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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of August 7, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
.This week's report includes
- External funding success achieved by 5 Dornsife faculty;
- Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissons.
- Repost of our previous announcement of the Office of Research and Innovation's Navigating Research and Scholarship at USC workshop.
Have a great week!
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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External Funding Successes
Xiaojiang Chen, Molecular and Computational Biology, Structural Basis of APOBEC Functions and HIV Restriction, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Karla Heidelberg, Environmental Studies, Resources Agency Sea Grant Advisory Panel, State of California
Elias Picazo, Loker Hydrogen Research Institute, Strategic Molecular Activations for the Selective Synthesis of 2-Deoxy-BetaGlycosides, and for the Synthesis of Novel Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts, National Institute of General Medicine
Matthew Ragan, Wrigley Institute, NOAA ProTech OSTA 2.0 Task Order 1332KP22FNEED0042, Global Science and Technology, Inc.
Alan Watts, Neurobiology, A Brain-Wide Neural Network for Glucosensory-Motor Integration During Hypoglycemia, National Institute of Digestive and Kidney Diseases
External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
(contact RII if interested)
Program: 2023-2024 Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Synopsis: Supports junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alumni/ae.
Award details: 50% of Scholar’s salary up to the NIH salary cap for 3 years, with 10% institutional costs for salary and benefits. Expect Scholar to devote 50% of Scholar’s time to bioethical research. Another $5K is added to the award for project support and travel.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/greenwall/
External announcement on website: https://greenwall.org/
USC Internal due date: Please contact RII
Letter of Intent due date: September 18, 2023.
External due date: January 8, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) / Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Program: Strengthening Social Compliance Project
NOFO #: FOA-ILAB-23-30
Synopsis: Supports a multi-phase project that will develop and pilot actionable resources to create global worker-driven social compliance systems putting workers and their organizations at the center of effective solutions to ensure the real, independently verifiable protection of labor rights in global supply chains. This funding opportunity solicits applications to implement project(s) with the objective to fund Phase I of a global technical assistance project — piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector — to reduce and remediate forced labor in supply chains where forced labor is prevalent. Seeks to achieve 2 objectives: (1) Actionable resources developed to enable the establishment of global workerdriven social compliance systems that prevent, reduce, and remediate forced labor; and (2) Private sector stakeholders adopt worker-driven social compliance systems by leveraging actionable resources developed in Output 1 in selected sectors / countries. Once developed, these actionable resources are intended to be adaptable to any sector in any country and designed to consider a variety of potential private sector audiences, including multinational corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and smallholder farmers. Unlike traditional compliance systems that rely on audits and inspections conducted by third-party organizations or brands, in a worker-driven social compliance system, the workers play a central role in identifying and addressing labor rights violations, health and safety issues, and other concerns within their workplaces.
Award details: Phase I of the project will be a maximum of 36 months from the effective date of the award and has a ceiling amount of $2M in total costs. USDOL will consider awarding a Phase II of the project of up to $4M total costs and with a period of performance of four years, reflecting a total potential project budget of up to $6M over a period of up to seven years.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/foa-ilab-23-30/
Announcement on website: Strengthening Social Compliance Project
USC Internal due date: September 1, 2023.
Application due date: October 16, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
NIH / National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) & Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Program: Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25 — Education Projects)
NOFO #: PAR-23-114
Synopsis: Supports the development of undergraduate freshmen and sophomores from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies and careers in bioengineering or STEM fields relevant to NIBIB’s scientific mission. Applications are encouraged to propose integrated educational activities that include 3 elements: a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen, and in the freshman and sophomore years, academic year activities, and summer research experiences. The ESTEEMED program is intended to expose students to bioengineering research early in their college careers while also providing students didactic, mentoring and career development opportunities. This will prepare students to join, in their junior and senior years, an honors program that promotes STEM and entrance into a Ph.D. program. The ultimate goal is for the participants to pursue a doctoral degree and a subsequent research career in bioengineering or NIBIB-relevant fields.
Award details: Budgets may be up to $325K for direct costs per year for a maximum project period of 4 years.
USC Internal Announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-23-114/
External Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-114.html
USC Internal due date: September 29, 2023.
Letter of Intent due date: December 17, 2023.
External due dates: January 17, 2024, and January 17, 2025.
