Bridge Funding for Grant Lapses

Full time faculty at CU Anschutz.

Established Investigators must have lost all major grant funding (less than $75,000 total research funding). Salary support is excluded from this total.

Applicants with two prior Bridge Funding awards require Committee and Dean approval to reapply.

Reviews occur in September, February, and June (following NIH review cycles). Up to $50,000 may be awarded to a maximum of 7 applicants per cycle (20 annually).

Applications must include a commitment of 1:1 departmental match confirmed in a letter from the applicant’s Chair. All applications are reviewed by a committee of investigators from various departments across the School of Medicine.

Bridge funds will be available to awardees for a one-year period. After which time, any unspent funds will be returned to the SOM. The one-year period starts after the approved award letter has been sent to the applicant/PI. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please contact [email protected].

• A progress report will be sent to you via email approximately one year after receipt of the funds.
• Unsuccessful applicants may reapply in future cycles.

If the applicant is successful in obtaining outside funding before receipt of, or during the time of this grant, unused funds should be returned to the Dean’s Office so that they can be used for support of additional faculty members.