Research Academy Certificate (RAC)
- Created to broaden faculty training (specific grant training)
- Increase collaboration
- Leverage outstanding research
- Increase funding success
- Offer exclusive funding opportunities for certificate awardees
Certificate Points (CP)
The Research Academy offers many paths to achieving a total of 80 certificate points in 2 years. CP points are gained by attending/completing Research Academy sponsored training, seminars, showcases, mentoring, and more.
- Grant specific (e.g., K Awards, F Awards, DoD, Foundation) seminars (5 pts)
- Inter-institution collaboration (5 pts)
- Assisting junior research faculty and the faculty affairs office in developing goals and a 5 year career plan (5 pts)
- Showcase of Medical Discoveries attendance (5 pts); presentation (10 pts)
- Federal Study Section assignments (10 pts)
- Serving on a UAMS research committee (10 pts) (e.g., IRB, IACUC, URC, COVID-19 strategy committee)
- Establishing an interinstitutional research collaboration that publishes together and obtains an external grant (15 points)
- Completing the Mentor/Scholar grant writing course (15 pts)
- Obtaining an externally funded research grant (with indirects) after receiving a DEAP/MRE/FRE intramural fund grant (10 pts)
- Obtaining an externally funded federal research grant (with indirect costs) such as NIH, NSF, DOD, EPA, NCI, DOJ, USDA, DOE, etc. (15 pts)
- Obtaining a large externally funded foundation grant (10 pts) (PCORI, American Heart Assoc., American Cancer Society, etc., (10 pts), unless indirects provided, then (15 pts)
Designated Grant Program (DGP)
- The DGP is a pilot funding opportunity for those faculty members who attain a Research Academy Certificate.
- Faculty members (Assistant Professor level and higher) are eligible to apply for DGP funding (up to $40,000)
- DGP is a dedicated funding opportunity for faculty who have achieved 80 RAC points.
- The Graduate RA Certificate (GRAC) program requires participants earn at least 20 RA points annually
- Past DGP funding recipients may reapply every 3 years as funding is available.