The Intramural Grants Program (IGP) is for all Augusta University investigators and is designed to assist and encourage faculty to develop research programs that can successfully compete for extramural funding, encourage collaborations, and to bridge funds when applicable. The major objective of this program is to provide funding to initiate or refine a project and acquire the necessary preliminary data for submission of a major extramural grant application to a federal agency, national foundation, or other external funding entity.
This program will include the following types of applications:
Late applications are not accepted; applicants would have to resubmit an updated application on the next cycle.
Unsuccessful IGP applications may be resubmitted one time after substantial revisions, and must include an introduction detailing any changes made. Applications that are substantially similar to proposals that were unsuccessful after two rounds of intramural review will be administratively withdrawn.
All full-time Augusta University (AU) faculty are eligible to apply. Faculty with voluntary (“clinical” or “adjunct”) appointments are not eligible. Applicants may only hold one active Intramural Grants Program award at a time as the sole principal investigator. A faculty member with a current intramural award may participate as one of the Multi-PIs (MPI) on a collaborative project.
Faculty who are receiving intramural funding from any other institutional source must demonstrate that there is no scientific or budgetary overlap with this application.
Applicants with start-up and residual funds in excess of $50,000 are not eligible. An exception to this rule may be made in the case of Translational, Interdisciplinary and/or Collaborative projects, where the applicants (i.e., several collaborators) have definitive plans to submit a program project grant application, or a large multi-PI application (i.e., larger than the normal modular budget) on an NIH or an equivalent grant. Research Incentive Account balances will not impact eligibility for funding.
Awards are made for a one-year period. Applicants may request up to $ 30,000.
The required outcome from the grant award will be: 1) Preparation of a proposal to obtain external funding from a federal agency or national foundation; and 2) Final progress report and annual updates of publications and extramural submissions/awards, and any other relevant project outcomes. Importantly, the expected outcomes need to be explicitly described.
Applications will be accepted three times a year: March 15, July 15 and November 15. When the deadline falls on a holiday or weekend, applications will be accepted on the next business day.
Unsuccessful IGP applications may be resubmitted one time after substantial revisions, and must include an introduction detailing any changes made. Applications that are substantially similar to proposals that were unsuccessful after two rounds of intramural review will be administratively withdrawn.
Applications must be submitted using the InfoReady Portal, augusta.infoready4.com. If an applicant has multiple documents to upload for a single section, please combine all documents into a single PDF before upload. Use an Arial typeface and 11-point font size. (A Symbol font may be used to insert Greek letters or special characters; the font size requirement still applies.) Type density, including characters and spaces, must be no more than 15 characters per inch. Type may be no more than six lines per inch. Use black ink that can be clearly copied.
The following categories are the only costs allowed for this program:
Faculty salaries are not allowed. Travel, subawards, publication costs, and equipment expenses are not allowed. Refer to Guidance for subawards versus contractor determination. Equipment is defined as any individual item costing $5,000 or more.
Introduction to Application (for Intramural Grants Program resubmissions only) (~2 pages) - In response to a previous unfunded Intramural Grants Program review, summarize the substantial additions, deletions, and changes to the application and outline responses to the issues and criticism raised.
Applications will be accepted prior to approval by the IRB, IACUC, Radiation Safety, Institutional Biosafety, and Institutional Chemical Committees, as well as Wellstar Medical College of Georgia Hospital (WMCGH) approval. However, no funds will be provided or expended until all applicable regulatory approvals are in place.
A Research Advisory Committee composed of faculty from Augusta University will review and rank the proposals and submit recommendations to the Senior Vice President for Research. The Funding Council (consisting of the Senior Vice President for Research and the Research AVPs) will consider both programmatic needs as well as scientific merit from the recommendations and determine final awards based on the following priority criteria:
The recommendations from the review committee on issues of scientific merit or institutional priority are not subject to appeal and should be addressed in a revised application. Administrative appeals based on conflict of interest or other issues of procedure will be considered by the Senior Vice President for Research. Available critiques will be transmitted to the applicant after the meeting of the Funding Council.
Funded proposals are awarded for one year and typically “no cost extensions” are not allowed.
If you answered yes on your routing sheet that Wellstar Medical College of Georgia Hospital (WMCGH) resources (which includes patients, facilities, equipment, personnel, and medical records) will be involved, then your proposal must be submitted to the Clinical & Translational Sciences Research Development Services (CTSRDS@augusta.edu) for review and to obtain WMCGH approval, if necessary. Approvals must also be obtained from other AU oversight entities as appropriate for the project, such as IRB, IACUC, Biosafety, etc.
The Principal Investigator along with their Department Manager will be informed via e-mail of the account number and the project period.
Unexpended funds will not be carried over beyond the project period. The award date will be established after all required approvals are in place. All institutional approvals must be in place within three months of receiving notification of the award or the award will be revoked.
Funded proposals should adhere to the budget as approved. Re-budgeting requires written approval of Sponsored Program Administration. Unauthorized charges (any expenses charged to the account that do not specifically relate to the project and are not included in the reviewed budget and justification) must be removed within five business days of notification.
A final report is due at the end of every award, and yearly updates will be requested. A final report template will be e-mailed to the Principal Investigator at closeout. The final report should describe progress towards the original goals of the project, including any abstract submissions to national/ international scientific meetings, peer reviewed journal articles (submitted, in press, published), and extramural applications submitted, students or trainees that participated in the conduct of the project, and awards received that were assisted by the Intramural Grants Program award. These reports will also be used to assess the Intramural Grants program return on investment. Publications should credit the support of the Augusta University Intramural Grants Program.
AU’s Intramural Grants Program Administrative Contact: PILOTGRANTS@AUGUSTA.EDU
Applications must be submitted using the InfoReady Portal. If an applicant has multiple documents to upload for a single section, please combine all documents into a single PDF before upload. View this demonstration video.
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A completed and signed Intramural routing sheet in AU's electronic routing system eSproute is required. To submit your proposal for review, log in to eSProute and complete all required fields. The system will generate emails to the appropriate financial and administrative leaders for approval. Please note training and validation are required for use of eSProute.
from Department Chair or Center/Institute Director
Budgets that are not clearly justified run the risk of being administratively reduced.
if applicable and available.
5 pages
for the Principal Investigator and all faculty participants.
List all currently active and pending support, including any institutional intramural funding. List the specific aims of current and pending support and whether there is any scientific overlap with the proposed Intramural Grants Program work.
A final report is due at the end of every award, and yearly updates will be requested.
Applications will be accepted prior to required approvals, if applicable, by the IRB, IACUC, Radiation Safety, Institutional Biosafety, and Institutional Chemical Committees, as well as WMCGH approval. However no funds will be awarded until all applicable regulatory approvals are in place.
Guidelines are available on the Tools for Researchers webpage.