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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Program: Grants (to individuals)
Synopsis: Supports the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. Through the program, the foundation awards grants to provide critical support at key points in the development of a project or career, including opportunities to create, develop, and communicate a project about architecture and the designed environment that will contribute to their creative, intellectual, and professional growth at crucial or potentially transformative stages in their careers; support their efforts to take positions, develop new forms of expression, and engage debate; and help them communicate their work in the public realm and reach new and wider audiences. Through this program, two types of grants will be awarded:
Production & Presentation: Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with the production-related expenses necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. Projects may include but are not limited to publications, exhibitions, installations, films, and new media projects.
Research and Development: Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with seed money for research-related expenses such as travel, documentation, materials, supplies, and other development costs.
Award details: Production and Presentation: Up to $20K over 2 years. Research Development: Up to $10K for one year.
Announcement on website: http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=individual
Inquiry Form due date (Letter of Interest): September 15, 2023.
Proposal due date: February 2024. Please note application is a multi-stage process. We have included the due dates for the first stage, Inquiry Form, and the final stage, Full Proposal.
Earliest project start date: June 15, 2024.
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College Art Association (CAA)
Program: Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant
Synopsis: Supports the publication of books on American art through the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant, administered by CAA. For this grant program, “American art” is defined as art created in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Applications are considered only for book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art that are under contract for publication. Applications are by the publisher, not the author. Awards are open to publishers and authors of all nations. Commercial, university, and museum presses are all eligible to apply but must be institutional CAA members. University presses can apply under the CAA membership of their university. Authors are no longer required to be members, though non-member applicants must create an account (see instructions) to apply.
Award details: In addition to publication subvention, the recipient is given a yearlong CAA membership, gratis.
Announcement on website: https://www.collegeart.org/programs/publishing-grants/wyeth
Application due date: September 15, 2023.
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Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) Foundation for Aging
Program: Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports research that seeks to identify interventions, policies, and practices to improve the well-being of older adults (over the age of 6) and / or their caregivers. Research ought to have national relevance. 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: Proposed budget must reflect the needs of the project. Research grants do not support graduate or undergraduate students (including Ph.D. candidates); operational / construction costs, biomedical research, theory development for social science research, etc. Please check the spec for other budgetary exclusions.
Announcement on website: https://www.rrf.org/apply-for-a-grant/research-grants/
Letter of Inquiry due date: November 1, 2023. The portal for LOIs will open in a month or so, meanwhile, RFF recommends gathering the information required to submit LOI on 11/1/2023.
Full Proposal due date (invited): 3 opportunities to submit a full proposal: February 5, 2024; May 5, 2024; and August 5, 2024.
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Charles Koch Foundation
Program: The Future of America’s Alliances
Synopsis: Supports research that reflects fresh thinking that challenges the status quo on important foreign policy issues confronting the U.S. It is the Koch Foundation’s belief that, given the changing world, the U.S. needs a foreign policy that prioritizes U.S. interests and productive engagement with other countries. The Koch Foundation will support projects that (partial)
- Explore the long-term future of the NATO alliance, including structural changes to the balance of power, prospects for European strategic autonomy, divergent interests and threat assessments, and internal political challenges that will affect its mission in the coming decades.
- Explore advantages of different security arrangements, including buck-passing and other forms of military and diplomatic ties.
- Investigate the unintended consequences of alliances including entrapment, moral hazard, and principal-agent problems.
Award details: Funding levels are commensurate with the requirements of the research and the potential for the research to advance an understanding of critical issues. Accepted proposals may also receive support to disseminate the research findings.
Announcement on website: https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/the-future-of-americas-alliances/
Proposal due date: Rolling
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American Psychological Foundation
Program: Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant
Synopsis: Supports scientific, scholarly or applied research and / or educational activities investigating how personality, culture, and environment influence work behavior and health (mental and physical). Preference will be given to early career psychologists with no more than 10 years postdoctoral, and pilot projects that, if successful, would be strong candidates for support from major federal foundation funding agencies, and “demonstration projects” that promise to generalize broadly to similar settings in other geographical areas and / or to other settings.
Award details: $19K
Announcement on website: https://apf.apa.org/funding/walsh-grant/
Application due date: September 15, 2023.
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Impetus Grants
Program: Aging Science
Synopsis: Supports high-risk / high-risk aging of science research. Desired research focus on the following areas:
- Proposals that stress popular theories of aging;
- Proposals that stress-test popular protocols for extending the lifespan.
- Category openers or proposals that test novel mechanisms and approaches to reversing aging.
- Translation of preclinical findings.
