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In the Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Scholarship, over 250 professionals guide faculty, staff, and learners through the entire Research Lifecycle, from project conception and grant submission to sharing results with the world and creating commercial opportunities.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Scholarship gathers upcoming funding opportunities into a once-weekly email distributed each Wednesday. To promote a funding opportuntity in the newsletter, email Melissa Peerless for foundation opportunities or Eva Olivares for other categories of funding opportunities.
Notice of Proposal Eligibility
Note that when a proposal is selected for funding, the sponsor will provide their terms and conditions to the University to review, negotiate and accept. Sponsors do not negotiate terms before the award is issued and the terms are often not publicly available. The Office of Research Administration works hard to ensure the terms are agreeable to the sponsor and acceptable to UM.
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June 28, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://mathersfoundation.org/
Purpose: The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation aims to advance knowledge in the life sciences by sponsoring basic scientific research, with potential translational application, to benefit humankind. Current research areas include: immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience.
Note that the following areas will not be considered for support: COVID-19-related research, medical technology, plant biology, oceanography, space exploration, global warming.
Budget: Grant budgets should be no more than $600-750K (including indirect expenses) over three years.
LOI Deadline: July 28, 2023
*Applicants notified of proposal invitation or LOI rejection within a month of the due date.
If you are interested in submitting a Letter of Inquiry to The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1906375
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July 5, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://searlescholars.org/
Purpose: The Searle Scholars Program was established at The Chicago Community Trust in 1980. The Searle Scholars Program Scientific Advisory Board is primarily interested in the potential of applicants to make innovative and high-impact contributions to research over an extended period of time. The program supports the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose current appointment is a tenure-track position. Applicants for the 2024 competition (awards which will be activated on July 1, 2024) are expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences.
Eligibility: Applicants should have begun their appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after May 1, 2022 The appointment must be their first tenure-track position (or its nearest equivalent) at an invited institution.
Anticipated Number of Awards: Generally, fifteen new awards are granted annually and are activated on July 1 of the year of the competition.
Budget and Project Period: Grants are set at $300,000 for a three-year period with $100,000 payable in the first year and equal sums payable in the second and third years and are subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1906250
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July 6, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity-announcements/FinalFOAFY23-24
Program Overview: The purpose of the Program is to fund research leading to prevention of, or a cure for, Alzheimer’s disease by pursuing the following goals:
- Improve the health of Floridians by researching better prevention and diagnoses of, and treatments and cures for, Alzheimer’s disease.
- Expand the foundation of knowledge relating to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Stimulate economic activity in Florida in areas related to Alzheimer’s disease research.
Standard Grant Purpose: Research projects that are fully developed, scientifically rigorous, and include sound background information, hypotheses, and promising preliminary results or supporting data.
Priority and Focus Area(s): Please refer to the general program announcement for pertinent details on the Priority Areas and Focus Areas within the funding opportunity announcement. The applicant must state clearly, which of these areas the proposal addresses.
Eligibility: Each application must identify a Principal Investigator. The Principal Investigator is the individual designated by the applicant organization legally responsible to direct the grant project. The Principal Investigator is responsible and accountable to the applicant organization officials for the project’s scientific and technical direction as well as the proper conduct of the project. There may be multiple collaborators on a project, but there must be only one Principal Investigator.
*Please refer to the RFA for additional details.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady - STANDARD GRANT: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1908594
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July 6, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity-announcements/FinalFOAFY23-24
Purpose: The purpose of the Program is to fund research leading to prevention of, or a cure for, Alzheimer’s disease by pursuing the following goals:
- Improve the health of Floridians by researching better prevention and diagnoses of, and treatments and cures for, Alzheimer’s disease.
- Expand the foundation of knowledge relating to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Stimulate economic activity in Florida in areas related to Alzheimer’s disease research.
Consortium Grant Purpose: To stimulate a consortium of clinical, basic, translational and underrepresented research institutions/centers to conduct high quality grant-supported research. The consortium should involve partnerships to be developed among investigators across the State of Florida, with the award made to the lead organization. The lead organization of the consortium must perform a substantive role in conducting the planned research including providing oversight of all scientific, programmatic, financial, and administrative matters related to the grant. The collaborating organizations must have well-defined roles that contribute to the common scientifically rigorous research goals, and include sound background information, hypotheses, protocols, and promising practices that address clearly one or more areas of research interest. A letter of commitment from all collaborating organizations is required. The consortium must support the exploration of the focus areas listed within Priority Areas 1 and 3. Grants may range from discovery science to more mature projects that are attempting to advance a therapeutic approach or concept.
