Greetings Dornsife Faculty,

This week we include: 
  -  Recognition by the New York Times for three Dornsife professors;
  -  External funding success achieved by five of our Dornsife PIs;
  -  Interesting and diverse external funding opportunities, including two limited submissions; and
  -  Our weekly reminder of the availability of Dornsife Research Administration staff to assist with proposal submissions and other research administration-related issues.

Best regards,

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

The works of 3 Dornsife faculty have been recognized by the New York Times as being among the best literary achievements of the 21st century: Percival Everett, Creative Writing Program, Erasure; Maggie Nelson, English, The Argonauts; and Viet Thanh Nguyen, English, Comparative Literature and American Studies and Ethnicity, The Sympathizer.  Congratulations!

 

 

Andrea Ballestero, Anthropology, Re-tooling the hydro-frontier: Devices for water extraction in the 21st century, National Science Foundation

 

Marshall Garland, Center for Economic and Social Research, Westat Westat, Incorporated / Institute of Education Sciences

 

Judith Hirsch, Neurobiology, Neural Circuits that Process Visual Information, National Eye Institute

 

Seth John, Earth Sciences, SCOPE Synthesis: Trace metal biogeochemistry of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Simons Foundation

 

Greta Panova, Mathematics, Complexity and Asymptotics in Algebraic Combinatorics and beyond, Simons Foundation

 

External Funding Opportunities

 

***Limited Submission***

 

Department of Energy (DoE) / Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Program: Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process Innovation
Funding Opportunity Announcement #: DE-FOA-0003329 

Synopsis: Supports the development of options for a national plan for smart manufacturing technology development and deployment. Building a clean and equitable energy economy and addressing the climate crisis is a top priority of the Biden Administration. This funding opportunity will advance the  Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050“ to the benefit of all Americans by demonstrating how U.S. manufacturing can be significantly improved and aid in meeting these goals through the use of smart manufacturing. This funding opportunity has 4 topic areas. We name them broadly here, but a very detailed description is included in the solicitation:
  -  Smart manufacturing for a circular economy;
  -  Smart manufacturing of tooling and equipment for sustainable transportation;
  -  Smart manufacturing for high maintenance materials; and
  -  Smart technologies for sustainable and competitive U.S. mining.
Award details: Awards vary with topic area / project. Cost share required. Period of performance will be 24 months to 36 months, depending on the project.
USC internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/de-foa-0003329/
Announcement on website: Smart Manufacturing Technologies 
USC Internal due date: August 9, 2024.
Concept papers due date: August 22, 2024.
Submission of full applications: November 18, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***

 

