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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of September 18, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
As we approach the start of autumn (and cooler weather), our report this week includes
- Honor for 1 faculty member;
- New external funding success for 2 faculty members;
- Current external funding opportunities, including 2 limited submissions, both of which have extremely close timelines.
- A NewsFlash! from DCG on an upcoming webinar in October on the important topic on requirements for both domestic and foreign subwards. This webinar will have very important information for both PIs and department administrators.
Also, as a reminder, Sarah Bishop, Dornsife's consultant on humanities funding is available at <sarahbis@usc.edu> for assistance in developing your proposal for a humanities project.
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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Accolade
Benjamin Uchiyama, History, is a recipient of the 20th Century Japan Research Award, Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies, University of Maryland Libraries, 2023
External Funding Successes
Don Arnold, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, High-throughput measurement of neuronal projections and synapses using Synapse-seq, Broad Institute
John Strauss, Economics, Influences of Early and Later Life Events on Cognition and All-Cause Dementia in China, National Institute on Aging
External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
(very time sensitive — 2 slots per institutions)
VentureWell
Program: Course and Program (C&P) 2023
Synopsis: Supports U.S. higher education institutions to expand and strengthen STEM innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystems, with the end goal of accelerating sustainable and inclusive innovation. C&P grant proposals may include plans to create or improve an individual course, course sequence, minor, major, certificate program, or other co- and extracurricular programs that are directly tied to and support I&E-focused curricula. Programs are defined as a set of organized, planned activities or structures that occur on an ongoing basis and are intended to work in collaboration with departments and degree pathways (e.g., engaging with a Tech Transfer Office, Office of Sustainability, Office of Entrepreneurship, Certificate Programs, Community-based Learning Programs, etc.). Successful VentureWell C&P grantees must make clear how funding will increase access and broaden the participation of traditionally underrepresented, underestimated, and emerging groups, specifically those who identify as Black, Latinx, and Indigenous, women from all backgrounds, individuals who identify as coming from low-income backgrounds, and others who are marginalized due to racism, sexism, classism, and/or other forms of marginalization.
Award details: Up to $30K
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/venturewell/
External announcement on website: https://venturewell.org/course-program-grants/
USC Internal due date: October 2, 2023.
External due date: November 8, 2023.
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***Limited Submission***
(1 slot available)
NSF / Multiple Directorates (including GEO, MPS, TIP and SBE)
Program: Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE)
Solicitation # NSF-23-521
Synopsis: Supports projects to nurture, grow and recognize the national Cyberinfrastructure (CI) workforce that is essential for creating, utilizing and supporting advanced CI to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering (S&E) research and education. NSF seeks proposals that will also pioneer innovative solutions to the challenge of broadening CI access and adoption of best practices by those disciplines and institutions with low CI adoption as well as increasing participation from underrepresented groups. NSF expects proposals to describe methods to closely integrate with the Computation Science Support Network (CSSN) of the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem of Services and Support (ACCESS) program. Proposals should engage the relevant set of partners required as investigators, collaborators, expert advisors, resource providers, or early adopters, and include plans for effective outreach to, and recruiting with, stakeholder communities. Long term goals are to contribute to an educational and research ecosystem that enables computational and data-driven science for all scientists and engineers, with an understanding of computation as the third pillar and data-driven science as the fourth pillar of the scientific discovery process, in addition to the traditional pillars of theory and experimentation, respectively.
Award details: $15M estimated program funding. Anticipated 4 awards will be made.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nsf-23-521/
External announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23521/nsf23521.htm
USC Internal due date: October 20, 2023.
External due date: January 18, 2024.
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National Humanities Center
Program: Fellowships for Mid-Career and Senior Scholars (Residential)
Synopsis: Supports humanities scholars by providing an environment at the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience. Scholars can focus on their work and share ideas with colleagues working on an array of projects from across humanities disciplines. The Center also offers exceptional support services including the Center’s outstanding librarians. Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Mid-career and senior scholars are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work may also apply. The Center does not support the revision of doctoral dissertations. In addition to all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts applications from scholars in the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.
Award details: The stipend amounts for Fellows are individually determined, according to the needs of the scholars and the Center’s ability to meet them. Fellowships may be for a semester or an academic year.
Announcement on website: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/who-we-are/
Application due date: October 5, 2023.
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Wilson Center
Program: 2024-2025 Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports scholars, practitioners, journalists, and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world. Eligible candidates have a Ph.D. and must have authored at least one monograph.
