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NEH: Preservation and Access Education and Training Monday, March 18, 2024 - More Information
NEH: Research and Development Monday, March 18, 2024 - More Information
NEH: Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities Monday, March 18, 2024 - More Information
NSF: Ideas Lab: Use-Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design Monday, March 11, 2024 - More Information
Your gateway to innovation Friday, March 1, 2024 - If you know me, you know my tagline “Innovation lies at the intersection of disciplines” and that I spend a great deal of time exploring this concept. This exploration aligns with serving as vice president for research, but for me it’s much deeper rooted. 
NSF: Ideas Lab: Breaking the Low Latency Barrier for Verticals in Next-G Wireless Networks Monday, February 26, 2024 - Amount: $7,400,000 Due Date: 04/18/2024 (Preliminary Proposals); 09/30/2024 (Full Proposals) The vision of this program is to support R&D that will dramatically reduce the E2E latencies cost-effectively to spur a great number of emerging vertical industries that will transform the way we live and interact with each other. More Information
NSF: Multi-Messenger Coordination for Windows on the Universe Monday, February 26, 2024 - Amount: $1,500,000 – $2,500,000 Due Date: 05/13/2024 This one-time funding opportunity will support the development of frameworks and networks to optimize electromagnetic follow-up observations of gravitational wave events or high-energy particle detections. More Information
NIH: Consortium for Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) Monday, February 26, 2024 - Amount: $9,500,000 Due Date: 05/31/2024 (LOI); 07/02/2024 (Full Proposal) This NOFO invites applications proposing the development of a specialized center to provide resources, expertise, and coordination to advance innovative, high-quality research on palliative care for those living with serious illnesses across the lifespan. More Information
USDA-NIFA: Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program Monday, February 19, 2024 - Amount: $15,000,000 Due Date: 03/28/2024 (Pre-Applications) NIFA requests pre-applications for projects that integrate research and extension activities and use systems-based, trans-disciplinary approaches to provide solutions to U.S. citrus growers. More Information
NSF: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED) Monday, February 19, 2024 - Amount: $3,000,000 Due Date: 05/13/2024 (Track 1); 01/14/2025 (Track II) This program seeks to harness computing to accelerate scientific discovery, while driving new computing advancements. The intent is to catalyze advancements that benefit scientific disciplines through computational technologies and foster novel computing technologies. More Information
NIST: Center of Excellence in Climate Measurements (CECM) Program Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - NIST seeks applications to create an interdisciplinary Center that coordinates activities to advance efforts to establish national standardization of methods and metrics for forecasting consequences of climate trends at scales important to communities across multiple geographies and over time. Amount: $2,667,900 Due Date: 04/01/2024 More information
NSF: Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - The goal of this solicitation is to fund convergent research and education that will advance sustainable regional systems science, engineering, and education to facilitate the transformation of current regional systems to enhance sustainability. Amount: $15,000,000 Due Date: 05/14/2024 More information
Broadening the impact of research Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - Whether we’re teaching in a classroom, conducting research or creative inquiry in a laboratory, studio or field site, or engaging in a service opportunity, we want our efforts to make a difference in the world. As researchers, we all hope the intellectual, creative, and scientific merits of our work translate into positive change or impact on some level.
High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional) Friday, January 26, 2024 - This opportunity supports high priority research at the intersection of HIV and substance use, and invites research projects with the potential to open new areas of basic and clinical HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention, treatment and cure of HIV among people who use addictive substances. Amount: $11,325,000 Due Date: 08/15/2024 More […]
NSF: Growing Convergence Research (GCR) Friday, January 26, 2024 - This program aims to cultivate and grow the earliest foundations of convergent approaches for addressing a specific and compelling problem. Proposals should explore novel avenues not previously investigated that are at the forefront of advancing science through deep integration. Amount: $1,200,000 (Phase I); $2,400,000 (Phase II) Due Date: 04/12/2024 More information
NEH: Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities Thursday, January 18, 2024 - This program supports research that examines technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities, with a focus on the dangers and/or opportunities presented by technology. NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine the role of technology in shaping current social and cultural issues Amount: $150,000 Due Date: 09/12/2024 More information
NIH: Research on the Impact of and Methods for Implementing Regional Genomic Medicine eConsult Services (U01 Clinical Trials Optional) Thursday, January 11, 2024 - This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications for sites to conduct research on the impact of and methods for implementing regional clinician-to-clinician genomic medicine eConsult services. Amount: $7,353,700 Due Date: 04/30/2024 (LOI); 05/30/2024 (Full Proposal)  More information
NSF: Future Manufacturing (FM) Thursday, January 11, 2024 - The goal of this program is to support fundamental research, education, and training of a future workforce to overcome scientific, technological, educational, economic, and social barriers in order to catalyze new manufacturing capabilities that do not exist today. Amount: $3,000,000 (FMRG Track); $500,000 (FMSG Track) Due Date: 04/11/2024 More information
NEA: Research Grants in the Arts FY2025 Thursday, January 11, 2024 - This program supports research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecosystem or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life. Amount: $20,000 – $100,000 Due Date: 03/25/2024 More information
