Funding Friday 01/07/2022 Edition 48
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Nevada

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) is now offering Nevada agencies and private businesses up to $8 million in Volkswagen (VW) Settlement grants to help replace diesel-powered vehicles and equipment – including freight trucks, delivery trucks, school buses, and transit buses – with low and zero-emission alternatives to reduce air pollution and support a healthy, sustainable Nevada. 
 
Grant applications are being accepted through January 31, 2022Apply online at https://bit.ly/2ZPJWK3 or send your application to [email protected].

“Reducing pollution from diesel engines is a critical part of protecting the health of all Nevadans, and especially children and the elderly, who are the most sensitive to pollution from diesel emissions,” said NDEP Administrator Greg Lovato. “NDEP is looking forward to investing VW grant funding into projects that will help the Silver State drive towards a healthy, climate-resilient future.”
NDEP hosted a webinar on November 3, 2021 where the 2021 Diesel Emission Mitigation Fund Competitive Application was presented. The recording from the webinar is below and a copy of the slides that were presented are available here.  
NSF

The goals of the NSF Convergence Accelerator are to accelerate use-inspired convergence research in areas of national importance and societal challenges, and to initiate convergence team-building capacity around exploratory, potentially high-risk proposals addressing selected convergent research topics. The following topics have been selected to be included in the 2022 solicitation that is expected to be published in the coming months:

Track H: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
There are almost 50 million people with disabilities (PWD or PWDs) in the United States today. PWDs, especially women and those from traditionally underserved racial and ethnic groups, experience major physical and professional barriers that can impact their health, careers, and overall quality of life. The NSF Convergence Accelerator's Track H: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities will serve as a platform to bring together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from a wide range of disciplines and sectors to work on use-inspired solutions to enhance quality of life and employment access and opportunities for PWDs. The convergent research track topic was chosen based on the results of NSF-funded community workshops, such as the Accelerating Disability Inclusion in Workplaces Through Technology Workshop and Liberate 2021: Living Better through Rehabilitative and Assistive Technology.
Track I: Sustainable Materials for Global Challenges
The objective of the NSF Convergence Accelerator's Track I: Sustainable Materials for Global Challenges will be to converge advances in fundamental materials science with materials design and manufacturing methods in an effort to couple their end-use and full life-cycle considerations for environmentally- and economically-sustainable materials and products. This convergent research track topic was based on the results of NSF-funded community workshops, such as Accelerating Translational Materials R&D for Global Challenges and Socio resilient Infrastructure: Precision Materials, Assemblages, and Systems. 

Track J: Food & Nutrition Security
The overarching goal of the NSF Convergence Accelerator's Track J: Food & Nutrition Security will be to accelerate convergence across food and nutrition sectors 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. The convergent research track topic was chosen based on the results of NSF-funded community workshops, such as Digital and Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Systems Enabling Food Security in Extreme Environments and Food Deserts Employing a Convergence of Food, Energy, Water and Systems for Societal Impact.
Foundation
The Office of Sponsored Programs will be the submitting authorized official for these announcements. We strongly encourage Principal Investigators to utilize the UNLV Corporate & Foundation Relations assistance with the preparation of any narrative portions of the proposal(s). 
Spencer Foundation Invites Proposals for Education Research Grants - From $125,000 to $500,000 over 1 to 5 years - To support proposals with multiple disciplinary and methodological perspectives, both domestically and internationally, and from scholars at various stages in their career. Letters of Intent due Jan. 26, 2022
American Cancer Society Offering Research Professor Grants - Up to $80,000 for a 5-year term, may be renewed once - To support investigators who have had the rank of full professor for 15 years or less and made seminal contributions that have changed the direction of basic cancer research. Letters of Intent due Feb. 1, 2022
Sarcoma Foundation of America Invites Applications for Research - Up to $50,000 - To support pre-clinical, translational, and clinical research on the etiology, molecular biology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of human sarcomas. Applications due Feb. 1, 2022
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Invites Nominations for Clinical Investigator Award - $600,000 over 3 years - To provide outstanding young physicians with the resources and training structure essential to becoming successful clinical investigators. Applications due Feb. 1, 2022
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Seeks Nominations for Teacher-Scholar Awards Program - $100,000 - To support the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Applications due Feb. 2, 2022
National League for Nursing Invites Applications for Nursing Education Research - Up to $30,000 - To support research with the potential to contribute to the development of the science of nursing education. Applications due Feb. 3, 2022

Althea Sheets, Communications Manager for Research Development, Office of Sponsored Programs, [email protected], 702-895-1880