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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of March 13, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
This week's report includes
- High recognition for 2 Dornsife faculty members;
- Many and diverse current external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions;
- Announcements of 2 Center for Excellence in Research workshops, both taking place tomorrow; and
- NewsFlash from the Department of Contracts and Grants with info on proposal routing in Cayuse SP. Important!
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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Accolades
Susan Forsburg, Molecular and Computational Biology, has been selected as a 2023 Fellow, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Brain and Creativity Institute, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Education
External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation
Program: Grants
Synopsis: Supports basic science research with potentially translational outcomes. More recently, and with the advent of newer investigative methodologies, technology, and tools, the Foundation now embraces innovative translational research proposals. Seeks proposals for research in immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience, etc. The Foundation also recognizes that as science and technology advances, research is increasingly multidisciplinary and collaborative. Therefore, additional information on researchers may be requested.
Award details: Award budget is based on several factors including the number of researchers and their training, supplies, animal resources (drosophila, c.elegans etc.) Requested budget must be reasonable.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/mathers/
External announcement on website: https://mathersfoundation.org/
USC Internal due date: May 19, 2023.
Letter of Intent due date: July 28, 2023.
External due date: September 29, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
National Endowment for the Arts 2023
Program: Grants for Arts Projects
Synopsis: Supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of excellent art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Disciplines include: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Work, Theater, Visual Arts. NEA also supports two general project types under Grants for Arts Projects Literary Arts: Literary Publishing (February Grants for Arts Projects Deadline — we posted earlier this year) and Public Engagement / Professional Development (July Grants for Arts Projects Deadline)
Award details: Award budgets range from $10 to $100K. Cost-share / matching funds are required. Designated local arts agencies eligible to subgrant may request cost share/matching grants ranging from $10,000 to $150,000 for subgranting programs in the Local Arts Agencies discipline.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nea-grants-for-arts/
External announcement on website: https://www.arts.gov/grants/grants-for-arts-projects/program-description
USC Internal due date: April 14, 2023.
Grants.gov submission: July 6, 2023.
External due date: July 11-18, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
(2 slots)
NSF / Across All Directorates
Program: Research Traineeship Foundation (NRT)
Solicitation #: NSF 21-536
Synopsis: Supports highly effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through the use of comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. The goals of the program are to: (1) Catalyze and advance cutting-edge interdisciplinary or convergent research in high priority areas; (2) Increase the capacity of U.S. graduate programs to produce diverse cohorts of interdisciplinary STEM professionals with technical and transferable professional skills for a range of research and research-related careers within and outside academia; and (3) Develop innovative approaches and knowledge that will promote transformative improvements in graduate education. Please see USC internal announcement for specific research areas of interest that are encouraged.
Award details: Funding will be on 2 tracks: NRT Track 1: Total budget of $3M for 14-16 awards each year. NRT Track 2: Total budget of $2M for 4-6 awards. Project duration for both tracks is 5 years.
USC Internal Announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nsf-21-536/
External Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21536/nsf21536.htm
USC Internal due date: May 12, 2023.
External due date: September 6, 2023.
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International Documentary Association (IDA)
Program: IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund
Synopsis: Supports feature-length documentary films taking on in-depth explorations of original, telling contemporary-relevant stories, and integrating journalistic practice into the filmmaking process. In addition to funds, grantees will receive additional resources and expertise tailored to the needs of the project. Inclusion and diversity with regard to the filmmaking team, subject matter, and geography are a priority of the fund. Applicant must be the director and/or a producer who shares creative and editorial oversight of the project.
Award details: May request up to $100K.
Announcement on website: https://www.documentary.org/enterprise/production-guidelines
Application due date: April 4, 2023.
