External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
NIH / National Institute on Aging
Program: Short Courses on Utilizing the NIH Stage Model to Develop Behavioral Interventions to Promote Healthy Aging (R25 — Education Projects)
NOFO #: RFA-AG-25-029
Synopsis: Supports the creation of short courses on utilizing the NIH Stage Model (enumerated in the NOFO) to develop behavioral interventions — a variety of non-pharmacological interventions for individuals, dyads, families, groups communities, organizations and systems — to promote healthy aging and prevent illness, improve care, foster disease management, assist with end of life decision-making and care, and support the needs of the growing older adult population. The NIH Stage Model is to produce potent, scalable, and culturally competent behavioral interventions that are defined by their mechanism(s) of behavior change (MoBC(s); therefore, examination of MoBC is encouraged in every stage of intervention development.
Award details: Requested budgets may be up to $350K per year for a maximum project period of 5 years. Funds may be requested for a minimum of 8 weeks and a maximum of 14 weeks of research education experience each year.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/rfa-ag-25-029/
External Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-25-029.html
USC Internal due date: August 19, 2024.
Letter of Intent due date: September 6, 2024.
External due date: October 8, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
NIH / Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Programs and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Program: Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (S15 — Small Instrumentation Grants Program)
NOFO #: PAR-24-259
Synopsis: Supports the purchase and installation of latest equipment that enable a broad range of research-supporting activities. Any equipment supported by this NOFO must be substantially used in a laboratory research core facility, animal facility, or similar shared-use research space to ensure broad benefits for the institutional research community. Any request must be justified by research-related demands for the modernization of research-supporting functions or for the advancement of facility operations. This NOFO does not support the purchase of scientific instruments or their components, nor components of building-level infrastructure equipment that indirectly support research activities (such as HVACs or power generators). Animal research facilities and lab equipment are two of the targeted research areas of this NOFO. Examples of supported equipment for animal facilities and laboratory equipment include (partial)
- Multi-functional ventilated cages and/or cage racks for small animals;
- Environmental management devices that assist in the monitoring and customizing of environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, air flow, and lighting;
- Aquatic animal systems equipped with water quality assessment sensors;
- Centrifuges;
- Cryostats or other tissue sectioning equipment;
- Cryogenic gas recovery/recycling equipment (servicing two or more instruments)
Award details: Budget requests must be a minimum of $50K and a maximum of $350K. For requests of multiple pieces of the same equipment, the minimum budget for each piece is $15K.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-24-259/
External announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-259.html
USC Internal due date: August 19, 2024.
External due date: Annual due date through 2026. Next due date is September 25, 2024.
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Princeton University / Lewis Center for the Arts
Program: Princeton Arts Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
Award details: This is a two-year fellowship with a $92K annual stipend
Announcement on website: https://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/princeton-arts-fellowship/
Application due date: September 10, 2024.
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Graham Foundation
Program: Grants to Individuals
Synopsis: Supports individuals for production and planning projects that center the development and production of ideas about architecture and the built environment and related fields. Supports efforts to take positions, develop new forms of expression, engage debate around architecture and related fields, and reach new and broader audiences, and that will contribute to an applicant’s creative, intellectual, and professional growth at a crucial or potentially transformative career stage. Projects will be evaluated for the impact makes a meaningful contribution to discourse and/or to the field; expands knowledge; is a catalyst for future inquiry; raises awareness of an understudied issue; promotes diversity in subject matter, participants, and audience.
Award details: Grants typically range from $5K to $15K.
Announcement on website: http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=individual
Application due date: September 15, 2024
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American Philosophical Society
Program: Franklin Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports non-commercial research projects by helping with costs associated with travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Award details: These grants can range from $1K to $6.5K.
Announcement on website: https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin-research-grants
Application due dates: October 1, 2024, for a January 2025 decision for work beginning February 2025 through January 2026 and December 2, 2024, for a March 2025 decision for work beginning April 2025 through 2026.
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American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)
Program: 2025-2026 Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey
Synopsis: Supports scholars and graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern times in Turkey, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Grants for tenures up to one academic year will be considered; applications for projects of shorter duration, as brief as one or two months, are also supported.
Award details: In addition to the fellowship up to one year’s duration, ARIT offers research and study facilities as well as connections with colleagues, institutions, and authorities through its branch centers in Istanbul and Ankara.
Announcement on website: https://aritweb.org/fellowships/arit-research-fellowships/
Application due date: November 1, 2024
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Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
Program: Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports doctoral candidates for dissertation research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia in any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies in any discipline. Students may only receive one ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant over the course of their graduate studies. Applicants who have achieved candidacy in their doctoral program and have language proficiency to conduct research in one or more the regions covered by ASEEES and who have student membership in ASEEES at the time of application are eligible to apply. Applicants may be citizens of any country.