NIH / National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32 — Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA)
Program: Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training
NOFO #: PAR-24-232
Synopsis: Supports broad participation in the biomedical research workforce by strengthening research training environments and expanding the pool of well-trained master’s students who transition to and complete biomedical Ph.Ds. The program should provide trainees with the following:
  -  A broad understanding across biomedical disciplines.
  - The skills to independently acquire the knowledge needed to advance their chosen fields and careers.
  -  The ability to think critically and identify important biomedical research questions and approaches that push forward the boundaries of their areas of study.
  -  A strong foundation in scientific reasoning, rigorous research design, experimental methods, quantitative and computational approaches, and data analysis and interpretation.
  -  The skills to conduct research in the safest manner possible, and a commitment to approaching and conducting biomedical research responsibly, ethically, and with integrity.
  -  Experience initiating, conducting, interpreting, and presenting rigorous and reproducible biomedical research with increasing self-direction.
  -  The ability to work effectively in teams with colleagues from a variety of cultural and scientific backgrounds, and to promote inclusive and supportive scientific research environments.
  -  The skills to teach and communicate scientific methodologies and findings to a wide variety of audiences (for example, discipline-specific, across disciplines, and for the public).
  -  The knowledge, professional skills and experiences required to identify and transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce (for example, the breadth of careers that sustain biomedical research in areas that are relevant to the NIH mission).
Award details: Budget requests should reflect the needs of the project of up to 5 years duration and which is renewable.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-24-232/
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-232.html  
USC Internal due date: August 9, 2024.
Application due date: Annual due dates for all applications except AIDS applications. Next due date is September 27, 2024.
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Dedalus
Program: Senior Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports writers and scholars who have demonstrated their abilities through previous accomplishments and who are not currently matriculated for academic degrees. Applicants must be citizens of the United States. A jury of distinguished scholars determines the winner of the fellowship.
Award details: Maximum award is $30K
Announcement on website: https://dedalusfoundation.org/programs/fellowships-awards/view/senior-fellowship/
Application due date: Prior to September 16, 2024.
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American Academy in Berlin
Program: 2025-2026 Berlin Prize
Synopsis: Supports scholars from a broad range of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, law, journalism, and various areas of public policy. The Academy also generally encourages projects that concern the future of democracy, technology and society (especially artificial intelligence), contemporary China, as well as climate change and sustainability. The Academy maintains dedicated fellowships for projects in American political economy, Jewish studies, and public health and biotechnology. Finally, while project proposals need not focus on topics related to Germany, candidates should explain how their projects would benefit from a residency in Berlin.
Award details: Fellowship benefits include round-trip airfare, accommodation at or near the Hans Arnhold Center, partial board, and a stipend of $5K per month.
Announcement on website: https://www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-for-a-fellowship/#1473262212852-91395b05-b900
Application due date: September 30, 2024.
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American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF)
Program: Fellowships for Americans
Synopsis: Supports academic professionals and Ph.D. candidates (preferably) interested in pursuing research or creative-arts projects in the Nordic region (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sámpi, and Sweden). The caveat is ASF does not ordinarily support art residency programs. To be considered for funding you must explain why this residency is crucial to your work. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously received this fellowship. ASF considers it desirable that all candidates have at least some ability in the language of the host country, unless your project does not require the use of a Nordic language

Award details: Year-long fellowships of up to $23K and short term (1-3 months) fellowships of up to $5K. Fellowships must commence after April 15, 2025.

Announcement on website: https://www.amscan.org/fellowships-and-grants/fellowshipsgrants-to-study-in-scandinavia/
Application due date: November 1, 2024.
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With Foundation (in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Program: Advancing Disability Justice in Public Health
Synopsis: Supports collaborative proposals that advance disability justice in public health and center the goals, perspectives, and needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I /DD) in communities of color. A secondary goal of this RFP is to foster new partnerships or significantly enhance existing partnerships between disability organizations, advocates, community organizations, and healthcare providers. Proposals should prioritizes one of the following approaches (1) Support implementation of models, i.e., testing and advancing solutions to enhance governmental public health in being trustworthy, accountable, truly collaborative, and anti-racist. (2) Educational resources that will develop public health curriculum and / or training resources with Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in communities of color, and / or creating/leveraging networks supporting resource dissemination and utilization within public health and disability justice ecosystems.  (3) Support regional or national advocacy, community power building to build and shift power, and bridging between governmental public health with entities such as grassroots organizing groups, social movement groups, movement-building organizations, community-based organizations, community organizing groups, and base-building groups related to the care that Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in communities of color receive within public health; and (4) Research that will identify and close gaps in knowledge and inform efforts to improve health related to the care Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in communities of color receive.
Award details: $100K for a 1-year project period.
Announcement on website: https://withfoundation.org/current-grant-cycle/
Application due date: Online submission by August 15, 2024.
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Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
Program: 2025 Community-Partnered Participatory Research Awards (CPPRA)

Synopsis: Supports community-academic research partnerships for research that can result substantially to enhance the quality, reach, and impact of tobacco-related prevention and treatment interventions and regional policy efforts. Collaborative research teams that include perspectives and contributions from the community of interest can produce meaningful findings, buy-in among community members, adoption of evidence-informed practice and policy change by organizations serving the community, and ultimately reduce or eliminate tobacco-related health disparities. Broadly, TRDRP’s research priorities cover the following areas in tobacco control: research in support of the California Endgame Initiative, social and behavioral prevention and treatment, state and local tobacco control policy research, tobacco-related diseases, environmental exposure and toxicology, and neuroscience of nicotine addiction and treatment. To be eligible, submitted applications must include leadership from a team that includes one community co-PI and one academic co-PI. Community co-PI’s must be based in California, affiliated with an organization, nonprofit community-based group, or institution

Award details: CPPRA Pilot grants provide up to $500K over 2 years for the initial phase of a project. CPPRA full grants provide up to $600K over 3 years to develop, evaluate, test, or examine a community tobacco prevention intervention or treatment intervention focused on tobacco-related research issues of importance to the community that is the project's focus.

