Limited Submission Opportunity – NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)

NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Workforce (R25): Limited Submission Opportunity

 

Internal Limited Submission Deadline to the Office of Research Administration: Wednesday, July 17, 2019

NIH Proposal Due Date: September 25, 2019

Funding Opportunity Description

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. The over-arching goals of the NIH R25 program are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (2) enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce; (3) help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and (4) foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.

The over-arching goal of this  NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce R25 program is to support educational activities that    enhance the pool of neuroscience researchers from underrepresented backgrounds who are available to participate in NIH-supported neuroscience research. The mission of NINDS is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The NINDS is committed to the development of a biomedical research workforce that is representative of the diversity in American society. NINDS seeks to promote diversity in all of its training and research programs and to increase the participation of underrepresented groups. As the US population becomes increasingly diverse, reflection of that diversity among the biomedical research workforce is vital to our science enterprise and the NIH research mission. Evidence from several reports demonstrates that an intervention designed to facilitate successful transitions along this pathway would benefit the research community (Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine 2011 and Advancing the Nation’s Health Needs: NIH Research Training Programs). Specifically for neuroscience early career researchers, there is a decrease in the proportion of underrepresented trainees from predoctoral (12%) to tenure-stream neuroscience faculty (5%); 2011 Survey Report of Neuroscience Departments and Programs. Active interventions are necessary to prevent the loss of talent at each level of educational advancement (PCAST, 2012).

This NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25) is a flexible and specialized program designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers from underrepresented backgrounds across career stages. Thus, it encourages applications from applicant organizations that propose innovative mentoring and professional development activities in the mission area(s) of the NINDS. The NINDS Diversity R25 initiative will focus on factors that have been shown to affect retention of underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty in neuroscience research such as mentoring, scientific networks and professional development (http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/Reports; http://acd.od.nih.gov/dbr.htm). The NINDS expects applicant institutions to propose programs that will lead to an improvement in the professional development, mentoring and technical expertise of individuals who are nationally underrepresented in neuroscience research.

Programs that target transitions and/or more than one career stage for neuroscience career advancement and progression are strongly encouraged. This initiative will support the development of collaborative research education partnerships that will increase participants’ awareness and interest in the neurosciences, develop participants’ scientific knowledge and research skills that will allow them to progress and transition to more advanced neuroscience-related research education and training activities. Proposed program interventions to increase workforce diversity in response to this FOA should also focus on asset models and leadership opportunities, rather than solely deficit models and remediation (recommendations from 2017 NINDS Activating a Neural Network and 2016 NINDS Forming a Neural Network Workshops).

Investigators with creative, innovative ideas for new programs are encouraged to discuss these with NINDS program officials.     To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:

  • Courses for Skills Development
  • Research Experiences
  • Mentoring Activities

 

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:

Only one application per institution is allowed.

 

For full program details visit NINDS’s funding webpage or the solicitation PAR-17-312.

 

For details regarding The University of Akron’s limited submission process, visit the ORA Limited Submission webpage.

WEBINAR – CDMRP Funding Opportunities and Strategies for Success

The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) invites the research community to view a webinar series on funding opportunities in both research and career development.  The first of these webinars “Funding Opportunities and Strategies for Success”, participants will learn how to find the latest CDMRP funding opportunities, how to navigate a program announcement (funding opportunity announcement), and use what they learn to create a competitive application. Over the next four months, webinars covering topics from innovative research applications to clinical research will be published.

 

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Detailed descriptions of funding opportunities, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the specific Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml) and the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org).

 

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National Science Foundation Update All NSF Upcoming Due Dates Update

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 31, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-520

The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.  As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS …
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Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC)

Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2019
The above proposal window is for research proposals only. Conference proposals should not be submitted during this submission window.

