• Read about NOAA's new competitive grant program on coastal resilience. Also learn about the NSF-NOAA partnership to support centers for modeling the impacts and risk of climate change.
• Attend office hours with Ronnie Hanecak to discuss technology transfer and patenting.
• Create your SciENcv account this summer, especially if you plan to submit proposals to NSF this fall.
• Browse funding opportunities from NIH and NSF as well as a CA state climate research opportunity from the Institute for Energy and Environment.

Last Issue of the Academic Year

As the academic year draws to a close, we want to let you know that this will be the last issue of the Research Bulletin until the new academic year starts in the fall. We hope you are finding the Research Bulletin to be a valuable resource for delivering policy and research-related updates as well as new funding opportunities. Is there information you would like to see in future issues? We encourage you to send feedback and suggestions to bio-bulletin@uci.edu.

NOAA Releases Plan to Build Climate Resilience

Part of this plan includes $575 million for the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will fund a new competitive grant program that will invest in holistic, collaborative approaches to coastal resilience at regional scales. This will include two funding tracks: Regional Collaborative Building and Strategy Development, and Implementation of Resilience and Adaptation Actions. Details will be available in early summer.

If you're interested in submitting a proposal to this competitive grant program, please let the Research Development Team know by emailing us at bio-research@uci.edu.

NSF and NOAA to Support Centers for Modeling Impacts and Risk of Climate Change

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are partnering to create a new Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) to model catastrophic impacts and risk assessment of climate change. The IUCRC will bring together researchers from academia, industry, and government to develop new tools and methods for predicting the risks and damages of climate-related perils such as wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The center will also work to develop a skilled workforce capable of addressing these challenges.

Please see the Dear Colleague Letter linked below to learn more about submitting a proposal to this opportunity.

Request for Information: NIH Common Fund is Soliciting Ideas for NIH-wide Challenges and Opportunities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requests ideas for biomedical and behavioral research challenges and opportunities that may be of interest to the Common Fund. These ideas may inform activities to advance areas of science relevant to these challenges/opportunities, including, but not limited to, scientific workshops, pilot initiatives, and/or future Common Fund programs.

NIH encourages idea submissions that may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) A critical challenge or exciting emerging opportunity in biomedical/behavioral research; (2) Resources, tools, or knowledge that are needed to address the important challenge or opportunity; and (3) Scientific advancements or other factors that make addressing the important challenge or opportunity particularly timely.

The deadline to submit a response is August 11, 2023 by 9:59:59 PM (PT)

June

Interested in Technology Transfer?

Dr. Ronnie Hanecak (rhanecak@uci.edu) from the Research Translation Group in UCI’s Applied Innovation spends one day every month in BioSci to answer your questions about intellectual property, patenting, conflict of interest, technology transfer, startup companies, etc. Dr. Hanecak’s next office hours will be Friday, June 23, and she would like to hear from you! Please feel free to walk in or email her in advance to reserve a meeting time.

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Create Your SciENcv Account This Summer

By now, you may have heard that starting in October 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will require proposers to use SciENcv to create their senior personnel documents (i.e., Biographical Sketch, Current and Pending Support). More specifically, this requirement will go into effect for new proposals submitted or due on or after October 23, 2023.

This summer is a good time to create your SciENcv account and prepare current versions of your senior personnel documents. Doing so is especially important if you plan to submit an NSF proposal when the new requirement takes effect. Once the new policy goes into effect, you will no longer be able to use NSF's fillable PDFs.

Researchers submitting proposals to NIH may also use SciENcv to prepare their supporting documents, and we encourage you to do so, but NIH has not yet mandated this practice.

NIH Informational Webinar on MIRA R35 for ESIs

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will host an informational webinar to provide a programmatic overview and guidance on the application process, as well as respond to questions from prospective applicants who plan to submit applications to PAR-23-145 "Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)”.

The ESI MIRA provides support for a program of research in an early-stage investigator's laboratory that falls within the mission of NIGMS.

Webinar Information:
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Time: 10:00–11:30 AM PDT
Zoom link: https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1606967912?pwd=NnFBMURNOGE4c3dJajZzSDk3K1pVQT09
Meeting ID: 160 696 7912
Passcode: NIGMS

ARPA-H Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H seeks SBIR proposals that aim to rapidly achieve better health outcomes across patient populations, communities, disease, and health conditions, including support of the Cancer Moonshot. Awardees will develop groundbreaking new ways to tackle health-related challenges through high potential, high-impact biomedical and health research.