Announcement on website: https://www.trdrp.org/funding-opportunities/2025-cppra-call-for-applications.pdf  (Please note that this website or other websites associated with this TRDRP funding opportunity was not functional when we did our rechecks this afternoon. Interested PIs may want to try later.)

Letter of Intent due date: August 22, 2024.
Full application due date (invited): October 30, 2024. Award starts July 1, 2025.
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Ploughshares Fund
Program: Grants
Synopsis: Supports organizations and individuals working to build a safe, secure, nuclear weapons-free world. Support is focused in two areas: (1) Near-term Steps: Drive policies and activities that help eliminate nuclear threats or address regional conflicts – supports necessary near-term steps to: address the nuclear implications of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine (in particular, preventing the war from entrenching a narrative that nuclear weapons keep us safe); reverse modernization trends (with an emphasis on the cancellation/retiring of unnecessary and expensive weapons systems, like the B-83 bomb or the proposed Sea-Launched-Cruise Missile); advance arms control and diplomacy (in particular, maintaining the political space for future arms control efforts between the United States, Russia, and other nuclear states, when appropriate); and resolve related regional conflicts, focusing in some cases specific policy steps essential to long-term change. (2) Strengthened Community: Create a stronger, more resilient nuclear field supports the core organizations and individuals that the nuclear field needs to make a policy and cultural impact in both the short and long terms. It will also include targeted interventions—such as fellowships, diversity and leadership initiatives, and training in forecasting and systems thinking—that will help increase the nuclear field’s capacity and allow it to thrive. (3) Shared Purpose: Build new partnerships with intersecting issues to develop a power base and generate public pressure for policy change by aligning with other social justice movements and calling attention to the interlinkages between their issues and nuclear topics. (4) Bold Futures: Support transformational thinking and activities addresses a major gap in the community’s efforts and identifies and fosters transformational approaches to reducing nuclear risks, allowing for the creation of more favorable terrain for major change over the long term.
Award details: Up to $50K grants made to individuals.
Announcement on website: https://www.ploughshares.org/what-we-fund/applying-grant

Application due date:  For Fall 2024, applications are being accepted between August 5, 2024 until September 9, 2024. 
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American Psychological Association
Program: Division 39 Marsha D. McCary fund grant for psychoanalysis
Synopsis: Supports, recognizes and promotes the contributions of psychoanalysis to psychology as a science and profession. The award encourages and supports programs in education, research, and service that will advance the profession and keep the psychological community and the public informed of developments in psychoanalytic scholarship, research, and practice. Populations that are in need of support, such as early career professionals, students from diverse backgrounds, and therapists working with underserved populations, will be given funding priority.
Award details: $10K

Announcement on website: https://ampsychfdn.org/funding/division-39-mccary-grant/
Application due date:  August 31, 2024.
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Sony
Program: Sony Research Award
Synopsis: Supports cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers. As part of one of the world's most innovative and recognizable brands, Sony is committed to support university research and innovation in the U.S., Canada, India, and select European countries, while also fostering partnerships with university faculty and researchers.  Sony offers two kinds of awards. Faculty Innovation Award will conduct cutting-edge research in Sony’s general interest, e.g., Data analytics, Audio, music, speech, and language processing; planetary sensing; and Focused Research Award for Sony’s immediate interest, e.g. Novel mechanisms and actuators for robots; physics-basics robotics simulation; and Speech understanding, processing and generation on Indian languages. Full, associate and assistant professors are eligible to apply.
Award details: Faculty Innovation Award: $100K: Focused Research Award: $150K.

