IRG Program
Post-Award Resources
Award Administration
- Upon notice of award, the award amount will be transferred to the PI's department and the PI should work with their fund manager to utilize the funds.
Financial Management
- Budgeted expenses must directly support the proposed project.
- No more than $30,000 out of the $50,000 can be used for salary, benefits, tuition remission, tuition and fees, and consultant fees to support postdocs, graduate students, lab staff, and consultants. Allowable non-personnel expenses include equipment, lab supplies, facility recharge costs, participant payments, publication fees, and travel to present project findings at conferences.
- The principal investigator(s) named in the grant application cover sheet has the authority to modify the proposed budget as long as the expenses support the original aims of your funded project.
- The end date for the 2025-26 award is 6/30/2026. If additional time is required to complete the project beyond 6/30/2026, please contact kibm@ucsd.edu for information concerning an extension request.
- If a NCE is approved, the end date for the 2025-26 award will extend to 06/30/27. All unused funds will be returned to KIBM in July 2027. There will be no carry forward after the first NCE.
Eligibility
- The Contact PI must have an appointment at UC San Diego or the Salk Institute, and is the individual with primary responsibility for overseeing the project supported by the grant.
- Named collaborators outside of UC San Diego and the Salk Institute may be part of the research team.
- If the PI is unavailable to lead the project, another member of the team of collaborators may be named principal investigator with prior KIBM approval.
- IRB or IACUC: If applicable, the number and date of approval are required prior to award allocation.
Reporting
- The PI or a collaborating team researcher is required to present preliminary/final results of the research at the Annual KIBM Symposium.
- A final report will be required in at the end of the first year. At that time, KIBM will request the PI send copies of any publications that may have resulted from the work and any submitted or funded grant proposals that have arisen from the project.
Publications
- Any presentation of this work (journal articles, chapters, conference presentations, posters, talks, seminars, etc.) should acknowledge support from the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind citing the awardee's grant number.
Contact
- For financial management questions, please contact the PI's fund manager.
- For programmatic and administrative questions, please contact us at kibm@ucsd.edu.