Award details: Maximum award is $6K.
Announcement on website: https://aseees.org/award/dissertation-research-grant-program/
Application due date: March 20, 2025. Applicant must plan to start the research travel by no later than January 31 of the subsequent year (i.e. Upon notification of the fellowship in the summer of 2025, the grant recipient must start his / her research travel no later than January 31, 2026)
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Leibniz-Institute für Agraentwicklung in Transformationsökonomein (IAMO)
Program: Visiting Research Fellows
Synopsis: Supports postdocs and senior researchers who have demonstrated excellent academic performance, a publication record and propose innovative research that focus on prominent problem areas of agricultural development in Eurasian transition and emerging countries, and which include(1) the political and institutional framework of the agricultural sector and rural areas; (2) identification of challenges and resilience of agricultural systems in the context of political frameworks; (3) impact of environmental change in rural livelihoods; (4) analysis of livability in rural areas and examination of decision-making behaviors or rural households; and (5) examining tthe preconditions and socio-economic consequences of innovations processes in agricultural production, supply chains and knowledge networks. Candidates from all disciplines may apply as long as they complement IAMO’s existing research activities.
Award details: Accommodation in IAMO’s guest facilities as well as covering expenses for return travel. Fellowship is for 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.iamo.de/en/institute/visiting-research-fellows/
Application due date: Applications are accepted anytime and applicants will be notified within 2 months after submission of application. Application begins 6 months after the award has been granted.
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) —Simons Foundation
Program: SIAM-Simons Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Synopsis: Supports undergraduates to participate in an 8-week summer program to learn how to conduct scientific research, effectively communicate mathematics and computational science principles, and gain an improved understanding of how they can pursue a career in applied mathematics and computational science. Students and mentors from five sites will come together via videoconference to present their work, participate in professional development activities, and engage in community-building initiatives to bring all participants together and foster a strong sense of belonging. Student applicants must be enrolled as an undergraduate at a university in September 2024 and be a U.S. citizen. Applicants to become a mentor in the program must be a SIAM member, legally eligible to work in the U.S., and have full-time employment at an academic institution or national lab.
Award details: Students receive a weekly stipend, and expenses for lodging, meals, and travel will also be covered; a visit to the Flatiron Institute in Manhattan; and financial support to attend the SIAM Annual Meeting the following year to present their research project.
Announcement on website: https://www.siam.org/programs-initiatives/programs/siam-simons-undergraduate-summer-research-program/
Application due date: August 30, 2024.
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National Academies – Sciences, Engineering, Medicine (in partnership with U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development)
Program: Jefferson Science Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports tenured, or similarly ranked, faculty from U.S. institutions of higher learning who are U.S. citizens. After successfully obtaining a security clearance, Fellows are embedded in an office at the U.S. Department of State or USAID where they can expect to learn the foreign policy and international development process while contributing their technical expertise to policy formulation and implementation. After completing the fellowship, faculty return to an academic career with a deeper understanding of the impact of science and technology in foreign policy, diplomacy, and international development to augment their research and teaching. Upon mutual agreement, Fellows may remain consultants for their host office, further strengthening the partnership between government and the U.S. academic community.
Award details: As the JSF does not provide salary or benefits, the applicant’s academic institution will need to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Academy of Sciences to confirm institutional support for the applicant should they be selected for the fellowship. The MOU stipulates that a Fellow’s academic institution will maintain the Fellow’s salary and benefits while on the 12-month fellowship, as is often the case when tenured faculty take a sabbatical year.
Announcement on website: https://jsf.nationalacademies.org/
Application due date: October 15, 2024. Fellowship starts Fall 2025.
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Program: Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports postdocs for fellowships on 2 tracks: Chemical Sciences will allow chemists to pursue advanced research within the core areas of fundamental chemistry, such as chemical physics, chemical engineering, and chemistry of materials research; and Chemical Instrumentation which will allow researchers in chemistry to conceptualize, develop and build instrumentation suitable to advanced research in chemistry, chemical physics, chemical engineering, and chemistry of materials science. This fellowship is a catalyst from "mentored yet independent" postdocs to outstanding, independent researchers in academic or industry, governmental labs. Eligible applicants are U.S. citizens or permanent residents; current postdoc with no more than 18 months cumulative postdoc experience; graduate student who expect to complete Ph.D. in the chemical sciences by May 1, 2025; and has already identified a mentor (see solicitation for mentor qualifications). This fellowship funds projects that would not be funded by traditional federal funding sources.