Eligibility:
- The PI must be a full-time faculty member at the lead institution.
- The application must include at least three collaborating institutions. The lead institution must be an existing established university or research institute.
*Please refer to the RFA for additional details.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady - CONSORTIUM GRANT: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1906609
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July 6, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity-announcements/FinalFOAFY23-24
Program Overview: The Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program (hereafter referred to as the “Program”), is established in section 381.82, Florida Statutes. The purpose of the Program is to fund research leading to prevention of, or a cure for, Alzheimer’s disease by pursuing the following goals:
- Improve the health of Floridians by researching better prevention and diagnoses of, and treatments and cures for, Alzheimer’s disease.
- Expand the foundation of knowledge relating to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Stimulate economic activity in Florida in areas related to Alzheimer’s disease research.
Pilot Grant Purpose: Exploratory, novel studies that break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications. No preliminary data are required but may be included if available.
Priority and Focus Area(s): Please refer to the general program announcement for pertinent details on the Priority Areas and Focus Areas within the funding opportunity announcement. The applicant must state clearly, which of these areas the proposal addresses.
Eligibility: Each application must identify a Principal Investigator. The Principal Investigator is the individual designated by the applicant organization legally responsible to direct the grant project. The Principal Investigator is responsible and accountable to the applicant organization officials for the project’s scientific and technical direction as well as the proper conduct of the project. There may be multiple collaborators on a project, but there must be only one Principal Investigator.
*Please refer to the RFA for additional details.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady - PILOT GRANT: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1906611
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July 6, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity-announcements/FinalFOAFY23-24
Program Overview: The Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program (hereafter referred to as the “Program”), is established in section 381.82, Florida Statutes. The purpose of the Program is to fund research leading to prevention of, or a cure for, Alzheimer’s disease by pursuing the following goals:
- Improve the health of Floridians by researching better prevention and diagnoses of, and treatments and cures for, Alzheimer’s disease.
- Expand the foundation of knowledge relating to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Stimulate economic activity in Florida in areas related to Alzheimer’s disease research.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant Purpose: Supports the career development of individuals who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on research oriented to clinical service, evaluation, neurochemistry, neurosciences, neuromedicine, neurotherapeutics, neuropharmacology, neuropathology, etc.
Priority and Focus Area(s): Please refer to the general program announcement for pertinent details on the Priority Areas and Focus Areas within the funding opportunity announcement. The applicant must state clearly, which of these areas the proposal addresses.
Eligibility: Each application must identify a Principal Investigator. The Principal Investigator is the individual designated by the applicant organization legally responsible to direct the grant project. The Principal Investigator is responsible and accountable to the applicant organization officials for the project’s scientific and technical direction as well as the proper conduct of the project. There may be multiple collaborators on a project, but there must be only one Principal Investigator.
*Please refer to the RFA for additional details.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1908595
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July 10, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity-announcements/BRACFOAApprovedFINAL.pdf
Purpose: The Florida Department of Health announces a funding opportunity for research and the development of enduring research infrastructure/resources addressing the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or cure of diseases related to tobacco use such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and pulmonary disease in Florida.
For this solicitation, eligible organizations may submit an infrastructure application in at least one of the following six areas: tissue banking, bioinformatics, genomics, diagnostic imaging, health disparities and quality indicators systems. The Department of Health is particularly interested in research involving quality indicator systems, when this is linked with other priorities, such as increasing the number of Florida research networks, external funding for research infrastructure and large scale projects, including but not limited to National Cancer Institute grants. Organizations will only be permitted to be the lead on one application, but may be collaborators on applications submitted by other organizations.
Budget and Project Period: The maximum award is $1.5M in total costs (including direct and indirect costs) and up to 3 years in duration.