Award details: Money for stipends comes from allocated federal funds. The Center offers a stipend of $90K for a nine-month fellowship disbursed monthly. A sabbatical salary or other non-federal funding can be used to supplement this stipend. Fellows should have enough funds to cover up to the first month after they arrive. Fellows receive their first stipend within 2 weeks of their arrival. U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply.
Announcement on website: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application
Application due date: October 1, 2023.
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National Academies Sciences, Engineering, Medicine (NASEM)
Program: Jefferson Science Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports tenured, or similarly ranked, faculty from U.S. institutions of higher learning who are U.S. citizens and whose disciplines are in the life, physical or social sciences. Fellows are embedded in an office at the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) where they can expect to learn the foreign policy and international development process while contributing their technical expertise to policy formulation and implementation, as well as become conversant in the operation of the U.S. State department or the USAID. After completing the 12-month 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.
Award details: A Memo of Understanding (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. A Fellow who does not live in the Washington, DC metro area before being awarded the fellowship will be eligible for reimbursement of select local living expenses up to a fixed amount over the 12-month period (approximately $55,000). Travel funds may also be provided by the Fellow’s bureau or office
Announcement on website: https://jsf.nationalacademies.org/Default.asp
Application and MOU due date: October 17, 2023. Fellowships begin Fall 2024.
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Washington Institute
Program: Soref Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports recent Ph.D. recipients and postdocs including assistant professors for research projects concerning a topic relevant to U.S. Middle East policymakers. Candidates who do not duplicate the expertise of existing Institute staff members are preferred. Soref fellows write for the Institute's PolicyWatch series and in most cases author a longer study the Institute publishes as a monograph. Fellows may be asked to speak on behalf of the Institute a few times at locations around the United States. The Institute’s communication staff will work with fellows to secure media interviews, place op-ed articles in major outlets, and have an active social media presence. Depending on the research topic, the Institute is prepared to finance a research trip to the Middle East. For 2023-2024, applicants fluent in Chinese or with significant government experience working in China are strongly preferred.
Award details: The stipend depends upon experience. Typically for someone who just received a PhD, the stipend would be about $4,500 a month, along with generous benefits. The fellowship is for one year.
Announcement on website: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/about/employment-opportunities#soref-fellow
Application due date. Rolling, but urge interested applicants to apply soon since the new fellowship year will begin.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Kavli Foundation, and Wellcome
Program: Essential Open Source Software for Science (Cycle 6)
Synopsis: Support open-source software projects essential for biomedical research. The goal of the program is to support software maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement for these critical tools. Ideal applications will have previously demonstrated impact, currently show potential for continued improvement, and expect to deliver added value to the biomedical research community through the proposed activities. The Funders are equal partners in this call. All funders will consider all applications. Either CZI, Wellcome, or Kavli, and the decision of which funder funds will be made based on the corpus of selected proposals, their domain, and their alignment with funder goals will fund selected proposals. Supports a broad range of biomedical fields such as (partial) Genomics, Neuroscience, Data Visualization, and Structural Biology.
Award details: Applications can request funding between $50K and $200K total costs per year for two years (inclusive of up to 15% for indirect / overhead costs) for an overall amount requested between $100K and $400K total costs for the two-year duration of the grant. Proposals will not need to provide a detailed budget or justification at the LOI stage
Announcement on the website: https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EOSS-6-RFA-Packet-Final.pdf
Letter of Intent due date: October 17, 2023.
Application due date (invited): December 5, 2023.
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BrightFocus Foundation
Program: National Glaucoma Research Request for Proposals for Standard Awards and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
Synopsis: Standard Award: Supports researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: Supports young researchers in their final stages of mentored training. These awards fund projects in an established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant's own independent research career.
Award details: Standard Award: $200K for 2 years. Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: $150K over 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://science.brightfocus.org/research/national-glaucoma-research-program/rfp
Proposal due date: October 31, 2023.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: National Humanities Medal Nominations
Synopsis: Honors individuals and organizations whose activities, contributions, and achievements have significantly enriched the educational, intellectual, and cultural life of the nation. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:
- significant scholarship or writing that has expanded our knowledge and understanding of the humanities;
- outstanding humanities education programs for students, teachers, or adult learners;
- programs that preserve and create access to the nation’s cultural heritage and intellectual legacy.
Award details: Medal presented by U.S. President.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals-nominations
Nominations due date: September 27, 2023.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Connections
Synopsis: Supports the planning or implementation of curricular projects connecting the humanities to the physical and natural sciences; pre-service or professional programs, including law and business; computer science, data science, and other technology-driven fields; or other non-humanities departments or schools. Projects must incorporate the approaches and learning activities of both the humanities and the non-humanities disciplines involved. The expectation is the proposal will demonstrate (partial)
- how the proposed project expands the role of the humanities in the undergraduate curriculum at the applicant institution
- collaboration between faculty from two or more departments or schools (with a minimum of one in and one outside of the humanities)
- a curricular structure USC could sustain over the long term, including interdisciplinary minors or certificates; curricular pathways such as concentrations within majors or general education programs; and other models appropriate to the institution
Award details: Planning Grants: Up to $50K; Implementation Grants: Up to $150K.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-connections
Application available: June 5, 2024.
Application due date: September 5, 2024.
Project start date: June 1 to September 1, 2025.
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NASA / ROSES
Program: Physical Sciences Informatics
Funding #: NNH23ZDA001N-PSI
Synopsis: Supports projects that utilize data from investigations of The Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI), an online database of completed physical science reduced-gravity flight experiments conducted on the International Space Station (ISS), Space Shuttle flights, Free Flyers, or commercial cargo flights to and from the ISS, and of related ground-based studies. The goals of the PSI system are to: a) promote investigations making use of currently available experimental data resulting in more scientists participating in reduced-gravity research; b) allow new areas of research and discovery to occur more quickly through open access; and c) accelerate the "research to product or publication" timeline through the rapid sharing of data. The PSI system includes experimental data from the following research and data analysis areas: 1) Biophysics, 2) Combustion Science, 3) Complex Fluids, 4) Fluid Physics, 5) Fundamental Physics, and 6) Materials Science. The proposals must present a compelling case of how the experimental data from the PSI system will be used to promote the advancement of further research. Examples of proposed investigations utilizing PSI data include (partial)
- Enhancement and verification of numerical and analytical models;
- Development or enhancement of data analysis or other informatics tools and data products specifically to enhance the utilization of the PSI database;
- A new ground-based experiment or data analysis to verify phenomena observed in investigations listed in Table A of the solicitation.
Award details: 5 proposals with average awards of $125K for the first year and $150K for the second year. Deviations from these targeted figures are possible.
Announcement on the website: PSI
Letter of Intent due date: October 31, 2023.
Proposal due date: 1/1/2024.
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NSF / Directorates for Biological Sciences and Geosciences
Program: Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC)
Solicitation #: 23-622
Synopsis: Supports mechanistic studies of organismal response to climate change (ORCC) as a foundation that, when integrated with research at other levels of an organization, will lead to a deeper understanding and better predictions of the integrity, resilience, and adaptation of biological systems to climate change. Proposals are encouraged that builds on NSF’s investment in growing convergence research by developing integrative, cross-disciplinary approaches that examine the organismal mechanisms that underlie adaptive and maladaptive responses to environmental factors associated with climate change, how these responses affect fitness in changing and/or novel climates and the genetic and evolutionary processes (eco-evolutionary) through which these traits originate, persist, and are transmitted across generations. NSF encourages creative approaches to use the results of these foundational research investigations to develop use-inspired ways to address societal challenges in anticipating and managing the effects of climate change on organisms across spatial and temporal scales and biological hierarchies.
Award details: Program funding is anticipated to be $10M. Individual award size and project duration depend on proposals. 10-14 awards are anticipated.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23622/nsf23622.pdf
Proposal due dates: December 13, 2023, November 19, 2024, Third Tuesday in November, Annually thereafter.
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NSF / Directorates for Geosciences (GEO) and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)
Program: CO2 Removal and Solar Radiation Modification Strategies: Science, Governance, and Consequences via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
NSF #: 23-151
Synopsis: Supports research to address the twenty-first-century global challenge of climate change by seeking to increase understanding of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) science, governance, and consequences. While the rapid reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains a top priority, the scientific community has urged federal agencies to support research on additional potential solutions and their consequences, including strategies that may ameliorate anthropogenic climate change 1-3. In addition, recent U.S. Government reports 4-5 seek to mobilize the Federal Government and civil society toward enhancing current understanding of potentially effective and innovative climate mitigation strategies. This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) seeks to encourage the submission of proposals on the fundamental understanding and assessment of environmental processes, and/or social, cultural, and ethical impacts of CDR and SRM.
Announcement on website: CO2 Removal and Solar Radiation Modification Strategies
Additional Information: This DCL does not constitute a new competition or program. Rather, interested proposers should prepare and submit proposals in accordance with the guidance contained in the PAPPG and any solicitation or program-specific instructions for the relevant programs.
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NIH
Program: Computational Approaches for Validating Dimensional Constructs of Relevance to Psychopathology
NOFO #: PAR-23-307
Synopsis: Supports research that addresses the following questions: Do the different domains of behavior segregate from each other? How much do they rely on distinct versus overlapping neural circuits? What are the relationships between domains, constructs, and subordinate sub-constructs, both in terms of their correlational structure and their underlying neural circuitry? By answering these questions, proposed research projects will test integrative models of functioning and identify dysregulation in psychopathology-related mechanisms that may cut across traditional diagnostic categories and may change over time. Promotes projects where the computational and the experimental components are well integrated. To ensure the ecological validity of these studies, models derived from lab-based behavioral tasks will need to be tested for generalizability to behavioral data collected in a real-world setting. The ultimate goal is to advance translational research that will identify novel classification approaches and / or treatment targets, and lead to more effective and timely interventions for serious mental illnesses.
Award details: Maximum budget is $500K per year for a maximum project period of 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-307.html
Letter of Intent due date: October 1, 2023.
Application due date: November 1, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Program: NIAID and NIDDK Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity
NOFO #: PAR-23-275
Synopsis: Supports either (a) a New Investigator who has not previously competed successfully for substantial, independent funding from NIH, or (b) an 'At-Risk' investigator, who had prior support as a PI on a substantial independent research award and unless successful in securing a substantial research grant award in the current fiscal year, will have no substantial research grant funding in the following fiscal year. Projects must be in support of the missions of NIAID or NIDDK.
Award details: Application budgets must reflect the needs of a maximum 5-year project.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-275.html
Application due date: Multiple due dates through 2025. The next due date is October 18, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Program: Computational Models of Influenza Immunity (U01 — Cooperative Agreement)
NOFO #: RFA-AI-23-056
Synopsis: Supports the development of computational models and immunologic studies that will advance our understanding of the requirements for improving anti-influenza immunity, including inducing broad immune protection, and enhancing immune durability that will inform the design of universal or improved seasonal flu vaccines. Projects are expected to lead to a better understanding of how pre-existing immunity and repeat exposures (natural infection and / or vaccines) shape an individual’s immune “landscape.” Predictive modeling of adjuvants/vaccine formulations and experimental validation supported through this program also can enhance host immune responses and provide foundational information for further development of universal and improved seasonal influenza vaccines. In addition to computational models, applicants may propose the development and/or refinement of bioinformatics (data analysis) tools, but only as necessary for the completion of the proposed studies, not as the focus of the application. Data-mining software that retrieves data from databases may be incorporated into proposals but should not be the focus of the application.
Award details: Maximum budget is $750K per year for a maximum project period of 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-23-056.html
Application due date: January 26, 2024.
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NIH / National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Program: NIDA REI (Racial Equality Initiative): Training a Diverse Data Science Workforce for Addiction Research (R25 – Education Projects)
NOFO #: RFA-DA-24-025
Synopsis: Supports educational activities that complement and / or enhance the training of a diverse workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. This NOFO invites R25 applications that propose to train a diverse data science workforce in the drug addiction research field to accelerate the pace of biomedical and socio-behavioral innovation in drug addiction research. It is expected that efforts and resources from this program will foster a greater understanding of the implications in leveraging data science to drug addiction research nationwide utilizing a diverse data science workforce, which will lead to solutions to reduce the burden of drug use, addiction, and their health-related consequences across all populations. Examples of educational topics of interest to NIDA include, but are not limited to:
- Application of data science analytics to accelerate the pace of socio-behavioral innovation in drug addiction research, with an emphasis on engaging end-users in the research continuum.
- Application of data science analytics that re-use data accessible via the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program, NIDA Center for Genetic Studies, or other NIDA-funded initiatives listed in the NOFO.
- Methods and research design that facilitate the data linkage.
- Methods to partnerships/collaborations to provide infrastructure and resources for artificial intelligence / machine learning applications and research, including research on persistent health disparities impacting racial and ethnic minority groups.
Award details: $125K per year for 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-24-025.html
Letter of Intent due date (optional): December 24, 2023.
Application due date: January 24, 2024.
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Announcements of Interest to Dornsife Invetigators
USC Research and Innovation
Department of Contracts and Grants
NewsFLash! NIH has announced an upcoming online webinar on the topic of NIH Subaward Requirements (Domestic and Foreign). Join experts from the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) for a walk-through of various subaward agreements. Gain insight, ask questions, and learn about key policy requirements during this informative and engaging virtual event. Whether you are a principal investigator considering a subaward arrangement with either a domestic or foreign institution or a research administrator eager to deepen your understanding of the prerequisites and regulations governing compliant subaward agreements, this online webinar will serve as a useful resource. The webinar will take place on October 17, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). Two main topics will be covered:
- What are the components of a subaward, and
- What are the key policy requirements
For more info and to register click on the link https://grants.nih.gov/learning-center/nih-subaward-requirements.
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