Award details: $224K over 2 years for salary, fringe benefits and research expenditures; instrumentation fellowships will receive an additional one-time amount of up to $200K. Fellows receiving year 3 renewal award will receive additional $118K.
Announcement on website: https://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-postdoctoral-fellows/
Letter of Intent due date: September 6, 2024.
Full application due date (invited): December 10, 2024.
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Health Resources in Action
Program: Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Research
Synopsis: Supports translational research projects that will extend recent basic research findings regarding the underlying mechanisms of AMD. Examples of funding areas include but are not limited to genetically engineered animal models, the discovery and testing of small molecule therapies directed at promising targets including immune-, inflammation-, or lipid-related pathways associated with AMD, local drug delivery systems, and neuroprotective strategies.
Award details: $250K per year for two years. Funding period is April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027.
Announcement on website: https://hria.org/tmf/ThomeAMD/
Application due date: August 22, 2024.
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Fanconi Cancer Foundation (FCF)
Program: Research Grant Awards
Synopsis: Supports interdisciplinary and translational research projects that will lead to rapid discovery and development of therapies or strategies that treat, control, or cure Fanconi anemia (FA). Areas of interest include (partial)
- Manifestations of FA: To understand, prevent, and treat systemic, inflammatory, and aging manifestations of FA, including but not limited to: Fanconi Anemia Neurological Syndrome (FANS), endocrine and fertility issues.
- Data Analytics: To use data analytics to identify biomarkers, hypotheses, risk predictions, and treatment for FA
- Novel Therapies: To develop ex vivo and in vivo gene therapy and gene editing technologies for FA.
FCF encourages early stage investigators – defined as an individual who has not received a FCF grant as a principal investigator, OR who is within their first five years of their first academic appointment at the level of Assistant Professor or the equivalent – to apply. FCF encourages early stage investigators to collaborate with senior investigators who have demonstrated scientific productivity either in the Fanconi anemia field or in fields of particular relevance to Fanconi anemia pathology and molecular pathogenesis.
Award details: Awards will range from $25,000 – $250,000 for one- to two-year projects that address FCF’s research priorities. Projects may be pre-clinical or clinical in nature. Preliminary data is not required but is preferred.
Announcement on website: https://fanconi.org/apply-for-grant-funding/
Letter of Intent due date: LOIs may be submitted anytime. Within 1 month selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.
Proposal due date: Invited proposals will be due 2 months after the LOI is accepted.
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Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR)
Program: Grant Program
Synopsis: Supports research to advance our understanding and the treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). Faculty with full time appointments, particularly junior faculty early in their career, are eligible and encouraged to apply. Established investigators in other areas of research who wish to enter the field of PWS research, or investigators in the PWS field who are seeking funding to support pilot studies in a new area of PWS research are also encouraged to apply. FPWR seeks to support innovative, high-risk/high reward research in its early stages. Examples of priority areas include
- Genetics: Genotype to Phenotype
- Neurobiology of PWS pathology and phenotype (emphasis on hyperphasia)
- Cognition, maladaptive behavior and mental illness in PWS
Award details: Up to $150K in direct costs for the initial 18 months of support, with the possibility of a second grant period of 18 months of funding upon competitive renewal. Indirect costs of up to 8% are allowed.
Announcement on website: https://www.fpwr.org/grant-program
Letter of Intent due date (for Fall): September 6, 2024.
Proposal due date: November 15, 2024.
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National Ataxia Foundation (NAF)
Programs: Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports cutting edge basic and translational research relevant to hereditary and sporadic Ataxia with a suite of research programs. NAF invites research applications from domestic and international nonprofit and for-profit institutions for any of the following grants and awards:
- Research Seed Money grants support studies that are relevant to the cause, pathogenesis or treatment of hereditary or sporadic ataxias.
Award details: $50K for one year.
- Pioneer SCA3 Translational Research Awards support outstanding research proposals that aim to make significant advancements in the development of treatments and/or improvements to patient care for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (SCA3).
Award details: $100K for one year.
- Early Career Investigator Award supports outstanding scientists who have completed their postdoctoral research training and have an appointment as a junior faculty member or clinical fellow. Proposals across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical research are welcome, but must have a significant focus on improving our understanding of hereditary and/or other forms of ataxia.
Award details: $50K for one year.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Award serves as a bridge from post-doctoral positions to junior faculty positions. Applicants should have completed at least one year of post-doctoral training, but not more than four at the time of application and should have shown a commitment to research in the field of ataxia.
Award details: $25K per year for two years.
