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October 1, 2024, 11:59pm Deadline

The President’s Interdisciplinary Research Accelerator Challenge is a competitive prize that will yield funding for research teams to develop a funding proposal with professional support. This is a new program initiated by President Whitfield and the Division of Research to support interdisciplinary research development and team collaboration. The goal is to accelerate successful interdisciplinary grant applications and build team grant writing skills at UNLV by enlisting the guidance of professional proposal development experts. This award is not a research grant for data collection or other primary research or scholarly activities. It is an award that supports the development of a research proposal to an external funding agency. In recognition of the different needs on campus, the prize may support awards in the following categories:

• Planning or coordination grant - supports targeted planning or coordination activities designed to foster increased resource sharing, develop research/practice communities, coordinate planning for research activities or programs, and support communication and outreach. This grant type ensures adequate support, networks, and resources for flourishing research activities.
• Training grant - supports developing training programs for undergraduate students, graduate students, and/or faculty in a specific area. This grant type should include research activities to build expertise and capacity for research.
• Research grant - supports the production of research/scholarship/creative activity.
• Center or Infrastructure grant - supports the development of research centers/institutes or major infrastructure designed to support the research enterprise. 

Eligibility: Teams may comprise faculty, staff, students, and/or external collaborators. However, the project must be led by a UNLV administrative or academic faculty member who is PI-eligible at the time of submission. The team is responsible for communicating how their project is interdisciplinary. 

Awards: Up to $60,000 in total to be split across awardees. We expect to make awards to up to 3 teams. The funds will not be distributed directly to the teams; instead, the Division of Research will administer the prize through a contract with the supporting external proposal development organization. 

Apply: Submit a (5 pg max) concept paper through the InfoReady@UNLV platform managed by OSP by October 1, 2024, 11:59pm. If selected for a Finalist Pitch, your team will be notified by October 15, 2024.

Present Finalist Pitch: Up to 6 concept papers will be selected to give brief in-person pitches to a selection committee, including President Whitfield, October 28, 2024 @ the Interdisciplinary Research Symposium.

Awardees: Awardees will be notified of decisions by November 15, 2024.

Questions: Contact Gwen Marchand, Associate Vice President, Division of Research, gwen.marchand@unlv.edu or 702-895-4811.

Concept Paper and Challenge Details:

Challenge PDF

Challenge Website

DOE Super Truck Charge

DOE Super Truck Charge, DE-FOA-0003344. VTO expects to make two to three awards under SuperTruck Charge, each ranging between $24 million and $36 million. Prior to submitting a full application for this opportunity, a mandatory concept paper is due on Oct. 8, 2024, at 5 p.m. ET. Application Deadline: 11/20/24.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) announced the SuperTruck Charge funding program, which will award $72 million for projects that enable the design, development, and demonstration of innovative electric vehicle charging infrastructure near key ports, distribution hubs, and major corridors in support of electrified medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs).

Subtopics in this FOA address the need to identify large scale replicable and high-power charging installations to serve electric MHDV fleets with tens to hundreds of vehicles, as well as develop high-capacity charging infrastructure to serve electric MHDV for long-haul use cases (more than 500 mile per day) along major corridors and rural regions where grid capacity is limited.

This funding opportunity will identify potential solutions to address gaps in electrified MHDV charging infrastructure necessary to enable greater utilization of electrified fleets and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from trucks. This program encourages the development and inclusion of innovative wired and non-wired charging solutions. The outcomes of this program will lead to accelerated deployment of large-scale public charging infrastructure for electric MHDVs with clean energy resources and greater grid resiliency and reliability.

FOA Question and Answers posted 09/26/2024 (Version 2)

Interested? Track this DOE Super Truck Charge funding opportunity in Pivot

NIH RADx Tech ACT ENDO Challenge

RADx Tech ACT ENDO Challenge (Advancing Cures and Therapies and ending ENDOmetriosis diagnostic delays. $350,000 - $850,000. Phase I open until 10/11/24 09:59pm MDT.

The deadline for submissions for the NIH RADx® Tech ACT ENDO Challenge is approaching! This initiative aims to accelerate the development of innovative technologies for diagnosing endometriosis, a chronic condition that urgently requires better diagnostic tools.  

The ACT ENDO Challenge is calling on innovators to develop cutting-edge solutions that will:  

• Shorten diagnosis time  
• Eliminate the invasiveness of current diagnostic techniques  
• Improve accessibility, safety, convenience, and costs  

Potential technologies include advanced imaging, in vitro diagnostic devices, smartphone-enabled tools, wearable devices, integrated sensing technologies, and digital health platforms. 

This two-year challenge will consist of three phases. Submissions to Phase I are due October 11, 2024, and final winners are expected to be announced in March 2026.

The first-place winner can earn up to $950,000, the second-place winner can earn $850,000, the third-place winner can earn $750,000, and the runner-up can earn $450,000. 

Learn more here about how you can participate in the RADx® Tech ACT ENDO Challenge and make a difference in women's health.