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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of June 12, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
This week's report includes
- Honors for 2 Dornsife faculty members — Congrats!;
- Great external success for 2 faculty members;
- A myriad of external funding opportunities, including 5 limited submissions; and
- An update from NSF on science and infrastructure funding in Antarctica for the upcoming 2023-2024 year.
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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Accolades
Joseph Allen Boone, English, is the Winner of the 2023 Next Generation Indie Awards for First Novel for Furnace Creek (Black Spring Press, 2023). The Next Generation Indie Awards is the world's largest not-for-profit awards program for independent publishers, and the Awards ceremony will take place at the Newberry Library in Chicago this month. The novel also recently received Honorable Mention in General Fiction for the novel in the Eric Hoffer Awards, where it was a Grand Prize finalist, and is a finalist in Foreward's Indie Book of the Year competition for LGBT+ Fiction.
John Platt, Earth Sciences, has been selected to receive the 2023 Career Contribution Award from the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Society of America, for his fundamental contributions to the field.
External Funding Successes
Bruce Herring, Neurobiology, Uncovering the role of SAP97 in synaptic function and schizophrenia, National Institutes of Health
Eli Levenson-Falk, Physics and Astromony, A Cryogen-free Helium Dilution Refrigerator for Quantum Information Science, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
(no more than 2 per academic department may be nominated)
Kress Foundation (for pre-docs)
Program: History of Art Institutional Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports promising emerging art historians with the opportunity to experience direct exposure to the object of study, prolonged access to key information resources such as libraries and photographic archives, the development of professional relationships with colleagues abroad, and sustained immersion in European cultures that a fellowship at one of the following European art history research center provides
- Florence: Kunsthistorisches Institut / Institute for Art History
- Leiden (Netherlands): Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS)
- London: Courtauld Institute of Art & Warburg Institute (jointly administered)
- Munich: Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte / Central Institute for Art History
- Paris: Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) / National Institute for the History of Art
- Rome: Bibliotheca Hertziana
Eligible candidates are scholars in the history of art and related disciplines (such as archaeology, architecture, or classics). Nominees must be U.S. citizens or individuals matriculated at an American university. Dissertation research must focus on European art from antiquity to the early 19th century and applicants must be ABD by the time their fellowship begins.
Award details: $30K per year for two years.
USC Internal announcementon: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/kress-foundation/
External announcement on website: https://www.kressfoundation.org/Programs/Fellowships/History-of-Art-Institutional-Fellowships
USC Internal due date: August 25, 2023.
External due date for nominations: November 30, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
Searle Scholars Program
Program: 2024 Awards
Synopsis: Supports independent investigators who began their first academic appointment (assistant professor) on or after May 1, 2022 to pursue independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine and the biological sciences. Potential applicants who are unsure if their research is appropriate for the Searle Scholars Program are encouraged to examine the research interests of present and former Searle Scholars on Searle's website.
Award details: $300K for 3 years ($100K disbursed each of the 3 years)
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/searle-scholars-program-2024/
Announcement on website: https://searlescholars.org/competition/award-information/
USC Internal due date: July 10, 2023.
External due date: September 29, 2023. Award is activated July 1, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
NSF / Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
— Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure &
Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships — Translational Impacts
Program: Cyberinfrastructure Technology Acceleration Pathway (CITAP)
NSF #: 23-597
Synopsis: Supports projects that aim to design, test, and subsequently operate a pathway service within the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem of Support and Services (ACCESS) program that manages and accelerates the translation of promising research cyberinfrastructure (CI) software to production-quality services across the NSF advanced CI ecosystem and in support of the NSF science and engineering research community. CITAP proposals are expected to create a new workflow process within the ACCESS program that: (1) identifies novel CI software from diverse sources in a strongly community-informed way; (2) establishes an open and merit-based process for selecting and prioritizing / sequencing which of the identified innovations are of highest and most immediate value to users of the advanced CI ecosystem and can be feasibly translated to production level and made available for use by researchers using ACCESS resources; and (3) establishes an operational process that translates innovations into production services, including creation of partnerships where necessary to address each of the technical challenges and intellectual property considerations faced when integrating novel CI software within the advanced CI ecosystem.
Award details: $10M for a period of performance of 5 years. Award is cooperative agreement.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nsf-23-597/
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23597/nsf23597.htm
USC Internal due date: July 7, 2023.
External due date: September 6, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
NIH / National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Program: Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training (T32—Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA))
NOFO #: PAR-21-198
Synopsis: Supports eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation. Each Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program must consist of a strong partnership / consortium composed of at least two institutions: an institution that offers the master's degree as the terminal graduate degree in biomedical sciences, and a research-intensive college or university granting Ph.Ds. in the biomedical sciences.