*Please refer to the RFA for additional details.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady - James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program: RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1906608
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July 10, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity-announcements/BRACFOAApprovedFINAL.pdf
Purpose: The Florida Department of Health announces a funding opportunity for the specified purpose to advance progress towards cures for caner. The Department of Health is particularly interested in research involving quality indicator systems, when this is linked with other priorities, such as increasing the number of Florida research networks, external funding for research infrastructure and large scale projects, including but not limited to National Cancer Institute grants.
Organizations may submit an infrastructure application in at least one of the following six areas: tissue banking, bioinformatics, genomics, diagnostic imaging, health disparities and quality indicators systems. Organizations will only be permitted to be the lead on one application, but may be collaborators on applications submitted by other organizations.
The expectation is that infrastructure improvements, where practical, will be made available to and used by researchers throughout Florida. Projects need to demonstrate institutional collaboration and statewide research networks in the pursuit of a research question or development of infrastructure. In addition, projects need to provide a quantitative method to evaluate the use of infrastructure resulting from this grant. For example, the investigator could measure the number of patients screened from a medical imaging device or the number of researchers external to the project who were provided with tissue samples.
Applications must describe:
- A plan for providing access to the funded infrastructure.
- A scientific advisory process involving researchers from at least four universities and/or research institutions.
- A community advisory process that represents the perspective of participants in research, with focus on the perspectives of underserved and minority populations and communities that historically lack trust in research.
Applications may include support to address ethical, legal, and social issues in the research.
The solicitation is limited to proposals that will improve infrastructure/resources in the areas of tissue banking, bioinformatics, genomics, diagnostic imaging, health disparities and quality indicators systems. Please refer to the link provided above for specific program definitions.
Budget and Project Period: The maximum award is $1.5M in total costs (including direct and indirect costs) and up to 3 years in duration.
*Please refer to the RFA for additional details.
Proposals must be submitted via InfoReady - Bankhead-Coley Research Program: RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1906612
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August 31, 2023 by 5PM
Program Announcement: https://www.frontiersplanetprize.org/criteria
Purpose: The University of Miami is pleased to confirm its participation in the 2nd edition of the Frontiers Planet Prize, an international competition that aims to address the planetary crisis by mobilizing scientists across the world and their breakthrough research, with the greatest potential to stabilize the planet’s ecosystem.
Launched by the Frontiers Research Foundation, the Frontiers Planet Prize recognizes and awards a National Champion for each participating country, and three prizes of CHF 1 million each to 3 International Champions, selected by an independent Jury of 100. The prize focuses on addressing any one of the 9 planetary boundaries, as detailed by Professor Johan Rockström, director at the Potsdam Institute of Climate Change, and Owen Gaffney in their book and documentary, Breaking Boundaries.
The Prize seeks to boost sustainability research globally by fostering national and international competition – much like the Olympics, but among scientists, universities, and countries. The aim is to identify, fund and support research that provides real solutions to the global environmental threats we face.
The prize will recognize the best research published in established scientific journals within the past two years (date of acceptance, 1st November 2021 – 31st October 2023), with robust peer review and transparent publication procedures, that fulfill the criteria of the prize. The CHF 1 million prize will be awarded to each International Champion to advance the breakthrough research of the winning research group.
The National Champions will be announced on Earth Day, 22 April 2024, and the International Champions (who will each win the CHF 1 million prize) will be announced during the award ceremony taking place in June 2024- in Montreux, Switzerland.
We are now inviting the lead scientists of the most promising recently published research articles to apply, by putting their best research forward. Scientists at any stage of their career are encouraged to apply, as long as they confirm to best represent the research group who conducted the study.
To be considered, please submit your application via InfoReady: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1908481
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Deadline: Open call (applications accepted at any point throughout the year; awards based on availability of funds)
The OVPRS is providing a one-time relief funding opportunity for ongoing research and scholarship. We are specifically targeting faculty needing to:
- Cover costs related to research/scholarship (e.g., paying graduate assistants to travel to study sites)
- Transition data collection efforts to a different modality and/or exploring new research/scholarly methodologies to overcome study limitations
- Collect limited pilot data which would support an application to an extramural funding agency
*This list is not exhaustive and is intended to provide examples of the types of support potentially provided via this funding mechanism.
