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Descripton at end of newsletter Week of June 5, 2023
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Greetings Dornsife Faculty,
In this week's report you will find
- Accolade(s) for 1 Dornsife faculty member!
- Funding success for 2 Sociology faculty;
- An internal funding opportunity directly from the Office of Research and Innovation;
- Many current external funding opportunities including 2 limited submissions;
- A one-pager from NIH's Division of Human Subjects Research that provides useful info for investigators who work with human subjects, courtesy Department of Contracts and Grants.
Best regards,
Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration & Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist
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Accolade
Jessica Marglin, Religion, has been awarded the James Willard Hurst Prize for her tome, The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Mediterranean (Princeton University Press, November 2022), by the Law and Society Association. The Hurst Prize is awarded for the best work in socio-legal history published in the previous year. The Shamama Case was also prizewinner as the best book by the Mediterranean Seminar, an ancillary of the Law and Society Association.
External Funding Successes
Paul Lichterman, Sociology, Imagining Inclusion: How Muslim Ethno-Religious Advocates Craft Public Images in U.S. Civic Life, American Sociological Association
Ann Owens, Sociology, Investigating Heterogeneous Neighborhood Effects on School Readiness by Child Race / Ethnicity and Income Background: 1997-2019, American Sociological Association
USC Internal Funding Opportunity
USC Office of Research and Innovation
Program: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Research Program — Request for Proposals
Synopsis: Supports projects that will explore the transformative impact of GenAI on the world, including its potential capacity to unleash human potential. Funding is available for researchers from across USC schools and disciplines. The GenAI Research Program will provide researchers with funds to engage in activities that will be valuable in enhancing the competitiveness of future GenAI grant proposals submitted to external sponsors. While financial support may be obtained from any external sponsor, proposals that target federal funding agencies are of greatest interest. The GenAI Research Program will consist of three subprograms: (1) Building GenAI Research Networks; (2) GenAI Research Award; and (3) Collaborative GenAI Research Award. All funds will be awarded after the completion of a competitive scientific peer review and a programmatic review. Activities supported include workshops for planning innovative research projects, ongoing or planned research, and the development of research collaborations across multiple USC schools. The project period for awards made under this program will be one year. Both tenure-track and non-tenure track full time faculty members are eligible to apply.
Award details: Available funding and anticipated number of awards for each subprogram: Building GenAI Research Networks: $100K (2 awards); GenAI Research Award: $150K (2 awards); and Collaborative GenAI Research Award: $100K (1 award). Maximum project period is 1 year for all three subprograms.
Announcement on website: https://rii.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/Gen-AI-Seed-Grant-RFP_060523.pdf
Proposal due date: September 4, 2023. September 4th annually
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External Funding Opportunities
***Limited Submission***
The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Program: 2024 Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Program
Synopsis: Supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. The Award is based on an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of their appointment and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.
Award details: $100K. No indirect expenses allowed. $7.5K may be used for departmental costs.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/camille-dreyfus/
External announcement on website: https://www.dreyfus.org/camille-dreyfus-teacher-scholar/
USC Internal due date: October 6, 2023.
External due date: February 1, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***
NIH / National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Program: Bridges to the Doctorate Research Program (T32 — Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA))
NOFO #: PAR-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.
Award details: Requested budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project for a period up to 5 years.
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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Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB)
Program: 2023 Current Issues Fund
Synopsis: Supports production and post-production for documentary films from the Latino-American perspective that explore contemporary civic and social justice issues, incorporate a journalistic approach into the filmmaking process and have resonance for a U.S. national audience. LPB is looking for stories that explore timely issues, demonstrate artistic storytelling, and have the potential to engage communities in civic discourse beyond the broadcast. Latino/a must be the director and or producer.
Award details: Production: $40K - $100K
Announcement on website: https://lpbp.org/current-issues-fund-guidelines/
Application due date: June 21, 2023.
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American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) / Mellon Foundation
Program: ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants
Synopsis: Supports projects that pursue any of the following activities
- Engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities, including (but not limited to) Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities; people with disabilities; and queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people.
- Advance beyond the prototyping or proof-of-concept phase and articulates the next financial, technological, and intellectual phases of project development.
- Cultivate greater openness to new sources of knowledge and strategic approaches to content building and knowledge dissemination.
- Support teams of scholars committed to exploring and pursuing the best available means for their projects’ long-term sustainability and impact.
This program addresses the inequities in the distribution of access to tools and support for digital work among scholars across various fields, those working with under-utilized or understudied source materials, and those in institutions with less support for digital projects. Principal investigator must be a scholar in a field of the humanities of the interpretative social sciences. Projects must demonstrate evidence of significant preliminary work as well as a record of accomplishment and impact with scholarly audiences.
