edu)) are eligible to apply for ROSF award. » Courtesy, Adjunct, Visiting, OPS faculty, Assistant In, Associate In, Senior Associate In, Research Associates and Postdoctoral associates are not eligible to be PIs on ROSF. They may participate as co-PIs or co-investigators. » To avoid potential conflict of interest, Deans at all levels (Assistant, Associate, etc) are not eligible. » Faculty who have previously received ROSF award (either as PI or co-PI) are not eligible to submit another proposal for 2 years after the completion of the first award. For example, FY2018 ROSF PI or co-PI recipients may not submit another proposal until FY2023 competition (RFA-23-ROSF-COM, October 2022) | Up to $100,000 for up to a two-year period. | N/A | 10/10/2025 |
| COM Bridge Funding | The College of Medicine bridge funding program is designed for researchers who have an unexpected gap in their NIH research funding portfolio. It is open to full-time COM-Gainesville faculty members who have submitted an application to the NIH and received a score within 20 percentile points of the Institute's funded percentile. Applicants must have a scored, pending application in the most recent cycle to be eligible for this program. *Please note that we have dedicated funds for VA Faculty who have more than 2/8ths of their assignment to the VA. | A maximum of $50,000 can be requested. | N/A | 11/17/2025 |
| Thomas H. Maren Research Excellence Program - Faculty Award | » Must be an Assistant Professor (tenured, non-tenured, Research Assistant Professor and Clinical Assistant Professor all acceptable) with a primary academic appointment in the College of Medicine » Must be a principal investigator of a currently active nationally peer-reviewed grant (i.e., NIH, NSF, FL DOH, ACS, JDRF, etc.) | $40,000 per year for two years (2nd year contingent on 1st year progress) | N/A | 10/15/2025 |
| Thomas H. Maren Research Excellence Program - Postdoctoral Award | » Must be a postdoctoral fellow (with a PhD and/or MD) with a full-time research assignment in a College of Medicine department » Must have no more than three (3) years of cumulative postdoctoral training at the time of LOI submission (including postdoctoral training at other institutions) » Must have demonstrated productivity as a postdoctoral fellow (e.g., awards, presentations, publications) » Mentor must have research funding in the amount of one R01 equivalent or more | $20,000 per year for two years (2nd year contingent on 1st year progress) | N/A | 10/15/2025 |
| AI Catalyst Awards | UF faculty members who are members of the Intelligent Clinical Care Center (or have membership pending) | $25,000 | N/A | 11/7/2025 |