Award Amount and Allowability
Up to $10,000 in funds can be requested for direct research and scholarly expenses incurred during the award period. Funds cannot be used to pay for faculty salary.
Allowable expenses may include:
- Purchase of supplies and other direct research costs, such as travel (when allowed and subject to University of Miami travel guidelines), creative materials, access to archives, data collection, participant or stakeholder incentives, software, web designers, and rent for performance space
- Utilization of University-based cores and other support services
- Compensation for undergraduate and graduate students
- External research/scholarship support services (with justification)
Eligibility
All full-time University Faculty (i.e., regular, research, librarian, and educator faculty) are eligible to apply. Adjunct and instructor faculty are not eligible for this award.
Application Details
Proposals should be submitted via InfoReady: https://miami.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1907509
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Deadline: Rolling
Research Sprints offer University of Miami U-LINK Teams the opportunity to partner with a team of library experts on a component of their broader U-LINK project. Each Research Sprint will take place over the course of two days to address the U-LINK Team's project-based obstacle and deliver a tangible plan or outcome. Two U-LINK Teams will be offered Research Sprints in the 2022-23 Academic Year. An application submission is required.
What Exactly Are Research Sprints?
Research Sprints dedicate time for team-based problem solving and/or brainstorming. University of Miami Libraries’ Sprints aim to foster engaging and equitable collaborations that advance interdisciplinary research for the public good. Each member of the Sprint Team brings unique ideas, creativity, and expertise that are essential to building projects and connections during this period and beyond. We believe that the expertise of librarians and other specialists can enrich the goals and outcomes of interdisciplinary research.
How To Apply
To complete the application, please respond to the following prompts through the application questionnaire (also linked at the top of this page):https://sp.library.miami.edu/subjects/guide.php?subject=sprints
Want to know how Research Sprints might be able to help your project? Have questions before applying? Pre-application consultations are available. Contact us at researchsprints@miami.edu.
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June 30, 2023 by 5PM (via RedCap)
PURPOSE: The Health Foundation of South Florida Community-Academic Collaborative (HFSF-CAC) will serve as a locus for robust, community-based, and data-driven research aimed at identifying and addressing health disparities in South Florida. The mission of the HFSF-CAC is to reduce health disparities in South Florida by identifying root causes of inequity and uniting the expertise of University of Miami (UM) researchers, physicians, and leaders with the in-depth knowledge and lived experience of key community stakeholders. The HFSF-CAC supports Project 33136—Partnerships for Health Equity; this initiative will create a cohort of collaborative community-academic teams charged with developing and implementing data-driven, community-engaged projects to address health disparities and promote health equity. Collaborative teams will present their projects at an annual symposium. Anticipated project focus areas might include:
- increasing access to healthcare in underserved communities by identifying and breaking down barriers, building on the lived experience of community partners;
- addressing social determinants of health such as affordable housing, food security and nutrition, and high-quality early childhood care to increase family wellbeing;
- studying and developing solutions to mitigate the impact of climate change on health;
- and tackling persistent racism and discrimination that lead to inequitable health outcomes.
Projects proposed must address health equity issues identified in the symposium or listed focus area and use evidence-based approaches. Each team will include a UM faculty member(s), working in partnership with a local community organization, to develop and implement a data-driven project. Teams should engage with key stakeholders/affiliated organizations to inform and execute their projects. Further, teams should draw from local/state data and other relevant information which speak to health disparities and barrers to health equity in their target geography and population. Teams are encouraged to engage with HFSF-CAC leadership to discuss their proposals, health equity issue of interest, and available data and other information to inform their projects.
AWARD DETAILS AND CRITERIA: Each Team will receive $75,000 to support its project; along with the support of a graduate student to collect information and provide research support services ($17,500 per student, representing 50% of the students’ annual stipends). Along with seed funding, each Team will receive:
- Mentoring and technical support from UM subject matter experts, faculty affiliates and community members as projects are developed/executed
- Access to the curated resources compiled through the Health Equity Toolki
- Opportunities to leverage UM collaborating health systems (UHealth, Jackson) and
research resources to integrate projects into existing healthcare delivery programs,
leading to potential future widespread implementation and sustainability
- Use of the SCAN360 interactive website showing factors that drive cancer burden, and support from SCAN360 data science team to develop data-driven approaches/projects
- Support from UM centers on manuscript and grant development
At the project conclusion, each community partner will receive $20,000 to implement the work developed in collaboration with the team. Each team will also receive $5,000 to support publication costs and other costs related to dissemination.
