Internal Funding Opportunities

Bridge Funding

A primary goal of the College of Medicine is to support and strengthen the research capabilities of its faculty. As part of this goal, we implemented the Bridge Funding program to support investigators with established clinical or basic research programs during periods when a competitive renewal was not funded and resubmissions of new RO1 scored but not funded or initiated by RO3, R21, or K award.

K-R Clinician Scientist Bridge Funding

Clinician scientists represent an essential component of the research enterprise in the College of Medicine. This program is designed to support promising young clinician scientists who have not yet established a federally funded independent research program at the end of their K award.

Team Science

The purpose of the Team Science program is to foster collaboration between College of Medicine scientists by supporting new research teams. This program is designed to support initial studies that have the potential to establish new funded research programs. The expected outcome from the selected team is two co-authored publications and the submission of one competitive NIH R01 (or equivalent) proposal within two years.

Program Project Grants

The College of Medicine Program Project Grants support research teams of three to four COM faculty members with different but complementary expertise to conduct basic, translational, or clinical research.

Priority is given to research conducted in areas consistent with MUSC Health and MUSC Strategic Areas.