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NIH: Centers for Precision Disease Modeling (U54) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed) Friday, October 11, 2024 - The goal of the Centers is to support collaborative research projects that bridge current personalized medicine efforts in human subjects with advances in animal genomics and genetic manipulation technologies, including the creation of interspecies somatic hybrids. Amount: $9,437,500 Due Date: 12/15/2024 More Information
NEH: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections Friday, October 11, 2024 - This program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting environmentally sustainable preventive care measures. Amount: $50,000 – $350,000 Due Date: 12/05/2024 (Optional Draft); 01/10/2025 (Full Proposal) More Information
DOE: Gasification of Alternative Feedstocks Friday, October 4, 2024 - This program supports development of innovative gasification designs/systems for converting alternative feedstocks into syngas to enable the low-cost production of clean hydrogen. Amount: $3,000,000 Due Date: 11/22/2024 More Information
NSF: Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs, Large Projects Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - This solicitation invites proposals on bold new scientific ideas tackling ambitious fundamental research problems that cross the boundaries of two or more CISE core programs, which range from Computing and Communications to Computer and Network Systems, to Information and Intelligence Systems. Amount: $3,000,000 – $5,000,000 Due Date: 09/29/2025 More Information
NSF: Discovery Research PreK-12 Program Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation (DRK-12 RC) Friday, September 13, 2024 - This Center will be an intellectual partner as NSF seeks to enhance the overall influence and reach of the DRK-12 Program’s research and development investments. The DRK-12 RC will support and recruit diverse, multi-sector constituencies with the goal of achieving the field-, knowledge-, and partnership-building aims of the DRK-12 program. Amount: $5,000,000 Due Date: 02/28/2025 More Information
USDA: Specialty Crop Research Initiative Friday, September 13, 2024 - The purpose of this program is to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems. Amount: $10,000,000 Due Date: 11/08/2024 (Pre-Proposal) More Information
NEH: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants Friday, September 13, 2024 - This program supports work that is innovative, experimental, and contributes to the critical infrastructure that underpins scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. Amount: Up to $350,000 Due Date: 01/09/2025 More Information
NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - This program supports individual investigators who propose novel research projects with the potential to innovatively and creatively address national needs and/or grand challenges, advance US leadership, and catalyze the convergence of engineering and science domains. Amount: $3,000,000 Due Date: 11/15/2024 (LOI); 01/14/2025 (Pre-Proposal) More Information
IMLS: 21st Century Museum Professionals Program Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - This program supports projects that offer professional development to the current museum workforce, train and recruit future museum professionals, and identify and share effective practices in museum workforce education and training. Amount: $100,000 – $500,000 Due Date: 11/15/2024 More Information
NSF: Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1) Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - This program supports either design or implementation of unique and compelling Research Infrastructure projects. Mid-scale implementation projects may include any combination of equipment, instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure, broadly used large scale datasets and the personnel needed to successfully commission the project. Amount: $400,000 – $20M Due Date: 11/18/2024 (Pre-Proposal); 03/19/2025 (Invited Full Proposals) More Information
NIH: Optimization of Genome Editing Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (U01 – Clinical Trials Not Allowed) Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - This program supports the optimization of promising genome editing-based therapeutic leads for Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias, by advancing therapeutic candidates towards IND-enabling studies Amount: $7,550,000 Due Date: 11/19/2024 More Information
IMLS: National Leadership Grants for Museums Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - This program supports projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the American public. Amount: $50,000 – $750,000 Due Date: 11/15/2024 More Information
NSF: Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - This program supports community-engaged team science to co-design high-impact solutions to climate-related societal challenges that leverage recent advances in fundamental climate change and Earth system science research. Amount: $500,000 (Phase 1); $15,000,000 (Phase 2) Due Date: 12/16/2024 (LOI); 01/16/2025 (Full Proposal) More Information
FY25 Graduate Research Awards Announcement from Office of Research Thursday, August 8, 2024 - The two graduate research awards administered through the Office of Research described below require nomination by the Graduate Coordinator. James L. Carmon Scholarship The James L. Carmon Scholarship is an academic year scholarship awarded to a graduate student whose dissertation/thesis research reflects state-of-the-art utilization of computer and/or networking technology in the sciences or creative arts. […]
