- Learn about a new NSF-NIH partnership to advance cancer research, which includes a supplemental funding opportunity.
- Register for UC Love Data Week events.
- Get acquainted with NIH's new data management and sharing policy (impacts proposals starting January 25).
- Browse new funding opportunities from two foundations, NSF, and the CA Climate Action Research Initiative.
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New Collaboration Between NSF and NIH on Cancer Research
NSF’s Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) are teaming up to study cancer as a living material. This new collaboration is called “MPS-NCI SuPporting new AReas of Knowledge (SPARK): Cancer as a Living Material – New Ideas and New Connection”.
Investigators with current NSF or NCI awards may request supplemental funding up to $50,000 in direct costs over one year. More information about this collaboration and application instructions can be found here. Investigators must contact their program officers by February 9, 2023. The deadline for invited submissions is March 10, 2023.
A webinar will be hosted by NSF on January 19th, 2023 that will provide details on this collaborative effort and feature NSF Program Officers from MPS as well as NIH Program Officers from NCI.
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Reminder: LOI Deadline for UCI Beall Applied Innovation (BAI) Proof-of-Product (PoP) Grants
On November 18, we noted that BAI launched Round 9 of its PoP Grants program. Through this program, BAI competitively awards grants up to $100K for faculty researchers to advance their discoveries toward market to measurably improve lives.
As a reminder, Letters of Intent (LOI) and Records of Invention are due on January 15, 2023. Please visit the PoP Grants webpage for additional details, the RFP, and the FAQs.
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Focus on Evolution Seminar Series
Christopher Fiscus (Gaut Lab)
"Causes and Consequences of Plant Genome Evolution"
1114 Natural Sciences 1 or Zoom (https://uci.zoom.us/j/95838869040)
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February
13-17
Monday – Friday
Various Times
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UC Love Data Week
UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend. Make sure to register with your UC-campus email.
On Monday, February 13, there are two sessions related to NIH data and sharing. We strongly encourage NIH-funded researchers to attend those sessions in light of NIH’s new requirements.
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Recorded Webinar on NIH Data Sharing Plan Requirements
For proposals submitted to NIH on or after January 25, 2023, NIH will require all researchers seeking grant funds that result in the generation of scientific data to:
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Submit a two-page data management and sharing plan as part of the funding application. The plan must outline how their scientific data and accompanying documentation will be managed and shared.
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Maximize the appropriate sharing of scientific data generated from NIH-funded or conducted research in the plan, with justified limitations or exceptions.
In this recorded webinar, UCI Libraries and the Office of Research provide:
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An overview of the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
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An overview of resources available for developing and implementing a data management and sharing plan
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The requirements for submitting the plan to NIH and budgeting for the cost to implement the plan
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IRB considerations for data sharing
You can find the webinar recording and UCI Libraries resources here.
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Agilent Technologies has opened the grant cycle for the 2023 Early Career Professor Award. UCI may submit one nomination for this $120,000/2 years award. Funding is unrestricted and may also be used to purchase Agilent products at 50% discount, or an option to accelerate payments to facilitate procurement of equipment with list price over $120,000.
The purpose of the award is to: 1) Promote and encourage excellent research enabling technologies of importance to Agilent and the world and 2) Establish strong collaborative relationships with leading professors early in their career. The 2023 Focus is development of live cell analytical tools to identify and measure novel critical quality attributes to advance biomanufacturing applications.
Applicants must have a tenure-track (Assistant Professor) faculty position and have completed PhD/MD residency within 12 years of award (extensions available – see FAQs).
Contact Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Roberta Flores at rflores@uci.edu for information or assistance in preparing the pre-proposal.
UCI internal deadline: January 17, 2023 (apply here)
Full proposal deadline: February 24, 2023
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The Sontag Foundation is soliciting applications for its Distinguished Scientist Award. The goal of this funding initiative is to change the paradigm of brain cancer research by building a community of outstanding scientists whose pioneering approaches have the potential to make significant advances in the field of brain cancer/brain tumors. The Foundation believes that multi-disciplinary collaborations are critical to advancing research. Researchers from various scientific backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. New in 2023, the Sontag Foundation is increasing the Award from $600,000 over four years to $750,000 over five years.
Eligibility
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Applicants are required to have an advanced degree (Ph.D., and/or M.D.).
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Applicants must have received their first independent faculty appointment no earlier than March 1, 2018 at a tax-exempt academic, research, or medical institution within the United States or an equivalent institution in Canada.
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If the institution grants tenure, the qualifying appointment must be on tenure track.
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More than one individual from the same institution may apply for this award.
Deadline: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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The eMB program seeks to stimulate fundamental interdisciplinary and potentially transformative research pertaining to the development of innovative mathematical/statistical/computational theories, tools, and modeling approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers. It supports research projects in mathematical biology that address challenging and significant biological questions through novel applications of traditional, but nontrivial, mathematical tools and methods or the development of new theories particularly from foundational mathematics and/or computational/statistical tools, including Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning/Machine Learning (AI/DL/ML).
Deadline: March 22, 2023
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The BoCP program is a cross-directorate and international program led by NSF that invites submission of interdisciplinary proposals addressing grand challenges in biodiversity science within the context of unprecedented environmental change, including climate change. Successful BoCP proposals will test novel hypotheses about functional biodiversity and its connections to shifting biodiversity dynamics on a changing planet, with an emphasis on integrative research into the complex intersections among climatic, geological, paleontological, and biological processes.
The program supports both US-only collaborative proposals and proposals with international partnerships with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) of Brazil, and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.
Deadline: March 29, 2023
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UC Research and Innovation has announced the release of the 2023 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the California Climate Action Research Initiative. This funding opportunity is part of a historic partnership between the University and the state of California to combat climate change through investments in climate action research that will have swift and measurable impact. Approximately $80 million is available in this competition to fund projects that propose action-oriented solutions that address California’s climate goals and needs, ensure that local communities are prepared and resilient, and prevent future disasters.
This competition offers grants in two distinct categories:
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California Climate Action Seed Grants ($500,000 – $2 million/award)
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California Climate Action Matching Grants ($2 million – $10 million/award)
Frequently Asked Questions are linked here and are updated weekly.
CA Climate Action Seed Grants
Key Dates:
Letter of Intent Deadline: January 19, 2023 by 12:00 pm PT
Proposal Deadline: April 6, 2023 by 12:00 pm PT
CA Climate Action Matching Grants
Key Dates:
Letter of Intent Deadline: January 19, 2023 by 12:00 pm PT
Full Proposal Deadline: May 4, 2023 by 12:00 pm PT
Please visit the following website for additional information or other program announcements: https://uckeepresearching.org/california-climate-action.
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