Greeting Dornsife Faculty,

In this issue we include: 
  -  High honor for College faculty member;
  -  External funding success for 3 Dornsife investigators;
  -  Interesting and diverse external funding opportunities, including one limited submission; 
  -  Friendly reminder of Dornsife Research Administration Wednesday office hours.

 

Best regards,

Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration and Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist, Research Administration

Mark Irwin, Creative Writing Program, has been awarded the Juniper Literary Prize for his book of poems, Once When Green. Thirteenth in a collection of poetry by Dr. Irwin, Once When Green will be published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2025.

Ian Ehrenreich, Molecular and Computational Biology, Genes enabling yeast survival in mammalian organs, Army Research Laboratory

 

Julien Emile-Geay, Earth Sciences (with Co-PI Deborah, Khider, Viterbi), CAIG: PaleoPAL: An AI Research Assistant for Paleoclimatology, National Science Foundation

 

Peter Mancall, History, LA2026, National Endowment for the Humanities

External Funding Opportunities

 

***Limited Submission***

Retirement Research Foundation (RRF): Advocacy, Professional Education and / or Research Grants
Program: Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports projects that identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and / or their caregivers. Preference is given to projects aimed at generating practical knowledge and guidance that can be used by advocates, policy-makers, providers, and the aging network. Of particular interest are
- Interventional trials; translational studies; and health services and policy research
- Projects that build on the investigator’s past studies
- Proposals that include robust dissemination plans, if appropriate, to assure that findings reach audiences positioned to act on them.
Award details: $50K to $90K from 12 to 24 months.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/rrf/
External announcement on website: https://www.rrf.org/1979-2/
USC Internal due date: September 27, 2024.
Letter of Intent due date: November 1, 2024.
Application due date: February 5, 2025.
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Lighthouse Works
Program: 2025 Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports a diverse range of cultural producers who are leaders in their fields of visual artists, writers, choreographers, and composers for a 6-week residence at Fisher’s Island in New York state. Creative excellence is the primary criteria for fellowship acceptance.
Award details: In addition to a $1,750 award, fellows are provided with housing (private bedroom), food (all dietary needs are accommodated) and studio space.

Announcement on website: https://lighthouseworks.us/fellowship
Application due date: October 1, 2024. $25 application fee.
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Daniel and Barbara Chapman
Program: The Chapman Prize
Synopsis: Recognize and honor each year the efforts and achievements of individuals and organizations in the U.S. who make significant contributions to American society. The 2024 theme is Health and Wellness, awarded to an individual or organization that has contributed most significantly to the improvement of health and wellness in the U.S. Examples include providing access to quality and affordable health care; initiatives that empower individuals to develop active, healthy lifestyles that begin childhood and continue through all phases of life and / or programs that promote healthy environments in homes, schools and neighborhoods.
Award details: Ranges from $80K to $100K.
Announcement on website: https://www.chapmanprize.org/prize-program
Application due date: September 30, 2024.
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American Psychology Foundation
Program: Steven O. Walfish Competition (supported by the APA Division 42 Next Generation Fund)
Synopsis: Supports the next generation of student and early career practitioner psychologists to expand the knowledge base in the practice of psychology. Applicants are required to submit manuscripts on clinical, practical, or research innovations that address evolving standards, practices, and methods in psychological practice. Topics may include population-based practice issues, procedure or technique-based practice issues, diagnosis-based practice issues, or service delivery models describing a practice innovation. Eligible candidates are graduate students (within 2 years or less of completing the doctoral degree) and/or early career psychologists (within 10 years of earning the doctoral degree).
Award details: $2.5K grants. Winner(s) will receive a 1-year free membership to Division

Announcement on website: https://ampsychfdn.org/funding/walfish-competition/

Application due date: October 2, 2024.

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International Center for Responsible Gambling
Program: Research on Responsible Gambling Prevention of Gambling Disorder
Synopsis: Supports research that will advance the development, implementation and validation of interventions to minimize gambling-related harm. This request for applications (RFA) invites investigators to explore interventions to prevent the negative consequences associated with gambling, including impacts on the gambling of players who gamble in a problematic manner. The ICRG seeks proposals of high scientific merit from investigators who will disseminate their funded work at high-impact conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Here are just a few examples of research areas of interest — more are included in the RFA
  -  The use of educational programs (e.g., financial literacy education) to prevent the onset of harmful gambling behaviors.