If proposers have a good idea that involves established methods, there is no need for preliminary data. If you're proposing either a new method or a new explanation of aging, you do have to make it plausible. Preliminary data is one way to do this, but not the only way.
Award details: Grants may range from $10K to $500K for an indeterminate project period. 10% indirect costs allowed.
Announcement on website: https://impetusgrants.org/
Application due date: August 31, 2023.
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International Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP) Association
Program: Accelerating Cures and Treatments (ACT) for FOP Grant Program
Synopsis: Supports research for the discovery and advancement of therapeutic approaches to FOP, encompassing 3 areas:
- Basic science (including (FOP muscle regeneration, as well as tendon and ligament repair; FOP flare biology; the connection between flare-ups and heterotopic ossification, etc.)
- Translational science (including FOP-specific pain, FOP muscle preservation or regeneration, etc.)
- Open-source research tools and data (including open-access FOP mouse models to both academic and pharmaceutical researchers for the study and preclinical treatment of FOP, FOP Registry collects longitudinal patient-reported outcomes available for queries, etc.)
Award details: $75K total funds for a 1 or 2-year funding period.
Announcement on website: https://www.ifopa.org/funding_opportunities#
Letter of Intent due date: September 1, 2023.
Full proposals due date (invited): December 18, 2023.
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National Ataxia Foundation
Program: Research Seed Money Grants
Synopsis: support new and innovative studies relevant to the cause, pathogenesis, or treatment of hereditary or sporadic ataxias. Research grants are offered primarily as “seed monies” to assist investigators in their studies’ early or pilot phase and as additional support for ongoing investigations on demonstration of need. Applicants must be faculty members or senior scientists at a research institution to be eligible.
Award details: $50K for 1 year. PI salaries are not allowed with these seed funds.
Announcement on website: https://www.ataxia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FY-2024-NAF-Branded-Research-Seed-Money-Instructions_Edited.pdf
Letter of Intent due date: September 15, 2023.
Full proposal due date (invited): November 20, 2023.
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A Breath of Hope Foundation
Program: 2023 Lung Cancer Research Awards
Synopsis: Supports two early career investigators (defined as 10 years or less from receipt of terminal degree) for lung cancer research in the following areas (partial)
- early detection – innovation and new techniques to predict or diagnose lung cancer in its early stages
- innovation strategies to broaden the populations that are eligible for lung cancer screening
- understanding small cell histological transformation in EGFR-mutated lung cancer.
- strategizing to overcome resistance to immunotherapy in EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) and other mutation-driven non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- predictive and prognostic markers to identify responders and non-responders in NSCLC and
- understanding genetic heterogeneity in mutation-driven NSCLC patients.
Award details: Up to $150K per year for 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://abreathofhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-A-Breath-of-Hope-Research-RFP_two-awards-final.pdf
Letter of Inquiry due date: September 15, 2023.
Application due date: November 10, 2023.
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Wellcome
Program: Mental Health Award
Synopsis: Supports research that seeks to advance the scientific understanding of the causal mechanisms through which brain, body, and environment interact over time in the development, persistence, and resolution of anxiety- and trauma-related disorders. Knowing more about these mechanisms will help us find better ways to identify these problems and intervene at an early stage. Mid-career researchers from anywhere in the world (except mainland China) are encouraged to apply. Wellcome, a UK-based global charity foundation that funds scientific research, has prioritized this call:
- Research that considers multiple levels of explanation
- Research in low- and middle-income countries
Award details: Up to ~4M euros for up to 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/understanding-anxiety-and-trauma-related-problems#key-dates-de6f
Informational seminar: September 14, 2023 — registration required.
Preliminary application due date: November 14, 2023.
Full application due date: March 5, 2023.
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Gairdner
Program: John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
Synopsis: Recognizes the world’s leading researchers who have used rational, scientifically based research to improve the wellbeing of those facing health inequalities worldwide. While a single significant scientific discovery would continue to be sufficient evidence to select a nominee, the Award will also recognize outstanding researchers who apply rational scientific approaches to successful implementation, evaluation and policy interventions. Gairdner invites nominations from any field of research impacting global health and health inequity. The award is intended for research-focused candidates, not those primarily involved in administrative or advocacy roles. This award can be shared by multiple recipients at the discretion of the Foundation.
Award details: $100K prize (shared if multiple candidates are selected), and an individual award citation and medal. Awardees take part in Gairdner Week events and the annual Awards Gala in late October of each year, presenting and celebrating their awarded work.