Award details: Awards range from $50K to $100K over 12-18-month project period. Projects must be initiated between July 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.
Announcement on website: https://www.acls.org/competitions/acls-digital-justice-development-grants/
Application due date: December 15, 2023.
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Program: AACR-Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson Stimulating Therapeutic Advances Through Research Training (START) Grant
Synopsis: Supports postdoctoral or clinical research fellows who are female or are from underrepresented groups to combine research experiences in both academic and industry settings, following a research timeline that will of greatest benefit to the proposed work. Seeks both translational and clinical research that pertains to lung cancer. Proposals focused on mechanisms linking immunogenic cell death pathways to the amplification of innate and adaptive immunity, immunobiology of non-small cell lung cancers, and mechanisms of acquired resistance to immunotherapies are highly encouraged. Applicants must have begun their mentored postdoctoral research program within the last 3 years (after September 2020).
Award details: $225K over 2 years. As this fellowship is intended to support the salary and benefits of the fellow, applicants must dedicate at least 50% effort to the proposed project for the two year-term spent at the institution. Up to $2K may be allocated from the grant to support the grantee required ’s registration and attendance at AACR Annual Meeting to accept award
Announcement on website: https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-START-PG-2.pdf
Application due date: June 21, 2023.
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Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Program: 2023 Cottrell Scholar Award
Synopsis: Supports tenure-track faculty who hold primary or courtesy appointments in chemistry, physics, or astronomy departments that offer bachelor's and/or graduate degrees in the applicant's discipline. The award is available to early career faculty at United States and Canadian research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions. The ability of applicants to mount a strong and innovative research program, achieve excellence in education, and develop effective academic citizenship skills are key criteria in the selection process. For the 2023 proposal cycle, eligibility is limited to faculty members who started their first tenure-track appointment at any time in the calendar year 2020. Accommodations are made for faculty who have taken maternity or paternity leave or experienced medical conditions or research delays that prompted a tenure clock extension.
Award details: Total award is $120K over the 3-year project.
Announcement on website: https://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars/guidelines
Application due date: July 1, 2023.
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Program: The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Synopsis: Supports early-career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. Research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative, and, if successful, have a strong potential for high impact in the cancer field. Basic and translational/clinical projects will be considered. Applicants with a background in multiple disciplines are encouraged to apply, and joint submissions from two collaborators working in different disciplines will be considered. While applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens, applicants must conduct independent research at a U.S. institution. Applicants must be tenure-track Assistant Professors within the first five (5) years of obtaining their initial Assistant Professor position (Cut-off date: July 1, 2018) or Distinguished Fellows with an exceptional record of research accomplishment identified by their institution to pursue an independent research program and who have dedicated laboratory space. These candidates are markedly distinct from traditional postdoctoral fellows.
Award details: Grants of $200K a year for two years will be awarded, along with the opportunity for up to two additional years of funding (up to four years total for $80oK).
Announcement on website: https://www.damonrunyon.org/for-scientists/application-guidelines/innovation
Application due date: July 6, 2023.
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St. Baldrick's Foundation
Program: Infrastructure Awards
Synopsis: Supports U.S institutions with the potential for more participation in
childhood cancer clinical trials, but which currently lack necessary resources. Applications to support Clinical Research Associate (CRA) type positions are preferred. Preference is given to institutions with high needs and low philanthropic support in geographical areas where St. Baldrick’s funds are raised. Institutions that do not currently receive other St. Baldrick’s grants are also given preference. Funds may not be used for embryonic stem cell research.
Award details: $25K - $50K for 1 year.
Announcement on website: https://www.stbaldricks.org/file/sbf-infrastructure-grant-guidelines.pdf
Letter of Intent due date: July 7, 2023.
Application due date: August 25, 2023.
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Glaucoma Research Foundation
Program: Shaffer Grants
Synopsis: Supports new high-impact clinical, epidemiological and laboratory research based on the Foundation’s two strategic research goals
(1) The Physiology of Glaucoma which may include projects to, for example, protect and restore the optic nerve; accurately detect glaucoma and monitor its progress; provide better understanding and treatment for congenital/juvenile glaucoma; understand the intraocular pressure system and develop better treatments; and determine the risk factors for glaucoma damage using systematic outcomes data.
(2) The Genetics of Glaucoma, which may include projects to identify the genes that cause glaucoma; and to explore new approaches to gene therapy to preserve and restore vision.
Award details: $55K for 1 year.
