Funding Fridays | A Research Newsletter
Funding Fridays is the title of a bi-monthly newsletter aimed at amplifying and consolidating external funding opportunities shared with the faculty through various channels. This newsletter will highlight and foster funding opportunities that offer cross-unit, multidisciplinary, or unique collaborative opportunities. It will also highlight all limited-institution submissions or opportunities that are high risk / high reward. Below you will find links to standard funding search engines for those interested in exploring more available opportunities.
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Upcoming Funding Related Events |
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Race, Equity, Resilience and Social Justice Research
Lightning Talks + Pitch Session:
This event will include two exciting collaboration opportunities and will continue to connect researchers working at the intersection of race, equity, resilience, and social justice. Following the Lighting Talks, the SVPR Office will host a Pitch Session where event attendees will network, collaborate, and brainstorm project ideas that can lead to extramural funding. The event will culminate with each team pitching a real seed project, with up to two teams receiving small, on-the-spot funding to support new collaborations.
Date: February 24, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Check in Begins at 11:45a
Location: Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322
Klamon Room
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AI.Humanity Research
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Lightning Talks + Networking:
This event is for Emory researchers studying AI, potential areas where AI can be applied to improve our lives and society, and critical lenses such as ethics, social justice, and equity that are essential for identifying, preventing, and addressing hidden biases in AI. The event is inclusive of all disciplines, including humanities, law, business, and social science. Faculty who do not currently work in the AI but who are interested are welcome. This event will be a precursor to a new collaboration opportunity.
Date: February 28, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Check in Begins at 11:45a
Location: Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322
Klamon Room
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LIMITED SUBMISSION: Biomedical Research Facilities
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The goal of this FOA is to upgrade or create novel biomedical research infrastructure to strengthen biomedical research programs. Each project is expected to provide long-term improvements to the institutional research infrastructure. Targeted projects are the construction or modernization of core facilities and the development of other infrastructure serving an institution-wide research community on a shared basis.
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2022 MP3 Initiative Seed Grants (MP3 SG)
Letter of Intent Due March 1, 2022
The goal of the MP3 Initiative is to facilitate and grow basic and applied infectious disease research across scales at Emory University, from molecules and pathogens within hosts to populations and pandemics. The main way in which the initiative will accomplish this is to provide sizable seed grants to interdisciplinary teams of researchers, to provide proof-of-concept and preliminary results for subsequent applications for research grants, program grants, center grants and training grants. An explicit requirement of funding through this program is therefore the subsequent submission of extramural grants. Importantly, to fully establish interdisciplinary research programs, seed grants are only awarded to teams of researchers from different schools at Emory University. Furthermore, partnerships with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Carter Center are strongly encouraged.
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New Funding Opportunities |
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Washington Center for Equitable Growth: Academic Research Grants
LOI Deadline: January 26, 2022 (no later than 11:59 p.m. EST)
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. To do so, they support research investigating the various channels through which economic inequality, in all its forms, may or may not impact economic growth and stability. This request for proposals is organized around four main themes: (1) Macroeconomics and Inequality; (2) Human Capital & Well-Being; (3) Market Structure; (4) and The Labor Market.
- Academic grants are typically in the $25,000 to $100,000 range over 1 to 3 years.
- Preference is given to projects creating new data that can be made publicly available, to studies that center race, and to studies that engage with relevant literature across disciplines.
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Simons Foundation: The Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) Research Awards
Letter of Interest Due January 31, 2022, 5:00 pm ET
This Request for Applications seeks to fund studies on mechanisms of resilience and reserve in normal cognitive aging in the absence of disease. They seek to fund research on human and model organisms, and areas of particular interest in resilience and reserve in cognitive aging include the vasculature, neuronal plasticity, neural-immune interactions, and sleep.
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SCPAB projects specifically address changes in normal aging, to distinguish from well-funded efforts to study Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, and to distinguish from work focusing on developmental trajectories.
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SCPAB encourages proposals for collaborative projects involving 2-3 labs. An investigator can be part of more than one collaborative project. Proposals from applicants underrepresented in the field are encouraged.
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Grants will be for no more than $250,000 USD per year per PI, including indirect costs (limited to 20% of modified total direct costs), for a period of up to three years.
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The LOI must include: (1) Research narrative (no more than 3- page description of scientific goals of the research); (2) statements of the roles and responsibilities of each PI; (3) a brief project leadership plan; (4) NIH Biosketches; (5) proposed budget (both annual and 3-year total amounts); and (6) brief budget justification (2-3 sentences per PI) for each PI and institution.
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Digital Justice Seed Grants
Proposal Deadline: February 15, 2022
The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to invite applications for Digital Justice Seed Grants, which are made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants are designed to promote and provide resources for newly formulated projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues.
ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants support projects that pursue any of the following activities:
- Engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities, including (but not limited to) Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities;
- people with disabilities; and queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming people;
- Explore or experiment with new materials, methodologies, and research agendas by way of planning workshops, prototyping, and/or testing products;
- Cultivate greater openness to new sources of knowledge and strategic approaches to content building and knowledge dissemination.
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Digital Justice Development Grants
Proposal Deadline: February 15, 2022
The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to invite applications for Digital Justice Development Grants, which are made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants are designed to promote and provide resources for projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues.
ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants support projects that pursue any of the following activities:
- Engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities, including (but not limited to) Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities; people with disabilities; and queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming people;
- Advance beyond the prototyping or proof-of-concept phase and articulates the next financial, technological, and intellectual phases of project development;
- Cultivate greater openness to new sources of knowledge and strategic approaches to content building and knowledge dissemination;
- Support teams of scholars committed to exploring and pursuing the best available means for their projects’ long-term sustainability and impact.
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Contact: Nicole Dancz-Bal, Corporate and Foundation Relations, nicole.dancz@emory.edu
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Simons Foundation: Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) Conference Awards
Email Inquiry Due Date(s) – February 22, 2022
The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) is accepting applications for funding of courses or conferences relevant to the SCGB mission.
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Of particular interest are courses that focus on training in computational and theoretical neuroscience. Courses and conferences that focus on the fields of systems and computational neuroscience are also encouraged to apply.
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An email inquiry must be made to globalbrain@simonsfoundation.org before an application will be opened. Please write “SCGB Course/Conference Awards Inquiry” in your subject line.
- In the body of your email, please provide a paragraph of information on the course or conference, along with any relevant links, and state your overall anticipated budget, the amount you wish to request, and the Conference or Course Director to be designated as the applicant.
Please notify Tiffany Worboy (tworboy@emory.edu) if you intend to submit an email for this opportunity.
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Harm Reduction Policies, Practices,
and Modes of Delivery for Persons
with Substance Use Disorders
Deadline: March 10, 2022
Establishes a Harm Reduction Network consisting of several research projects (R01) and a single Coordination Center (R24) to increase the understanding of the effectiveness, implementation, and impact of existing and new harm reduction practices to address the ongoing opioid crisis and substance use disorder more broadly.
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Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Deadline: March 10, 2022
Supports support projects to provide infrastructure support to advance the development of efficacy and/or effectiveness research on recovery support services for those who take or have taken medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder. The infrastructure support will facilitate multi-stakeholder (including researchers and students, payors, providers, persons in recovery) research networks through activities such as meetings, conferences, small-scale pilots, data development work, short-term educational opportunities (such as intensive workshops, summer institutes, or visiting scholar programs), dissemination to encourage growth and development of specified priority areas, and building research resources.
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Planning Grants for Efficacy or Effectiveness Trials of Recovery Support Services for Individuals Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Deadline: March 10, 2022
Supports pilot and preliminary research to prepare for rigorous clinical efficacy or effectiveness trials of recovery support services for individuals who take or have taken medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder. This program specifically provides resources for assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of these services in addition to usual trial preparation activities.
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Understanding Polysubstance Use and Improving Service Delivery to Address Polysubstance Use
Deadline: March 10, 2022
Supports R01 and R34 research projects that will address polysubstance use involving opioids and stimulants. R01 projects should contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of polysubstance use; improve outcome measurement in the context of polysubstance use; and personalize preventative and treatment services approaches in the context of polysubstance use. R34 pilot and preliminary research projects must focus on preparing for larger-scale services research effectiveness trials focused on personalized treatment and prevention services approaches to address polysubstance use.
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Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS):
Estimated Publication Date of Funding Opportunities Announcement:
March 15, 2022
Centers will establish data collection, analysis, and dissemination pipelines to demonstrate the feasibility of mapping region-to-region connectivity with a minimum resolution of individual cells and/or axon fibers. They will demonstrate the significance of the approach within the context of a chosen CNS sub-volume, by testing specific hypotheses relating circuit structure to function. They will also incorporate toolsets and infrastructure for integrating separately collected data from smaller volumes, as well as from other data collection modalities, and for enabling the neuroscience community to interact with and mine the data for new research questions.
Awards will be integrated into the BRAIN CONNECTS Network, consisting of projects from this FOA and its companion announcements, as a coordinated effort aimed at developing the research capacity and technical capabilities to generate wiring diagrams that can span entire brains across multiple scales.
Two Opportunities:
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Limited-Institution Submission Opportunities |
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Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, January 31, 2022
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications from single institutions or consortia of institutions to participate in the Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (AADCRC) program. The program will support centers that integrate clinical and translational research to conduct studies on the mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of diseases of interest, including asthma, rhinitis (allergic and non-allergic), chronic rhinosinusitis, atopic dermatitis, food allergy, and drug allergy. The overarching goal of the program is to improve the understanding of the pathogenesis of these conditions and to provide a rational foundation for new, effective treatments and prevention strategies.
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Coordinating Center for the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs)
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, February 21, 2022
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) seeks applications for the Coordinating Center (CC) of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAIC) program. The CC serves as a facilitator for OAIC site interactions and as a conduit for translating OAIC objectives and findings to both scientific and general audiences. The proposed CC must demonstrate an ability to work cooperatively with all OAIC sites and possess sufficient scientific expertise in geriatrics and related areas to serve the national coordination functions of the OAIC program. The CC should be proposed only by institutions with (1) the ability to coordinate multi-site projects as demonstrated by previous HHS funding for a coordinating center of a multi-site research grant, and (2) demonstrated scientific expertise in clinical aging research.
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NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce
Internal Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 15, 2022
The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:
- Research Experiences
- Mentoring Activities
- Curriculum or Methods Development
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Search Tool for Corporate and Foundation Funding Opportunities |
The Office of Corporate Relations and the Office of Foundation Relations have teamed up to create this resource site to provide a curated list of current funding opportunities and other resources. This site will help promote connections between Emory colleagues and corporate/foundation partners.
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Free access available through Databases@Emory. This database, produced by the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, includes extensive program details for thousands of leading foundations; detailed application guidelines for more than 7,000 grants; and a searchable file of approximately half a million grants.
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