Announcement on website: https://www.gairdner.org/award/john-dirks-canada-gairdner-global-health-award
Nominations due date: October 1, 2023.
Award announcement due date: March / April 2024
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Simons Foundation / Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Program: Scientific Software Faculty Research Award (SSRF)
Synopsis: Supports new research professor positions in existing academic departments to be filled by scientific software-focused researchers. The SSRF Award will support researchers who have a strong track record of leadership in scientific software development. The aim of this program is to stimulate the development and maintenance of core scientific software infrastructure in academic environments through creating a new, long-term, faculty-level career path. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in mathematics, astronomy or theoretical physics and have played a leading role in developing or maintaining scientific software in one or more of these fields
Award details: Supports 50% support of the awardee’s academic-year salary and fringe benefits, whether normally paid over 9 or 12 months, along with a yearly $50K research allowance for 5 years. In addition up to 20% indirect costs (of the modified total direct costs).
Announcement on website: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/scientific-software-research-faculty-award/?mc_cid=9a0f2b448f&mc_eid=b0f58ae0de
Letter of intent due date: December 8, 2023.
Full proposal due date (invited): February 28, 2025
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United States Department of Agriculture / National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Program: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program for Foundational and Applied Science for FY Years 23 and 24.
Funding Opportunity #: USDA-NIFA-AFRI-009755
Synopsis: Supports fundamental and applied research, education, and extension
projects in 6 priority areas in the food and agricultural sciences
- Plant health and production and plant products;
- Animal health and production and animal products;
- Food safety, nutrition, and health;
- Bioenergy, natural resources, and environment;
- Agriculture systems and technology; and
- Agriculture economics and rural communities.
This RFA solicits Standard Grants, Conference Grants, Coordinated Agricultural Project Grants, and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants, whereas project types solicited in this RFA are Research, Extension and Integrated Research, Education and/or Extension projects. Grant types and project types solicited vary by program area priority and not all grant types are solicited within each program area priority.
Award details: AFRI program funding for 2023 is $300M. Please consult FOA to see the amount apportioned to each priority and grant type.
Announcement on website: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/FY23-AFRI-FAS-RFA-MOD2.pdf
Letter of Intent due dates: Varies by program area.
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NSF / Directorate for Geosciences – Division of Earth Sciences
Program: Petrology and Geochemistry
Solicitation #: NSF-22-560
Synopsis: Supports basic research on the formation of planet Earth, including its accretion, early differentiation, and subsequent petrologic and geochemical modification via igneous and metamorphic processes. Proposals in this program generally address the petrology and high-temperature geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals (including mantle samples), mineral physics, economic geology, and volcanology. Proposals that are focused on the development of analytical tools, theoretical and computational models, and experimental techniques for applications by the igneous and metamorphic petrology, and high-temperature geochemistry and geochronology communities are also invited. The program supports a wide range of Broader Impacts activities, including (but not limited to) infrastructure enhancement, partnerships with industry, and evidence-based practices that recruit and specifically retain individuals who historically have not been included in the geosciences. This solicitation includes the following revisions
- clarifies data management requirements and reminds PIs that Broader Impacts activities should be specifically addressed in annual and final reports.
- clarifies requirements for proposals to work in foreign countries, or on Native/Tribal/Indigenous lands and
- allows for the inclusion of Student Mentoring Plans in the Supplementary Documents.
Award details: Anticipated funding is $16,000,000 annually. The estimated number of awards is 40 to 60 standard or continuing grants per year. When possible, award decisions are made within 6 months. Some are held for longer periods if there is budget uncertainty for the fiscal year. Additionally, Equipment needs that can be demonstrably linked to the conduct of a specific research project being proposed to EAR may be included within the budget of the related research proposal. In general, equipment requests on proposals submitted to EAR research programs should not exceed a total of $50,000. Equipment requests in excess of $50,000 usually require a separate proposal directly to the Instrumentation and Facilities Program.
Announcement on website:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22560/nsf22560.pdf
Proposal due date: Proposals accepted anytime.
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Announcement of Interest for Dornsife Investigators
Office of Research and Innovation
NAVIGATING RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP AT USC
Whether you’re new to USC or simply need a refresher, we would like to invite you to attend this year's Navigating Research and Scholarship at USC for faculty, staff, postdocs, PhD students, and graduate students on
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Book Cover: The Islamic Secular (Osford University Press, Forthcoming September 2023)
Sherman A. Jackson, Religion
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