Announcement on website: https://glaucoma.org/research/apply-for-a-grant/
Preliminary application due date: July 15, 2023.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Dialogues on the Experiences of War
Synopsis: Supports the study and discussion of humanities sources that address the experiences of military service and war from a wide variety of perspectives. In recognition of the importance of the humanities in helping Americans to understand the meaning and experiences of military service and war, Dialogues projects encourage veterans and civilians to reflect collectively on such topics as civic engagement, veteran identity, the legacies of war, service, and homecoming. Project teams should include humanities scholars, military veterans, and individuals with relevant experience. Funding could be for different types of projects such as
- Undergraduate or graduate courses that train students to lead discussions on campus or in the local community
- Discussion series centered on local historical collections, memorial sites, film series, or exhibits
- Bridge programs for veterans seeking to further or resume their education
Award details: $100K over 1 or 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/dialogues-the-experience-war
Application due date: September 7, 2023.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Collaborative Research Program
Synopsis: Supports 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. Collaborations may be inter— as well as intra— university. Expected output can be a book, digital resource or publication or a conference.
Award details: $250K. Project period may be up to 3 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants
Anticipated application window: August 30, 2023 to November 29, 2023.
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Department of Education / Institute of Education Sciences
Program: Research in the Education Sciences and Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking
Synopsis: Supports research that will expand knowledge and understanding of (1) education outcomes for all learners from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education, and (2) employment and wage outcomes when relevant (such as for those engaged in career and technical, postsecondary, or adult education). Only applications that address State agencies’ use of their State’s education longitudinal data systems to identify and reduce opportunity and achievement gaps for learners from prekindergarten through adult education will be considered.
Award details: Estimated awards will range from $100K to $333.333K for anticipated project periods up to 3 years.
Announcement on website: Education Sciences and Longitudinal Data
Application due date: August 17, 2023.
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Department of State / U.S. Embassy in Ukraine
Program: Democracy Commission Small Grants Program
Synopsis: Supports projects that foster the development of civil society and public engagement in Ukraine. Priority will be given to proposals that mitigate the suffering and destruction caused by the Russian government and support Ukrainians most affected by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war.
Award details: $250K for 12 months.
Announcement on website: https://ua.usembassy.gov/education-culture/democracy-commission-small-grants-program/
Application due date: August 1, 2023.
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Department of State / U.S. Embassy, Yerevan
Program: Track II Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Initiatives
Funding Opportunity #: Track-II-FY23-ARM-1
Synopsis: Supports two separate implementation programs to (1) advance reconciliation efforts between the people of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and (2) support normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkiye (Turkey). Proposed programs may include initiatives with such elements as people-to-people programs, exchanges, dialogues, research, education, training, awareness raising, and confidence-building measures. The overall objectives of this funding opportunity are to support progress toward a sustainable, long-lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and to advance regional cooperation, reconciliation and normalization of relations in the region.
Award details: Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $50K to a maximum of $350K for a project period of 1 year. Anticipate making 4 awards.
Announcement on website: Yerevan Peacebuilding
Application due date: July 5, 2023. The anticipated grant period begins October 1, 2023.
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NASA / Space Technology Mission Directorate
Program: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Funding #: APPENDIX NUMBER: 80HQTR23NOA01-24NIAC-A1
Synopsis: Supports early-stage feasibility studies of visionary concepts that address national government and commercial aerospace goals. Concepts are solicited from any field of study that offers a radically different approach or disruptive innovation that may significantly enhance or enable new human or robotic science and exploration missions and that identify credible approaches toward new scientific or technical innovations that advance the themes and goals identified in the NASA Strategic Plan.
Award details: Awards innovative research through multiple phases of the study. Phase I awards is for efforts of up to nine months funded at up to $175K per award to explore visionary concepts' overall feasibility and viability. Phase II awards are for efforts up to two years with total funding of up to $600K per award to develop the most promising Phase I concepts further, and to explore potential infusion options within and beyond NASA.
Announcement on website: NIAC
Step A proposals due date: June 28, 2023.
Step B proposals due date (invited): September 7, 2023.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) / Pacific Northwest National Library (PNNL)
Program: 2024-2025 Graduate Fellowship Program
Synopsis: Supports graduate students who are currently enrolled, or have completed their doctorate no earlier than April 2022 to engage in a range of mission areas, including nuclear security and nonproliferation policy and technology, national security research and development, and business and project management. Responsibilities vary by assignment and may include domestic and international travel.
Award details: Annual salary —$62,9K: Master's or Ph.D. in Progress, $73.9K Postdoc. The Fellowship is for 1 year.
