Which University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill labs count as newly funded?

Labs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill whose NIH award notice in the last 90 days was a new (Type 1) R01, or an R00 award, the independent phase of the K99/R00 that starts when a former postdoc opens their own lab. Competing renewals, non-competing continuations, and later R00 years are left out. Awards are matched to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by the NIH recipient organization code, so affiliated hospitals and institutes that receive NIH awards under their own name have their own pages.

Are these UNC labs hiring postdocs?

Not necessarily. A new award is a signal that a lab has new money and new work to staff, not a job posting. Many positions are filled before they are ever advertised, so a short, specific email to the PI soon after an award is the earliest way to ask.

Where does the data come from?

NIH RePORTER, the public NIH database of funded projects. Counts on this page refresh from RePORTER award notices about twice a day; each lab links to its official RePORTER record.

Why are the labs blurred?

The counts are free. The PI, department, and project for each lab are part of the Postdoc job leads plan ($59/year or $9.99/month), which also emails you new matching R01 and R00 awards daily or weekly.

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Postdoc jobs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: newly funded NIH labs that may be hiring

UNC labs with a new NIH R01 or an R00 start, across every NIH institute. A PI who just landed a new grant often has new positions to fill, so if you want a postdoc at UNC, these are the labs worth writing to first.

NIH award notices from August 7, 2026 to November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026

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Newly funded labs (90 days)

New R01 awards

R00 starts (new faculty)

Median award

$677K

The 34 UNC labs, newest first

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…and 22 more newly funded UNC labs in the last 90 days.

When UNC labs got their new awards

By month

August 2026	20
September 2026	14

Which NIH institutes fund UNC research

In fiscal year 2026, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received $559.6M in NIH awards. These institutes administered the most of it, which tells you which kinds of labs are most common there.

NIH institute	FY2026 funding	Awards
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · newly funded immunology and infectious disease labs	$108.0M	141
National Cancer Institute (NCI) · newly funded cancer research labs	$72.0M	112
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · newly funded heart, lung, and blood labs	$62.7M	104
National Institute on Aging (NIA) · newly funded aging and Alzheimer’s labs	$41.9M	51
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) · newly funded cell and molecular biology labs	$40.9M	87
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · newly funded mental health labs	$35.0M	69

Full funding history, rankings, and largest awards: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NIH funding.

How to approach a newly funded lab at UNC

Read the funded project. The abstract and specific aims on the RePORTER record tell you what the new money pays for, which is the work a new postdoc would do.
Match one skill to one aim. In a short email, name the aim you could help with and the technique or result from your own work that fits it.
Write early. A lab that just received a notice may not have posted a position yet. An R00 start means a brand-new lab, often with no postdocs at all.

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Questions

Which University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill labs count as newly funded?: Labs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill whose NIH award notice in the last 90 days was a new (Type 1) R01, or an R00 award, the independent phase of the K99/R00 that starts when a former postdoc opens their own lab. Competing renewals, non-competing continuations, and later R00 years are left out. Awards are matched to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by the NIH recipient organization code, so affiliated hospitals and institutes that receive NIH awards under their own name have their own pages.
Are these UNC labs hiring postdocs?: Not necessarily. A new award is a signal that a lab has new money and new work to staff, not a job posting. Many positions are filled before they are ever advertised, so a short, specific email to the PI soon after an award is the earliest way to ask.
Where does the data come from?: NIH RePORTER, the public NIH database of funded projects. Counts on this page refresh from RePORTER award notices about twice a day; each lab links to its official RePORTER record.
Why are the labs blurred?: The counts are free. The PI, department, and project for each lab are part of the Postdoc job leads plan ($59/year or $9.99/month), which also emails you new matching R01 and R00 awards daily or weekly.

Newly funded labs at other North Carolina institutions

Duke University · Research Triangle Institute · Wake Forest University Health Sciences · North Carolina State University · North Carolina A&T State University · All of North Carolina

Newly funded labs at a glance