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WorkRise
Program: Request for Proposals
Synopsis: Supports scholars and practitioners for research projects and pilots that inform and improve U.S. labor market practices and policies. WorkRise is especially interested in understanding and improving economic mobility in the US labor force, particularly for Black workers and other historically disadvantaged segments of the labor force. Strongly encourages projects that build meaningful engagements and partnerships with diverse stakeholder groups—workers, employers, community organizers, institutions and agencies at a local, state and national level to inform research design, test approaches, disseminate findings and build consensus around findings.
Award details: Up to $3M programmatic funding
Announcement on website: https://www.workrisenetwork.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/workrise-2023-rfp-announcement.pdf
Questionnaire and Letter of Intent due date: April 7, 2023.
Virtual Meet Up with selected finalists and WorkRise Team: Late May 2023.
Full proposal due date (invited): Early July 2023.
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MIT / Solve
Program: Financial Inclusion Challenge
Synopsis: Supports eight technology-based solutions that will make transactions easier, protect against predatory debt, and increase the ability of individuals and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to take risks and build wealth. To that end, Solve seeks solutions that: (1) Make it easier and more affordable for individuals and MSMEs to make investments and transfer payments, across geographies and different types of platforms. (2) Provide new ways to accurately assess credit-worthiness of MSMEs and individuals, including methods that reduce bias against borrowers who have traditionally lacked equitable access to credit. (3) Create and / or reduce frictions to scale safe personal identification methods for individuals who have been kept out of the formal financial system due to a lack of formal identification. (4) Help gather, synthesize, or use relevant data to inform the design of insurance products tailored to populations at greater risk of facing shocks such as climate disasters, health-related disruptions, or unstable markets. As part of Solve’s ongoing work on US racial equity, Solve will select 1-2 solutions from the United States seeking specifically to address disparities for Black & Brown Innovators in the United States to offset the disparities of costlier loans, banking fees, and fewer options in banking these communities face.
Award details: $10K
Announcement on website: https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/financial-inclusion-challenge#challenge-subnav-offset
Application due date: May 9, 2023.
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The Franklin Institute (announced earlier— due date looming)
Program: 2024 Bower Award and Prize for Scientific Achievement – Theme: The Physics of Soft Matter: Self-Assembling, Responsive, Smart
Synopsis: Recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to understanding the unique properties of soft matter or to the development of applications utilizing soft matter. Nominations should recognize contributions with broad impact centered on the physics of soft matter, including interdisciplinary work in which the physics of soft matter plays a central role. Nominations may be for fundamental or application-oriented science, whether theoretical, experimental, or computational in nature. Nominations should clearly indicate the scientific significance—innovative, technical, and conceptual—and the societal / economic impact of the nominee’s work Nominations are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following areas (partial):
- Polymers; emulsions; liquid crystals; colloidal liquids, crystals, and glasses
- Elastomers, gels, foams, granular systems
- Living matter, far-from-equilibrium systems, active matter
Award details: $250K and a 14-karat gold medal. Nominees must be living and available to attend the Franklin Awards Week programs in Philadelphia, in April 2024.
Announcement on website: https://www.fi.edu/awards/bower-award-prize-achievement-science
Nominations due date: March 31, 2023. (This is a reminder of February 6, 2023 announcement)
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Simons Foundation / SFARI
Program: 2023 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science — Request for Application
Synopsis: Supports research that produces foundational knowledge about the neurobehavioral differences associated with ASD. These projects are expected to inform or relate to the development and refinement of tools needed for translational efforts, such as biomarkers and outcome measures. Three tracks are offered: (1) The Explorer track is appropriate for early-stage projects in which establishing feasibility and proof-of-concept are the most relevant outcomes of the grant period. (2) The Expansion track is appropriate for more mature projects with evidence of feasibility and preliminary validity, for which goals such as scalability, generalizability and/or more comprehensive measure validation are now the most relevant translational outcomes. (3) The Collaboration track is appropriate for multi-lab, cross-institutional collaborative projects. Collaborative proposals should be built around transdisciplinary teams tackling a critical issue in the neurobehavioral differences of autism, with clear translational implications. Collaborations among different institutions are strongly encouraged. SFARI will consider funding a limited number of Collaboration proposals. As such, the proposal must provide a strong rationale for how synergies across multiple disciplines will be leveraged.
