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
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
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)
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)
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. It is in memory of Dr. James L. Carmon, a UGA faculty member for 36 years, who helped advance computer research and development at the university.
Departments may nominate up to two candidates through their graduate coordinators.
Deadline for nominations to be received by the Office of Research: Third Tuesday in September, which is September 17, 2024 for the 2024-2025 cycle.
The detailed guidelines can be found here.
Graduate Coordinators should submit nominations through UGA’s InfoReady Portal via the James L. Carmon Scholarship – Nomination Form for Graduate Coordinators.
Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award
As a memorial to Dr. Robert C. Anderson, former Vice President for Research and President of the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., two awards to recent graduates of the University of Georgia Graduate School are made annually. Usually, although not necessarily, one award is made in the natural sciences and one in any other field. This award reflects an outstanding record of research accomplishment carried out as part of a candidate’s graduate studies and during the period immediately following receipt of the terminal degree.
University of Georgia graduate students who have received their terminal degree no more than two years prior to the award year are eligible for nomination. For example, anyone that has already graduated in 2023 or 2024 is eligible to be nominated in the November 2024 deadline.
Deadline for nominations to be received by the Office of Research: November 1, 2024.
The detailed guidelines can be found here.
Nominations are made by the nominee’s major professor and graduate coordinator. Graduate Coordinators should submit nominations through UGA’s InfoReady Portal via the Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award – Nomination Form for Graduate Coordinators.
Please note that the submission forms are to be used by Graduate Coordinators (or a designated staff program assistant) to submit nominees for their department. Graduate Coordinators (or a designated staff program assistant) should click “Nominate Candidate” and log-in to InfoReady with their UGA MyID and password.
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 required for the promotion dossier. Please see the Guidelines for Appointment and Promotion of Research Scientists for promotion procedures and details regarding these required items, particularly for section 5 (Promotion Procedures), Appendix B (Dossier for Promotion), and Appendix C (Suggested Letter of Request).
Please make sure you are using the most recent guidelines, which state “Effective 8-1-2023” at the top heading.
Outline of items required for promotion dossier (see the Guidelines for Appointment and Promotion of Research Scientists, Appendix B – Dossier for Promotion of Research Scientists for more details on the following items):
To submit promotion recommendation dossiers to Office of Research: Please submit the required materials through UGA’s InfoReady Portal via the Research Scientist Promotion Dossier Submission Form – Nov 2024.
IMPORTANT SUBMISSION NOTE: The original hard copy Recommendation for Promotion form with original signatures should then be sent to: The Office of Research c/o Jessica Hawks Farmer OR Moriah Thomas, 145 Coverdell Building CAMPUS.
Please direct questions to: research-personnel@uga.edu
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
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
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 influence of sex as a biological variable on health and disease.
Amount: $6,342,000
Due Date: 05/30/2024; 05/28/2026
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 February 21, 2024 12 am EST. Click here for a list of 2024 MHSRS sessions and instructions for abstract submission.
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 information on chemicals and substances and their respective hazard categories, current rosters of lab employees, and building/location information.
The CSP program affects more than 500 investigators spread among 1,200 labs at UGA. Each lab is required to submit a CSP, which helps both employees and ORS to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for storage, handling, usage and spill response of hazardous chemicals and waste products. CSP is part of UGA’s wider Environmental Health and Safety Management System.
Among ChemSafeUGA’s improvements are:
· Automatically linking a lab’s chemical inventory into hazard categories as defined by Chematix, and lists Particularly Hazardous Substances (PHS) for investigator and lab staff awareness.
· Connection to HR, Student Affairs and Facilities Management Division databases to streamline entry of laboratory staff and locations into the CSP.
· Connection to UGA Professional Education Portal to streamline reporting of training progress by lab personnel.
With the adoption of ChemSafeUGA, lab managers no longer will need to obtain personnel MyIDs to complete their CSPs, nor will they need to track down information about the training requirements for those personnel.
ChemSafeUGA was developed by the Office of Research Information Technology group in close consultation with UGA’s Research Safety Committee. ORS will roll the new system out during spring 2024 as it builds its calendar for lab safety inspections, reporting its progress and compliance back to the committee during the rollout.
If you have questions about ChemSafeUGA, contact ORS Director Zeke Barrera at 542-9373 or ebarr@uga.edu.