Research grant awards - VCU A.D. Williams Awards

Full-time, tenure or non-tenure track, MCV campus faculty with NIH New Investigator status and without other major federal funding (i.e. DOD).
New Investigators may receive up to two awards within a 4-year period.

Allowed: Supplies, patient stipends, equipment not otherwise available, cost for use of shared resources, personnel costs as long as the expense is for the completion if a specific element of the research
Not allowed: Faculty or investigator salary, personnel costs as a percent effort, travel funds, publication costs, remodeling costs, and patient hospital costs/visit fees

Application deadlines are February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. If the deadline falls on a holiday or weekend, applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on the next working day.
All applications should be electronically submitted no later than 5 p.m. on the application deadline date to adwgrant@vcu.edu.

Within one month of the termination of the grant, the PI must submit electronically a final report (one to two pages) summarizing the results of the research and a financial report summarizing expenditures by category to the Scientific Review Coordinator, Dr. Pamela Dillon.
One year after the termination of the grant, the PI must submit electronically a list of publications and externally funded grants resulting from the A.D. Williams-funded work to Dr. Dillon.

Any publications resulting from work supported by these funds must acknowledge VCU’s CTSA (UL1RR031990 from the National Center for Research Resources) and the A.D. Williams’ Fund of the Virginia Commonwealth University.

Full-time, tenure or non-tenure track, MCV campus faculty
Bridge Award – for faculty who are between externally funded research projects who need funding to maintain their research programs or
New Research Area Award – for faculty who are changing the focus of their research and need pilot data before submitting an application for external funding
Faculty may receive only one research award every four years

Allowed: Supplies, patient stipends, equipment not otherwise available, cost for use of shared resources, personnel costs as long as the expense is for the completion of a specific element of the research. Salary support for personnel like graduate students and postdoctoral workers is allowed on bridge awards only.
Not allowed: Faculty or investigator salary, personnel costs as a percent effort, travel funds, publication costs, remodeling costs, and patient hospital costs/visit fees

Application deadlines are February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. If the deadline falls on a holiday or weekend, applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on the next working day.
All applications should be electronically submitted no later than 5 p.m. on the application deadline date to adwgrant@vcu.edu.

Within one month of the termination of the grant, the PI must submit electronically a final report (one to two pages) summarizing the results of the research and a financial report summarizing expenditures by category to the Scientific Review Coordinator, Dr. Pamela Dillon.
One year after the termination of the grant, the PI must submit electronically a list of publications and externally funded grants resulting from the A.D. Williams-funded work to Dr. Dillon.

Any publications resulting from work supported by these funds must acknowledge VCU’s CTSA (UL1RR031990 from the National Center for Research Resources) and the A.D. Williams’ Fund of the Virginia Commonwealth University.