FUNDING PERIOD: October 23, 2023 – October 31, 2024
Application details and submission requirements are found on REDCap.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2023, 5:00 PM
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Foundation & Corporate Grants
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Please contact the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations if you would like to pursue any of the following corporate or foundation funding opportunities. The team provides assistance with writing, editing, institutional information, and application submission.
For more opportunities, please visit the Corporate and Foundation Grant Opportunity database. This new resource presents over 1,000 grant opportunities and is searchable by keyword, sponsor, career level, grant amount, deadline, and more.
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June 30, 2023 (LOI)
The objective of AIM-HI is to advance research methods, identify best practices, and build capacity for effectively implementing and rigorously evaluating the use of AI/ML algorithms for diagnostic decision-making in real-world settings.
With support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (KP-DOR) Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) is pleased to announce a Request For Proposals (RFP) in 2023 to support research that evaluates the implementation of existing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning algorithms that enhance diagnostic decision-making to achieve the following objective:
To advance research methods, identify best practices for scalability, and build capacity for effectively implementing and rigorously evaluating the use of AI/ML algorithms for diagnostic decision-making in real-world settings.
This AIM-HI RFP is designed to provide 2 years of funding for 3 to 5 proposals of prospective AI/ML implementation-effectiveness studies in U.S. health systems with a total budget of up to $750,000 for each project. KP-DOR will serve as the Coordinating Center for this portfolio over the 2-year funding period working under the guidance of a National Advisory Committee on selecting funded proposals, assessing project progress, leading domain working groups, and disseminating best practices to build the capacity for effective AI/ML implementation in healthcare
Grant Amount: up to $750,000
Deadline: June 30, 2023 (LOI)
If you are interested in submitting an application to the AIM-HI, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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July 1, 2023
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. The Foundation supports projects and applied research that: generates local/regional solutions to problems affecting the quality of the environment and human life; advances local leadership and promotes professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develops the capacity of local organizations and coalitions; and addresses challenges in the field.
The Foundation prefers to support projects that address under-funded issues and geographic areas.
The Foundation funds applied research, pilot projects, new initiatives, training, and technical assistance, rather than ongoing support for programs that are already well underway.
An important goal for the Foundation is to provide seed money to help promising projects, organizations, and individuals develop the track record they need to attract major foundation funding in the future.
A partnership with a local organization in the country of work is required.
- Grant Amount: $50,000 (IDC are not covered)
- LOI Deadline: July 1, 2023
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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July 1, 2023
The Cottrell Scholar Award (CSA) is available to early career faculty at U.S. and Canadian research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions. Eligible applicants are tenure-track faculty who hold primary or courtesy appointments in chemistry, physics, or astronomy departments that offer bachelor's and/or graduate degrees in the applicant's discipline.
CSA proposals contain a research plan, an educational plan, and a clear statement on how the applicant will become an outstanding teacher-scholar with strong academic citizenship skills. Proposal plans must be for a period of three years. The ability of applicants to mount a strong and innovative research program, achieve excellence in education, and develop effective academic citizenship skills are key criteria in the selection process.
The primary criterion for the Cottrell Scholar Award is that the proposed research will add to fundamental scientific knowledge in one of the three core disciplines (Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy) and hence, applied research without a significant fundamental component is not funded. "Applied research" is interpreted as any type of research aimed at developing known science into new technology, methods, or techniques, or the applications of methods and techniques to topics in disciplines other than the three core disciplines. Furthermore, as applications must include both research and educational plans, applications are not accepted if the research plan, itself, would be on science education.
Eligbility: For the 2023 proposal cycle, eligibility is limited to faculty members who started their first tenure-track appointment anytime in calendar year 2020.
Grant Amount: $120,000
Deadline: July 1, 2023
If you are interested in submitting an application to the Cottrell Scholar Award, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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July 12, 2023
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health.
