Request for Proposals

The South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund welcomes submissions to the following Request for Proposals. Please ensure that submissions correspond with the appropriate RFP. If you are unsure, please contact the Executive Director.

RFP 2017 B (Bridge Funding)

Bridge Funding - Bridge funding is to provide an investigator, with a research program in spinal cord injury with a research grant whose federal competing continuation application was not funded, an opportunity to obtain one year of bridge support.
Date of Release: August 28, 2017
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025

RFP 2017 CET (Conference/Education/Training)

Conference/Education/Training - These grants are to support entities that will improve the knowledge of people with SCI in South Carolina and/or Health care professionals that provide care for people with spinal cord injuries in South Carolina.
Date of Release: August 28, 2017
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025

RFP 2023 I (Investigator Initiated Research)  

Investigator Initiated Research - Investigator Initiated Research grants are for clinicians, therapists, educators, and scientists in South Carolina researching aspects of spinal cord injury in an effort to develop a better understanding and ultimately treatment for paralysis and other consequences of spinal cord injury and spinal cord disease.
Date of Release:  May 5, 2023
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025 

RFP 2020 P (Pilot Research)

Pilot Research - Pilot grants are to support investigators who need to collect pilot data to position themselves for extramural grants.
Date of Release: August 11, 2020
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025

RFP 2020 PD (Post Doc Research)

Postdoctoral Research - Postdoctoral Research grants are to increase the number of individuals with doctorates who seek postdoctoral training in SCI, working with a mentor who has an independent program of research in SCI. Application must be submitted by the mentor.
Date of Release: July 1, 2020
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025

RFP 2016 R (Recruitment/Seed Funding)

Recruitment/Seed Funding - Recruitment/Seed funding is to promote the recruitment/seed funding for scientists and clinician scientists, who specialize in the area of spinal cord injury, to the state of South Carolina.
Date of Release: October 1, 2016
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025

RFP 2020 S (Student Research)

Student Research Internship - Student Research Internship grant applications need to be submitted by the mentor to a student in medicine, nursing, health professions, epidemiology, neuroscience or other related fields that apply to basic, clinical or translational research with spinal cord injury or spinal cord disease.
Date of Release: July 22, 2021
Status: OPEN - Current through 2025