Announcement on website: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/research-award-program/?#Overview
Application due date: September 16, 2024.
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The Wiley Foundation
Program: The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Synopsis: Supports, recognizes and fosters ongoing excellence in scientific achievement and discovery. The award is not a lifetime achievement award, but instead is intended to recognize seminal discoveries that have not received extensive recognition. The Wiley Prize jury also strives to award diverse recipients (gender / geographical). International nominations are encouraged; self-nominations are not allowed.
Award details: $50K prize and a luncheon in honor of the recipient(s). The prize winner(s) also give(s) a lecture on their work, which is live-streamed the day of the award and available for later viewing as part of the Current Protocols webinar series. 

Announcement on website: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/foundation/nominate
Nominations due date: August 31, 2024.
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National Academies — Sciences, Engineering, Medicine  (NASEM)
Program: 2025 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology
Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
Synopsis: Supports early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at NASEM in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. Fellows are assigned to a mentor and learn about the world of science and technology policy. An immersive experience, the goals of the Mirzayan Fellowship are to help Fellows:
  -  Deepen their understanding of science and technology policy;
  -  Discover new career paths that engage both science and policy communities;
  -  Understand the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation by working closely with a mentor within the National Academies;
  -  Expand their perception of how the science and technology ecosystem operates in Washington, DC by attending meetings and policy-related activities outside of the National Academies;
  -  Obtain essential skills and knowledge needed to work in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels; and
  -  Build a network of Fellows and program alumni who will stay connected with each other and with the Academies.
Award details: A stipend of $11K to offset living expenses during the 12-week Fellowship period. The stipend is paid out in one installment during the first week of the program. Additionally, round trip transportation expenses (i.e., airfare, bus fare, or mileage) for Fellows to travel from their U.S.-based residence to D.C. are provided.

Announcement on website: https://mirzayanfellow.nas.edu/?utm_source=NASEM+News+and+Publications&utm_campaign=982d6b3682-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_07_19_05_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-982d6b3682-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=982d6b3682&mc_eid=a7a001144b
Application due date: September 9, 2024.
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Alzheimer’s Association (in collaboration with the WoodNext Foundation)
Program: APOE Biology in Alzheimer’s (ABA) — Implications for Biological Underpinnings, Risk, Impression and Outcomes
Synopsis: Supports high-risk, collaborative team science opportunities that investigate and focus on outstanding questions related to the biological underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and including the role of APOE in genetically diverse populations. Some key challenges include
- Cause(s) of the Disease: What are the biological mechanisms by which APOE genotype is altering overall risk for AD?

- Early and Accurate Detection and Diagnosis: How might APOE genotype affect specific biomarkers of disease?
- Treatment: Should therapeutic development be specifically targeted toward different AP)E genotypes or specific trial designs? and
- Tool development: What are key tools and/or resources that if developed will benefit a broader range of scientific questions and/or studies related to APOE biology?

Award details: The maximum grant amount is $300K; with anticipated funding ranges to be $150K to $300K depending on the project scope.

Announcement on website: https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/APOE-RFA-FINAL.pdf
Letter of Intent due date: August 19, 2024.
Application due date (invited): October 15, 2024.
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NASA / ROSES / Science Mission Directorate

Program: Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (CAR)

Solicitation #: NNH24ZDA001N-ICAR
Synopsis: Supports the study of the origins, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe, broadly. Specifically, CAR must describe an interdisciplinary approach to a single compelling question in astrobiology, and address at least one aspect of the 2015 Astrobiology Strategy. Team size and resources requested should be appropriate to the scale of the proposed research. There is no ideal size of an ICAR Team. Because this is an opportunity for larger teams and for five years of support, the scope of the research, and subsequently the resources needed, should exceed those typically considered in a ROSES program element. Research that is sought are linked to the five astrobiology research coordination

networks
  -  Primitive cells are multicellularity;
  -  Biosignatures and life detection;
  -  Habitability and detection of life in ocean worlds;
  -  Prebiotic chemistry in early earth environments; and
  -  Habitability and detection of life on exoplanets.
Award details: $10M new program funding for first year of new awards, numbering 10-14 awards.
Announcement on website: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=983485/solicitationId=%7B3D196E9B-0D83-A882-C488-CA112557D945%7D/viewSolicitationDocument=1/C.20%20ICAR_Amend35.pdf