Announcement on website: https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/ngfp
Application due date: October 1, 2023. Fellowship begins June 2024.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) / Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) Opportunity
Program: Collaborative Knowledge Curation (CKC)
Funding Opportunity #: DARPA-EA-23-01-03
Synopsis: Supports research that will explore how machines can help analysts and decision-makers curate information faster and more thoroughly. The program solicits methodologies and technologies that treat humans and machines as partners in the partial automation of knowledge curation. Human collaborators should act as experts who can guide the technology both in terms of curation goals and in addressing 3 technical challenges:
- Data: Knowledge curation must continue even in the absence of high-quality quantitative data.
- Dynamics: Human-machine collaborations must be able to detect when information can safely be ignored, when it represents important context, and when it becomes actionable.
Representation: Humans and machines must share knowledge representations. Performers will develop methodologies and technologies to curate knowledge in one or more of the following scenarios of economic statecraft: (1) Evaluation of economic sanctions; (2) Knowledge and planning and evaluating the success of climate statecraft; and (3) anticipating other countries’ responses to tensions between world powers.
Award details: $300K for 12 months. DARPA expects that the individual(s) working on the proposed idea primarily focus on the effort for the entire period of performance to the maximum practical extent.
Announcement on website: Collaborative Knowledge Curation
Abstract submission due date: November 30, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute on Aging
Program: Enhancing Use of Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol Data
NOFO #: RFA-AG-24-032
Synopsis: Supports studies that advance understanding of how different behavioral, social, cultural, environmental, and institutional factors affect the trajectory of cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) and the experience of living with or managing AD/ADRD in different national or regional contexts. Specifically, support (1) analyses of data from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) from the U.S. or another country where HCAP data is available, or (2) cross-national analyses of HCAP data. Research objectives include (partial)
- Conduct research to identify behavioral, social, and biobehavioral risk and protective factors (e.g., educational attainment, work/occupation, personality, social engagement, smoking, obesity, sleep, physical activity, diet, adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic status) on the pathway to cognitive decline and AD/ADRD;
- Examine how varying national and subnational policy incentives and constraints affect short- and long-term care access, quality, and health outcomes for persons living with dementia; and
- Improve understanding of how aging in different institutional, policy, environmental, economic, social, geographical, and cultural contexts mitigates or exacerbates disparities in cognitive health.
Award details: Maximum award is $500K for direct costs for a project period of 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-24-032.html
Letter of intent due date: September 2, 2023.
Application due date: October 2, 2023
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NIH / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) & National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Program: Neuropathological Interactions Between COVID-19 and ADRD (R01)
NOFO #: PAR-23-214
Synopsis: Supports studies in animal, cell culture, and/or human tissue models to elucidate the mechanisms by which COVID-19 interacts with and / or modulates ADRD-relevant mechanisms and outcomes. Proposed studies must be disease mechanistic in nature, and either the model itself or the experimental readouts must incorporate ADRD risk factors, causes, pathologies, or relevant comorbidities.
Award details: Maximum budget is $500K for direct costs for a maximum project period of 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-214.html
Letter of Intent due date: September 4, 2023.
Application due date: October 4, 2023.
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NIH / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
Program: Integration of Novel Measures for Improved Classification of Type 2 Diabetes – Biostatistics Research Center (U01 — Research Project – Cooperative Agreements)
NOFO #: RFA-DK-23-020
Synopsis: Supports the establishment of a Biostatistics Research Center to participate in a consortium aimed at improving understanding of the heterogeneity of type 2 diabetes (T2D). NOFO# RFA-DK-23-019 will create the consortium to bring together investigative teams for the integration of multiple data types, including markers of organ or tissue function, into analysis approaches for stratifying individual T2D and developing more precise definitions of disease. The ultimate goal of this effort will be to 1) develop a broadly applicable framework for identifying subtypes of T2D, and 2) increase understanding of the physiologic drivers of T2D subtypes to guide the development of more effective precision interventions. All awardees selected to participate must agree to be part of a consortium that will share data and will collaboratively develop and implement an analysis strategy.
Award details: Application budgets should reflect the actual needs of the proposed project and should not exceed $1M per year in direct costs. The maximum project period is 5 years. Likewise, the maximum application budget for the consortium described in RFA-DK-23-019 is $500K direct costs per year, also for a performance period of 5 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-23-020.html
Letter of Intent due date: September 26, 2023.
Application due date: October 26, 2023.
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Announcement of Interest for Dornsife Investigtors
Office of Research and Innovation
The Department of Contracts and Grants has forwarded a one-pager from NIH Division of Human Subjects Research to assist investigators who work with human subject in locating information that will help develp grant proposals. DHSR
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Book Cover Image: State of Formation through Emulation (Cambridge University of Press, New Edition, August 2022) Chin-Hao Huang and David C. Kang , International Relations
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