  -  The role of decision making (e.g., behavioral insights/economics) in promoting

responsible gambling to modify behavior.
  -  The effectiveness of voluntary self-exclusion (either online or in-person) and the risk factors and consequences of enrollment.

Award details: Applicants may request up to $75,000 per year for up to two years plus 25 percent of direct costs in Facilities & Administration or indirect costs. Maximum award for 2 years including direct and indirect cost is $187.5K

Announcement on website: https://www.icrg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RFA-RG-Prevention-2024-FINAL.pdf
Application due date: September 30, 2024.
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University of Washington
Program: Jacobs Research Fund (JRF) (affiliated with Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington)
Synopsis: Supports projects involving fieldwork with living aboriginal peoples of North and South America. Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, and to research on the Pacific Northwest—that is, the Pacific Ocean coast from Northern California to Alaska, plus the Columbia Plateau in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Projects that produce new data are the highest priority, including proposals to digitize, transcribe and translate old materials that might otherwise become lost or inaccessible. Projects that only process, analyze, or publish previously gathered data, whether in an archive or personal collection, are of lower priority. Most funded projects fall within linguistics (including language documentation and anthropological linguistics) or social-cultural anthropology (including folklore, social organization, political organization, and folk classification). Projects in religion, mythology, music, dance, and other arts are also eligible. The JRF accepts proposals on behalf of the JRF and the Kinkade Language and Culture Fund.
Award details: There are 3 categories of grants: (1) Individual researcher: $3K; (2) Group grants — 2 or more researchers: Up to $6K; (3) Kinkade grants: Up to $9K.
Announcement on website: https://depts.washington.edu/jacobsf/apply.php
Application due date: February 15, 2025.
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Simons / Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Program: 2025-2026 Simons Fellows  in Mathematics
Synopsis: Supports tenured faculty for sabbatical research leaves to extend leaves from a single term to a full academic year, with the intention of increasing research productivity. Eligibility is restricted to sabbatical or equivalent leave-eligible faculty who wish to use the Simons Fellowship award for the purpose of extending at least a single-term sabbatical research leave to a full academic year without teaching or administrative responsibilities. The fellowship program will not support the extension of a full year of sabbatical research leave to an additional term. In order to receive the fellowship, institutional approval for a full year of sabbatical research leave is required.  A full year of sabbatical research leave consists of 2 consecutive semesters with at least 50% of the year fully paid by the home university and no more than 50% fully or supported by the fellowship. A research leave provided by a unit of a university, rather than the university-level sabbatical leave, would not normally be considered as sabbatical equivalent.
Award details: Maximum award is $125K which may be used for salary replacement (or partly replace salary), as well as supporting allowable leave-related expenses include small equipment and supplies, travel (including the Fellow and the Fellow’s family members to and from the sabbatical location(s) and the Fellow’s travel to meetings and collaborators), housing (for the Fellow and the Fellow’s family), automobile rental, childcare and support for visitors (including meals). Fellowship will cover half of sabbatical leave up to a maximum of $125K.
Announcement on website: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-fellows-in-mathematics/
Application due date: October 2, 2024.
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Whitehall Foundation
Program: Research Grants; Grants-in-Aid
Synopsis: Research Grants supports established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant.
Grants-in-Aid support researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists. All applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant’s continued productivity.
Award details: Research Grants: Up to $100K for 2 and 3-year projects. Up to 2-year renewal support is possible. Grants-in-Aid: Maximum award is $30K for one year.

Announcement on website: http://whitehall.org/grants/
Letter of Intent due date: Program has 3 application cycles: Fall, Spring and Summer. For the spring cycle the due date is October 1, 2024.
Application due date: February 15, 2024. Notification of awards is May 15, 2024.
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Tower Cancer Research Center
Program: Grants for Research on Basic Science on Cancer Mechanisms - Career Development Grants
Synopsis: Supports forward-thinking research work in Southern California for the Career Development Grants. Recognizing that many important breakthroughs come from unexpected directions and differing perspectives, young physician-scientists are encouraged to explore novel research hypotheses by continuing their laboratory studies and improving their ability to get further funding. Grant proposals are evaluated by
  -  Novelty hypothesis
  -  Scientific quality
  -  Potential for identifying meaningful insights about cancer
  -  Feasibility of the proposal itself
  -  Evidence of institutional support for the project.
Award details: Career Development Grants are $100K for one year.