Award details: Explorer: $500 or less inclusive of 20% indirect costs over 2 year project period; Expansion: $900K or less, inclusive of 20% indirect costs; and Collaboration: Up to $750K per lab up to 4 labs over a period of up to 4 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.sfari.org/grant/human-cognitive-and-behavioral-science-request-for-applications/
Application due date: May 4, 2023.
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FamiliesSCN2A
Program: The FamilieSCN2A Action Potential Grant
Synopsis: Supports research that advances understanding of the cellular, molecular, genetic, and systems-level mechanisms of SCN2A-related disorders. However, priority will be given to innovative projects which could potentially lead to therapeutic treatments or a cure for those with SCN2A-related disorders. Eligible applicants are within 1-3 years of first tenure-track faculty appointment, as well as postdoc fellows.
Award details: $100K
Announcement on website: https://www.scn2a.org/professionals.html
Application due date: April 4, 2023.
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U.S. Department of Education / Fulbright Hays
Program: Group Projects Abroad Program
Synopsis: Support overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive language programs. Eligible candidates include, but not limited to, faculty members who teach modern foreign languages or study areas.
Award details: The average size of an award for a GPA short-term project is $80,059 for 18 months, whereas the average award size for a GPA long-term project is $185,025 for 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/performance.html
Application due date: March 27, 2023.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: 2023 Digital Projects for the Public
Synopsis: Supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. All projects ought to incorporate sound humanities scholarship as well as demonstrate the potential to attract a broad, general, non specialist audience, either online or in person at venues such as museums, libraries, or other cultural institutions. Applicants may also choose to identify particular communities and groups, including students, to whom a project may have particular appeal.
Award details: Prototyping Grants: $100K; Production Grants: $400K
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/digital-projects-the-public
Application due date: June 14, 2023 (anticipated).
Project Start Date (anticipated): March 1, 2024.
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Department of Health and Health Services / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Program: Minority Fellowship Program
Notice of Funding Opportunity #: SM-23-009
Synopsis: Supports the recruitment and training of master’s and doctoral level students in behavioral health care professions by: (1) increasing the knowledge of mental and / or substance use disorder behavioral health professionals on issues related to prevention, treatment, and recovery support for individuals who are from racial and ethnic minority populations and have a mental or substance use disorder; (2) increasing the number of culturally competent mental and substance use disorders professionals who teach, administer services, conduct research, and provide direct mental and / or substance use disorder services to racial and ethnic minority populations; and (3) improving the quality of mental and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services delivered to racial and ethnic minority populations. With this program, SAMHSA aims to reduce behavioral health disparities, advance the quality of mental and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, and improve health care outcomes for racial and ethnic minority populations. Eligible applicants for this program include professionals in fields of psychiatry, nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, substance use disorder and addictions counseling, and addiction medicine.
Award details: Maximum award is $1,967,863 per year for 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-23-009
Application due date: May 9, 2023.
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Program: Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
Synopsis: Supports students to help them complete their bachelor’s degree in the Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Human (FANH) Sciences or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in order to successfully join the food and agricultural workforce. The purpose of the Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program is to increase the diversity of the food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce, and advance the educational achievement of all Americans by providing competitive grants to colleges and universities. Colleges and Universities can use this funding to support undergraduate scholarships and related experiential learning opportunities leading to the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in the FANH Sciences or a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. Colleges and universities with significant minority populations, as well as those institutes or research foundations maintained by an eligible college or university are eligible for this program.
Award details: Up to $230K total award over 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/higher-education-multicultural-scholars-program-msp
Application due date: May 15, 2023.