2024 Military Health System Research Symposium Abstract Window Now Open  Thursday, January 11, 2024 - Obtaining funding from mission-driven agencies requires early, consistent engagement with stakeholders and program managers. The Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) is the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) premier annual scientific research conference that brings together military providers, academia, industry and government officials—favorable circumstances for building connections within the DoD community. Abstract submission for the 2024 MHSRS opened January 8 and closes […]
FY 2025 Faculty Seed Grants in the Sciences and Engineering Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - The Office of Research announces the FY 2025 cycle for the Faculty Seed Grants in the Sciences and Engineering. The deadline for proposals is Friday, March 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
New ChemSafeUGA platform simplifies lab safety for investigators Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - UGA’s Office of Research Safety (ORS) has adopted a new software for its Chemical Safety Plan (CSP) program that will streamline submission of CSPs for investigators and lab managers across campus. Called ChemSafeUGA, the new platform links to outside databases that make it easier for lab personnel to keep their CSPs up to date with […]
The power of purposeful interdisciplinarity Thursday, December 21, 2023 - Over the last 30 years, cross-disciplinary research teams have grown in number not just at UGA but at universities around the country and the world. That’s because few, if any, real-world problems contain themselves neatly within the boundaries of our academic disciplines; they are complex. To combat and emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, for example, we needed ideas assembled from a host of different perspectives.
NIH: Centers of Excellence for Translational Research (CETR) (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - This program will support multidisciplinary translational research Centers focused on generating, validating, and advancing medical countermeasures against bacteria or fungi listed in the NOFO with known and emerging resistance to current therapies. Amount: $37,750,000 Due Date: 03/29/2024 (LOI);04/30/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NIH: NIDA Core “Center of Excellence” Grant Program (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - This program enhances and extends existing research relevant to substance use/misuse and addiction and HIV. Centers are expected to transform the scientific field of study by facilitating research, providing administrative support and a rigorous research climate that promotes new and creative directions. Amount: Unspecified Due Date: 08/25/2024 (LOI); 09/25/2024 (Full Proposal) More Information
Understanding the implications of research security Thursday, November 30, 2023 - I want to give all of you an update on where we stand in terms of research security and UGA’s efforts to comply with recent, far-reaching federal policy changes that affect the majority of researchers on campus. I also would like to convey why research security is so important to all of us.
Office of Research to offer grant writing and promotion dossier workshops Thursday, November 30, 2023 - The Office of Research is offering two workshops in the coming months for grant writing and promotion dossier preparation, specifically for research scientists considering a grant promotion application in the next year. For both topics, there will be an informational webinar, followed by an in-person workshop to get direct guidance and feedback on documents. More detailed information on the workshops can be found at the link.
NIH: Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 - This NOFO invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States. Amount: $11,325,000 Due Date: 04/17/2024 (LOI); 05/17/2024 (Full Proposal) More Information
NEH: Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities Thursday, November 9, 2023 - This program supports research that examines technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities, with a focus on the dangers and/or opportunities presented by technology. NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine the role of technology in shaping current social and cultural issues. Amount: $150,000 Due Date: 09/12/2024 More Information
Recognizing nominees and nominators Monday, October 30, 2023 - It’s fall, and that means it’s time once again to nominate our students and fellow faculty members for their exemplary research, teaching and service through UGA’s internal awards programs. It’s also a great time to consider nominating individuals for external awards. These opportunities are an excellent way to recognize and promote colleagues and mentees who are doing truly outstanding work.
New academic year resolution: Creating a culture of awareness and mental wellness Thursday, August 31, 2023 - Mental health is a phrase that too often we avoid or steer quickly and nervously around. Indeed, the rigors of productive and competitive research programs have potential to establish the unhealthiest of habits, taking their toll on mental health. I want to start 2023-24 with a plea to support and encourage ourselves and one another in considering our own mental and physical habits, and to find new ways to approach the stress of our challenging jobs, with the end goal of fostering a healthy community and research environment for ourselves and our students.
URAR welcomes new clinical assistant professor in Laboratory Animal Medicine  Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - The University Research Animal Resources team is excited to welcome Gianni Campellone as the new clinical assistant professor in the Laboratory Animal Medicine program.  Campellone always wanted to work with animals and pursued a degree in zoology before deciding to go into veterinary medicine. After initially getting rejected from veterinary school, however, he began to […]
Think Big: Research that changes lives. Tuesday, July 25, 2023 - True to our UGA land grant mission, we are laser focused on societal impact. Simply stated, we Think Big. Our Office of Research pre-seed and seed grant programs are structured to encourage interdisciplinary ideation around solutions to the world’s most complex problems.