Program Guidelines: PD 09-7252

The PAC program funds theoretically motivated research on a wide-range of topic areas related to typical human behavior with particular focus on perceptual, motor, and cognitive processes and their interactions. Central research topics for consideration by the program include (but are not limited to) vision, audition, haptics, attention, memory, written and spoken language, spatial cognition, motor control, categorization, reasoning, and concept formation. Of particular interest are …
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Understanding the Rules of Life: Epigenetics

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 1, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-600

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities …
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CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 4, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-521

Cyberspace has transformed the daily lives of people. Society’s overwhelming reliance on cyberspace, however, has exposed its fragility and vulnerabilities: corporations, agencies, national infrastructure and individuals continue to suffer cyber-attacks. Achieving a truly secure cyberspace requires addressing both challenging scientific and engineering problems involving many components of a system, and vulnerabilities that stem from human behaviors and choices. Examining the …
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Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)

Full Proposal Window: February 4, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-516

DMREF is the primary program by which NSF participates in the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) for Global Competitiveness. MGI recognizes the importance of materials science and engineering to the well-being and advancement of society and aims to “deploy advanced materials at least twice as fast as possible today, at a fraction of the cost.” MGI integrates materials discovery, development, …
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Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC)

Full Proposal Window: February 4, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-518

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the …
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Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 4, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-526

Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) is a mid-scale infrastructure program in the Division of Materials Research (DMR) designed to accelerate advances in materials research. MIPs respond to the increasing complexity of materials research that requires close collaboration of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams and access to cutting edge tools. These tools in a user facility benefit both a user program and in-house research, which focus on addressing grand challenges of fundamental …
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Science of Organizations (SoO)

Full Proposal Target Date: February 4, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 11-8031

Organizations — private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit — are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, …
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Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 4, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 15-506

The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program supports research that uses historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines. It encompasses a broad spectrum of STS topics including interdisciplinary studies of ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues that are closely related to STEM disciplines, including medical science.

The …
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National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 6, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-522

The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate education training. The NRT program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers.

The program is …
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Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 6, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-524

This program seeks to prepare, nurture, and grow the national scientific research workforce for creating, utilizing, and supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering research and contribute to the Nation’s overall economic competitiveness and security. The goals of this solicitation are to (i) ensure broad adoption of CI tools, methods, and resources by the research community in order to
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Ideas Lab: Cross-cutting Initiative in CubeSat Innovations

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: February 8, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-530

CubeSat constellations and swarms have been identified as a new paradigm for space-based measurements to address high-priority science questions in multiple disciplines. However, the full potential of CubeSat constellations and swarms for scientific studies has not yet been realized because of: i) the limitations of some of the existing key CubeSat technology, ii) knowledge gaps in the design and optimization of CubeSat technology for swarms and constellations, and iii) the increasing cost …
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Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 (Mid-scale RI-2)

Letter of Intent Deadline Date: February 8, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-542

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see  https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp).  The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505550&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Algorithms for Modern Power Systems (AMPS)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 11, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 17-521

The Algorithms for Modern Power Systems (AMPS) program will support research projects to develop the next generation of mathematical and statistical algorithms for improvement of the security, reliability, and efficiency of the modern power grid. The program is a partnership between the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability (OE) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505322&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 11, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 15-1699

The National Science Foundation announces the area of Cognitive Neuroscience within the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.

INTRODUCTION

Cognitive neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field of research to understand the neural basis of human cognition. The cognitive neuroscience program therefore seeks to fund highly innovative proposals that employ brain-based measurements in order to advance …
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EarthCube Office

Full Proposal Target Date: February 11, 2019
Proposers must contact a Program Director for any proposal submission beyond the Target Date and receive an email confirming the agreed upon submission date.