NIH: Tissue Chips in Space 2.0: Translational Multi-Organ Tissue Chip Systems for Drug Efficacy, Toxicity Testing, and Personalized Medicine in Human Health, Aging and Associated Diseases (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - This program’s purpose is to develop multi-organ automated microphysiological systems for studying the effects of microgravity conditions on human body in low Earth orbit at the International Space Station National Laboratory. Amount: $5,662,500 Due Date: 09/16/2024 (LOI); 10/18/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NIH: RNA Modifications Driving Oncogenesis (RNAMoDO; U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - This initiative promotes fundamental studies in the emerging area of RNA modifications that underlie the oncogenic process, focusing on the central role of RNA modifications in translational reprogramming of cancer cells. Amount: $4,907,500 Due Date: 10/05/2024 (LOI); 11/04/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NIH: Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research (RIVER) (R35 Clinical Trial Optional) Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - This program supports outstanding investigators in the Environmental Health Sciences, giving them intellectual and administrative freedom, as well as sustained support to pursue their research in novel directions in order to achieve greater impacts. Amount: $7,248,000 Due Date: 10/01/2024 (LOI); 11/01/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NIH: Translating Socioenvironmental Influences on Neurocognitive Development and Addiction Risk (TranSINDA) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - This program invites applications for a Data Coordination Center (DCC) to serve as the organizational hub for the management and sharing of TranSINDA data, establish a modern data ecosystem that integrates TranSINDA data into appropriate data repositories under common data standards and serves as a resource for software tools for large scale data query, analysis, […]
NIH: Halting Tuberculosis (TB) Transmission (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - This program aims to understand the critical drivers of tuberculosis (TB) transmission; develop effective methods to measure rates of TB transmission; and assess potential interventions to prevent TB transmission and detect infectious TB. Amount: $5,662,500 Due Date: 11/04/2024 (LOI); 12/04/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NSF: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) Friday, July 19, 2024 - This program enables science and engineering research and education by developing, creating, and supporting secure, advanced, scalable, and global research cyberinfrastructure (CI). The program emphasizes integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation, and encourages broad, interdisciplinary proposals. Amount: $600,000 (Elements); $600,001 – $5,000,000 (Framework Implementations) […]
NIH: Translational Resource Centers to Build Bridges Between Substance Use Epidemiology/Etiology and Prevention Intervention Research (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - This program seeks innovative applications for Translational Resource Centers that will establish and support multidisciplinary research teams to conduct translational research between the fields of 1) substance use epidemiology and etiology and 2) substance use prevention intervention. Amount: $2,114,000 Deadline: 10/13/2024 (LOI);11/13/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
Deadline for Research Scientist promotion dossiers – November 1, 2024 Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - The deadline for receipt of Research Scientist promotion dossiers to Office of Research is Friday, November 1, 2024. Please be sure that all faculty and staff in your unit are aware of this deadline. (Note: Please check with your unit and Dean’s Office for any internal procedures and earlier deadlines.) The items listed below are […]
NIH: Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health (IMPACT-MH) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) Monday, July 1, 2024 - This program aims to stimulate and support research that will use behavioral measures and computational methods to define novel clinical signatures that can be used for individual-level prediction and clinical decision making in mental disorders. Amount: $18,875,000 Due Date: 09/18/2024 (LOI); 10/18/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NIH: Alzheimer’s Drug-Development Program (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) Thursday, June 27, 2024 - This program invites applications proposing pre-clinical and early stage clinical (Phase I) development of novel small-molecule and biologic drug candidates that aim to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD), slow its progression, or treat its cognitive and behavioral symptoms. Amount: $11,325,000 Due Date: 02/05/2025 More information
NIH: Whole Person Research and Coordination Center (Whole Person RCC) U24 (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Thursday, June 20, 2024 - This center will be integral in coordinating the initial and future research programs in whole person health research, with the goal of seamlessly integrating current and emerging biomedical knowledge about human health and forming a comprehensive, multi-scale human knowledge network. Amount: $11,325,000 Due Date: 10/01/2024 (LOI); 11/01/2024 (Invited Full Proposals) More information
DoD: Peer Reviewed Cancer Convergent Science Cancer Consortium Award Thursday, June 20, 2024 - This program’s goal is to improve mission readiness and quality of life by decreasing the burden of cancer on Service Members, their Families, Veterans, and the American public. Amount: $20,000,000 Due Date: 07/24/2024 (LOI); 10/15/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