Announcement on website: https://www.towercancer.org/scientific-grant-application/
Application due date: November 4, 2024.
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Outreach of Interest

 

U.S. Department of Agriculture  (USDA) / Forest Service (FS)
Program: Nanocellulose Research and Development for Sustainable Materials
NOFO #: USDA-FS-R11-2024-11-06-WFCR
Synopsis: Seeks to explore future partners and projects to advance the commercialization of sustainable cellulose nanomaterials into new markets and applications to drive a new forest sector industry. This Outreach of Interest is an effort to expand the network of research partners, including those from diverse and underserved backgrounds. USDA / FS believes that the best ideas and applications for this new material can come from any background or industry, and will be most successful if drawn from a more diverse pool of researchers with the relevant background. Partnerships will leverage the diverse backgrounds to better understand new markets and opportunities and accelerate the commercialization of these materials.
Award details: Non-Funded and non-competitive at this point.  
Announcement on website:  Sustainable Materials 
Response due date: October 25, 2024.
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United States Department of Agriculture / National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Program: Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI)
NOFO #: USDA-NIFA-SCRI-010974
Synopsis: Supports research and extension projects that that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems and including the critical needs of the specialty crop industry (Fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops (including floriculture)). The program recognizes that for some specialty crops, which are grown in a limited number of states, the multi-state nature of projects can be difficult to address. Except for Research and Extension Planning Projects, the SCRI program only considers projects that integrate research and extension activities. Applicants are strongly encouraged to propose a unique approach to solving problems facing the specialty crop industry using a systems approach. The SCRI program offers three project types in FY 2025. Applicants should decide which project type is best suited to the objectives of their research and extension project and develop a preliminary budget that fits the objectives. The 3 types are (1) Coordinated Agriculture Projects; (2) Standard Research and Extension Projects; and (3) Research and Extension Planning Projects.
Award details: Total program support is $75.440M
Announcement on website: SCRI 
Application due date: November 8, 2024.
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NASA / 2024 ROSES — Earth Sciences Division
Program: Earth Action: Ecological Conservation
Synopsis: Supports projects that apply Earth observations to improve or develop decision-making activities in ecological conservation and management. Any area of ecological conservation is welcome (e.g., invasive species, protected area management, fisheries or wildlife management, habitat restoration, ecosystem services, rewilding, biodiversity protection). Projects must not only facilitate the transition of project products to public- and/or private-sector organization(s) but also ensure that these products are adopted for sustained use in their decision-making process(es). The program strongly encourages multi organizational, multidisciplinary, and multisectoral teams. Proposals are strongly encouraged to have team members familiar with the topics identified, relevant management or policymaking activities, and also the needs of end users in these areas. Two proposal types are sought: (1) Feasibility Activities support projects that are in the early stages of proving application concepts, such as defining the application concept, conducting feasibility studies to assess the potential viability of and provide a proof-of-concept for the application, and developing and verifying a prototype application system that will integrate into a decision support activity in conservation; (2) Decisional Activities supports activities and products that will achieve operational deployment and sustained use in decision-making by the end user(s) before the end of the award.
Award details: Total program funding is $3M. Decisional Activities projects require cost share. Feasibility Activities do not require cost share. Projects range up to 4 years.

Announcement on website: Ecological Conversation
Notice of Intent due date: February 14, 2025.
Proposal due date: March 15, 2025.
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Program: Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Expanding the Best Available Evidence
NOFO #: RFA-CE-25-025
Synopsis: Supports investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate policies or programs for the primary prevention of ACEs. In alignment with NCIPC’s ACEs Research Priorities, projects are expected to evaluate primary prevention approaches at the community- or societal-level that address the social or structural conditions that place some populations at greater risk for ACEs. Research conducted with these funds will rigorously evaluate existing primary prevention approaches (i.e., policies or programs that are already developed and implemented or have been shown to be ready for implementation in the community or population of interest) that have not yet undergone rigorous evaluation and are not currently undergoing rigorous evaluation for prevention of ACEs. There are three specific research objectives for this NOFO:

  -  Research Objective 1: Effectiveness research to evaluate existing primary prevention

approaches that address societal- or community-level conditions and ensure a strong start for children.
  -  Research Objective 2: Effectiveness research to evaluate existing primary prevention approaches that address societal- or community-level conditions and promote social norms and narratives that protect against violence and adversity.