Award details: Projects may be up to 5 years. NRSA awards provide stipends as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. NIH will contribute to the combined cost of tuition and fees at the rate in place at the time of award.
USC Internal Announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-21-198/
External Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-198.html
USC Internal due date: July 14, 2023.
External due date: September 27, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
NIH / Multiple Institutes, predominantly the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Program: Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5—Education Projects – Cooperative Agreement)
NOFO #: 21-177
Synopsis: Supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NIH MOSAIC UE5 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. To accomplish the stated overarching goal, this initiative will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development and Mentoring Activities.
Award details: Average award size is anticipated to be $250K direct costs per year for 5 years, although there is flexibility. Award budgets should reflect the fact that the number of MOSAIC scholars is expected to grow over time. Each recipient will be assigned a cohort of approximately five MOSAIC scholars each year. The scholars are expected to participate in the UE5 activities for the entirety of their K99 and R00 awards. Thus, it is expected that each UE5 cohort will grow to support 25 scholars by the fifth year of the award.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-21-277/
External application due date: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-277.html
USC Internal due date: August 11, 2023.
External due date: November 15, 2023.
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Simons Foundation
Program: Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Synopsis: Supports high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis. PIs and co-Investigators must have a Ph.D. and a tenure-track or tenured position at established U.S. and foreign public and private educational institutions and stand-alone research centers at the time of application. There are no citizenship or department requirements for PIs.
Award details: Provides funding for up to five years. The funding level and duration is flexible and should be appropriate based on the type of support requested in the proposal. There is no recommended or assumed funding level for this program.
Announcement on website: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/targeted-grants-in-mps/?mc_cid=1f3af33e75&mc_eid=b0f58ae0de
Letter of Intent: Rolling
Full proposal due date: Applicants will be notified within 2 months on whether to submit a full proposal, after which the due date may be indicated in the invitation but will be no less than 3 months after the invite to submit a full proposal.
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California Humanities
Program: Humanities for All Project Grants
Synopsis: Supports large scale public humanities projects. Appropriate programming formats include but are not limited to virtual and in-person interpretive exhibits, community dialogue and discussion series, workshops and participatory activities, presentations and lectures, conversations and forums, and interactive and experiential activities. Projects should be grounded in the humanities and emphasize the use of humanistic approaches to understanding the world; projects that promote the exchange and discussion of ideas and different points of view; projects that encourage critical thinking and analysis promote deeper understanding of culture, history, and contemporary issues; and projects that preserve and share knowledge are particularly encouraged.
Award details: Awards range from $10K to $25K for up to 2 year project duration from the award date. Awards must be matched with an equivalent amount of cash or in-kind resources over the life of the project.
Announcement on website: https://calhum.org/humanities-for-all/
Application due date: July 17, 2023.
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National Archives and Records Administration
Program: Public Engagement with Historical Records
Funding Opportunity #: Engagement 202311
Synopsis: Supports projects that encourage public engagement with historical records. The idea behind this program is to form collaborations among archivists, educators, historians (including documentary editors), and people working in community-based archives to involve the public in discovering and using historical records. The National Archives supports projects that promote access to America’s historical records to encourage understanding of our democracy, history, and culture.
Award details: Grants will range from $50K to $150K. 1:1 cost sharing is required.
Announcement on website: https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/engagement.html
Draft due date: August 15, 2023.
Application due date: November 2, 2023.
Project Start date: July 1, 2024.
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Library of Congress
Program: Of the People: Widening the Path —Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI)– Artist or Scholar in Residence
NOFO #: 030ADV23R0033
Synopsis: Supports visual artists, conceptual artists, dancers, journalists, cultural critics, independent scholars, academic scholars, and cultural heritage practitioners, including librarians in the creation of new scholarly and / or artists' works that imaginatively study, experiment with, and / or critique the Library’s digital collections, materials, and / or services. Through the establishment of this CCDI residency, the Library seeks to offer awards to support projects that remix and reuse Library digital collections in creative ways and that center on one or more of the following groups: Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and / or other communities of color in the United States. The project should result in public-facing artistic work or scholarship that will expand our imaginations both within and outside of the Library.
Award details: $90K for 1 year.
