OSP Weekly 12/04/2023
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2024 Faculty Opportunity Awards and
2024 Catalyst Grants
Call for Proposals
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Webinar and Workshop | Friday, December 8, 2023
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- Informational Webinar: 10:00am-11:30am, via Zoom
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Grant Writing Workshop: 1:00pm-3:30pm, Hospitality Hall, Room 282 or via Zoom
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Faculty Opportunity Awards |
The Division of Research is pleased to announce the 2024 Faculty Opportunity Awards (FOA) program Call for Proposals: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Awards. This program is supported by by the UNLV Research Foundation, UNLV Foundation, and the Division of Research.
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Application Deadline: February 4, 2024, 11:59 pm PT.
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The Faculty Opportunity Awards (FOA) Program is intended to help identify core interdisciplinary research teams at UNLV and increase innovative, multiple investigator research and scholarly/creative projects that are funded by extramural agencies, private foundations, or industry. This “seed funding” is designed to bolster the development of strong extramural funding proposals. Teams will involve multiple UNLV colleges/schools and can include external collaborators. FOAs will support team development for long term, sustainable research program development rather than targeting a single project.
Eligibility
The program is for interdisciplinary teams who want to develop projects yielding research, scholarship, and/or creative activities and target specified funding proposals.
The team must consist of a minimum of two collaborators consisting of a Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator(s) (Co-PI), representing different colleges or schools. The PI will be designated as taking the lead for receiving notices and submitting reports. The PI must meet the requirements for Principal Investigator (PI) eligibility (including faculty-in-residence). There may be an unlimited number of collaborators, but full-time faculty are expected as the core of the teams. Note: Faculty who have received a FOA award previously are eligible to participate on a team but may not serve as the PI or Co-PI. View historic FOA awardees at Past Awards.
The intent of the FOA award is to provide resources for team building and to plan for specified federal, philanthropic, and industry funding proposals by the end of the 24-month FOA award.
The primary research deliverable from this award is the submission of two or more grant proposals for research funding from external sources, including corporate sponsored research, within the 24-month project performance period. The proposal should help to catalyze a funded research program for new and existing faculty, and stimulate development of new research funding opportunities. Ideally, the team would describe a grant making/funding trajectory that is appropriate for the nature of the work and the state of the team. Other planned outcomes, such as manuscripts or creative works, should be included as secondary deliverables if appropriate.
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Funding Information: Up to $35,000 maximum amount of funding per award is available to identify research teams, develop the proposal idea, identify funding source(s), and apply for grant(s) within the 24-month project performance period. Project funding is intended for an inclusive range of disciplines at UNLV and projects representing diverse disciplines (e.g., sciences, humanities, arts, education) and approaches to research/scholarship/ creative activities are strongly encouraged. Awards start July 1st.
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Create a single PDF file with all application materials and submit it online through the UNLV InfoReady Opportunities Portal (use your ACE credentials to login). Required application materials and further details are available on the FOA webpage. Note: application materials and portal have been revised and updated for this round.
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Program and application questions please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs:
702-895-1880
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The UNLV Office of Economic Development (OED) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals under the Sports Research & Innovation Initiative - Catalyst Grant Program. This Program is supported by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (“GOED”) through its Knowledge Fund initiative.
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Letter of Intent Deadline: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 12:00 Noon PT and Full Proposal Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024, 12:00 Noon PT
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Two types of awards will be made to seed commercially promising inventions where UNLV has the greatest potential to impact the local economy through commercialization activities.
Eligibility: Catalyst Grants are open to all fields of research in which the proposed project fulfills the goals and funding priorities of the program outlined above, and which are identifiable to the OED as commercially relevant sports innovations. Applicants are encouraged to consult with the UNLV OED about the project’s appropriateness and eligibility for this opportunity.
1 - Proof of Concept Grants
(POC Grant)
Must propose research and development activities for technologies or products on the brink of commercialization or licensing that must overcome a specifically identified hurdle. It is a requirement of the program that the proposed work be directly related to an active intellectual property matter with OED.
Funding Information: Direct costs up to $25,000 may be requested. Permitted expenses include salaries for the PI and research personnel, as well as research supplies that are allowable NIH expenses. Travel expenses are allowed for conducting fieldwork as part of the project, or to facilitate accessing experts or other resources. Capital equipment is generally not allowable. Project duration up to one (1) year.
2 - Product & Service Development Grants (PSD Grant)
Provide funding through a competitive process that is a simple mechanism intended to support new collaborations between UNLV faculty and an industry collaborator for a one year period. UNLV researchers will apply to receive matching funds, up to $50,000, to conduct research with, or on behalf of, the Industry Collaborator, dollar-for-dollar to those cash funds supplied by the Industry Collaborator.
Funding Information: Direct costs up to $50,000 may be requested to match, dollar-for-dollar, cash funds supplied by an Industry Collaborator. Permitted expenses include salaries for the PI and research personnel, as well as research supplies that are allowable NIH expenses. Travel expenses are allowed for conducting fieldwork as part of the project, or to facilitate accessing experts or other resources. Capital equipment is generally not allowable. Project duration up to one (1) year.
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Questions about the Sports Innovation Initiative- Catalyst Grant Program should be directed to the UNLV Sports Innovation Initiative:
702-895-5392
702-895-1356
Zach Miles, JD
702-895-4507
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Althea Sheets, Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Development Manager, Office of Sponsored Programs, althea.sheets@unlv.edu, 702-895-1880
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