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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of November 27, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
As we return after, hopefully, a relaxing holiday, we now begin the wind down of the 2023 fall semester. This week's report includes
- External funding success for 2 Dornsife faculty members;
- Many current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 3 limited submissions and 2 opportunities from Dornsife Corporate and Foundation Relations;
- Announcement from DCG that will be of inteterst to Dornsife Investigators and Department Administrators.
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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External Funding Successes
Xiaohui Chen, Mathematics, CAREER: Computer-Intensive Statistical Inference on High-Dimensional and Massive Data: From Theoretical Foundations to Practical Computations, National Science Foundation
Henrike Moll, Psychology, The Anatomy of Agency: A Cross-Cultural Experimental Philosophy of Religion Investigation into Causation, Free Will, and Responsibility, California State University, Fullerton
External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
(Time sensitive )
Environmental Protection Agency
Program: Hydrofluorocarbon Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants
Funding Opportunity #: EPA-R-OAR-HFC-24-01
Synopsis: Supports the development of projects for hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) reclamation and innovative destruction technologies. The objectives of the HFC Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants, are to support and contribute to addressing HFCs under the AIM Act by funding the following three project areas:
(1) Reclaim Technologies – pilot projects for new/better technologies to increase the reclamation of HFCs by expanding access to reclamation and improving the reclamation process;
(2) Reclaim Market Dynamics – programs or pilot projects for innovative strategies that address market dynamics to increase HFC reclamation by lowering barriers; or
(3) Innovative Destruction Technologies – pilot projects for innovative technologies or innovative deployment of technologies to destroy unusable and/or unwanted HFCs.
Successful projects should result in climate benefits by increasing the availability of reclaimed HFCs for reuse, thus decreasing the need for the production of new HFCs, and reducing emissions of HFCs, especially at their end-of-life
Award details: Project Area 1: $3M to $5M; Project Area 2: $450K to $1.5M; Project 3: $3M to $5M. The maximum period of performance is 5 years.
USC Internal Announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/epa-r-oar-hfc-24-01/
External Announcement: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/hfc-reclaim-and-innovative-destruction-grants
USC Internal due date: December 5, 2023.
Information Session date: December 7, 2023.
Letter of Intent due date (Optional): December 15, 2023.
External due date: February 16, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
(Time Sensitive)
Department of State
Program: Response to Sexual Gender-based Violence (GBV)
NOFO #: OF0P0001260
Synopsis: Supports projects that increase access to justice for women and vulnerable groups that have experienced GBV by improving the capacities of the justice sector and law enforcement institutions that provide victims’ services. The project aims to ensure basic standards for victim attention, reduce revictimization, and reduce impunity. It aligns with all five pillars of the administration’s root causes strategy, by creating economic opportunities for women (Pillar I); advancing the rule of law by ensuring access to justice (Pillar II); promoting respect for human rights (Pillar III); countering and preventing violence (Pillar IV); and combating sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence (Pillar V). It specifically advances the objectives of the 2019 U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security, by working with partner country institutions to promote the protection of women and girls’ human rights and safety from violence, abuse, and exploitation, including by working with cooperating governments to hold perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence accountable. Please see the specific objectives for this funding opportunity.
Award details: $1.3M to $1.5M over a project period of 4 years.
USC Internal Announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/department-of-state-ofop0001260/
External announcement: Response to Gender-Based Violence
USC Internal due date: December 8, 2023.
External due date: January 12, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
NIH / National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Program: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) – (T32 – Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA))
NOFO #: PAR-24-031
Synopsis: Supports eligible, domestic organizations to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical graduate training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation. The solicitation includes objectives of this funding opportunity, as well as the expectations of funded programs. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read information about the IMSD program found on the NIGMS website and to contact program staff before preparing or submitting an application to verify that the proposed program is eligible and in alignment with NIGMS funding priorities.
Award details: Budget request should reflect expenses for a project of up to 5 years.
USC Internal Announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-24-031/
External announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-031.html
USC Internal due date: December 15, 2023.
External due date: January 29, 2024.
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Ezra Jack Keats Foundation (in partnership with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection)
Program: Ezra Jack Keats Award - The New Writer Award
Synopsis: Supports, recognizes, and encourages emerging talent in the field of children’s books. Many past winners have gone on to distinguished careers, creating books beloved by parents, children, librarians, and teachers worldwide. A distinguished selection committee of early childhood education specialists, librarians, illustrators, and experts in children’s literature reviews the entries, seeking books that portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family, and the multicultural nature of our world. To be eligible, the author will have no more than three books published under any name, before the book under consideration. Both U.S. and international writers are eligible for books that are published in North America, and in the English language. Both U. S. and international artists are eligible for books that are published in North America, and in the English language.