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NIH / Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and partnering Institutes
Program: Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women (R21—Exploratory / Developmental Research Grant
FOA #: RFA-OD-23-013
Synopsis: Supports research on approaches to understanding chronic conditions and multimorbidity in women: understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease (including sex and gender differences); identifying environmental factors (including psychosocial, socioeconomic, and sociocultural determinants of health) that influence risk; improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions; and improving quality of life following diagnosis. Research on chronic conditions with differential prevalence, morbidity and / or mortality in populations of women historically understudied and underrepresented in biomedical research is of particular interest. Examples include:
- Migraines
- Fibroids / leiomyomas
- Obesity and metabolic conditions.
Award details: Maximum award is $275K in direct costs over two years, with a maximum of $200K for any year.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-23-013.html
Letter of Intent due date: May 19, 2023.
Application due date for all new, renewal, resubmission and revised applications (as allowed): June 20, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute on Aging
Program: Estimating the Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States (U01— Research Project Cooperative Agreement)
FOA #: RFA-AG-24-004
Synopsis: Supports the development of a national estimate of the costs of Alzheimer’s Disease / Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) using population-representative and administrative data on older Americans through a comprehensive process that uses a family and People Living With Dementia (PLWD) engagement panel and a Technical Monitoring Committee. Applicants must describe administrative and convening activities to guide cost estimate development and analyses. Awardees must establish access to appropriate dataset(s) and analyze the data to develop estimates of costs, including direct and indirect costs. Once data have been analyzed, the recipient will lead development of products to disseminate the methods and findings of the project, through the composition of manuscripts, data briefs, infographics, and presenting the findings of the project to the scientific community. The awardee will administer pilot projects to support cost simulations assessing treatment and policy changes that would alter the cost of disease. Analytic code and products of this work will be shared with the research community.
Award details: Maximum award is $1M direct costs per year for 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-24-004.html
Letter of Intent due date: June 2, 2023.
Application due date: July 3, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute on Aging
Program: Limited Competition: The Health and Retirement Study and Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (U01—Research Project Cooperative Agreement)
FOA #: RFA-AG-24-010
Synopsis: Supports the continuation of data collection, development, and dissemination of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal panel study that surveys a nationally representative sample of approximately 20,000 people, aged 50 and older, in the United States via mixed-mode data collection to support multidisciplinary research on life course health and aging. This opportunity is limited to investigators and institutions with access to the HRS sample frame (the frame will be used to collect new data from participants). In addition to the HRS, a companion study, the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP), will be included as part of this application. The HCAP includes a neuropsychological assessment battery as well as informant reports to better characterize cognitive function.
Award details: Maximum total award is $32,750,500M per year for 6 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-24-010.html
Application due date: Renewal, Resubmissions and Revised (as allowed) applications is June 30, 2023.
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Announcements of Interest for Dornsife Investigators
USC Office of Research and Innovation
Center for Excellence in Research
Upcoming Workshops
USC Research and Innovation — Awards to Fund Your Research
Learn about new internal funding opportunities supporting a diverse range of research areas, scholarship, and artistic and cultural expression at USC. In this workshop you will be introduced to all the latest grant programs from USC Research and Innovation, as well as give you guidelines and tips on how to ensure your proposal is a success.
Date: March 23, 2023 Time: 12noon to 2:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Registration: https://rii.usc.edu/cer/
Presenter: Silvia Da Costa, Director, Research Initiatives and Infrastructure
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Writing Compelling NSF Proposals
This workshop will increase your understanding of how the NSF review process works, be able to anticipate panel dynamics and tailor your proposal accordingly, and most importantly have specific recommendations for increasing your chances of getting funded.
Date: March 23, 2023 Time: 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Registration: https://rii.usc.edu/cer/
Presenter: Paul Ronney, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Viterbi
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Department of Contracts and Grants
In this NewsFlash, the mechanics of routing proposals, in Cayuse SP, — from Initiator to PI to Department and School to DCG — for the appropriate approvals and submission to the sponsor is outlined.
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Cover: Vaguness and Thought (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) (Oxford University Press, October 2022) Andrew Bacon, Philosophy
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