Announcement on website: https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/of-the-people/represent/artist-scholar-in-residence/documents/030ADV23R0033-CCDI-ASR-Round-2-NOFO.pdf
Application due date: August 7, 2023.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
Synopsis: Supports national or regional (multistate) training programs to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. Seeks to foster collaborations between humanities scholars, advanced graduate students, librarians, archivists, museum staff, computer scientists, information specialists, those from the private and public sectors, and others to learn about new tools, approaches, and technologies. Institutes may focus on a particular computational method, such as network or spatial analysis, or target the needs of a particular humanities discipline or audience.
Award details: Maximum award is $250K over 3 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/institutes-advanced-topics-in-the-digital-humanities
Optional draft due date: December 15, 2023.
Application due date: February 15, 2024.
Project start date: September 1, 2024, to September 1, 2025.
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Department of the Interior — Geological Survey
Program: Cooperative Agreement for Partner with Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Funding Opportunity #: G23AS00379
Synopsis: Supports CESU partner for technical assistance and research with the HayWired Scenario Exercise Toolkit. First, there is demand from new users (e.g., local government) for workshops following the three train-the-facilitator workshops that were offered in the week of March 27, 2023. Second, new exercise facilitator tools need to be developed for various phases of the disaster cycle and some new topics including food security The facilitator tools contain topical discussion prompts and a PowerPoint of relevant graphics from the HayWired scenario. Third, workshops will be conducted to demonstrate these new facilitator tools. Eligible recipients must be participating partners of the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. The Technical Assistance Objectives are
- Facilitate 4 HayWired Scenario Toolkit workshops
- Develop and publish 3 new tools for the HayWired Scenario Toolkit including one that addresses the theme of food supply / security
- Facilitate 4 Haywired Scenario Toolkit workshops based on the new tools.
Award details: It is anticipated that one award will be made within one base year. The total estimated funding for this project is $35,000. Funding in the amount of 35,000 is estimated to be available for FY 2023. Extension and additional funding will be based on emergent needs, satisfactory progress, and the availability of funding.
Announcement on website: CESU California Partner for Technical Assistance
Application due date: July 7, 2023, via electronic submission.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture - – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Program: Fiscal Year 2023 Collaborative Soil Science Research
NOFO #: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Synopsis: Supports research that informs and improves soil survey. Within the NCSS region where the work occurs, proposals topics should:
- Address emerging issues such as urban soil survey, ecosystem services, wetlands/hydric soils, climate, wildfire and / or soil biodiversity and how those topics intersect with ecological sites and soil survey.
- Enhance collaborative efforts between soil survey staff and cooperative research projects with an emphasis on practical tools for 2023 Collaborative Soil Science staff and the use of long-term monitoring and experiment locations.
Award details: Requested budgets ought to be in the $50K to $500K range for projects over 2-3 years.
Announcement on website: 2023 Collaborative Soil Surevy
Application due date: July 22, 2023.
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NASA / ROSES
Program: Soil Moisture Active-Passive Team
Funding #: NNH23ZDA001N-SMAP
Synopsis: Supports science investigations that utilize data from the Soil Moisture
Active-Passive (SMAP) mission. The Soil Moisture Active Passive mission primarily uses passive (radiometer) L-band microwave remote sensing to determine the land surface soil moisture and freeze/thaw state. These measurements will advance the study of the water, carbon, and energy cycles, both individually and at their points of interconnection. More specifically seeks research projects that will respond to the Decadal Survey outlined science priorities for the SMAP mission, as well as enable the pursuit of new methods of exploiting SMAP's observations for Earth System Science. These priorities and possibilities include, but are not limited to:
1) Enabling advances in the study of the water, carbon, and energy cycles, especially on those topics that deal with the intersections of these cycles.
2) Exploring the impact of soil moisture variability and its role as the 'memory' for the land surface, on weather and climate.
3) The role of soil moisture in floods, droughts, agricultural productivity, wildfires, and public health-related concerns (e.g., vector-borne diseases).
Award details: The program budget is $4.5M.Expect to make 30 awards for 3-year project period.
Announcement on website: Soil Moisture Active-Passive Team
Letter of Intent due date: June 29, 2023.
Proposal due date: August 17, 2023.
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NIH / Multiple Institutes, predominantly Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Program: ClinGen Genomic Curation Expert Panel
NOFO #: PAR-23-199
Synopsis: Supports the establishment of Expert Panels that will select genes and genomic variants associated with diseases or conditions of high priority to participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) and systematically determine their clinical significance for diagnosis and treatment of these diseases or conditions. The Genomic Curation Expert Panels funded through this NOFO are required to utilize the NHGRI Clinical Genomics Resource (ClinGen) and the NCBI ClinVar procedures, interfaces, tools, and informatics infrastructure. Examples of areas of interest include (partial)
- genes associated with gynecologic, andrologic, and reproductive health; poor pregnancy outcomes; high-risk newborn conditions; rapid genome sequencing for diagnosing critically ill infants; structural birth defects; intellectual and developmental disabilities; and immunological basis for susceptibility to acute and chronic infections.