The Foundation is particularly but not exclusively interested in activities that build connections between basic/early biomedical scientific approaches and ecological, environmental, geological, geographic, and planetary-scale thinking, as well as with population-focused fields including epidemiology and public health, demography, economics, and urban planning. Also of interest is work piloting new approaches or new interactions toward reducing the impact of health-centered activities, for example, developing more sustainable systems for health care, care delivery, and biomedical research systems. Another area of interest is preparation for the impacts of extreme weather and other crises that can drive large scale disruptions that will immediately impact human health and delivery of health care. Public outreach, climate communication, and education efforts focused on the intersection of climate and health are also appropriate for this call.
Note: This call focuses on developing partnerships. Proposals from single institutions must develop partnerships that do not already occur naturally. Proposals from more than one institution are encouraged.
- Grant Amount: $50,000 (IDC are not covered)
- Deadline: July 12, 2023
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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July 26, 2023
The Russell Sage Foundation is devoted to innovative research in the social sciences; specifically, the Foundation is dedicated to strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences in order to better understand societal problems and develop informed responses.
For the May 2023 deadline the Foundation will accept LOIs in all program areas:
LOIs relevant to any of these topics that address the effects of social movements (such as drives for unionization and mass social protests), and the effects of racial/ethnic/gender bias and discrimination on a range of outcomes related to social and living conditions in the United States, are welcomed.
- Grant Amount: Up to $200,000 over 2 years (15% indirect costs)
- LOI Deadline: July 26, 2023
If you are interested in submitting a Letter of Inquiry for the Russell Sage Foundation Research Grants, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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August 1, 2023 (LOI)
The Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.
Projects proposed for the BYI program should be truly innovative, high-risk, and show promise for contributing to significant advances in chemistry and the life sciences. They should represent a departure from current research directions rather than an extension or expansion of existing programs. Proposed research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged. Proposals that open new avenues of research in chemistry and life sciences by fostering the invention of methods, instruments and materials will be given additional consideration.
The BYI program funds promising young scientists early in their careers who have not yet received a major award from another organization. Proposals that already have substantial funding will not be considered for the BYI award.
Eligibility
The BYI program is open to those within the first four years of a tenure-track position, or an equivalent independent research appointment, at a United States academic or non-profit institution that conducts research in chemical and life sciences. Tenure-Track dates for the 2024 program must start after 1/1/2019 AND before 8/1/2023.
US Citizenship
Persons who have applied for permanent residency but have not received their government documentation are eligible to apply; Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States prior to the BYI Interview (late March/ early April) to remain eligible. Applicants with conditional permanent residency who have received Form I-797 are eligible to apply. See the application for more information.
External Funding
Applicants can have no more than $225,000 in direct, annualized external funding grants during any BYI Program Year (Aug-July) at time of application. Start-up funds, department-wide instrumentation grants, and "Transition" grants received as a postdoc (such as NIH K99/R00) are not counted toward this total.
Clinical Research
The Foundation does not support clinical research, clinical trials, or single-target drug discovery projects. Individuals with strictly clinical appointments are not eligible to apply.
Time Frame
Applicants must have no more than 10 years post-terminal degree; and no more than 5 years experience in a non-tenure track (not including postdoc position) or industry position.
Grant Amount: $600,000 over four years
Deadline: August 1, 2023 (LOI)
If you are interested in submitting an application to the Beckman Young Investigator Program, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at
foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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August 31, 2023
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Award provides support for collaborative exploratory work that opens new ground for comprehensively assessing or mitigating the impacts of climate change on human health.
This program will support both individual scientists and multi-investigator teams. Early career faculty and postdoctoral fellows nearing their transition to independence are especially encouraged to apply, whether individually or within teams.
The goal is to prime new discoveries in areas that are difficult to reach through discipline-specific, silo-driven approaches. Through this program, we will provide flexible funding for conceiving and piloting work that will grow into productive and informative collaborations among researchers approaching connected questions from fields that usually do not interact.
Examples of projects might include but are not limited to: the role of climate change in exacerbating vector borne-, and non-communicable diseases; using “big data” to predictively model aspects of health impacted by climate change; engineering or architectural approaches to alleviating climate related health risks; developing new research tools at the interface of health and climate-informed disciplines.
- Grant Amount: $375,000 over three years (indirect costs are not covered)
- LOI Deadline: August 31, 2023
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Awards, please contact the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu.
