CAIRIBU Funding
CAIRIBU Grants
Interested in applying for a CAIRBU Conference and Data Dissemination Grant or Research Training and Development Grant? Reach out to CAIRIBU for access to our funding portal.
The CAIRIBU U24 Interactions Core provides opportunities for trainees and investigators to advance their research programs. These include pilot grants from the George M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers Program (U54), CAIRIBU Collaboration awards, and grants for travel-related expenses to attend conferences or participate in skill-development activities that will enhance their research capabilities.
Interested in applying? Reach out to CAIRIBU for access to our funding portal.
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CAIRIBU Grants
CAIRIBU O’Brien Center Opportunity Pool Awards
Supports early-stage investigators OR established investigators not previously involved in non-malignant genitourinary research. Awards support up to $100,000 direct costs plus indirect costs. Application deadline: October 1, 2026.
Conference and Data Dissemination Grants
Supports the participation of trainees and early-stage investigators in conferences, educational meetings, workshops, and symposia by offering funds to cover travel-related expenses.
Research Training and Development Grants
Supports CAIRIBU-affiliated researchers by covering expenses for unique opportunities and activities that enhance skills, advance careers, and strengthen institutional programs.
Recent Award Recipients
Congratulations to the CAIRIBU Collaboration Award Recipients. Recipients were awarded funding to support short-term, novel, high-risk non-malignant urologic research. CAIRIBU Collaboration Awards support proposals that engage early-stage investigators or those new to urology research, establish new collaborations, and consist of highly interdisciplinary research teams.
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Announcing Additional 2026 Collaboration Award Recipients
CAIRIBU Collaboration Awards support short-term, novel, high-risk, non-malignant urologic research. The April application deadline saw a record number of applications. Based on reviewers’ comments and NIDDK Program Officers’ review, the CAIRIBU Interactions…
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2026 Collaboration Award Recipients
The CAIRIBU Collaboration Award supports short-term, novel, high-risk, non- malignant urologic research. The April application deadline saw a record number of applications. Based on reviewers’ comments and NIDDK Program Officers’ review, 3…
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2024 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Kim Keil Stietz, PhD
Kim Keil Stietz, PhD is the 2024 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient for her project “Genetic origin of incontinence linked to Shh signaling.”.
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2024 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Jim Hokanson, PhD
Jim Hokanson, PhD is the 2024 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient for his project “Neuroanatomical basis for tibial neuromodulation”.
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2023 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Rose Khavari, MD
Rose Khavari, MD, PhD is the August 2023 award recipient for the “Optimization of onabotulinumtoxinA (BTX-A) injection for the treatment of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction”.
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2023 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Ramy Goueli, MD, MHS
Ramy Goueli, MD, MHS is the August 2023 Recipient of the CAIRIBU Collaboration award for his proposal, “Neuroendocrine cells function in the aging human female urethra”.
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2023 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – LaTasha Crawford, VMD, PhD, DACVP
LaTasha Crawford, VMD, PhD, DACVP is the February 2023 award recipient for, “An ex vivo platform for the study of sensory neuroplasticity as a link between bladder disease and referred pain”.
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2023 CAIRIBU Collaboration award recipient – Henry Schreiber, PhD
Henry Schreiber, PhD is the December 2023 Recipient of the CAIRIBU Collaboration award for his proposal, “Modeling multiple sclerosis-induced susceptibilities to urinary tract infection in mice”.