Announcement on website: https://www.ataxia.org/researcher-resources/
Letter of Intent due date: September 6, 2024.
Application due date (invited): December 6, 2024.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture / Natural resources Conservation Service
Program: Model Intercomparison and Improvement of for Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimation from Agriculture
NOFO #: USDA=NRCS-NHQ-SSRA-24-NOFOF001387
Synopsis: Supports the coordination, implementation, and management of model intercomparison studies in agricultural systems. The model intercomparison study supports the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Quantification efforts. The IRA GHG Quantification work for agriculture in collaboration among several USDA agencies. This study will be supported through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The purpose of the cooperative model intercomparison study is to assess and advance the state of science for carbon (C) sequestration and GHG emission modeling for agriculture. Soil C sequestration and GHG emissions in cropland and grassland systems and their interactions with different climate-smart mitigation practices will be the focus of the study. This award will support the coordination unit (awardee) and provide the funding for subawards to model groups. Participating models for the study will be identified by the coordination unit through communications or meetings with different model groups in conjunction with USDA and NRCS priorities and the scope of intercomparison work and subject to the funding allocation. The model intercomparison study will build on existing efforts or initiate a new effort and be designed and implemented through coordination involving all participating model groups. Data sets including field measurements and model input-output will be compiled, stored, and managed for easy access to facilitate model intercomparison activities.
Award details: $1.9M total funding available for a 4-year agreement.
Announcement on website: Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimation from Agriculture.
Application due date: October 4, 2024.
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NOAA / Fisheries Headquarters Program Office
Program: FY2025 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — NOAA Fisheries Citizen Science
Funding Opportunity: NOFO #: NOAA-NMFS-FHQ-2025-26515
Synopsis: Supports citizen science projects that can help support federal fisheries stock assessments and climate-ready fisheries management. Funding will prioritize projects that provide information that can supplement and / or inform stock assessments or increase understanding of current and / or future impacts of climate change on fish stocks and/or fishing communities. For this NOFO all program priorities relating to fishery species, including those related to stock assessments, are for stocks within a federal Fishery Management Plan. These stocks can be found in the stock status tables A-G of the Fishery Stock Status Updates, which are updated quarterly. Projects should be designed with scientific quality and data credibility as core considerations, in order to ensure the resulting data meet the standards and requirements for their intended use. Applicants should employ approaches and partnerships that are appropriate for the communities that will be engaged in the citizen science activities, which ideally includes underserved and/or highly vulnerable communities. Applicants should also tie into relevant federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial priorities related to fisheries management as appropriate. Applicants are strongly encouraged to partner with fishery management entities, such as regional fishery management councils, state agencies, or interstate fisheries commissions. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to have at least one partner from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Award details: For Fiscal Year 2025, NMFS anticipates that approximately $600K could be made available for the full set of selected citizen science projects ranging from $75K to $200K per project over a two-year project period.
Announcement on website: NOAA Fisheries Citizen Science
Application due date: November 4, 2024.
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Notice of Intent
Department of Energy (DoE) / National Energy Technology Laboratory / Office of Electricity (OE)
Program: Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies
NOFO #: DE-FOA-0003425
Synopsis: Support the OE priorities of enabling a reliable, resilient, secure, and affordable electricity grid. The OE Energy Storage Division accelerates bi-directional electrical energy storage technologies as a key component of the future-ready grid. Addressing domestic preproduction manufacturability challenges that energy storage technology developers face when making design decisions that impact production of the technology, including scaling, will help expand the portfolio of technology options to meet customer needs. By advancing the technology and manufacturing readiness (TRL and MRL) of an energy storage technology, project(s) funded by this (potential) FOA can contribute to reducing the levelized cost of storage and advancing short-, medium-, and long duration energy storage technologies to meet customer needs. Results may benefit a consortium of developers if the design challenges are widely shared within an industry sector. DoE anticipates awarded projects will consist of research and development components. DoE expects partnerships of 2 or more entities will be created.
Award details: If as expected this funding opportunity is released in the fall, DoE expects to make $8M available for cooperative agreements for projects of 3-year duration. A minimum 20% non-federal cost share is required.
Announcement on website: AMPD for Storage Technologies
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NSF / Directorate for Biological Sciences (and includes partners NIH, National Institute for Food of Food and Agriculture, as well as United Kingdom Research and Innovation; Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs; United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation; and National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Program: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)
Solicitation #: 24-592
Synopsis: Supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be the quantitative, mathematical, or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease (re)emergence and transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies and focus on the determinants and interactions of (re)emergence and transmission among any host species, including but not limited to humans, nonhuman animals, and / or plants, including the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; population dynamics and genetics of vectors or hosts etc. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, enteric, or respiratory pathogens of either terrestrial, aquatic, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to develop the appropriate multidisciplinary team, including for example, anthropologists, modelers, ecologists, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, oceanographers, mathematical scientists, behaviorists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, immunologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.