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-523

EarthCube is a community-driven activity to transform the conduct of geosciences research and education, sponsored through a partnership between the NSF Directorate of Geosciences and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

EarthCube aims to accelerate the ability of the geosciences community to understand and predict the Earth system by enabling access to geosciences data. EarthCube will require a long-term …
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Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)

Full Proposal Target Date: February 11, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 09-7626

The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program funds research to develop models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process and concern the use and allocation of scarce scientific resources. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SciSIP-DDRIG)

Full Proposal Target Date: February 11, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 15-583

The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program funds research to develop models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process and concern the use and allocation of scarce scientific resources. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505092&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Computer Science for All (CSforAll:RPP)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 12, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-537

This program aims to provide all U.S. students the opportunity to participate in computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) education in their schools at the preK-12 levels. With this solicitation, the National Science Foundation (NSF) focuses on researcher-practitioner partnerships (RPPs) that foster the research and development needed to bring CS and CT to all schools. Specifically, this solicitation aims to provide high school teachers with the preparation, …
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Enabling Discovery through GEnomic Tools (EDGE)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 12, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-527

The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) recognizes that a lack of methods for analysis of gene function represents an obstacle to progress in a range of diverse non-model organisms. These organisms are important for understanding numerous basic science questions in organismal biology as funded through the Division’s core programs. Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) is designed to provide support for development of tools, approaches and infrastructure necessary …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505480&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Spectrum Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, and Security (SpecEES): Enabling Spectrum for All

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 13, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-529

The National Science Foundation’s Directorates for Engineering (ENG) and Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) are coordinating efforts to identify bold new concepts to significantly improve the efficiency of radio spectrum utilization while addressing new challenges in energy efficiency and security, thus enabling spectrum access for all users and devices, and allowing traditionally underserved Americans to benefit from wireless-enabled goods and services. The SpecEES …
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 14, 2019
HBCU-RISE

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-509

The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSI) through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. MSIs of higher education denote institutions that have undergraduate enrollments of 50% or more (based on total student enrollment) of members of minority groups underrepresented among those holding advanced degrees in science …
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE)

Supplement Deadline Date: February 14, 2019
CREST Partnership Supplements

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-509

The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSI) through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. MSIs of higher education denote institutions that have undergraduate enrollments of 50% or more (based on total student enrollment) of members of minority groups underrepresented among those holding advanced degrees in science …
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CNH2: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (CNH2)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 14, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-528

The CNH2 Program supports research projects that advance basic scientific understanding of integrated socio-environmental systems and the complex interactions (dynamics, processes, and feedbacks) within and among the environmental (biological, physical and chemical) and human (“socio”) (economic, social, political, or behavioral) components of such a system.  The program seeks proposals that emphasize the truly integrated nature of a socio-environmental system versus two discrete …
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Earth Sciences: Laboratory Technician Support (EAR/LTS)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 14, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 17-504

The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests for infrastructure that promotes research and education in areas supported by the Division (see http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=EAR).  Under this solicitation EAR/IF will consider proposals for Laboratory Technician Support to provide for optimal and efficient operation of advanced …
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Navigating the New Arctic (NNA)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 14, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-511

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering. The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support …
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Biological Oceanography

Full Proposal Target Date: February 15, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 98-1650

The Biological Oceanography Program supports fundamental research in biological oceanography and marine ecology (populations to the ecosystems) broadly defined: relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other OCE Programs.  Details on research topics funded by the Program, including supplements, RAPIDS, and EAGERS, …
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Chemical Oceanography

Full Proposal Target Date: February 15, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 98-1670

The Chemical Oceanography Program supports research into the chemistry of the oceans and the role of the oceans in global geochemical cycles. Areas of interest include chemical composition, speciation, and transformation; chemical exchanges between the oceans and other components of the Earth system; internal cycling in oceans, seas, and estuaries; and the use of measured chemical distributions as indicators of physical, biological, and geological processes.

