Re-Entry Category Project Award supports UCSF investigators returning to research, funding pilot studies that generate preliminary findings to help them pursue independent extramural research funding.
Independence Support Award supports UCSF investigators with bridge funding for research that addresses critiques of unfunded proposals and generates data to strengthen independent research grant applications.
Pilot for Early Career Investigators supports UCSF early-career researchers conducting biomedical pilot studies to establish feasibility and build toward fully funded independent research grants.
Pilot for Established Investigators supports established UCSF researchers conducting biomedical pilot studies to generate publication data and build a foundation for subsequent independent research funding.
UCSF offers seed funding for established investigators to launch innovative, socially-focused HIV research pilot studies that generate data for future major grants.
Team Science Grant supports UCSF researchers' new cross-disciplinary pilot projects in biomedical, population health, and health services research to generate novel findings and spur further funding.