  -  Research Objective 3: Effectiveness research to evaluate existing primary prevention approaches that address societal- or community-level conditions and strengthen economic support to families.Award details: The maximum award amount will be $450,000 per year, including both direct and indirect costs for up to 3-year project period, including directs and indirects.
Announcement on website: Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Expanding the Best Available Evidence 
Letter of Intent due date: November 1, 2024.
Application due date: December 2, 2024. Grant starts September 30, 2025.
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Program: Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth (KO1 — Mentored Research Scientist Development Award)
NOFO #:  RFA-CE-25-029
Synopsis: Supports an intensive, supervised (mentored) career development experience in violence prevention research leading to research independence. NCIPC supports K01 grants to help ensure the availability of an adequate number of trained scientists to address critical public health research questions to prevent violence and injury. Seeks projects that address one of the following priority areas
  -  Cross-cutting violence prevention
  -  Adverse childhood experience
  -  Child abuse and neglect
  -   Youth violence
  -  Intimate partner violence (including teen dating violence)
  -  Sexual violence.
Applicants are also encouraged to address multiple interpersonal violence impacting children or youth; firearm-related behavior; social or structural conditions that contribute to a greater risk for interpersonal violence and health inequities across population groups; and how the proposed research study has practical relevance to inform prevention and intervention activities.
Award details: Maximum total award — including direct and indirect — is $450K over 3 years.
Announcement on website: Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth 
Letter of Intent due date: November 1, 2024.
Application due date: December 2, 2024.
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Program: Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries
Funding Opportunity #: RFA-CE-25-030
Synopsis: Supports investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising strategies to prevent all forms of firearm-related injuries, deaths, violence, or crime. For this announcement such forms include

- mass shooting incidents

- other firearm homicides / assaults

- firearm suicides / self-harm

- unintentional firearm deaths and injuries

- firearm-related crime
Among several specific circumstances and communities impacted by gun violence, this NOFO highlights gun violence in urban areas, which often tend to be homicides, and gun violence in rural areas which often are suicides. Research strategies can include broad policies related to healthcare, economic, housing, employment, or educational factors associated with risk for firearm-related injuries and inequities that contribute to disparities in firearm-related injuries. This could also include evaluating strategies specific to firearms, such as laws, programs, and education campaigns related to storage practices or the effects of minimum age requirements, extreme risk protection orders, background checks, mandatory waiting periods, or gun shop interventions on firearm-related injury and death. CDC’s approach involves three elements: 1) a focus on prevention, 2) a science-driven approach to understand risk and protective factors, and 3) multidisciplinary collaboration to address the problem and to keep people safe, healthy, and productive.
Award details: Option A will support 2-year research projects that rely on existing data to evaluate effectiveness and that do not support implementing prevention activities for up to $350K (direct and indirect costs) per year. Option B will support research projects that require new data collection and / or implementing prevention activities to evaluate effectiveness. These projects will be funded up to $650K per year (direct and indirect costs) for a period of performance for up to 3 years.
A pre-application webinar call will be conducted on October 22, 2024 to address questions from prospective applicants.

Announcement on website: Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm Related Violence and Injuries 
Pre-application webinar to address questions: October 22, 2024.

Letter of Intent due date: November 1, 2024.
Application due date: December 2, 2024.