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July 31, 2023
Purpose: The William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant supports university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes (ages 5-25, in the United States).
The program aims to build capacity to support for collaborative research at the university through shifts in policies and practices; and to build capacity of the agency/nonprofit partner to use research.
Proposed projects should:
- Grow an existing institutional partnership with a public agency or nonprofit organization.
- Pursue a joint research agenda to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.
- Create institutional change to value research-practice partnerships within research institutions.
- Enhance the capacity of both partners to collaborate on producing and using research evidence.
The award provides $650,000 (15% IDC) over three years to fund:
- Up to $60,000 for up to 9 months of joint planning activities
- Two years of a full-time equivalent fellowship
- Up to three years of support for the partnership to conduct and use research to reduce inequality in youth outcomes
- Resources to advance the proposed institutional shifts and capacities of both partners
At the end of the three-year grant term, recipients can apply for continuation grant of an additional $350,000 (total of $1,000,000).
The School of Education and Human Development has taken the lead on this application.If you are interested in the W.T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant, please reach out to the Office of Foundation Relations at foundationrelations@miami.edu, to explore opportunities for collaboration.
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August 16, 2023
For close to 40 years, Pew’s biomedical grant programs have supported promising researchers throughout the country pursuing innovative scientific goals to advance human health. And since 1991, the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences has done the same for scientists from throughout Latin America, helping them continue their postdoctoral studies in the U.S.
That’s why Pew is pleased to share their new video that explains how the fellows program has helped cultivate new generations of Latin American scientists—told from the perspectives of three current and former fellows—and calls on the next generation of biomedical researchers to join our program.
Please visit the Pew website for eligibility and application details.
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We wanted to share some graduate research assistance opportunities that may be of interest to graduate students in your networks.
Please see attached positions for the following that all begin this fall.
- U-LINK Climate Gentrification Community Coordinator - GA, 10 hours/week (Fall 2023 & Spring 2024)
- Climate Gentrification Project Assistant (stakeholder engagement) - GA, 20 hours/week (Fall 2023)
- Housing Research Assistant (data and research coordination for a contract with the county's Department of Public Housing and Community Development)- GA, 20 hours/week (Fall 2023 & Spring 2024, possibility to renew further)
Please encourage interested candidates to submit their resumes to civicengagement@miami.edu or contact me with any questions.
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Government Funding Opportunities
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Letter of Intent Due: October 7, 2023
Program Announcement: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-23-007.html?utm_campaign=+55327346&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=
Purpose: A changing climate will adversely impact human health through multiple direct and indirect effects on individuals and their communities. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). This program will support the development of an innovative research environment to foster and sustain a transdisciplinary program of fundamental and applied research to explore the complex impacts of climate change on health and to develop action-oriented strategies that protect health and build resiliency at the individual, community, national and global levels. A major goal for this program is to build research teams as well as collaborations with communities and other key partners.
The program seeks innovative research and pilot/feasibility projects that utilize transdisciplinary approaches to address questions relevant to climate change impacts on health. Applications for these CCHRCs should propose planning and development activities in preparation to build institutional research capacity for future proposals addressing climate and health. NIH seeks to support a variety of these centers around the world and across a range of thematic scientific areas in support of the four core elements of the NIH’s investment in climate health research: health effects research, health equity, intervention research, and training and capacity building.
Each CCHRC is expected to: (1) plan and develop sustainable research capacity by establishing centralized resources and research infrastructure; (2) develop the Center’s thematic science area through transdisciplinary research activities; (3) enable research that will develop into new programs of science and research applications supporting independent investigators; (4) establish or build upon and maintain authentic partnerships to engage communities most likely to be impacted by climate change in all phases of the research process; and (5) actively participate in the NIH Research Coordinating Center to Support Climate Change and Health Community of Practice activities (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-22-003.html).
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards: NIH intends to commit $30 million in FY2023 and FY2024 to fund up to 17 awards.
Award Budget: Application budgets are limited to $850,000 direct costs per year and need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Award Project Period: The maximum project period is 3 years.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
The NIH will not accept duplicate or highly overlapping applications under review at the same time, per 2.3.7.4 Submission of Resubmission Application. This means that the NIH will not accept:
- A new (A0) application that is submitted before issuance of the summary statement from the review of an overlapping new (A0) or resubmission (A1) application.