Proposals are expected to use innovative approaches to enable revolutionary advances in science, technology, or systems. Several research topics are included in the SBIR solicitation, including:

• ARPA-H 01 – Novel telehealth instruments for assessing pediatric well-being.
• ARPA-H 02 – Microneedle-based patches and digital patch interfaces for remote and real-time transdermal drug delivery and chronic disease management.
• ARPA-H 03 – Robotics for autonomous soft tissue surgery.
• ARPA-H 04 – Intra-operative contrast agents.
• ARPA-H 05 – Scale-Up: Transition disruptive technologies from proof-of-concept prototypes to commercially scalable and deployable technologies.

Specifically excluded are proposals that represent an evolutionary or incremental advance in the current state of the art. Additionally, proposals directed towards policy changes, traditional education and training, or center coordination and construction of physical infrastructure are outside the scope of the ARPA-H mission.

The purpose of the SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation, while strengthening the role of small businesses in meeting ARPA-H’s research and development needs. ARPA-H also encourages proposals from socially and economically disadvantaged small business and women-owned businesses.

Deadline: July 3, 2023

NIH NOSI: Administrative Supplements to Support Collaborations to Improve Data Interoperability/Re-use for Existing Type 2 Diabetes Relevant Data Sets

The Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (DDEMD) in NIDDK currently supports numerous data rich projects designed to collect an array of human data types with the goal of understanding the heterogeneity and pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and to develop appropriate prevention and treatment strategies.

The goal of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to provide support through administrative supplements collaborations to improve interoperability/re-use for NIDDK supported T2D data sets and related resources such as repositories and knowledgebases. This initiative is aligned with the NIDDK Strategic Plan for Research, which describes research opportunities aimed at developing innovative technologies and resources to expand data science to advance scientific progress and enhance health, and to utilize data science to improve clinical studies.

This NOSI is soliciting administrative supplements from existing awardees funded by NIDDK's DDEMD. Projects are eligible to apply if they have at least one year of support remaining in the project period as of July 1, 2023.

Deadline: July 11, 2023

California Institute for Energy and Environment: Core Climate Research

The California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) at the University of California, Berkeley, is partnering with the California Natural Resources Agency and the Fifth Assessment team to fund a new suite of research products. These research products will fill demonstrable gaps in the scientific literature related to understanding and adapting to climate change impacts in California. The research will help fill critical knowledge gaps and set a foundation for subsequent Fifth Assessment products, including a series of regional synthesis reports, statewide topical synthesis reports, and a statewide summary of Fifth Assessment findings and key takeaways.

Deadline: July 17, 2023

NSF DCL: 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition

The program aims to further the design and implementation of co-produced adaptation and mitigation strategies for vulnerable groups―those groups currently most impacted by the effects of climate change owing to both physical vulnerability and socioeconomic vulnerability. The program will support research that is both interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral on participatory contextually and culturally appropriate mitigation and adaptation responses to at least two vulnerabilities stemming from climate change, as identified in the Sixth Assessment Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Projects must respond to the needs of those most impacted by the effects of climate change, such as communities in low- and middle-income countries or indigenous territories, or groups that are vulnerable due to their geographic, social and/or economic circumstances. All projects are required to partner with participating community(ies) in the co-creation, implementation and ownerships of the research and outcomes, and to develop approaches related to policy implementation and knowledge mobilization.

Pre-Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2023
Full Proposal Deadline: September 12, 2023

NIH NIAID New Innovators Awards (DP2)

The NIAID New Innovator Award supports postdoctoral and other candidates in non-independent positions or newly independent Early-Stage Investigators of exceptional creativity who propose novel, original and insightful research concepts with the potential to produce a major impact, test scientific paradigms, or advance key concepts on broad, important problems in biomedical research of priority to NIAID. Applications proposing unexpected convergence of disciplines, new scientific directions, or the use of novel methodologies are encouraged. Applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and in any topic relevant to the mission of NIAID are welcome.

Upcoming Deadlines: October 13, 2023; October 11, 2024; October 10, 2025

NIH NOSI: Administrative Supplements for COVID-19 Impacted NIMH Research

The purpose of this Notice is to outline priorities for providing supplemental funding to investigators and institutions with active National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awards that experienced significant setbacks as result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which were unable to be resolved with non-monetary options (e.g., modification to the project or re-budgeting to accomplish aims).

Rolling Deadline Through: April 1, 2026

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