Award details: Includes a cash prize as part of the award.
Announcement on website: https://www.degrummond.org/ezra-jack-keats-book-award-guidelin
Submission due date: December 15, 2023.
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Program: Jacob Hirsch Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports U.S. or Israeli citizens who are either Ph.D. candidates writing their dissertations in archaeology, or early-career scholars (Ph.D. earned within the last five years) completing a project that requires a lengthy residence in Greece. Applicants can propose to use any of the School’s research facilities, as long as their research topic has an archaeological component.
Award details: Stipend of $11.5K plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees. Meals, Monday through Friday, are provided at Loring Hall. The fellow is expected to be engaged full-time in the supported research from early September 2024 to late May 2025.
Announcement on website: https://ascsa.submittable.com/submit/271324/hirsch-application
Application due date: January 15, 2024.
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Program: Kathryn and Peter Yatrakis Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports early career scholars (5 years or less postdoc, or Ph.D. student) of all nationalities for research on topics that require the use of the Gennadius Library. Opened in 1926 with the 26,000-volume collection of diplomat and bibliophile Joannes Gennadius, the Gennadius Library houses today 145,000 titles of rare books and bindings, research materials, manuscripts, archives, and works of art that illuminate Hellenism, Greece, and neighboring civilizations from antiquity to modern times. Rare maps of the Mediterranean, early editions of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and a laurel wreath belonging to Lord Byron are just some of the unique items.
Award details: Stipend of $11.5K plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees. Meals, Monday through Friday, are provided at Loring Hall. The fellow is expected to be engaged full-time in the supported research from early September 2024 to late May 2025 and is expected to participate in the academic life of the School.
Announcement on website: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral#Yatrakis
Application due date: January 15, 2024.
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Program: M. Alison Frantz Fellowship in Post-Classical Studies at the Gennadius Library
Synopsis: Supports early career scholars (5 years or less postdoc, or Ph.D. student) of all nationalities whose research project focuses on Late Antique through Modern Greek Studies, including but not limited to the Byzantine, Frankish, Post-Byzantine, and Ottoman periods should demonstrate their need to work in the Gennadius Library. Fellowship named in honor of archaeologist, Byzantinist, and photographer M. Alison Frantz (1903–1995), a scholar of the post-classical Athenian Agora whose photographs of antiquities appear widely in books on Greek culture.
Award details: Stipend of $11.5K plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees. Meals, Monday through Friday, are provided at Loring Hall. The fellow is expected to be engaged full-time in the supported research from early September 2024 to late May 2025 and is expected to participate in the academic life of the School.
Announcement on website: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowships-and-grants/graduate-and-postdoctoral#FrantzFellowship
Application due date: January 15, 2024.
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American Council of Learned Societies
Program: The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
Synopsis: Supports institutions of higher education to apply for grants in support of teaching positions in Buddhist studies. The proposed position must be new and must contribute significantly to the institution, such as when an existing program in Buddhist studies is in clear need of additional support.
Award details: Up to $300K to support new professor’s salary, benefits, and research expenses over 4 years. No indirect support is allowed. Additionally, the proposal must include a multi-year plan for matching at least one-third of Foundation funding over the grant period.
Announcement on website: https://www.acls.org/competitions/the-robert-h-n-ho-family-foundation-new-professorships-in-buddhist-studies/
Proposal due date: January 18, 2024.
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American Psychological Foundation / Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
Program: APF/Division 29 Early Career Award (formerly The Jack D. Krasner Memorial Award)
Synopsis: Supports early career psychologistspsychologist (10 years or less postdoctoral) who demonstrate accomplishment and achievement related to psychotherapy theory, practice, research, or training. Applicants must be members of Division 29. No self-nominations.
Award details: $1K
Announcement on website: https://apf.apa.org/funding/division-29-early-career-award/
Nominations due date: December 31, 2023.
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Simons Foundation / Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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 an established domestic or foreign higher education institution or research center. There are no citizenship requirements. Encourages applications from underrepresented groups, including those coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Award details: There is no assumed level of funding. The funding level and duration (up to 5 years) is flexible and should be appropriate based on the type of support requested in the proposal.
Announcement on website: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/targeted-grants-in-mps/
Letter of Intent: Rolling. Applicants will hear within 2 months of submission whether to apply for a full proposal.
Full proposal due date: The proposal due date will be noted in the agency'sagency response to LOI. The proposer will be notified in 3 months of whether funding is recommended.