- A resubmission (A1) application that is submitted before issuance of the summary statement from the review of the previous new (A0) application.
- An application that has substantial overlap with another application pending appeal of initial peer review (see 2.3.9.4 Similar, Essentially Identical, or Identical Applications).
For additional information, please see the RFA.
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Supplement Available
NIGMS is accepting diversity supplement applications to support master's degree students who are planning to apply to Ph.D. or M.D/Ph.D. programs. This opportunity is part of the Diversity Supplements Program, which facilitates the recruitment and training of promising scientists from diverse backgrounds (including invidividuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce). The broader goal of the program is to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research enterprise.
As noted in the diversity supplements funding announcement (PAR-21-071), eligible candidates must be United States citizens or permanent residents. The proposed research experience must be within the scope of the PD’s/PI’s active NIGMS research grant, and the focus of the application should be on advancing the candidate’s research career.
PIs with eligible candidates are strongly encouraged to discuss potential diversity supplement requests with the program officer of their grant before applying. We also encourage all potential applicants to contact us to discuss the proposed training and career development plan and supplement application process before preparing an application. Read more>>
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Please refer to each program announcement link for pre-application and full application deadlines
FY23 Funding Opportunities released:
Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP)
Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP)
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Please refer to each program announcement link for application details and deadlines
Please refer to the Dentons Report for details of the Federal grant opportunities list below and upcoming application deadlines.
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- Funding Notices for the Week Investigators interested in submitting a proposal to a limited submission grant, award, or fellowship program (one that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an institution), should immediately contact Eva Olivares in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research + Scholarship.
- Updated Requirements for NIH Notification of Removal or Disciplinary Action Involving Program Directors/Princial Investigators or other Senior/Key Personnel. Section 239 now requires that, “[t]he Director of the National Institutes of Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive funds through a grant or cooperative agreement during fiscal year 2022 and in future years to notify the Director when individuals identified as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an NIH notice of award are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions.” Therefore, effective 60 days from the publication of this Notice, NIH recipient institutions are required to notify NIH when individuals identified as PD/PI or other Senior/Key personnel in an NIH notice of award are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined by the recipient institution due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation or hostile working conditions. Notification must be provided by the Authorized Organization Representative within 30 days of the removal or disciplinary action and must be submitted to NIH through a dedicated web form.
- NIH NIAID Technology Transfer Fellowship Program. Fellows will be mentored by professionals that work side-by-side with with world-renowned NIAID and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientists and will be part of the team that helps transfer innovations from the lab to commercial products (including vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics) that benefit global public health.
- NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. Dec 2021) This update is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2021. This update supersedes, in its entirety, the NIHGPS dated April 2021. Previous versions of the NIHGPS remain applicable as standard terms and conditions of award for all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods that began prior to October 1, 2021. This update incorporates new and modified requirements, clarifies certain policies, and implements changes in statutes, regulations, and policies that have been implemented through appropriate legal and/or policy processes since the previous version of the NIHGPS dated April 2021.
- Childcare Funding Available for Pre/Post Docs Full-time appointed predoctoral and postdoctoral NIH-NRSA supported trainees are eligible to receive $2,500 per budget period for childcare costs provided by a licensed childcare provider. For households where both parents are eligible full-time predoctoral or postdoctoral NRSA trainees, each parent is eligible to receive $2,500.
- Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements This Notice provides information regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards. Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on direct salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant). The mandate appears in the annual appropriation act that provides authority for NIH to incur obligations for a given Fiscal Year (FY). At this time, NIH has not received an FY 2022 appropriation and is operating under a Continuing Resolution, the "Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022" (Public Law 117-70), that applies the terms and conditions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
- Notice for the NIGMS Grant Writing Webinar Series for Institutions Building Research and Research Training Capacity The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will host an informational webinar series for faculty and sponsored programs/research development personnel from institutions building research and research training capacity. During the webinars, suggestions will be shared for navigating the process of seeking NIH funding. Attendees will learn considerations for determining research idea and grant writing readiness, selecting opportunities to apply for, effectively writing a grant application, and seeking appropriate feedback. Registration is required to attend.
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