FUNDAMENTALS Newsletter August 2022
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Research Highlight | New research demonstrates connections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya
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DARPA Forward Event Series, Summer/Fall 2022
DARPA Forward is taking national security innovation on the road. From August to December 2022, six regional events held at leading research and development universities nationwide will connect Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leaders with new communities of talent and partnerships. The ultimate goal: to energize regional and national innovation ecosystems, fuel breakthroughs in national security, and help deliver the U.S. technological advantage.
DARPA Forward participants will hear from world-renowned scientists, accomplished innovators, and senior defense leaders about new capabilities as well as the rapidly evolving challenges faced by warfighters. As these will be hybrid conferences, DARPA invites you to join them in person for one event and virtually for as many as you'd like!
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Nominate your student or postdoc for the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology and Medicine)
Campus nominations are being solicited for students and postdocs to be selected as UC President’s Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows in 2023. This program will provide funding for up to 20 students (or postdocs) from the UC system to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology and Medicine), featuring recipients of the Nobel Prizes in Physiology and Medicine, being held from June 25 to June 30, 2023.
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NSF DCL: Supplements for Access to Semiconductor Fabrication (ASF)
With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (ENG), the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), and the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) wish to notify the community of a new supplement program that will support access to semiconductor fabrication for principal investigators (PIs) of currently active awards in ENG, CISE, and Divisions of Materials Research (DMR) and Chemistry (CHE) in MPS. These supplemental funding requests are specifically targeted to support fabrication of research devices and systems through standard semiconductor fabrication facilities. The award supplements must be justified with a plan that includes specific fabrication parameters. Prospective PIs are encouraged to contact the cognizant Program Director prior to submission.
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August Research Development & Grant Writing News
The Office of Research subscribes to a Grantwriting Newsletter from Academic Research Funding Strategies. This is a monthly newsletter containing articles relevant to faculty and campus researchers on grant writing, funding agencies, etc., and is available to the UCSB community via the link below. Log into your UCSB Google account to access them.
- Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
- Fitting Your Research Topic to a Funder’s Mission
- NSF GRANTED: Broadening Participation in STEM
- Reading the Funding Tea Leaves: How to Anticipate New Funding Opportunities
- NSF Partnership to Advance Conservation Science
- Reviewing and Editing USDA Foundational Grants
- So You’ve Submitted Your CAREER Proposal: What Now?
- Proposal Pet Peeves
- The Role of the Project Evaluator on the Writing Team
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Webinars, Awards, Call for Papers
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NIH Webinars on Data Management
In this second webinar of the series, we will expand upon the information presented in the first webinar and dive deeper into topics including privacy protections for data from human participants and justifiable limitations on sharing data.
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NSF Alan T. Waterman Award
NSF is seeking nominations for exceptional candidates that represent the diversity of the nation. Nominations for the 2023 Alan T Waterman Award will be accepted from July 18 to September 16, 2022.
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NSF Dear Colleague Letters
Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs) are released as needed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to inform the NSF research community of relevant requests for information, upcoming opportunities, and policy changes.
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The Office of Research administers the campus selection process for most limited submission competitions. Limited Submission programs restrict the number of applications, nominations, or proposals that an institution is eligible to submit to an agency. See the full limited submission procedures and guidelines.
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Highlighted Funding Opportunities
The FY 2023 competitions will be centered around the four high-priority climate risk areas: (1) Coastal Inundation, (2) Marine Ecosystems, (3) Water Resources, and (4) Extreme Heat. The six competitions for FY 2023 are:
- Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4): Methane across scales
- Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM): Precipitation-related Dataset Development and Analysis
- Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections-National Integrated Drought Information System (MAPP-NIDIS): Science for the 21st Century Western U.S. Hydroclimate
- Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP): Climate Futures: Projections for Societally-Relevant Problems
- Earth’s Radiation Budget, AC4, and Climate Variability and Predictability (ERB, AC4 and CVP): Applications of satellite data to aerosol research
- Climate and Fisheries Adaptation (CAFA): Promoting resilience and adaptation of U.S. marine fisheries and fishing communities
NOAA anticipates granting 90 awards across all six competitions. Expected award amounts vary by each competition. Letters of Intent are due by 5:00p ET on September 1, 2022, and full applications are due by 5:00p ET on November 21, 2022.
Full Proposal due November 30, 2022 The Collaborative Research program aims to advance humanistic knowledge by fostering rich scholarship that a single researcher could not accomplish working alone. The program supports sustained collaboration by teams of two or more scholars. Teams may propose research in a single field of study or interdisciplinary work. NEH encourages projects that incorporate multiple points of view and pursue new avenues of inquiry in the humanities. Learn More.
Full Proposal due September 15, 2022 The Sony Research Award Program provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers. With awards up to $150,000 USD* per year for each accepted proposal, both the Faculty Innovation Award and Focused Research Award create new opportunities for university faculties and research institutions to engage in pioneering research that could drive new technologies, industries and the future. Learn More
White Paper Deadline: October 28, 2022 (required) This FOA seeks distinguished researchers for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the DoD and fostering long-term relationships between the VBFF Fellows and the DoD. VBFF is oriented towards bold and ambitious “blue sky” research that may lead to extraordinary outcomes such as revolutionizing entire disciplines, creating entirely new fields, or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives. Learn More.
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Find Funding With Pivot
Take advantage of UC Santa Barbara's subscription to Pivot, a comprehensive funding opportunities database that features customized funding searches, funding opportunity tracking, deadline alerts, and more. Pivot is available to faculty, staff and students. Acess is available via campus network, or you may access from off-campus by signing up for an account with your UCSB email address.
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Curated Funding Lists
Research Development maintains curated lists of funding opportunities of relevance to UCSB faculty. These opportunities are anticipated to have broad interest on campus. To access all curated funding opportunities, log into your Pivot account.
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