• Submit your FRTC application by Friday, December 22.
• Register for an NIH Boot Camp information session.
• Browse funding opportunities from the UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, NIH, EPA, and NSF!

Final Research Bulletin of 2023

Happy holidays from the Research Administration and Development (RAD) Unit to the BioSci research community! Our office is closed from Monday, December 25 through Tuesday, January 2. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2024.

Reminder: Submit your FRTC application by Friday, December 22

BioSci faculty members who would like to apply for a faculty research, travel, or computing (FRTC) award have until 5pm on Friday, December 22 to submit an application. The application and request for proposals (RFP) can be found at the link below. If you have questions about this internal funding opportunity, please email Justin Sarkis (sarkisj@uci.edu), BioSci’s Research Development Lead.

Check back for departmental seminars in January!

Interested in enlisting in NIH Boot Camp 2024? Register for an upcoming information session

UCI’s School of Medicine is accepting applications for its National Institutes of Health (NIH) Boot Camp. Interested faculty members are encouraged to attend an information session on January 10 at 12pm or January 29 at 9am.

Boot Camp mentees work with experienced NIH-funded faculty mentors and are provided support throughout the grant-writing process. Since 2017, 101 mentees from the College of Health Sciences and the Schools of Biological Sciences, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Social Ecology, and Social Sciences have participated in the program. This will be the 8th year of the program, which allows UCI faculty the best opportunity for success in their first NIH grant applications.

UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
Faculty Seed Grant

Intramural program awarding research projects on topics in any discipline that address any aspect of cancer, including its origins, detection, prevention and cure

LOI deadline: January 25, 2024
Full proposal deadline: April 4, 2024

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp)

Administrative supplements to support research highlighting health inequities among women in the United States who are understudied, underrepresented and underreported (U3) in biomedical research

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program (BRAG)

EPA program supporting the generation of new information that will assist Federal regulatory agencies in making science-based decisions about the effects of introducing into the environment genetically engineered organisms (GE), including plants, microorganisms — such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses — arthropods, fish, birds, mammals and other animals excluding humans

Deadline: February 29, 2024

Dear Colleague Letter: Capacity Building to Catalyze Collaborations to Address Climate Change Impacts on Human Health (C2H2)

NSF DCL to support interdisciplinary teams of researchers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to address complex and urgent challenges related to the effects of climate change on human health and well-being

Deadline: N/A

Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) Opportunity for Graduate Students Supplemental Funding to Link Geosciences and Human Health (GeoHealth INTERN)

Supplemental funding opportunity for graduate students in the geosciences who want to gain experience in the intersection of geoscience and human health

Deadline: N/A