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NSF/CASIS Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology on the International Space Station (ISS) to Benefit Life on Earth

Full Proposal Window: February 15, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-509

The Divisions of Chemical, Bioengineering and Environmental Transport (CBET) and Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Infrastructure (CMMI) in the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) are partnering with The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to solicit research projects in the general fields of tissue engineering and mechanobiology that can utilize the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab to conduct research that will benefit life on …
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Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination

Full Proposal Target Date: February 15, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 98-1680

The Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC) Program supports a broad range of research and technology development activities. Unsolicited proposals are accepted for instrumentation development that has broad applicability to ocean science research projects and that enhance observational, experimental or analytical capabilities of the ocean science research community. Specific announcements for funding opportunities are made for additional projects involving …
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Physical Oceanography

Full Proposal Target Date: February 15, 2019

Program Guidelines: PD 98-1610

The Physical Oceanography Program supports research on a wide range of topics associated with the structure and movement of the ocean, with the way in which it transports various quantities, with the way the ocean’s physical structure interacts with the biological and chemical processes within it, and with interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, solid earth and ice that surround it.

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Algorithms for Threat Detection (ATD)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 19, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-504

The Algorithms for Threat Detection (ATD) program will support research projects to develop the next generation of mathematical and statistical algorithms for analysis of large spatiotemporal datasets with application to quantitative models of human dynamics. The program is a partnership between the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA).

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Enabling Access to Cloud Computing Resources for CISE Research and Education (Cloud Access)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 19, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-510

Increasingly, data- and compute-intensive research and education efforts are benefiting from access to cloud …
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Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: February 19, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-537

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering …
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National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (NRI-2.0)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 19, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-536

The NRI-2.0 program builds upon the original National Robotics Initiative (NRI) program to support fundamental research in the United States that will accelerate the development and use of collaborative robots (co-robots) that work beside or cooperatively with people. The focus of the NRI-2.0 program is on ubiquity, which in this context means seamless integration of co-robots to assist humans in every aspect of life.

The program supports four main research …
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Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 20, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-533

The Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program invests in coordinated campus-level networking and cyberinfrastructure improvements, innovation, integration, and engineering for science applications and distributed research projects. Learning and workforce development (LWD) in cyberinfrastructure is explicitly addressed in the program. Science-driven requirements are the primary motivation for any proposed activity.

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Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 20, 2019
Phase I Full Proposals, by invitation only

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-555

The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Program supports research centers focused on major, long-term fundamental chemical research challenges. CCIs that address these challenges will produce transformative research, lead to innovation, and attract broad scientific and public interest. CCIs are agile structures that can respond rapidly to emerging opportunities through enhanced collaborations. CCIs integrate research, innovation, education, broadening …
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CISE Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 20, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-512

The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI) program drives discovery and learning in the core CISE disciplines of the three participating divisions [(Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), Computer and Network Systems (CNS), and Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)] by funding the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure.  This research infrastructure will specifically support diverse …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12810&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES)

Full Proposal Target Date: February 20, 2019
If a PI intends to submit after the target date, s/he must get approval in advance from one of the Cognizant Program Officers to ascertain if a late proposal can be reviewed in the upcoming competition.

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-531

The FRES program will support research in Earth systems from its core through the critical zone. The project may focus on all or part of the surface, continental lithospheric, and deeper Earth systems over the entire range of temporal and spatial scales. FRES projects will typically have a larger scientific scope and budget than those considered for funding by core programs in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). FRES projects may be …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504833&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Idea Incubator for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QII – TAQS)

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: February 21, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-532

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505601&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 22, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-532

Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) funds research projects that identify (1) factors that are effective in the formation of ethical STEM researchers and (2) approaches to developing those factors in all the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports. CCE STEM solicits proposals for research that explores the following: ‘What constitutes responsible conduct for research (RCR), and which cultural and institutional contexts promote ethical STEM research …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505027&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 25, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-538

The Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES): Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales program will support quantitative, interdisciplinary, systems-oriented research on biosphere processes and their complex interactions with climate, land use, and invasive species at regional to continental scales as well as training activities to enable groups to conduct Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science research.