Step 1 proposal due date (Notice of Intent): September 24, 2024.
Step 2 proposal due date: January 16, 2025.
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NASA / ROSES
Program: TEMPO ACX Science and Application Team
Solicitation #: NNH24ZDA001N-TEMPOACX

Synopsis: Supports basic research and analysis activities associated with the production, validation, utilization, and application of TEMPO products. This program element solicits proposals for membership to the joint TEMPO/ACX Science and Applications Team, which provide hourly daytime observations of air quality over North America from geostationary orbit. The NOAA Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) mission will include the Atmospheric Composition Instrument (ACX), which will provide TEMPO-like observations over a similar domain starting in the mid-2030s. Proposals in the following areas are encouraged, though not limited to the following
  -  efforts that advance the TEMPO and ACX science objectives;
  -  new hypothesis-driven research and innovative analyses using TEMPO data

products alone, or in combination with data products from other sensors, that

advance the utility of satellite measurements in understanding of tropospheric

ozone and aerosols, including their precursors and transformation processes in

the atmosphere;
  -  enhanced validation strategies and techniques, including using satellite and / or

ground-based observations.
Award details: ~15 new awards expected from an anticipated program funding of $2.75M per year.
Announcement on website: TEMPO ACX Science and Application Team 
Notice of Intent due date: August 30, 2024.
Proposal due date: October 18, 2024. Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using a :dual-anonymous peer review process in which not only are proposers unaware of the identity of the reviewers, the reviewers are not told the identity of the proposers until after the evaluation of the anonymized proposal.
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Department of Defense (DoD) / Army Futures Command – Artificial Intelligence Center (A12C)
Program: Basic, Applied and Advanced Scientific Research BAA
NOFO #: W519TC-24-S-AI2C
Synopsis: Supports artificial intelligence research and development for new technologies and translational research-based approaches that support the identification, alignment, and exploitation of basic, applied, and advanced research. Areas of interest include, broadly, autonomous platforms; artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI / ML); AI / ML decision support; human-AI integration; synthetic environments; distributed AI; underpinning methodologies; and special topics.

Award details: Anticipated awards may be made in the form of procurement

contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and technology investment agreements (TIAs), or other transactions (OTs).
Announcement on website: Army- Artificial Intelligence (CAC)
Application due date: Due date effective through May 29, 2029. White papers are encouraged though not required. Response to a White paper is encouragement to submit a full proposal.
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NSF / Office of the Director
Program: Alan T. Waterman Award
Synopsis: Supports and recognizes early-career investigators — 40 years or younger OR not be more than 10 years beyond receipt of their Ph.D. by December 31, 2024 — who have demonstrated exceptional achievements in scientific or engineering research of sufficient quality, innovation and impact on the field that places them at the forefront of their peers. NSF seeks nominations that reflect the diversity of the Nation.
Award details: $1M over a five-year period for scientific research or advanced study in the science and engineering disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation at the institution of their choice.
Announcement on website: https://new.nsf.gov/od/honorary-awards/waterman
Nominations due date: September 20, 2024.
NOTE: An upcoming webinar for the nominating review process, including tips for submitting nominations, history of the award etc. will be held August 14, 2024 (11:00 a.m. to noon PT). Must register in advance at https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_tbtYVnmUS8ulFWREc8DNcA#/registration