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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Program: Rigorously Evaluating Programs and Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and Problematic Sexual Behavior among Youth (PSB)
NOFO #: RFA-CE-25-026
Synopsis: Supports investigator-initiated research proposals to rigorously evaluate

programs and policies for their impact on primary prevention of perpetrating child sexual abuse. For the purposes of this NOFO,
  - CSA is defined as the involvement of youth (under 18 years of age) in sexual activity that violates the laws or social taboos of society and that youth do not fully comprehend; do not consent to or are unable to give informed consent to; or are not developmentally prepared for.
  - PSB is defined as sexual behaviors among youth (under 18 years of age) that are not developmentally appropriate and have the potential to cause harm to the child or children involved (including behaviors that are unintentionally harmful or inappropriate as well as behaviors intended to cause harm).
  - Primary prevention is defined as preventing violence, or other harmful behaviors, before it occurs in the first instance.
  - Perpetration prevention is defined as prevention efforts that focus on reducing the likelihood of individuals from committing acts of violence, or other harmful behaviors. Research is needed to evaluate policies and programs that seek to prevent CSA or PSB by addressing and improving social determinants of health (SDOH) associated with perpetrating CSA or engaging in PSB. SDOH are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. Examples include economic policies and systems, social policies, concentrated poverty, structural racism, high rates of unemployment, limited access to high-quality education, and affordable, high-quality childcare.
Award details: Maximum award is $400K per year (budget period) for 4 years. This includes direct and direct costs. 3 awards will be made.

Announcement on website: Problematic Sexual Behavior
Letter of Intent due date: November 1, 2024.
Application due date: December 2, 2024.
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NSF / Directorate for STEM Education – Research on Learning and Informal Learning
Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Solicitation #: 24-601
Synopsis: Supports projects that center engagement, broadening participation, and belonging in STEM, and further the well-being of individuals and communities who have historically been and continue to be excluded, under-served, or underrepresented in STEM along several dimensions. The solicitation encourages proposals from institutions and organizations that serve public audiences, and specifically focus on public engagement with and understanding of STEM, including community STEM; public participation in scientific research (PPSR); science communication; intergenerational STEM engagement; and STEM media. AISL funded projects should contribute to: (a) research and practice that illuminates informal STEM learning's role in engagement, broadening participation, and belonging in STEM; (b) personal and educational success in STEM; (c) advancing public engagement in scientific discovery; (d) fostering interest in STEM careers; (e) creating and enhancing the theoretical and empirical foundations for effective informal STEM learning; (f) improving community vibrancy; and/or (g) enhancing science communication and the public's engagement in and understanding of STEM and STEM processes. The AISL Program funds five types of projects: (1) Synthesis; (2) Conference; (3) Partnership Development and Planning; (4) Integrating Research and Practice; and (5) Research in Support of Wide-reaching Public Engagement with STEM.
Award details: Synthesis projects: $100K to $500K for up to 3 years; with a duration (2) Conference projects: $75K to $250K with a duration up to two years; (3) Partnership Development and Planning projects: $50K to $150K for one to 18 months duration; (4) Integrating Research and Practice projects: $250K to $2M with a duration of two to five years; and (5) Research in Support of Wide-reaching Public Engagement with STEM projects: $1M to $3.5M with a duration of two to five years.
Announcement on website: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/advancing-informal-stem-learning-aisl/nsf24-601/solicitation?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Proposal due date: January 8, 2025. Second Wednesday in January, thereafter.
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NSF / Directorate for Biological Sciences and USDA Institute for Production and Sustainability
Program: Advancing Plant Transformation via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
DCL #: 24-120
Synopsis: Supports research that advances the field of plant transformation, including proposals supporting basic research and protocol / tool development, and proposals of applications that emphasize potential outcomes with benefits to society. The programs listed in this DCL welcome proposals for exploring novel transformation technology and substantially improving current transformation methodologies. Long-term studies, including inter-disciplinary or multidisciplinary collaborative research, centered on understanding the fundamental aspects of cell totipotence, cell communication / interaction under different environmental conditions as it relates to regeneration or transformation, cellular mechanisms in receiving and managing exogenous genetic components, mechanisms governing the interactions between plants and microbial change-agents, and plant transformation research of under-investigated species that is instructive to the fundamental understanding of plant regeneration as well as species evolution and crop domestication are also of interest. Relevant NSF programs for this DCL are Plant Genome Research Program and Plant Biotic Interactions (within the division of Integrative Organismal Systems) and Genetic Mechanism Clusters (within the division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences). Relevant NIFA priority areas relevant to this DCL include Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products; Physiology of Agricultural Plants; Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production; and Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program.
This DCL is not intended to announce a special competition or a new program, but simply to highlight NSF / BIO's and USDA / NIFA's interest in an area of research funded through existing programs.
Announcement on website:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24120/nsf24120.jsp?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