Research Collaboration Network in Structural Racism Measurement and Modeling (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) Thursday, June 20, 2024 - This program invites applications to form an interdisciplinary network of scholars from a variety of disciplines to collaborate with each other in the measurement and modeling of structural racism to facilitate research on life course health and aging. Amount: $7,550,000 Due Date: 09/17/2024 (LOI); 10/17/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NSF: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED) – Discovery Proposals Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - This program seeks to harness computing to accelerate scientific discovery, while driving new computing advancements. Amount: $3,000,000 Due Date: 01/14/2025 More information
National Archives and Records Administration: Archival Projects Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - This program supports archival projects that significantly improve online public discovery and use of historical records collections. Amount: $150,000 Due Date: 08/15/2024 (Optional Draft); 11/07/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation: Prevention RFP Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - This program supports studies of cognitive symptoms due to health conditions, comparative effectiveness research, and epidemiological studies that probe whether the use or choice of drugs alters the risk for dementia or cognitive decline. Amount: $5,000,000 Due Date: 09/30/2024 (LOI); 12/09/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation: Drug Development RFP Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - This program supports investigational new drug-enabling studies and early-phase clinical trials that test promising pharmacological interventions and devices for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Amount: $5,000,000 Due Date: 09/30/2024 (LOI); 12/09/2024 (Full Proposal) More information
NSF: Molecular Foundations for Sustainability: Sustainable Polymers Enabled by Emerging Data Analytics (MFS-SPEED) Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - This program’s goal is to support fundamental research enabling the accelerated discovery and ultimate manufacturing of sustainable polymers using state-of-the-art data science, and to enhance development of a cross-disciplinary workforce skilled in this area. Amount: $2,000,000 Due Date: 01/16/2025 More information
NIH: Precision Mental Health: Develop Tools to Inform Treatment Selection in Depression (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) Monday, April 15, 2024 - The purpose is to create a pipeline to accelerate the development and early validation of predictive tools and/or biomarkers to inform individual-level treatment selection among two or more existing therapeutics for depression. Amount: $12,835,000 Due Date: 09/18/2024 (LOI); 10/18/2024 (Full Proposal) More Information
NIH: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) Monday, March 18, 2024 - This program supports mentored research career development of junior faculty members who have recently completed clinical training or postdoctoral fellowships, and who will be engaged in interdisciplinary basic, translational, data science, behavioral, clinical, and/or health services research relevant to the health of women and, where appropriate, the use of both sexes to better understand the […]
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 […]
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
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.
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
NIH: Development of Novel Nonsteroidal Contraceptive Methods Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - Supports multidisciplinary research approaches for the development of novel nonsteroidal contraceptive products for men and women that act prior to fertilization. Amount: $3,020,000 Due Date: 3/29/23 More information
Turner receives Wilker Memorial Egalitarian Award Thursday, September 22, 2022 - Crystal Turner has been named one of UGA’s 2022 recipients of the Ed Wilker Memorial Egalitarian Award. The honor is awarded to staff and faculty members who encourage diversity and occupational excellence in their work. Turner joined UGA in June 2021as a grants accounting specialist in the Sponsored Projects Administration. I would rework this […]
Get support from HRPP Friday, August 5, 2022 - The Human Research Protection Program professionals provide guidance and support for students and staff developing submissions for IRB review.
Dan Runge named director of the Office of Research Security & Export Control Tuesday, June 28, 2022 - Dan Runge has been named director of the newly recreated Office of Research Security & Export Control in the Office of Research.
New Office of Research Security and Export Controls Monday, May 9, 2022 - The new Office of Research Security and Export Controls (ORSEC), under the Office of Research Integrity and Safety umbrella, will continue its export controls and economic sanctions compliance mandate while responding to new and evolving federal guidelines related to research security requirements for federally funded research.
IRB: Expiration of Approval Wednesday, May 4, 2022 - PIs are urged to have multiple tools and safeguards to ensure that they meet regulatory and institutional requirements pertaining to continuing review and maintaining approval of human research projects.
Travel, Shipping, and Activities involving Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria or Ukraine Friday, April 29, 2022 - Get help with travel, shipping and activities involving countries where the U.S. has imposed economic sanctions or trade embargoes.