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NSF / Directorates of Stem Education (EDU) and Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Program: NAIRR Pilot Expansion: Researcher Training, Community Outreach, and Classroom Education via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
NSF #: 24-109
Synopsis: Supports projects that expand the NAIRR Pilot community under two different focus areas— one focus area on community outreach and training to new and emerging researchers, and the other focus area on educators bringing inclusive AI-educational experiences to classrooms nationwide.
Focus Area 1 invites submission of supplemental funding requests, Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals, and Conference proposals, including symposia and workshops, in the following areas:
  -  Outreach, workshops, and/or other community engagement activities intended to build research capacity for using NAIRR pilot resources, particularly in EPSCoR jurisdictions, rural areas and/or MSI communities.
  -  Training opportunities or workshops to help research communities navigate NAIRR pilot resources and learn how to use and request access to them.
Focus Area 2 invites Conference proposals, including symposia and workshops, and Research Coordination Network (RCN) proposals to support capacity building for inclusive AI education in undergraduate and master's level courses that utilize the NAIRR Pilot resources. 
Prior to submitting a proposal or a supplemental request for either focus area, prospective principal investigators are required to submit a 1-2 page concept outline to confirm appropriateness of fit with this DCL through emailing NAIRR_Pilot@nsf.gov. If approved to submit, information about where to direct the proposal will be provided in the Program Officer Concurrence email.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24109/nsf24109.jsp?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Proposal due date: Proposals will be considered as funding is available until December 15, 2024.
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NIH / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Program: Examination the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18—Research Demonstration and Dissemination projects)
NOFO #: PA-24-261

Synopsis: Supports projects that aim to increase healthcare safety by determining (1) whether and how certain breakthrough uses of AI systems can affect patient safety; and (2) how AI systems can be safely implemented and used. AI has the potential to improve the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare. However, as with most technologies, this potential must be balanced by identifying and mitigating potential risks for patient harm and user burden.
Award details: Budget may request may be up to $1M for the entire project. This includes direct and indirect costs. No total costs may exceed $500K per year. Duration of the project will vary, but may not exceed 2 years.

Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-24-261.html
Application due date: Standard dates apply. Next due date is September 25, 2024.
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NIH / Across Most Institutes and Centers
Program: Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Career Transition Award/Research Transition Award)
NOFO #: PAR-24-225
Synopsis: Supports a cohort of early career, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds (for example, individuals from underrepresented groups)  conducting research in NIH mission areas. The program has two components: an individual career transition award for postdoctoral scholars (K99/R00) and a research education cooperative agreement (UE5) awarded to organizations to provide these scholars with additional mentoring, networking and professional development activities to support their transition to and success in independent, tenure-track or equivalent research-intensive faculty careers. The candidate must identify a mentor who will supervise the proposed career development and research experience. The mentor should be an active investigator in the area of the proposed research and be committed to the career development of the candidate, the direct supervision of the candidate’s research and supporting the candidate’s transition to independence
Award details: K99 Phase: Salary and fringe benefits may be requested to the level provided by the awarding Institute or Center. The candidate must have a “full-time” appointment at the academic institution. Candidates are required to commit a minimum of 75% of full-time professional effort (i.e., a minimum of 9 person-months) to their program of career development. R00 Phase: may not exceed $249,000 per year. This amount includes salary, fringe benefits, research costs, and applicable indirect costs. Although candidates are required to devote no less than 75% of their full-time, 12-month professional effort to research (i.e., full-time for 9 person-months), the required 9 person-months of research effort need not be devoted exclusively to the R00-supported research.  . 

Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-225.html
Application due dates: Multiple due dates through 2027. Next due date for new applications is October 12, 2024.
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NIH / Across Most Institutes and Centers
Program: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 — Small Grant Program
NOFO #: RFA-OD-24-010
Synopsis: Supports the use of best practices for scientific software development and to promote community engagement for open science. Successful grants will enable and/or enhance biomedical, clinical, behavioral, social, and health-related research endeavors by (1) developing robust, sustainable, scalable, and reproducible research software tools and workflows, (2) extending the impact of research software by broader dissemination to the scientific community, (3) supporting collaborations between scientists and software engineers to leverage modern, best practices in research software development, and (4) enhancing software skills of the research workforce. Examples that address one or more challenges toward building robust software suitable for open science and modern computing include (partial)
  -  Refactoring of software to incorporate standard interfaces and data formats, replace custom code with standard, hardened libraries;

  -  Refactoring software for portability and to scale efficiently on cloud or hybrid environments; and
  -  Developing standard build and packaging tools to manage dependencies and produce containerized runtimes.
Award details: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $300,000. No more than $200,000 direct costs may be requested in any single year.

Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-24-010.html
Application due date: Multiple new dates through 2026. Next due date for all types of applications (except AIDS applications) is December 4, 2024.
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