Bridge Funding for Grant Lapses

Full-time faculty at CU Anschutz, Children’s Hospital, VA, or National Jewish with indirect costs assigned to the School of Medicine may apply. Support is available in two categories: (1) Established Investigators who have lost major grant funding but are likely to regain support with bridge funding, and (2) Beginning Investigators whose start-up funding has ended without securing independent support.

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

Beginning Investigators must not have previously competed successfully as PI for a substantial independent extramural research award (e.g., an NIH R01 or equivalent), consistent with NIH’s definition of a New/Early Stage Investigator, and their CU Anschutz start-up funds must have ended, or be ending, without independent extramural support secured.

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

Bridge Funding Requirements and Application

Reviews occur in April, July, and November following application submissions. Up to $50,000 may be awarded to a maximum of 7 applicants per cycle (20 annually), combined across both Established and Beginning Investigator categories.

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 that time, any unspent funds will be returned to the SOM. The one-year period begins after the approved award letter has been sent to the applicant/PI. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SOM.ResearchAffairs@CUAnschutz.edu .

• 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.
• Successful applicants may reapply once if eligibility and progress requirements are demonstrated.

If the applicant is successful in obtaining outside funding before receipt of, or during the time of this grant, notification must be provided to the Office of Research within 30 days of the extramural award notice, and unused funds should be returned to the Dean’s Office so that they can be used for support of additional faculty members.