Building a competitive edge

First round of Research Council grants awarded; image features one of the winners : Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez.

Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez, an associate professor of pediatrics, says the Research Council grant he received a couple of years ago helped him win a $2.2 million NIH grant to develop a new method for imaging inflammation disorders (R01EB033919).

Oct. 3, 2024

The University of Missouri’s Division of Research, Innovation and Impact awarded the first round of 2024-25 Research Council grants to faculty investigators who submitted proposals in August.

This internal funding of up to $15,000 supports research, scholarship and creative endeavors that lead to book contracts, juried theatre and music performances, art exhibits, peer-reviewed articles and the generation of pilot data to bolster proposals for external funding.

Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez, an associate professor of pediatrics and NextGen Precision Health investigator, has received two Research Council grants. He advises faculty to identify preliminary data that can be generated using the seed funding to help build a competitive grant proposal.

"The grant allowed us to generate critical imaging data for a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering grant, which was awarded in March," Gomez-Gutierrez said. "This extramural award would not have been possible without the support of the Research Council grant."

During the 2024-25 academic year, faculty will have three more opportunities to apply for Research Council funding through InfoReady. Deadlines: