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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of December 18, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
This week our report includes
- An honor for 1 College faculty member;
- 1 USC Internal funding opportunity;
- Current external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions; and
- An update from DCG on the subaward certifiation form.
This is the final Weekly Report this year. We will return the week of January 8, 2024.
As we sign-off for 2023, we wish each of you a restful winter recess and a joyful holiday season. We look forward to a happy and healthy and peaceful New Year!
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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Accolade
Kelly Luo, Physics and Astronomy, was elected to the American Physical Society Forum on Early Career Scientists (FECS). The FECS provides support and mentorship to post-docs as they navigate through the early stages of their career, whether in academia or industry, in the US or abroad, or even a scientific field other than physics.
USC Internal Funding Opportunity
Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Program: Wrigley Storymakers Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports and trains full-time mid-career researchers —whose primary field of study is environment or sustainability-related topics — in the art of environmental storytelling. Held in residence at the Wrigley Marine Science Center (WMSC) on Catalina Island, the program includes lectures, workshops, studio time for creating original content, and networking opportunities. Instructors are chosen from the best in media, the arts, and publishing.
Award details: Covers all costs associated with program instruction; ground transportation from a local to the boat dock for departure; boat transportation on the USC vessel Miss Christi from San Pedro to the WMSC on Catalina; room, board, and all scheduled activities while on the island including the wrap part; and one night at a departure hotel. Fellows are responsible for all travel to L.A., plus their arrival hotel. The Wrigley Institute will arrange for discounted hotel rates for arrivals. Please note: While Fellows are expected to pick up traveling expenses, lack of funds is not seen as a reason to not participate, and folks who may not have personal funds are encouraged to contact the program.
Announcement on website: https://dornsife-wrigley.usc.edu/engagement/storymakers-program/
Application due date: February 1, 2024. Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The fellowship period is from June 23, 2024, to June 29, 2024.
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External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
(Time sensitive — 1 space)
NSF / Directorate for Geosciences – Division of Earth Sciences
Program: Centers for Innovation and Community Engagement in Solid Earth Geohazards
Solicitation #: NSF 24-515
Synopsis: Supports university-based centers to advance research on the fundamental solid Earth processes that underpin natural hazards. Centers will catalyze, coordinate, and produce transformative research, lead innovation, and enable convergent approaches for systems-level insights that require the collective efforts of a large group of individuals. Centers focus on addressing major, fundamental science challenges for understanding solid Earth geohazards, primarily those related to faulting, volcanoes, mass movements, and other dynamic processes. In particular, the Centers will advance understanding in one or more of the priorities outlined in the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine decadal survey report The Earth in Time, including: What is an earthquake? What drives volcanism? What are the causes and consequences of topographic change? and How can Earth science research reduce the risk and toll of geohazards? Centers will establish partnerships to enable public outreach, hazard mitigation and other community engagement activities.
Award details: In FY 2024, NSF anticipates making up to two new Center Operation awards (up to $3M per year for up to 5 years) as cooperative agreements.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nsf-24-515/
External Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24515/nsf24515.pdf
USC Internal due date: January 12, 2024.
External due date: March 15, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
(2 spaces available)
NSF / Directorate for STEM Education – Division of Undergraduate Education
Program: NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Solicitation #: NSF 24-511
Synopsis: Supports the enabling of low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with a S-STEM eligible degree and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to institutions of higher education (IHEs) not only to fund scholarships, but also to adapt, implement, and study evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities that have been shown to be effective supporting recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM. This solicitation offers support for 3 tracks: (1) Institutional Capacity Building; (2) Implementation at single institution; and (3) Inter-institutional Consortia projects. For tracks 1 and 2 the PI must be either a faculty member who currently teaches a STEM eligible discipline, or an administrator who has taught a STEM eligible discipline in the past 2 years. Track 3 PI must be a faculty member currently teaching in an S-STEM eligible discipline, or an academic administrator who has taught an S-STEM eligible discipline in the past 2 years, or a non-teaching institutional, educational, or social science researcher investigating questions related to low-income student success. The solicitation notes significant revisions from past solicitations for S-STEM.
Award details: Track 1: $1M for up to 6 years; Track 2: $2M for up to 6 years; Track 3: $5M for up to 6 years.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nsf-24-511/
External Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24511/nsf24511.htm
USC Internal due date: January 19, 2024.
External due date: March 11, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
National Endowment for the Arts
Program: Challenge America Grants
Synopsis: Supports, primarily, small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach of the arts to groups and communities with rich and dynamic artistic and cultural contributions to share that are underserved. The program is rooted in principles that include, but are not limited to, our recognition that
- Some groups or communities and some geographic areas with rich cultural identities have limited grant funding opportunities, and / or have been historically underserved by national arts funding;
- Some small organizations may face barriers to accessing grant funding; and
- Some applicants to the NEA may benefit from enhanced technical assistance resources.
First-time applicants to the NEA, as well as previous NEA applicants who have not been recommended for funding in any of the three most recent Fiscal Years (FYs 2022, 2023, or 2024) in any of the following grant programs, are eligible to apply: Grants for Arts projects; Research Grants in the Art or Our Town. Conversely, previous NEA applicants recommended for funding in Grants for Arts Projects, Research Grants in the Arts, or Our Town FY 2021, FY 2022, or FY 2023 are not eligible to apply.
Award details: Awards are $10K and no grant awards can exceed 50% of the project. Additionally, all grants require 1:1 nonfederal cost share / match.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nea-challenge-america/
External announcement on website: https://www.arts.gov/grants/challenge-america
USC Internal due date: January 26, 2024.
Submit to grants.gov due date: April 25, 2024.
External due date: April 30 – May 14, 2024.
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Open Society Foundations
Program: 2024 Soros Equality Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports individual leaders influencing the racial justice field. The Fellowship aims to be flexible and open—a space to incubate new ideas, promote risk-taking, and develop different ways of thinking that challenge and expand our existing assumptions. A successful project should identify a challenge and propose a critical intervention that will meaningfully address the systems that reinforce inequities and discrimination in the United States. Applicants must be able to devote at least 35 hours per week to the project if awarded a Fellowship, and the project must be the applicant’s only full-time work during the course of the Fellowship.
Award details: The award amount for 2023 Fellows was $130K.
Announcement on website: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-equality-fellowship
Application due date: January 31, 2024.
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Program: Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
Synopsis: Supports and recognizes individuals and organizations that contribute to climate action and climate solutions that inspire hope. In selecting a winner, the Prize Jury looks for evidence of transformative solutions and the potential for long-term change; clear, scalable impact with demonstrable benefits for the environment and society; work that inspires and shows active leadership; and ideas that meet the needs of today and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow. The prize is not considered “a lifetime achievement award” or funds for a start-up. It is specifically for work that can scale and benefit communities at both the local and global levels. The money should be used to maximize the impact of the recipient’s work. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Award details: ~$1M
Announcement on website: https://gulbenkian.pt/en/the-foundation/gulbenkian-prize-for-humanity/nominations/
Nominations due date: February 1, 2024.
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Charles Koch Foundation
Program: Postsecondary Education Grants
Synopsis: Supports “social entrepreneurs” and organizations dedicated to providing experiences that put learners in charge of their journey and that foster a commitment to lifelong learning. This transformational redesign will not be restricted to the classroom or campus. It will require a movement of educators, innovators, employers, philanthropists, parents, and others who are committed to helping learners of all ages discover, develop, and apply their talents
Award details: Applicants are required to submit a brief, itemized budget.
Announcement on website: https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/postsecondary-education/
Application due date: Applications evaluated on a rolling basis:
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Sarcoma Foundation of America
Program: 2024 Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports research that results in improved therapeutic options for sarcoma patients. The SFA encourages applications in ALL areas of sarcoma research, but in 2024 a particular focus in funding (though not exclusive) is in leiomyosarcoma and dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
Award details: $50K (no more than 10% for indirect costs). The award may not go to PI salaries, but up to half of the award may be used for salaries of non-faculty postdocs, fellows, and lab technicians.
Announcement on website: https://www.curesarcoma.org/sarcoma-research/sfa-research-grants/
Application due date: February 1, 2024, via proposalCENTRAL.
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Whitehall Foundation
Program: Grant Programs: Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid
Synopsis: Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant. The Grants-in-Aid program is designed for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-aid can also be made to senior scientists. All applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant’s continued productivity.
Award details: Research Grants: $100K per year for 2-3 years; Grants-in-Aid: $30K for 1 year.
Announcement on website: http://www.whitehall.org/grants/
Letter of Intent due date: Grant cycle is 3 times a year. The next LOI is January 15, 2024.
Application due date (invited): Multiple due dates. The next due date is June 1, 2024.
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Department of Interior / Bureau of Land Management
Program: Bureau of Land Management Headquarters – California Forrest and Woodland Resource Management
NOFO #: 2024 L24AS00162
Synopsis: Supports projects focused on high-priority activities that promote forest and woodland health, sustainable forest management, fire resiliency, biomass utilization for bioenergy, habitat conservation needs, and insect, disease, and fire recovery. These activities could include, but are not limited to planting trees, pre-commercial and commercial thinning, salvage/sanitation forest treatments, control of competing vegetation, fuels reduction, riparian or upland restoration, project development and layout, planning analysis and document preparation needed in concert with or to carry out Land Use Planning Decisions, Endangered Species Act or cultural clearances, data collection, and monitoring. Proposals should support one or more of the strategic goals addressing how it affects the bureau as a whole. Program Strategic Goals:
- Implement science-based forest restoration projects to improve forest health and resilience to wildfires, insects, disease, and drought.
- Sustainable harvest of forests and woodlands to produce a continuous supply of wood products and biomass for renewable energy.
- Salvage dead and dying timber to reduce fuels, in balance with the need for wildlife habitat, watershed function, and soil stability, while supporting local economies.
- Provide the public with commercial and personal use opportunities to harvest products such as firewood, Christmas trees, boughs, greenery, medicinal plants, fence posts, and pinyon pine nuts from forests and woodlands.
- Expedite the NEPA processes to accelerate the removal of beetle-killed timber to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire and minimize risks to the recreating public.
Award details: Awards will range from $40K to $300K.
Announcement on Website: California Forrest and Woodland Resource Management
Application due date: February 5, 2024.
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Department of Defense (DoD)
Program: Minerva Research Initiative - University Research
Funding Opportunity #: HQ003424NFOEASD02
Synopsis: Supports research in specific areas of social science and promotes a candid and constructive relationship between DoD and the social science academic community. Minerva supports multidisciplinary and cross-institutional projects addressing specific interest areas determined by the Department of Defense and related to these 8 topics:
- Societal Cohesion in Crisis
- Considering Societal Resilience at Multiple Scales
- Sociotechnical Adaptation to Climate, Food, and Water Stress
- Social Impact of Technological Change
- Parasocial Relationships, Social Media, and Radicalization
- Temporal Orientation and Strategic Considerations
- Evolving Contexts of Deterrence
- War Termination Processes and Prospects
Award details: Minerva anticipates awarding 15 grants, each up to $1M per year with a 3 to 5-year performance period.
Announcement on website: MINERVA 2024
White Papers due: January 16, 2024.
Application due date: April 2, 2024.
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Department of Energy (DoE) / Office of Science (SC)
Program: Early Career Research Program (ECRP)
FOA #: DE-FOA-0003176
Synopsis: Supports the development of individual research programs for outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research careers in the areas supported by the SC. SC will fund research in the following areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP); Nuclear Physics (NP); Isotope Research and Development (R&D) and Production (DOE IP); and Accelerator R&D and Production (ARDAP). Further explication of these program areas can be found in the solicitation.
Award details: Awards will be in the narrow range of $875K over 5 years of performance.
Announcement on website: EARLY CAREER RESEARCH PROGRAM (ECRP)
Pre-Application due date: March 14, 2024.
Application due date (invited): April 25, 2024.
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Department of Energy
Program: Re-X Before Recycling Prize
Synopsis: Supports and awards competitors for the 3-phased Re-X Before Cycling Prize. The 3 phases of the Prize are: Phase 1: Identify! — competitors will identify a new or expanded Re-X supply chain opportunity including potential community benefits and create a plan to develop the innovation needed to realize the opportunity; Phase 2: Prepare!: competitors, including participants from Phase 1: Identify! as well as new competitors, will deepen their insight into the opportunity, refine their plan to develop their innovation, and activate a network of partners and mentors to help advance their proposed innovation; and Phase 3: Develop!: competitors will make progress executing their plan, further their network development and community engagement, and prepare a plan for how they will continue to advance the innovation post-prize.
Award details: Phase 1: $50K in cash and up to $5K of consultation from one of the identified national laboratories for 3-5 months project duration; Phase 2: $150K in cash and up to $100K in technical assistance for analysis provided by one of the identified national laboratories 6-month project duration; Phase 3: $500K in cash for a project duration of 12 months.
Announcement on website: Re-X Before Recycling Prize
Application due date: Phase 1 due date: March 24, 2024; Phase 2 due date: October 16, 2024; Phase 3 due date: December 8, 2025.
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NSF / Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences – Division of Astronomical Sciences
Program: Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE)
Solicitation #: NSF 24-516
Synopsis: Supports the development of formal, long-term partnerships that provide authentic pathways into the research enterprise and broaden participation in astronomy by encouraging proposals from the full spectrum of talent across society to include individuals from groups that have been historically underrepresented. Partnerships must substantially involve institutions seeking to create opportunities for student and faculty research that will increase the recruitment, retention, and success of these individuals. It is expected that the partnerships will build or strengthen research capacity, as well as foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment for astronomy and astrophysics research and education at the partnering institutions. The social and professional climate is crucial to developing the scientific identity of students in the astronomy research enterprise, so mentoring, cohort building and professional development must be integral aspects of the programs. To summarize, the purpose of this continuing PAARE solicitation is to: (1) encourage new partnerships following that model; (2) expand this opportunity to a wide range of eligible institutions; and (3) encourage programs to develop future partnerships, which may involve NSF's astronomical observatories.
Award details: Program funding is $1.5M. Proposals for fully developed partnership concepts may request up to 5 years of support. Shorter-term proposals (1 to 2 years) to develop new partnerships are also encouraged.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24516/nsf24516.pdf
Proposal due dates: Multiple due dates. The next due date is March 12, 2024.
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NSF / Across all Directorates
Program: Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
Solicitation #: NSF 24-519
Synopsis: Supports fundamental, exploratory, potentially transformative, human-centered, and use-inspired research aimed at strengthening America's infrastructure. Activities ought to specifically encourage connections from across science and engineering disciplines, with a special focus on how basic knowledge of human reasoning, decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes enables efforts to envision, build and maintain effective infrastructure that improves lives. Proposals should focus on infrastructure that produces broad societal impact, such as infrastructure that supports, for example, transportation (including public access, roads, and vehicles), energy (including electricity, gas, solar, and renewable), water and water management (including storms and floods), informatics and computing technology, national security infrastructure, built environments, and infrastructure supporting conservation and commerce. Areas that present the greatest societal challenges are of special interest, including equitable access to and benefit from infrastructure, sustainability, climate impact and disaster mitigation, economic resilience, emerging technologies, and future safety, productivity, and security for all citizens. Submitted projects must be organized around social, behavioral, or economic science concepts and offer the potential to substantially improve, strengthen, and transform the design, development, use, deployment, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and maintenance of American infrastructure.
Award details: Anticipated program funding is $19.6M for up to 15 awards.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24519/nsf24519.pdf
Full proposal due date: March 12, 2024.
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NSF / Multiple Directorates (including MPS divisions of chemistry, materials research, and STEM) and industrial partners — Intel Corporation, Ericsson, Inc., Samsung, and Micron
Program: Future of Semiconductors (FuSe2)
Solicitation #: NSF 24-521
Synopsis: Supports holistic, co-design efforts that enable rapid progress in new semiconductor technologies. The program leverages partnerships between industry and academic institutions to spur innovation and technology transfer, inform research needs, and train the future workforce. This program seeks to fund collaborative team research that transcends the traditional boundaries of individual disciplines to achieve program goals. The 3 research topic areas identified for support in FY 2024 under this solicitation are Topic 1. Collaborative Research in Domain-Specific Computing. Topic 2. Advanced Function and High-Performance by Heterogenous Integration. Topic 3. New Materials for Energy-Efficient, Enhanced-Performance and Sustainable Semiconductor-Based Systems.
Award details: An anticipated 20 awards will be made in 2024 for up to $2M each for a period of performance of 3 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24521/nsf24521.pdf
Proposal due date: March 14, 2024.
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Announcement of Interest for Dornsife Investigators
Office of Research and Innovation
Department of Contracts and Grants
December 18, 2023 UPDATE: The Department of Contracts and Grants (DCG), in collaboration with the Office of Ethics, Culture, and Compliance has updated the Subaward Certification Form to address and incorporate sponsor compliance requirements. The updated form can be found on the Subawards page of the DCG website. Please contact your DCG officer with questions or post your inquiries on the DCG Slack Channel
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Book Cover: Legal Writing for the Undergraduate (Aspen Criminal Justice) (Aspen Publishing 2022)
Antonio C. Elefano, The Writing Program
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