MOVCENTR Pilot Project Funding Opportunity Announcement

UNO’s Center for Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR) announces Pilot Project funding opportunities for the 2021-2022 academic year.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE: MARCH 15

ELIGIBILITY: Each proposal must be submitted by a person with a UNO faculty appointment who can be defined as an NIH New Investigator.

Learn more, including how to submit a proposal >>

The NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) awards provides funds for research infrastructure and pilot grants for investigators. The goal of the Pilot Project mechanism is to enhance the development of the research for a NIH New Investigator by providing support for research, the instrumentation necessary for cutting-edge biomedical research, supplies, and other associated expenses.

The COBRE award to the University of Nebraska at Omaha targets the investigation of the mechanisms of human movement variability in order to treat and prevent motor related disorders. Such investigation is multidisciplinary in nature encompassing biological and behavioral sciences, mathematics, engineering, computer science, virtual reality, physics, biotechnology, and several others.

The result from the development of this research infrastructure will be to provide opportunities for collaboration and to become involved in the biomedical research projects supported by the Center. The COBRE pilot research projects allow an investigator to develop more substantial independent external support from the NIH. Projects will be funded August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022.

For more information on our pilot projects and funding opportunities please visit cobre.unomaha.edu.