OSP Weekly 05/03/2022
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Congratulations and Farewell Jordan!

Join us in congratulating OSP's very own Jordan Haines. Jordan will receive her Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration at UNLV's Spring 2022 Commencement.

Jordan has been with the OSP office for over four years, most recently as the Assistant to the Executive Director. She has been essential to the office, especially during the pandemic. She has been a supportive and excellent team member
and she will be truly missed.

With accolades and excitement, we wish her all the best as she begins her next journey. 

Congratulations Jordan!
AIM AHEAD Research Fellows Program
A Call for Proposals for the AIM-AHEAD Research Fellows Program has been announced. Deadline to submit: Sunday, May 22, 2022 11:59 pm Eastern Time.

Early career researchers from under-represented populations can leverage Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher
Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) to gain access to training, data, and infrastructure needed to rapidly develop research skills required in the AI/ML field. An effective approach is through fellowship programs that provide both funding support and additional AIM-AHEAD resources
 
The AIM-AHEAD Research Fellowship program can provide early-career researchers (graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and others) funding to help support research on novel and innovative data science and data-focused research problems.
Application Preparation Workshop May 3, 2022 from 2-4 PM ET

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NSF Convergence Accelerator Phases 1 and 2 for the 2022 Cohort - Tracks H, I, J
The NSF Convergence Accelerator has issued a new funding opportunity for three new research track topics aligned to the 2022 cohort. Researchers and innovators have two submission pathways to submit their proposals: Solicitation, NSF-22-583 and Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), NSFBAA-CA22-02. Letter of Intent (required): 5/31/2022. Full Proposal Deadline: 7/20/2022

Informational Webinars THIS WEEK May 4, 2022, 1-3pm ET and May 5, 2022, 3-5 pm ET

The funding opportunity track focuses include:

  • Track H: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities: This track will converge a wide range of disciplines to include social sciences, behavioral sciences, engineering, computer science, ethics, and economics to develop use-inspired solutions to enhance the quality of life, employment access, and opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWDs).

  • Track I: Sustainable Materials for Global Challenges: This track will converge advances in fundamental materials science with materials design and manufacturing methods with the goal to couple their end-use and full life-cycle considerations for environmentally and economically sustainable materials and products that address global challenges. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), an Australian Government agency, is partnering with the NSF Convergence Accelerator on Track I. Australian researchers have the opportunity to be on multidisciplinary teams that submit proposals aligned to Track I. 

  • Track J: Food & Nutrition Security: This track will converge a wide range of disciplines to address intertwined challenges in supporting population health, combating climate change, and addressing the nutritional needs of the most vulnerable by empowering youth, women, and disadvantaged communities.
Althea Sheets, Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Development Manager, Office of Sponsored Programs, [email protected], 702-895-1880