Proposers are encouraged
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503425&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

NSF Quantum Computing & Information Science Faculty Fellows (QCIS-FF)

Full Proposal Window: February 25, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-507

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). One of these ideas, “The Quantum Leap: Leading the Next Quantum Revolution,” advances quantum …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505535&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Resource Implementations for Data Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (RIDIR)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 25, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-517

As part of NSF’s Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR), the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) seeks to develop user-friendly large-scale next-generation data resources and relevant analytic techniques to advance fundamental research in SBE areas of study. Successful proposals will, within the financial resources provided by the award, construct such databases and/or relevant analytic techniques and produce a finished product that will enable new types of …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505168&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering – Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL)

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: January 28, 2019

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-543

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505614&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

 

Law & Social Sciences (LSS)

Full Proposal Target Date: January 29, 2019
Dissertation Research, Standard and Collaborative Research

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-519

The Law & Social Sciences Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological.  Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes. Social scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, made in multiple arenas, and …
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FY19 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Navy and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM), Education and Workforce Program

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310486

 

White Papers due: between 1 February 2019 (Monday) with a deadline of 28 June 2019 (Friday) at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (required)

Applications due: 27 September 2019 (Friday) at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (by invitation, based on white paper assessment)

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The ONR seeks a broad range of applications for augmenting existing or developing innovative solutions that directly maintain, or cultivate a diverse, world-class STEM workforce in order to maintain the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ technological superiority. The goal of any proposed effort must provide solutions that will establish and maintain pathways of diverse U.S. citizens who are interested in uniformed or civilian DoN (or Navy and Marine Corps) STEM workforce opportunities.

 

As the capacity of the DoN Science and Technology (S&T) workforce is interconnected with the basic research enterprise and STEM education system, ONR recognizes the need to support efforts that can jointly improve STEM student outcomes and align educational efforts with Naval S&T current and future workforce needs. This announcement explicitly encourages projects that improve the capacity of education systems and communities to create impactful STEM educational experiences for students and workers. Submissions are encouraged to consider including active learning approaches and incorporating 21st century skill development. Projects must aim to increase student and worker engagement in STEM and enhance people with needed Naval STEM capabilities. ONR encourages applications to utilize current STEM educational research for informing project design and advancing our understanding of how and why people choose STEM careers and opportunities of naval relevance.

 

While this announcement is relevant for any stage of the STEM educational system, funding efforts will be targeted primarily toward projects addressing the below communities or any combination of these communities:

  • Secondary education communities;
  • Post-Secondary communities;
  • Informal science communities;
  • Current naval STEM workforce communities.

 

Full FOA available here: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310486

DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Funding Opportunities

Defense Health Program
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19)

 

The FY19 Defense Appropriations Act provides $350 million (M) to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) to support or medical research projects of clear scientific merit and direct relevance to military health.  As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency (DHA), J9 Research and Development Directorate manages the Defense Health Program (DHP) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriation.  The managing agent for the anticipated Program Announcements/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).

FY19 PRMRP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanisms are posted on the Grants.gov website.

The vision and mission of the PRMRP is improve the health, care, and well-being of all military Service members, Veterans, and beneficiaries by encouraging, identifying, selecting, and managing medical research projects of clear scientific merit and direct relevance to military health.

Congressionally Directed Topic Areas:  All applications submitted to the PRMRP must address at least one of the FY19 PRMRP Congressionally directed topic areas.  The FY19 PRMRP Topic Areas are as follows:

 

  • Acute Lung Injury
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Arthritis
  • Burn Pit Exposure
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Cerebellar Ataxia
  • Chronic Migraine and Post-Traumatic Headache
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Constrictive Bronchiolitis
  • Diabetes
  • Dystonia
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
  • Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome
  • Hemorrhage Control
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hereditary Angioedema
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Immunomonitoring of Intestinal Transplants
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Interstitial Cystitis
  • Lung Injury
  • Metals Toxicology
  • Mitochondrial Disease
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Myotonic Dystrophy
  • Nanomaterials for Bone Regeneration
  • Nutrition Optimization
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pathogen-Inactivated Blood Products
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
  • Pressure Ulcers
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Resilience Training
  • Respiratory Health
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Scleroderma
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Tinnitus
  • Tissue Regeneration
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vascular Malformations
  • Women’s Heart Disease

