Anticipate a flood of opportunities in next few months
Short notices
Short deadlines
Longer term → What can we prepare ourselves for
1. Increase in funding budget
Especially for proposals that are
Ready to deploy. Ready to spend.
Supplements to existing grants
(potential 15% increase to active awards)
MRI/HPC proposals especially for Big Data and Large Dataset
Highly relevant to CCI
Near-term initiatives at UNC Charlotte
If you have COVID-19 projects,
then contact Mike Fresina to have it posted on RED site
New Ignite Planning Grants($5k - $10k for 3 months)
Collaborative groups to go after short deadlines for COVID-19
Catalyst program
Going online
Start in May
More participants → Note for Department Chairs in CCI
Q&A
If you are in year 1 or 2, should we apply for No-Cost Extensions now?
Agencies will probably not entertain the 2nd NCE
Note: First year NCE is automatic
Can extensions be requested for ROI grants?
Will need to be checked with the systems office
Can we have undergrad and grad students back on campus to do research this summer?
We don’t know yet.
Note:
No in-class courses for summer 1
When will we know the supplement requests will be coming from the sponsors?
RED is checking daily
If there is any Phase IV funding, the supplement funding will be included in that Phase IV
Note: it would be worthwhile to keep documenting the costs that have been impacted by COVID-19 for these types of supplement requests.
Will the University consider reducing charged Overhead to"off campus" rates for the 2-3 months that we are off-campus?
Federal government will not allow this at this point
It is likely that industrial affiliates in some centers will have to temporarily withdraw support. These centers employ a lot of grad students. Could this qualify for relief funding?
What’s covered by the CARE act is somewhat vague/unclear
Will become more clear in next 2 weeks
We will need more guidance from the sponsors
If teams are interested in apply for COVID-19 proposals,
then please apply for COVID-19 Ignite proposals
We have committed undergrad students with money for summer, what do we do?
Consider ways of doing research remotely somehow
Near term → More federal funding coming
Longer term → What can we prepare ourselves for
1. Increase in funding budget
Near-term initiatives at UNC Charlotte
If you have COVID-19 projects,
New Ignite Planning Grants ($5k - $10k for 3 months)
Catalyst program
Q&A
If you are in year 1 or 2, should we apply for No-Cost Extensions now?
Can extensions be requested for ROI grants?
Can we have undergrad and grad students back on campus to do research this summer?
When will we know the supplement requests will be coming from the sponsors?
Will the University consider reducing charged Overhead to "off campus" rates for the 2-3 months that we are off-campus?
It is likely that industrial affiliates in some centers will have to temporarily withdraw support. These centers employ a lot of grad students. Could this qualify for relief funding?
If teams are interested in apply for COVID-19 proposals,
We have committed undergrad students with money for summer, what do we do?
Should summer salary proceed as “normal”?