Funding Opportunities
Sign In/Sign UpThe DE-INBRE Student Research Program (SRP) Academic Year Fellows Awards are competitive scholarships. These awards are intended to assist DE-INBRE summer scholars in continuing their research beyond the summer program and into the academic year. By providing funding through research scholarships, we hope that students can focus more attention and time on their research, deepening their inquiry into a discipline or project with a reduced financial burden.
Delaware INBRE is pleased to announce a call for Pilot Project proposals to provide seed funding for new research directions with the broader goal of building Delaware's capacity to conduct biomedical research. LOIs are due October 8, 2025 and Pilot Project proposals are due November 3, 2025. Successful proposals will be awarded for 1 year, with a budget of $40,000 in direct costs with an estimated start date of May 01, 2026 (pending NIH grant renewal). For further questions, email the DE-INBRE office at info@de-inbre.org or the DRPP Director, Anjana Bhat at abhat@udel.edu.
Delaware INBRE is pleased to announce a call for Pilot Project proposals to provide seed funding for new research directions with the broader goal of building Delaware's capacity to conduct biomedical research. LOIs are due October 8, 2025 and Pilot Project proposals are due November 3, 2025. A LOI is required in order to submit a proposal. Successful proposals will be awarded for 1 year, with a budget of $40,000 in direct costs with an estimated start date of May 01, 2026 (pending NIH grant renewal). For further questions, email the DE-INBRE office at info@de-inbre.org or the DRPP Director, Anjana Bhat at abhat@udel.edu.
The Delaware INBRE Instrumentation Core Development Award is supported by the University of Delaware INBRE Office in order to enable staff from the affiliated INBRE cores to 1) attend a workshop, offsite training, or conference or 2) to test a new technology or workflow. This award is aimed at core facility directors and research scientists that would like to develop new skills or services.Continual training and professional development is essential for core facility scientist. It also affords opportunities for presentations within in a professional setting, as well as opportunities for networking and exposure to the latest academic research. To test a new technology or workflow, it can be used to purchase reagents and supplies required to test new equipment or develop new service workflows.
The Delaware INBRE Travel Award is supported by the University of Delaware INBRE Office in order to enable undergraduate and graduate students affiliated with DE-INBRE to attend a conference/symposium. Continual professional development is essential for students. It also affords opportunities for presentations within in a professional setting, as well as opportunities for networking and exposure to the latest academic research.
The DE-INBRE Core Facility Voucher Program, supported by NIGMS P20GM103446, is available to provide access to Instrumentation and Research Services Cores (see list here: http://de-inbre.org/core-facilities-shared-resources/). In the past, vouchers have been used to test proof of concept or provide additional data for publication or grants. Limited funding is currently available. Applicants with funding delays will get priority. All funding must be spent by 8/31/2025.