Award details: Total program funding is $32M for an estimated 10 awards.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf24592.pdf
Proposal due date: November 20, 2024.
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NSF / Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Faculty Catalyst (MPS-AFCA)
Solicitation #: 23-628
Synopsis: Supports successful MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows who transition into tenure track (or equivalent) faculty positions at Institutions of Higher Education (IHE). The program supports these investigators of significant potential by providing them with resources for both research and broadening participation activities that are in addition to initial resources typically provided through institutional start-up packages. This support is designed strategically to enable MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows to continue scientific contributions at the forefront of their fields and their exemplary leadership in the area of broadening participation. Because proposals are accepted by invitation, once MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows, who have accepted a tenure-track position, prospective applicants must contact the managing or cognizant Program Director to establish their eligibility.
Award details: Awards are up to $150,000 per year (combined direct and indirect costs) for up to 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/mathematical-physical-sciences-ascending-faculty/nsf23-628/solicitation
Proposal due date: Proposals are accepted only upon invitation and must be received within 12 months of the end of the Fellowship, and within six months of the commencement of the faculty appointment.
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NSF / Multiple Directorates including BIO, GEO, MPS and STEM
Program: Strengthening the Evidence Base Related to Broadening the Participation of LGBTQI+ Individuals in Stem via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
NSF #: 24-101
Synopsis: Supports 4 proposal types that will advance NSF”s vision of a “nation that leads the world in science and engineering research and innovation, to the benefit of all, without barriers to participation":
- Proposals for fundamental, use-inspired, and/or translational research and/or research syntheses. Proposed projects may involve the collection and analysis of new and/or existing data, meta-syntheses, meta-analyses, and/or structured literature reviews.
- Proposals to design and deliver new conferences, colloquia, and workshops focused on research that advances education and workforce development activities related to building and/or applying the evidence base related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Group travel support to participation in existing or planned meetings and conferences aligned with the goals of this DCL
- Proposals fund activities aligned with the goals of this DCL and associated with increasing access, engagement, inclusion, and/or belonging in STEM research, workforce development, and education.
A proposal responsive to this DCL should be submitted to the NSF program(s) relevant to the proposal’s content.
Announcement on website: Participation of LGBTQI+ Individuals in Stem
Proposal due date: Will vary according to the relevant program. Proposers should contact cognizant program official when starting a proposal.
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Dornsife Corporate and Foundation Relations
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Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Program: Creating the next generation of lightweight bottles
Synopsis: Supports proposed solutions that will enable 25+ % light weighting of HDPE and PET bottles, while maintaining package overall strength to meet existing packing line and supply chain requirements. Solutions can be developmental, not limited to commercial solutions. Reducing the weight of plastic bottles will advance P&G’s achieving its Ambition 2030 and 2040 sustainability goals, which include reducing plastic usage and lowering carbon footprint. Projects of interest include
- innovative materials or additives
- innovative bottle making processes beyond traditional blow molding and injection stretch blow molding (ISBM)
- insights or approaches from industries beyond packaging with expertise in materials efficiency, e.g. shoe design, aerospace, automotive, architecture, etc.
Award details: Funding is available for development of methods or models that provide the desired outcome as described in the announcement. Funding amount to be determined by mutually agreed-upon statement of work and consistent with existing funding range for graduate or postdoctoral level research.
Announcement on website: Lightweight bottles
Proposal due date: September 30, 2024.
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Proctor & Gamble (P&G)
Program: Biogenic linear alpha olefins
Synopsis: Supports unique solutions to directly transform fatty acid methyl esters (or triglycerides) into a key raw material, linear alpha olefins, for later conversion to surfactants that can be utilized in consumer products. The solution could be chemical or non-chemical (e.g. biotransformation), processes, technologies, materials (e.g. catalysts) and/or services. Solutions of interest include
- Direct chemical conversion of fatty acid methyl esters to linear alpha olefins
- Direct biogenic conversion of fatty acid methyl esters to linear alpha olefins
- Other 1-step solutions for converting fatty acid methyl esters to linear alpha olefins
Award details: Depending on relevancy and scope of proposed research, we will consider sponsored research funding within the norms of typical industry sponsored chemical research.
Announcement on website: Biogenic linear alpha olefins
Proposal due date: September 30, 2024.
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