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The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (ASSM) Foundation
Program: The Bridge to Success for Early Career Investigators is an AASM Foundation
Synopsis: Supports mentored and promising early career sleep and circadian scientists (at various career stages) for bridge funding, but whose application for a career development award (e.g., an NIH K award, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or an equivalent career development award from another federal or non-federal funding agency) was not within, or likely not to be in the funding range. The program aims to assist investigators at a critical juncture in their career where bridge funding can determine whether a promising sleep and circadian scientist stays in the sleep field or moves to a different career track. The funding provides support during the periodperiod of time needed for revision and resubmission of a promising application in response to reviewer critiques.
Award details: Total award, including direct and indirect costs, may be up to $100K for 1 year.
Announcement on website: https://foundation.aasm.org/bridge-success-award-early-investigators/
Application due date: January 8, 2024.
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Stranahan Foundation
Program: Spring 2024 Early Childhood Education Request for Proposals
Synopsis: Supports approaches and models designed to 1) build early childhood professionals’ knowledge, skills, and classroom practices to support children’s behavioral and social-emotional health and/or 2) grow the pipeline of high-quality educators in early childhood settings. Additional consideration will be given to projects that (1) have a strong track record of working with early childhood education professionals to produce positive learning outcomes for young children, especially children from low-income families; (2) possess a deep understanding of how race, ethnicity, language, socio-economic status, and other factors impact access to high-quality early childhood education and career opportunities for early childhood professionals; (3) whose organization leadership represent the communities most affected by disparities in early childhood outcomes; (4) provides an opportunity to expand, pilot, or develop promising early-stage ideas with a clear rationale for how time-limited funding will enable the proposal to reach its long-term goals; and (5) has the potential to expand and deepen impact on early childhood professionals and young children after the proposed grant ends.
Award details: Up to a total of $150K over no more than three years. Note: While awards for individual projects will vary, Stranahan anticipate the average grant size to be $80,000 for two years.
Announcement on website: https://www.stranahanfoundation.org/main/early-childhood-education-funding-cycle/
Letters of Intent due date: January 16, 2024.
Full Proposal due date (invited): March 20, 2024.
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American Epilepsy Society (AES)
Program: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports existing postdoctoral trainees conducting research into the causes, treatment, and consequences of epilepsy under the guidance of a mentor with epilepsy research. Applicants to the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship have the option of applying for an additional supplementary training award to attend a high-quality training course or conference that will supplement the training received during their award. Virtual or in-person training opportunities may be considered. Applications for this supplemental support must be submitted alongside the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship application but will not affect the likelihood of receiving an award. Proposals are welcomed across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical epilepsy research.
Award details: Up to $49K for stipend and / or benefits, $1K for travel support to the AES annual meeting, as well as one year of complimentary AES membership and registration for the AES annual meeting
Announcement on website: https://www.aesnet.org/research-funding/funding/early-career/postdoctoral-research-fellowships
Application due date: January 18, 2024. The award may begin anytime between July 1, 2024 and October 1, 2024.
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR)
Program: UC SAREP Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
2024-25 Small Grants Program
Synopsis: Supports projects that build the capacity of farming and food systems businesses and organizations to become reflective, adaptive learning organizations that can respond effectively to ecological, economic, and social change and disruption. Seeks proposals in 2 priority areas: (1) Support California’s farmers, ranchers, and land stewards of all scales in piloting and transitioning to, for example, environmentally regenerative approaches to producing crops and livestock (including but not limited to soil health, organic and agroecological practices, integrated pest management, crop diversification); pathways for realizing economic return from ecologically-sound crop management practices and fair labor practices. (2) Support California’s rural, urban, and Tribal communities in identifying and implementing strategies to, for example, expand access to healthy, sustainably produced, culturally appropriate foods; strengthen connections between consumers and producers; and minimize the community and environmental costs of food production and distribution.
Award details: Individual grants will be limited to a maximum of $10,000, with one Applied Research Grant awarded up to $20,000
Announcement on website: https://sarep.ucdavis.edu/grantsFY24-25
Application due date: January 9, 2024.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education
Program: Institutes for Higher Education Faculty
NOFO #: 20240214-EH-ES
Synopsis: Supports professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of humanities and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.
Award details: $220K for 15 months.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/institutes-higher-education-faculty
Pre-recorded webinar: December 12, 2023.
Optional draft due: January 5, 2024.
Application due date: February 14, 2024.
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United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
Program: Help America Vote College Program – Mini Grant Program
Funding #: EAC-23-002
Synopsis: Supports institutes of higher education to recruit, train, and support students serving as poll workers on Election Day. The information in this NOFO is specific to the Service Day Mini-Grant Program introduced in 2023. The Mini-Grant Program is designed to stimulate community action on college campuses and increase the visibility of the EAC’s National Poll Worker Recruitment Day and Help America Vote Day.: 1) Encourage students enrolled at institutions of higher education to assist State and local governments in the administration of elections by serving as nonpartisan poll workers or assistants; 2) Encourage college students to become cognizant of the elections process and civic education, and to assist in the administration of elections in their community; and 3) Encourage state and local governments
to use the services of the students participating in the program. College Student means any individual enrolled either on a part-time or full-time basis in any undergraduate, graduate, or professional college accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in the United States.
