03/04/2022 Edition 54
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Science Diversity Leadership Award |
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Science Diversity Leadership Award
Applications Close: May 19, 2022 at 5:00 pm EDT
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are partnering with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to administer a new funding opportunity that aims to recognize and further the leadership and scientific accomplishments of excellent biomedical researchers who — through their outreach, mentoring, and teaching — have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific fields.
The Science Diversity Leadership (SDL) program will support projects led by outstanding early- to mid-career faculty at U.S. universities, medical schools, and nonprofit research institutes who advance research and act as mentors, sponsors, and role models for underrepresented groups in biomedical science.
Each grant recipient will be awarded a total of $1.15 million over five years, with the first two cohorts of grantees selected in 2022 and 2023. Investigators leading the grantees’ projects will use funds to support research programs and outreach, mentoring, and teaching activities. In addition, CZI will connect project leads with national and international scientific leaders through convening activities.
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Informational Webinar March 8, 2022 2:00 pm - 3:00pm ET - REGISTER HERE
SolWEB will award $10 million for innovative solutions and strategies that maximize benefits and minimize impacts to wildlife and ecosystems from solar energy infrastructure. DOE is interested in projects that will produce results with broad relevance to solar stakeholders by establishing methods, technologies, models, best management practices, or resources that facilitate ground-mounted photovoltaic energy generation, including utility-scale and community solar or concentrating solar-thermal power that is compatible with surrounding wildlife. DOE is also interested in assessing and optimizing ecosystem benefits that solar energy facilities can provide, such as soil formation, pollination of food crops, and carbon sequestration.
The funding program has two topic areas:
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Wildlife-Solar Interactions (2-4 projects, $1-2M each). Projects will develop innovative methods or technologies for monitoring wildlife-solar interactions, maximizing benefits, mitigating adverse impacts on wildlife, and building data-sharing infrastructure regarding wildlife at solar energy facilities.
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Ecosystem Services from Solar Facilities (2-4 projects, $500,000-$2M each). Projects will characterize, quantify, and/or optimize the ecosystem benefits from solar energy facilities. These projects will develop models, tools, or methodologies for assessing the cost and value of these benefits for use in siting decisions.
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Department of Education (ED) |
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Application Deadline: May 02, 2022
The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for personnel
preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that
have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
To ensure that personnel serving students with disabilities have the knowledge and skills to use evidence-based practices (EBPs) effectively, States, districts, schools, and institutions of higher education (IHEs) must implement effective personnel development practices in both preparation programs and professional learning opportunities supporting growth for the current education workforce. Resources that may be used within such programs or stand-alone training are needed to support personalized professional learning for those seeking to advance their knowledge and skills. Further, both preparation programs and professional learning opportunities must be designed with a clear focus on course and curricular content that (a) translates research to practice by first building knowledge and understanding and then linking to meaningful applied learning experiences; (b) incorporates active learning with adult-learning principles; (c) connects learning to real-world settings; and (d) provides opportunities for modeling, coaching, and feedback (Darling-Hammond et al., 2017).
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) |
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CDC announces the availability of funding for a three-year cooperative agreement to help CDC reach a larger proportion of clinical laboratory professionals and bridge, train, and sustain the laboratory community to support rapid, large-scale responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies. This NOFO aims to support the following three categories of strategies to help build laboratory preparedness and response competencies amongst clinical laboratory professionals: 1) Bridge— strengthening essential links between clinical laboratory and public health laboratory training/continuing education professionals and CDC; 2) Train— developing and evaluating education and training resources for clinical laboratory professionals; and 3) Sustain— expanding the reach of CDC’s training and workforce development resources among the clinical laboratory community and promoting awareness of the laboratory profession to broader audiences. The three strategies will be implemented using a data-driven approach to enhance the clinical laboratory community's ability to combat emerging threats, learn evolving practices, and stay current with the newest standards and technologies. The goals of the NOFO are in accordance with Healthy People 2030 goals.
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Althea Sheets, Communications Manager for Research Development, Office of Sponsored Programs, althea.sheets@unlv.edu, 702-895-1880
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