Creighton Internal Grant Opportunities

Health Science Strategic Investment Fund Faculty Development Grants are seed grants for faculty members developing new biomedical research projects. Grants are for $50,000 over a two-year project period.
 
Eligibility:

• Tenured or tenure-track faculty members (health science and non-health science schools/colleges) or resident/research assistant professors conducting biomedical research are eligible for funding. Faculty who hold contributed service, special rank, or visiting designations are not eligible for this program.
• Recipients of a Health Science Strategic Investment Fund Faculty Development grant in the past two years are not eligible to apply this cycle.
• Recipients of a Health Science Strategic Investment Faculty Development grant may not be funded by another internal Creighton University grant mechanism at the time of award.
• Investigators should not submit more than one grant proposal to be considered.
• The two-year award is not allowed an extension or renewal.

Budget Restrictions: The following are not allowable expenses

• Faculty salaries
• Space
• Travel to conferences or scientific meetings
• Repairs
• Renovations
• Alcohol
• Computer equipment
• U.S. visa fees
• Indirect costs

Internal Grant Program Application Limitations: Per the Policy on Concurrent Submission of Similar or Identical Applications, two (or more) similar, identical, or essentially identical applications cannot be under review at the same time, even if they are submitted to different internal funding opportunity announcements.
 
Application Deadline: 2024 date to be announced in spring 2024

• HSSIF Expenditure Guidelines

The Dr. George F. Haddix President's Faculty Research Fund supports and enhances the research and scholarly productivity of full-time faculty at Creighton University. Faculty are encouraged to involve students in their research programs and scholarly endeavors.
 
Three categories of applications will be considered for support:

1. New investigators or initiation of a research project that represents a new direction for established faculty with the intent to build on this work and/or seek external funding.
2. Scholarship of teaching/learning and/or mission-based projects.
3. Of particular interest in this year's round of funding will be interdisciplinary team-focused projects that cross two or more Creighton University schools or colleges or two or more disciplines.

Please note: Only one no-cost extension will be allowed for any Haddix grant.

Internal Grant Program Application Limitations: Per the Policy on Concurrent Submission of Similar or Identical Applications, two (or more) similar, identical, or essentially identical applications cannot be under review at the same time, even if they are submitted to different internal funding opportunity announcements."

Application deadline: 2024 deadline TBA late 2023/early 2024

List of Recipients

LB692 Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Development New Initiative Grant

LB692 New Initiative Grants are seed grants to develop new avenues of investigation in biomedical research. The goal of this funding mechanism is to enhance the ability of faculty to develop sufficient preliminary data for successful NIH grant applications. These grants are for $75,000 over a one-year project period.

Eligibility:

• Omaha Campus tenured or tenure-track faculty members (health science and non-health science schools/colleges) or resident/research assistant professors conducting biomedical research are eligible for funding. Faculty who hold contributed service, special rank, or visiting designations are not eligible for this program.
• Preference will be given to those faculty who have not previously been funded by this mechanism.
• Recipients of a New Initiatives grant in the past two years are not eligible to apply this cycle.
• Principal Investigators (PI) or co-investigators cannot be funded concurrently by other LB692 or LB595 support mechanisms.
• Investigators should not submit more than one grant proposal to be considered.
• The one-year award is not allowed an extension or renewal.

Budget Restrictions: The following are not allowable expenses:

• Faculty salaries
• Space
• Travel to conferences or scientific meetings
• Repairs
• Renovations
• Alcohol
• Computer equipment
• U.S. visa fees
• Indirect costs

Internal Grant Program Application Limitations: Per the Policy on Concurrent Submission of Similar or Identical Applications, two (or more) similar, identical, or essentially identical applications cannot be under review at the same time, even if they are submitted to different internal funding opportunity announcements.

Application Deadline: 2024 date to be announced in spring 2024

• LB692 Awards Expenditure Guidelines (PDF)

LB595 Cancer and Smoking Disease Research Program Development Grants are to assist faculty to develop new research projects in cancer and smoking-related diseases that would ultimately be competitive for extramural funding. These grants are for $60,000/year for a total of $120,000 and a maximum of two years.

Eligibility:

• Omaha Campus School of Medicine tenured or tenure-track faculty or resident/research assistant professors are eligible for funding. Faculty who hold contributed service, special rank, or visiting designations are not eligible for this program.
• Preference will be given to those faculty who have not previously been funded by this mechanism.
• Recipients of a LB595 Cancer and Smoking Disease Research Program Development Grant in the past two years are not eligible to apply this cycle.
• Principal Investigators (PIs) or co-investigators cannot be funded concurrently by other LB692 or LB595 support mechanisms.
• Investigators should not submit more than one grant proposal to be considered.
• The two-year award is not allowed an extension or renewal.

Budget Restrictions: The following are not allowable expenses

• Faculty salaries
• Space
• Travel
• Repairs
• Renovations
• Computer equipment
• Alcohol
• Direct patient treatment costs
• Clinical trials (any human subject investigation that involves a drug or device and is conducted at multiple institutions)
• U.S. visa fees
• Indirect costs

Internal Grant Program Application Limitations: Per the Policy on Concurrent Submission of Similar or Identical Applications, two (or more) similar, identical, or essentially identical applications cannot be under review at the same time, even if they are submitted to different internal funding opportunity announcements.

Application Deadline: 2024 date to be announced in spring 2024

• LB595 Award Terms and Conditions

Philip E. Heflin Auditory Research Grants are seed grants made possible by a grant from the Omaha Community Foundation through the Philip E. Heflin Auditory Research Fund. The goal of this funding mechanism is to promote auditory research undertaken to ultimately cure auditory defects. This seed grant program will enhance the ability of faculty to develop sufficient preliminary data for competitive NIH grant applications. These grants are for $20,000 over a two-year project period.

Eligibility:

• School of Medicine tenured or tenure-track faculty or resident/assistant professors are eligible for this opportunity. Faculty who hold contributed service, special rank, or visiting designations are not eligible for this program.
• Investigators should not submit more than one grant proposal to be considered.

Budget Restrictions: The following are not allowable expenses

• Faculty salaries
• Space
• Travel to conferences or scientific meetings
• Repairs
• Renovations
• Alcohol
• Computer equipment
• U.S. visa fees
• Indirect costs

Deadline: 2024 date to be announced in spring 2024