 

https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prmrp

 

Clinical Trial Award – Preproposal due March 14, 2019

  • Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent)
  • Preproposal submission is required; application submission is by invitation only.
  • Supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials of novel interventions with the potential to have a significant impact on patient care in the topic area(s) of interest.
  • Proposed projects may range from small proof-of-concept trials through large-scale, definitive trials.
  • Investigational New Drug or Investigational Device Exemption applications, if needed, should be approved by the Food and Drug Administration before the PRMRP application submission deadline.
  • A copy of the FDA Acknowledgement letter and meeting minutes, if applicable, should be submitted with the full application.  If the trial will be conducted internationally, a copy of the relevant national regulatory agency approval should be submitted with the full application.
  • No maximum funding limit; requested funding should be justifiable and appropriate for the scope of work proposed; budget will be considered during pre-application screening and will be a scored full application criterion.
  • Maximum period of performance is 4 years

 

Discovery Award – Letter of Intent due March 28, 2019

  • Postdoctoral fellow or clinical fellow (or equivalent) and above
  • Supports the exploration of a highly innovative new concept or untested theory in the Topic Are(s) of interest.
  • Not intended to support the logical progression of an already established line of questioning.
  • Clinical trials will not be funded.
  • Reviewers will be blinded to the identity of the Principal Investigator (PI), collaborator(s), and their organization(s).
  • Maximum funding of $200,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Maximum period of performance is 2 year

 

Focused Program Award – Preproposal due March 14, 2019

  • Lead PI: Full Professor level or above (or equivalent)
  • Project Leads: Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent)
  • Preproposal submission is required; application submission is by invitation only.
  • Supports a synergistic, multidisciplinary research program of at least four distinct but complementary projects addressing an overarching goal in the Topic Area(s) of interest.
  • Projects should work together to answer critical questions, resolve differing hypotheses, and translate laboratory findings to clinical applications.
  • Projects may range from exploratory/hypothesis-developing through small-scale clinical trials that together will address the overarching goal/question.
  • Research team of highly qualified, multidisciplinary project leaders should be led by a PI with demonstrated success in directing large, focused projects.
  • Maximum funding of $7.2 million for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Maximum period of performance is 4 years

 

Investigator-Initiated Research Award – Preproposal due March 14, 2019

  • Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent)
  • Preproposal submission is required; application submission is by invitation only.
  • Supports research that will make an original and important contribution to the field of research or patient care in the Topic Area(s) of interest.
  • Partnering PI Option available.
  • Clinical trials will not be funded.
  • Maximum funding of  $1.2 million for direct costs (plus indirect costs); $1.5 million for direct costs (plus indirect costs) for applications including a Partnering PI Option
  • Maximum period of performance is 3 years

 

Technology/ Therapeutic Development Award – Preproposal due March 14, 2019

  • Assistant Professor level or above (or equivalent)
  • Supports the translation of promising preclinical findings into clinical applications for prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, or quality of life in the Topic Area(s) of interest.
  • Product-oriented (e.g., device, drug, clinical guidelines).  The product(s) to be developed may be a tangible item such as a pharmacologic agent (drugs or biologics) or device, or a knowledge-based product.
  • Clinical trials will not be funded.
  • Preproposal submission is required; application submission is by invitation only.
  • Maximum funding of $3.0 million for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Maximum period of performance is 3 years

 

A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org prior to the pre-application deadline.  All applications must conform to the final Program Announcements and General Application Instructions available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website.  The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov.  A listing of all CDMRP funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.

 

Applications must be submitted through the federal government’s single-entry portal, Grants.gov.  For email notification when Program Announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “Email Subscriptions” on the eBRAP homepage at https://eBRAP.org.  For more information about the PRMRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).

 

Point of Contact:

CDMRP Help Desk
301-682-5507
help@eBrap.org