It is the purpose of Bridge to Independence to help junior faculty achieve research funding independence. A maximum of $100,000 may be requested to support faculty, graduate students, technicians, postdoctoral fellows, and to purchase supplies. Although faculty salaries are permitted, applicants should first work with their departments to cover salary from departmental resources when possible. Travel, subcontracts, and equipment are not permitted expenses.
Award funds will be transferred monthly in equal allotments into a new designated type one (unrestricted) account, and funds transferred within a fiscal year must be expended by the end of that fiscal year (June 30). Requests that cross fiscal years will have the funding split between both years. Funding will cease when an externally funded independent research award begins, or at the end of the approved funding period, whichever comes first.