- genes and germline variants potentially associated with inherited susceptibility to cancer development and / or to cancer response or resistance to therapy; these genes/variants should be curated across populations, with particular attention to underrepresented populations.
- genes and variants associated with diseases of the visual system including those of the eye, central visual, and oculomotor pathways that are within the mission of the NEI. Priorities would be given to candidates that have not been investigated by other ClinGen Expert Panels.
- genes and variants associated with neurological and neuromuscular diseases and stroke
Award details: Maximum award is $200K for direct costs for a project period of 3 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-199.html
Application due dates: Applications accepted for new, renewal, and revised applications through 2025. The next due date is July 19, 2023.
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) / Biological Technologies Office (BTO)
Program: Anesthetics for Battlefield Care (ABC) – Phases 1 and 2
Funding Opportunity Number – HR001123S0038
Synopsis: Supports research that will test the hypothesis that therapeutic
effects of anesthetics can be uncoupled / separated from deleterious effects. ABC endeavors to produce drugs for use in traumatic injury capable of safe, unmonitored anesthesia to enable earlier life-saving interventions, reduce the trauma associated with battlefield injury, and thereby improve combat casualty outcomes. Successful proposals must provide (1) Rationale for the selection of biological model system(s); (2) Justification for exploring the proposed molecular, cellular, or physiological target space; (3) Explicitly described workflow for down-selection and validation of anesthetic target hits; (4) Methods for exclusion of targets that contribute to undesirable effects of current Anesthetic. (5) Rational approach for the generation of novel chemical matter to achieve anesthetic endpoints and (6) A well-integrated experimental pipeline for optimization of lead compounds. The 2-Phase project includes the 2 technical areas of which both must be addressed
- Technical Area 1: Discovery — to uncover novel targets and mechanisms that are involved in- and contribute to- anesthesia, and to validate those targets.
- Technical Area 2: Medical Chemistry — design chemical compounds that specifically work through the targets and mechanisms of anesthesia identified in TA1 in order to achieve a safer anesthetic state.
Award details: The phase 1 performance period will be 0 to 36 months. A Go / No directive will be given at that point. Phase 2 performance period will cover months 37 to 55.
Announcement on website: ABC
Proposal abstract due date: June 30, 2023.
Full proposal due date: August 21, 2023.
Proposer’s Day: June 16, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute on Aging (NIA) & National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Program: Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Widespread Individual Behavior Change (R01)
NOFO #: RFA-AG-24-025
Synopsis: Supports basic observational or experimental behavioral and / or social science research that tests how intrapersonal and interpersonal mechanisms of behavior change interact with, influence, or are influenced by characteristics of social networks, with implications for health. Supports research that will examine at least two levels of analysis: interpersonal processes and social network characteristics. Projects will identify targets for future social network health behavior change interventions across the lifespan, especially in populations in which they are currently largely underdeveloped and untested (e.g., populations in mid- to- late life). Basic research to develop, refine, or optimize measures (i.e., assays) of putative targets (e.g., intra/interpersonal mechanisms of behavior change and/or social network characteristics) is also supported by this initiative.
Award details: Maximum awards are $500K for direct costs for a maximum project period of 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-24-025.html
Letter of Intent due date: October 3, 2023.
Application due date: November 3, 2023.
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Announcement of Interest for Dornsife Investigators
National Science Foundation
Program: Update on Science Support and Infrastructure in Antarctica via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
NSF 23-117
Synopsis: Due to supply chain issues related to COVID-19, the upcoming 2023-2024 Antarctic season will be significantly curtailed. Program officers in the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) will contact Principal Investigators regarding project-related changes. For the next three field seasons (August 2023 through March 2026), already-funded science projects will be prioritized to the greatest extent possible. The imperative to address the backlog of funded projects and to improve critical infrastructure at McMurdo while addressing COVID-19 in field stations and ships will make it very challenging to accommodate new initiatives with a large field component as described in the announcement. The USAP COVID protocol review process for the 2023-2024 season can be found in this announcement, and protocols will be published in June. Please see the DLC for further information.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23117/nsf23117.pdf?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
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Book Cover: BUNDOK: A Hinterland History of Filipino America (The University of North Carolina Press, December 2023) Adrian De Leon, American Studies and Ethnicity
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