Unexpected grant terminations and delays in the federal grant awards have posed significant challenges for Johns Hopkins faculty and their research programs in nearly every academic division.
Together with divisional leadership, the university is making a strategic investment in our faculty and their research programs through pivot and bridge grants. This funding provides short-term support to faculty members following sponsored funding terminations or significant delays in federal grant awards. These new grants offer targeted support for affected researchers either to pivot to new research directions and/or funding sources or to bridge their research programs pending sponsored funding.
JHU Pivot Grants will provide short-term support to faculty members experiencing unexpected federal research funding disruptions. Faculty across all ranks and divisions are eligible, provided they were PI/MPI/Co-PI on a terminated federal award or subaward. These funds are intended to support pivots of research program through targeted, flexible awards of up to $150,000 to be spent over the course of 12 months. Funding can be used to support research personnel (faculty, students, postdocs, staff) who had been supported by terminated federal research awards, as well as other necessary research needs including equipment, materials, or services. Applications from pre-tenure faculty will receive particular consideration.
JHU Bridge Grants will provide short-term support to sustain research programs that have been financially affected by significant delays in federal grant awards. Departments/divisions or schools must apply on behalf of researchers facing a gap in support due to a delay in receipt of sponsored funding (e.g., delay of a notice of renewal, delayed payment after notice of award). Funding can be used to support research personnel (faculty, students, postdocs, staff), as well as other necessary research needs including equipment, materials, or services. All divisions are eligible, for faculty across all ranks, provided they were PI/MPI/Co-PI on a delayed federal award or subaward. These funds are intended to sustain research programs with a high likelihood of funding being released in the near future and where there is insufficient support from other grants, discretionary funds, or departmental/school sources in the interim. The awards offer a bridge to securing sponsored funding, with up to $100,000 to be spent over a period of up to 12 months.
In addition to these two grant programs, the Johns Hopkins Editorial Assistance Services Initiative (EASI) offers editorial support for grant proposals and journal articles at no charge. The pool of writers has been expanded to provide additional capacity for editorial support (proposal and articles) to faculty members of all ranks and in all fields during this period of transition to new federal funding priorities and alternative funding sources.
The Office of Foundation Relations will provide increased consultation opportunities for pursuing foundation funding. The team offers strategic guidance in identifying opportunities, engaging with private foundations, and navigating select foundations that are centrally managed across Johns Hopkins. Please direct inquiries to [email protected].
Active internally funded grant programs (e.g., Catalyst, Discovery, and Nexus Awards) will provide automatic one-year, no-cost extensions and increased flexibility of existing awards.
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