• Submit an NIH supplement. Campus support is available.
• Share your thoughts with NSF on ways to make educational pathways into emerging technology careers accessible to any interested American.
• Attend upcoming seminars in EEB and MBB.
• Browse interesting funding opportunities from the Mallinckrodt Foundation, NSF, and NIH.

NIH Extends Expiration Date for Research Supplements to Promote Diversity

If you plan to submit a research supplement under PA-21-071, you may continue to do so through June 30, 2023. The original program announcement (PA) had an expiration date of May 8, 2023. NIH is working on a reissue.

In recent years, UCI has committed resources to helping researchers obtain NIH supplements. Please visit the ICTS website to learn more about these resources. We encourage BioSci researchers with existing eligible awards to apply for administrative supplements. These awards are less competitive than other NIH mechanisms because they are not peer-reviewed. In addition, the supplement can be a terrific way to propel an early career researcher into the NIH funding pipeline.

NSF Seeks Input on STEM Pathways in Emerging Technological Areas

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking input on ways to make educational pathways into emerging technology careers accessible to any American interested in participating in the U.S. research and innovation enterprise. The goal is to develop new funding opportunities that will increase the number of domestic students enrolled in traditional academic pathways into STEM disciplines that lead to emerging technology careers. NSF is also interested in developing new funding opportunities that focus on flexible, non-traditional pathways into emerging technology careers, through support of continuous lifelong learning. NSF recognizes that there are many constituents with diverse perspectives who can work together to effectively address grand challenges in workforce development.

May

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Fall Seminar Series

Cherie L. De Vore, Ph.D.; Postdoctoral Scholar; Department of Earth System Science; Stanford University

1114 Natural Sciences 1

June

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Seminar Series

Alexander Muir, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Ben May Department of Cancer Research; University of Chicago

1114 Natural Sciences 1

NIH NCI to Fund Research on Social Determinants of Cancer

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is planning to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for the Advancing Cancer Control Equity Research through Transformative Solutions (ACCERT) initiative. Up to four Research Centers and one Coordination Center will be funded as part of the ACCERT Consortium’s effort to address the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on adverse cancer control outcomes.

The NOFO is expected to be published in Summer 2023 with an expected application due date in early Fall 2023. The NOFO is expected to use the U19 mechanism. A companion U24 mechanism is also expected. Potential applicants are encouraged to view the presentation of this initiative here and download the slides here.

NSF DBI Virtual Office Hour

Join the Division of Biological Infrastructure Tuesday, June 20, 12 PM – 1 PM PT for their monthly Virtual Office Hour. Program Officers will introduce programs in DBI's Research Resources Cluster, including the Innovation, Capacity, Sustaining, and Major Research Instrumentation Programs. It is an opportunity to raise questions and communicate directly with program officers in your field.

Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholars Program

This program awards $225,000 over 3 years to support early-stage investigators in their first to fourth year tenure-track positions by providing start-up support for basic biomedical (disease-related) research projects that are too preliminary for R01 or other independent funding. Applicants with R01-equivalent funding should not apply.

UCI is limited to one submission. Therefore, the Office of Research will conduct an internal competition to decide. More information on this competition can be found here.

UCI Limited Submission Deadline: June 12, 2023
Mallinckrodt Deadline: August 1, 2023

NSF Convergence Accelerator Phases 1 and 2 for the 2023 Cohort - Tracks K, L, M

This program addresses national-scale societal challenges through use-inspired convergence research. Using a convergence approach and innovation processes like human-centered design, user discovery, and team science and integration of multidisciplinary research, the Convergence Accelerator program seeks to transition basic research and discovery into practice — to solve high-impact societal challenges aligned with specific research themes (tracks).

Letter of Intent Deadline: July 11, 2023
Phase 1 Full Proposal Deadline: August 22, 2023
Phase 2 Full Proposal Deadline: August 30, 2024

NIH Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Promote Diversity (R36)

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to provide dissertation awards in all areas of research within NIAs strategic priorities to promote the diversity of the scientific research workforce engaged in research on aging and aging-related health conditions.

Upcoming Deadlines: July 19, 2023; October 16, 2023; February 16, 2024

NSF BioFoundries to Enable Access to Infrastructure and Resources for Advancing Modern Biology and Biotechnology (BioFoundries)

BioFoundries is an infrastructure program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that is designed to accelerate advances in the biological sciences, chemical biology, biotechnology, and bioengineering via access to modern infrastructure, technology, and capacity. BioFoundries will provide the intellectual, technical, digital, and physical frameworks needed for tight integration of technology innovations and applications with foundational interdisciplinary research and training, by:

• serving as access points for new biological technologies, workflows, processes, automations, and knowledge-bases to enable transformative discoveries;
• catalyzing new innovations and transformative discoveries by supporting in-house and external user-initiated research programs that take full advantage of technological and methodological advances;
• continuing to develop novel technologies, workflows, processes, automations, and knowledge-bases that are both forward-looking and user-responsive;
• increasing the reproducibility of life science discoveries and data and knowledge sharing capabilities;
• training the next generation of the scientific workforce; and
• facilitating pathways to translation.

LOI Deadline: August 1, 2023
Full Proposal Deadline: October 2, 2023

NIH NINDS Postdoctoral Mentored Career Development Award (K01)

The purpose of the NINDS Postdoctoral Mentored Career Development Award is to support the ability of outstanding, mentored postdoctoral researchers to develop a potentially impactful research project with a comprehensive career development plan that will enable them to launch an independent research program. Candidates are encouraged to apply for support from this NINDS K01 any time between the second through fourth year of cumulative mentored postdoctoral research experience, and may be supported by this NINDS K01 within the first 6 years of cumulative postdoctoral research experience. Because the completion of a strong, well-planned, thorough career development plan, in addition to development of an impactful research project, is a critical aspect of this K01, applications are strongly encouraged early in the postdoctoral eligibility window. By the end of the proposed K01 award period, the candidate should be poised to begin an independent research career with a well-developed, impactful research project and the expertise required to become a leader in the field.

Upcoming Deadlines: October 12, 2023; February 12, 2024

NIH NOSI: Maximizing the Scientific Value of Secondary Analyses of Existing Cohorts and Datasets in Order to Address Research Gaps and Foster Additional Opportunities in Aging Research

This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages the use of existing cohorts and datasets for well-focused secondary analyses to investigate novel scientific ideas and/or address clinically related issues on aging changes influencing health across the lifespan, diseases and disabilities in older persons, and/or the changes in basic biology of aging that underlie these impacts on health.

Activities of high priority include those addressing specific hypotheses in basic biological research, clinical aging research, behavioral or social research, and/or translational geroscience. Existing datasets may also be used to develop and test new mathematical modeling and statistical analytical approaches.

Did you know that the UC system averages five new inventions each day?

That’s more than any other university in the world. UCI researchers interested in patenting technology can receive support from Beall Applied Innovation. If you’re not sure where to start, you can also email BioSci’s Research Development team.

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