NIH: Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) Thursday, July 13, 2023 - This program invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in U.S. Amount: $11,325,000 Due Date: 4/17/24 (LOI); 5/17/24 (Full Proposal) More Information
Now (and all the time) is the perfect time to assess lab safety Friday, June 30, 2023 - Have you wondered what you would do if a dangerous spill or injury happened in your lab? The immediate response, after ensuring the safety of those working in your lab and addressing the unexpected event, is to consider why it occurred and how to prevent a future similar occurrence. Perhaps there was even a lapse in compliance with federal or state regulations, which can seem ever-changing and hard to understand.
Deadline for Research Scientist promotion dossiers – November 3, 2023 Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - The deadline for receipt of Research Scientist promotion dossiers to Office of Research is Friday, November 3, 2023. Please check with your unit and Dean’s Office for any internal procedures and earlier deadlines.
Standardizing sponsored project reporting utilizing Collaborator Contribution Monday, May 15, 2023 - Following the recommendations made by multi-year working groups comprising college, school and other unit representatives, this summer the University of Georgia will move from Academic Credit to Collaborator Contribution as a new method for designating investigator contributions to sponsored projects. The change will become effective July 1.
NIH: Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - Supports the work of the research projects funded under the Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health (IMPACT-MH) initiative described in the companion announcement RFA-MH-23-105. Amount: $18,875,000 Due Date: 6/14/23 More Information
Partner with Innovation Gateway to maximize research impact Saturday, April 15, 2023 - University of Georgia faculty members are innovative! Of the 200 or so startup projects currently in Innovation Gateway’s pipeline, more than 90% are led by faculty researchers. If your research has potential for commercialization, please know you work at an excellent university to help you translate your ideas to market and social good.
NSF: Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - Brings together communities that leverage existing data to catalyze discoveries through synthesis, analysis, and integrative training focusing on organisms as integrated units of biological organization i.e., why they are structured as they are and function as they do. Amount: $20,000,000 Due Date: 1/12/24 (preliminary proposal), 7/15/24 (full proposal) More Information
NEH: Digital Projects for the Public Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - This program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. Amount: $400,000 Due Date: 6/14/23 More Information
Partnering with Cooperative Extension for a healthy, prosperous Georgia Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - Looking for ways to increase the impact of your research or to more directly connect it with community? Consider partnering with UGA’s Cooperative Extension! As both a land- and sea-grant institution, UGA is charged with serving the needs of Georgia and its citizens, and boasts one of the most robust Extension programs in the nation, with dedicated agents providing consultation and programming in every one of Georgia’s 159 counties. Extension’s stated purpose is “to translate the science of everyday living for farmers, families and communities to foster a healthy and prosperous Georgia.”
Supporting our postdocs and other important researcher communities – building a diverse research community Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - Postdoctoral researchers are vital members of laboratories and other research spaces, not just here at UGA but in research universities around the country. I began my full-time research career as a postdoctoral fellow at a medical center, and the position provided a vital bridge between the completion of a Ph.D. and the obtainment of a tenure-track faculty position.
Action needed: Principal Investigators, Laboratory Supervisors to update emergency contact information in Chematix  Monday, January 23, 2023 - After several recent incidents that have required police or fire assistance in the research labs after hours or on weekends, the Office of Research Integrity & Safety is requiring all principal investigators and laboratory supervisors to register or update their primary and alternate emergency contacts in the Chematix system. This information will only be made […]
Celebrating and growing sponsored research funding – it’s all about relationships Sunday, January 15, 2023 - There are many measures of a healthy research enterprise, one of which is the number of dollars invested, i.e. research expenditures, in research and development, including research spaces, researcher time, and grant dollars spent. Indeed, we just announced an exciting landmark—for the first time in UGA history that number surpassed the half billion mark, $545.6 million to be exact.
Celebrating humanities & arts Thursday, December 15, 2022 - December 2022 Last month at UGA, we celebrated the importance of artistic expression in all forms through our Spotlight on the Arts. That monthlong event, drawing participation from across campus and involving the efforts of students, faculty, staff and alumni, reminds us each fall that some ideas and passions can only be adequately communicated through art. […]
Toward a more secure future for federally funded research Monday, November 21, 2022 - November 2022 At UGA, we have been strategically laying the groundwork to become much more active in research collaborations with the Department of Defense and other U.S. “mission” agencies. Mission agencies are federal agencies that support research geared toward goals such as securing national defense, addressing national energy challenges, and ensuring a robust transportation system. […]
UGA’s Human Research Protection Program ramped up & ready to serve Friday, October 21, 2022 - UGA’s Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) earned full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPPs) four years ago and was reaccredited earlier this year. This designation is given only to institutions that have demonstrably built extensive safeguards into every level of their human research operations and that adhere to […]