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New Funding Opportunity: Research and Evaluation on School Safety

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This solicitation seeks applications for funding to study the root causes of school violence and evaluate the effectiveness of projects funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) or by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the STOP School Violence Act. NIJ anticipates that at least $2 million will be available to support this solicitation, with the potential for additional funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). For more information and to download the RFP click HERE.

The solicitation seeks applications for funding to conduct research to

  1. Examine the root causes of school violence.
  2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the approaches to stopping school violence found in the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services FY 2018 or FY 2019 STOP School Violence Act solicitations.
  3. Research on the perspectives of STOP School Violence Act solicitations.

Ohio Department of Higher Education – Third Frontier Research Initiative

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On Monday, February 3, 2020, the Ohio Department of Higher Education will be releasing a Third Frontier Research Initiative Request for Proposal (RFP) targeting Principle Investigators doing research in the area of Spinal Cord injuries. The Chancellor has the authority to award up to $1.5 million in fiscal years 20 & 21 in support of this research. Interested applicants will have approximately six weeks to respond to the RFP. Responses will be evaluated by an advisory committee selected by the Chancellor. The advisory committee will make recommendations to the Chancellor who will make the final decision on which proposals, if any, will be funded. When released, the RFP can be found and will be posted on their website found HERE.

OSTI Requirements for Submission of Final Peer-Reviewed Accepted Manuscripts

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In support of the DOE Public Access Plan, this message is to remind recipients of SC funded awards that it is a term and condition of the award to submit, to DOE, the final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts for any published journal articles based on work supported by your award. Submissions are to be made to the DOE corporate E-Link system, and it is expected that recipients will submit final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts as soon as they are accepted for publication, but no later than one-year after the date the journal article is published online, and before closeout After the one-year period, final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts will be made available through DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV. Details describing this requirement can be found here.

Instructions to submit final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts are included in the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist and Instructions (DOE F 4600.2) and the award provision entitled, “Reporting Requirements”. A video demonstrating the process is also available.

When publishing work that is supported by your award, it is important to remember to acknowledge DOE and the award appropriately. Requirements for acknowledgement of federal support can be found here.

Also, for journal articles listed in your Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs), please see instructions provided under “B. Scientific/Technical Reporting” of the 4600.2 for submission of final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts to ensure the journal articles reported are in compliance with the requirements for public access.

For questions regarding announcement and submission of your final peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts, please contact elink_Helpdesk@osti.gov.

NineSigma – Transforming the Future of Self-Care Challenge

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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is on a mission to “Transform the Future of Self-Care” to enable consumers to do more, feel better and live longer.  We are actively seeking to establish strategic partnerships with start-ups and entrepreneurs who are equally passionate about delivering against this mission.  The way consumers treat, diagnose and engage with their health is dramatically shifting and we want to partner with breakthrough thinkers so that we can jointly improve lives. 

To drive this mission to enhance our current key, over-the-counter and consumer product brands, we are currently seeking new opportunities in the following three Challenge Topics:  Digital Health, At-Home Diagnostics, and Formulation Technologies.

Click links below to view detailed descriptions about each topic:

There is a maximum of US$50,000 available for cash prizes.  The Competition will award up to five (5) US$10,000 prizes to the winners across the three Topics.  The Challenge sponsor may also explore funding or other support of an Entry for further development and/or commercialization.

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2020 by 5:00 PM EST

Additional information can be found on the NineSigma web page.

2020 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Opportunity

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Proposal Deadline: February 6, 2020

The program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences in departments that grant a doctoral degree. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. Nominees are normally expected to have been appointed no earlier than mid-year 2014. Criteria for selection include an independent body of scholarship attained early in their independent careers and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.  

Additional details can be found at The Foundation website.