Award details: $3K to $10K.
Announcement on website: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/22/2023-25817/help-america-vote-college-program-service-day-mini-grant-program
Application due date: December 18, 2023.
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National Archives / National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Program: Major Collaborative Archival Initiatives
Funding Opportunity Number: MAJOR-202405
Synopsis: Supports projects that promote access to America's historical records to encourage understanding of our democracy, history, and culture. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio and moving images. Projects may focus on broad movements in U.S. history, such as law, politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, etc. or on the papers of individual figure(s) in American history. Major Collaborative Archival Initiatives must be collaborations among multiple institutions that undertake either of these two eligible activities to:
- digitize and publish as a “virtual” collection of online historical records housed at multiple repositories but centered on a common theme, organization, or important historical figure(s); or
- create and test new tools and methods for the archival field to enhance public access, especially for born-digital records.
Projects that actively engage the public in the work of the project will be more competitive.
Award details: $150K to $350K for 1 to 3 years. Smaller projects requiring less than $150K should be discussed with the Archival Projects cognizant program official.
Announcement on website: https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/major-25
Application due date: May 8, 2024.
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USDA / National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Program: Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program – Organic Transitions for FY 2024
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-NIFA-ICGP-010290
Synopsis: Supports the development and implementation of research, extension, and higher education programs to improve the competitiveness of U.S. organic livestock and crop producers, as well as those who are adopting organic practices. Priority areas are (1) Document and understand the effects of organic practices on soil health and fertility, etc.; (2) Improved technologies, methods, models, and metrics to document, describe, and optimize the ecosystem services and the climate change adaptation and mitigation ability of organic crop, livestock, and integrated crop-livestock production; (3) Develop cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National Organic Program’s (NOP) the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances; and (4) This priority should address major barriers that limit the transition to organic agriculture in a specific region, crop, or animal production system and develop practical information and tools for producer use.
Award details: Awards range from $20K to $1M.
Announcement on website: NIFA Competitive Grants – Organic Transitions
Application due date: March 7. 2024.
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NSF / Multiple Directorates (including Biological Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences)
Program: Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI-2024/25) - Biocomputing through EnGINeering Organoid Intelligence (BEGIN OI)
Solicitation #: NSF 24-508
Synopsis: Supports foundational and transformative research to advance the design, engineering, and fabrication of organoid systems that are capable of processing information dynamically while interfacing with non-living systems. EFRI BEGIN OI supports a broad interpretation of in vitro biological “intelligent systems” to include the capture of real-world input, autonomous processing in an engineered biological construct, and generating an output that drives an engineered system. “Intelligence” and “learning” have unique meanings for different communities in biology, cognitive science, and computer science, and a minimum of one PI and two co-PIs must participate in each proposal. Either the PI or one of the co-PIs must have a full-time, tenured, or tenure-track faculty appointment within a College/Department of Engineering.
Award details: Each project team may receive support of up to a total of $2M spread over four years.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24508/nsf24508.pdf
Letter of Intent due dates: January 17 2024 and September 12, 2024.
Full Proposal due dates: February 22, 2024, and December 12, 2024.
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***From Corporate and Foundation Relations***
(Contact Kerri Bennett <kerriben@usc.edu>)
General Mills
Program: Solutions for frozen food packaging and transportation
Synopsis: General Mills is seeking technologies to replace the use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) delivery packaging for frozen food. Potential solutions include better infrastructure and refrigeration equipment, optimized logistics, and new or novel delivery packaging.
Award details: $50K
Announcement on website: Solutions for frozen food packaging and transportation
Proposal due date: December 31, 2023
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Neogen
Program: Elimination of free nucleic acid from samples used in molecular tests
Synopsis: Neogen is seeking methodologies and/or equipment that eliminate the nucleic acids of non-living cells within a sample.
Award details: Up to $100K for 6-9 month project
Announcement on website:
Elimination of free nucleic acid from samples used in molecular tests
Proposal due date: December 31, 2023.
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Announcements of Interest for Dornsife Investigators
Office of Research and Innovation
Department of Contracts and Grants
DCG has issued a NewsFlash! announcing DCG’s collaboration with Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) on the updated Unobligated Transfer Form to collect information consistent with the new Cayuse and Workday systems. More info may found here.
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Book Cover: A Pefectionist Theory of Justice (Oxford University Press, November 2022)
Collis Tahzib, Philosophy
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