Funding Opportunities Home Research Funding Opportunities About Funding Opportunities Brunson Center for Translational Vision Research is working with UCI School of Medicine Office of Research to help our students and faculty with applications for various types of funding opportunities. Office of Research provides campus access to resources and is ready to assist our students and faculty in identifying and applying for such opportunities. Proposal Development The Research Support Services (RSS) team at the UC Irvine School of Medicine Office of Research provides comprehensive administrative support for investigators, including guidance on grant preparation, submission, compliance, and post-award processes. RSS works closely with faculty and research teams to ensure proposals meet institutional and sponsor requirements while streamlining the overall research administration process. More Information BCTVR Research Excellence Award Competition BCTVR Research Excellence Award Competition is a new internal funding initiative designed to advance innovative and high-impact vision research within the Center. Learn More UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute 20/20 Society Pilot Research Grants Announcement The UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute accepts applications an annual basis for the 20/20 Society Pilot Research Grants. These grants aim to provide seed funding to help develop promising vision or eye research projects that can grow into externally-funded research programs or to support small clinical research projects. for more information, please contact Vladimir Kefalov, PhD UCI Office of Research Funding Opportunities Office of Research Funding Opportunities Grants.gov Funding Opportunities Grants.gov Funding Opportunities Contact the UCI School of Medicine Office of Research Name Title Email Phone Research Support Services Research Support Services (RSS) provides administrative support to faculty in the preparation and submission of grant proposals to federal, state, local government, foreign, non-profit and industry sponsors. somproposalreqs@hs.uci.edu Caron Miller Director of Research Support Services, Provides pre-award support for grants and contracts. caron@uci.edu Shauna Stark, MS, CCRP Director of Research Operations, Coordinates research initiatives, oversight for programming, and capital improvement for research resources. starks@hs.uci.edu Mary Frances Ypma-Wong, PhD Mary Frances oversees the Research Support & Development Unit, which provides services and resources to assist researchers in obtaining and maintaining extramural funding. She implements and manages programming for basic, translational and clinical researchers, with a particular focus on supporting early career investigators. mypmawon@uci.edu Include in Jump Link Menu? Off