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NSF / Directorate for Biological Sciences - Division for Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) and The Kavli Foundation's Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems Initiative

Program: Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE) via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
DCL #: 24-121
Synopsis: Supports research that advances understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie neural, physiological, and behavioral responses to anthropogenic environmental change in today's rapidly evolving world.  Anthropogenic stressors such as noise pollution, ocean acidification, chemical pollution, temperature fluctuation and other human-generated environmental perturbations pose severe threats to organisms,  affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Research in the area of neurobiology in changing ecosystems holds promise to reveal novel scientific insights that will contribute to understanding neural adaptation and resilience at molecular, biophysical, cellular, and circuit level. The opportunity described in this DCL encourages proposals that emphasize interdisciplinary collaborations and integrate diverse methodologies, including environmental monitoring techniques, behavioral and physiological experiments, ecological and evolutionary modeling, combined with traditional approaches in neuroscience investigation. NSF will manage the review of NiCE proposals in consultation with The Kavli Foundation. The NiCE proposals will be reviewed in competition with other proposals received for the same funding round of the program to which the proposal is submitted, using NSF's merit review process.

Award details: If a NiCE proposal is recommended for funding, the Principal Investigator (PI) will be asked to submit a revised budget to NSF and submit a budget to The Kavli Foundation according to each organization's funding contribution to the award. Selected award recipients will need to contact The Kavli Foundation for detailed information regarding allowable indirect rates.

Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24121/nsf24121.jsp?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Proposal due date: NiCE research proposals should be prepared and submitted following the guidance in the IOS Core Programs solicitation after consulting with an IOS program director regarding the suitability of the project for a particular program or cluster.
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NIH / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Program: Promoting Innovative Research in Treponema pallidum Pathogenesis (R21— Exploratory / Developmental research grant)
NOFO #: RFA-AI-24-071
Synopsis: Supports basic and exploratory research projects to advance our understanding of Treponema pallidum bacterial pathogenesis. Recent significant scientific advances in T. pallidum in vitro culture, transformation and targeted mutagenesis technology, and the availability of reagents for use in the guinea pig model (rather than the more expensive and complex rabbit model) of congenital syphilis lowers historic barriers to basic syphilis research and may facilitate the entrance of new investigators into the field of syphilis research. Areas of interest include (partial)
  -  Identification and confirmation of integral outer membrane proteins (adhesion, invasion and dissemination, antigenic variation and immune evasion — genes and mutation involved);
  -  Genetic transformation targeting genes associated with pathogenicity; and 
  -   In vitro host-pathogen interaction and immunologic studies.
Award details: Maximum budget request is $275K for direct costs for two-year project period. No single year’s budget should exceed $200K.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-24-071.html
Letter of Intent due date: 30 days prior to submission of application.
Application due date: November 4, 2024.
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NIH / National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Program: NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities and Promote Health Equity
NOFO #: PAR-24-281
Synopsis: Supports projects that will provide accurate, useful, usable, and understandable health information to populations that experience health disparities and their health care providers. This NOFO supports the development of resources that can be used to improve health and well-being and that lead to reductions in health disparities. Access to accurate, useful, usable, and understandable health information is an important factor when managing health and health care. Proposed projects should harness the capabilities of information technology and medical or health libraries to disseminate clear, evidence-based health-related information in formats used by individuals and their health care providers. Proposed projects should emphasize the development and deployment of new information resources or services, or expand and improve an existing resource or service, to meet the needs of populations experiencing health disparities and to promote health equity. Examples of research topics of interest include (partial)
  -  Developing or upgrading health information resources or services to meet the information needs of groups that experience health disparities.
  -  Developing information resources that enable persons from populations that experience health disparities to make informed decisions regarding research participation, such as providing culturally tailored clinical trial education materials.

  -  Developing novel information strategies to facilitate the implementation of innovative patient-centered care and precision medicine for diverse communities.
Award details: Budget requests may be up to $200K direct cost for a project period of up to 3 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-281.html
Application due date: Annual due dates through 2026 for all applications except AIDS applications. Next due date is December 13, 2024.
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