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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NIH MIRA (R35) Established Investigator webinar and Q&A
The Office for Proposal Enhancement at the University of Georgia invites you to participate in an NIH MIRA (R35) Established Investigator webinar and Q&A presented by Dr. Zhongzhen Nie, branch chief of the Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences (PPS) Branch in the Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry.
Friday, November 12 from 2:00-3:30
The goal of MIRA for Established Investigators (PAR-19-367) is to increase the efficiency of NIGMS funding by providing investigators with greater stability and flexibility, thereby enhancing scientific productivity and the chances for important breakthroughs. In this talk, Dr. Nie will review application requirements, offer guidance to craft strong applications, and answer questions about the program.
**Advance registration is required**
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Looking for More Funding Information? |
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Over the past year, SSTI members have been alerted to more than 1,500 funding opportunities for their client companies, researchers, and own organizations! This funding supplement includes awards from DOD, NSF, DOI, DOE, DOA, New Foundation Opportunities, and More! |
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2021-2022 CALL FOR URC PROPOSALS
Applications accepted through January 14, 2022
The University Research Committee (URC) announces the annual Call for Proposals for funding to be used during 2022-2023 in the following categories:
- URC Regular Award
- URC Interdisciplinary Award
- URC-Halle Institute Global Research Award (specific criteria apply)
All regular, full-time Emory faculty, of all ranks, are welcome to apply. URC eligibility follows criteria for “full-time faculty” as defined within each school. Postdocs, Fellows, Adjuncts, Research Track lines in some schools, and part-time faculty are not eligible.
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New Funding Opportunities |
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Winship K12 Clinical Oncology Career Development Program
LOI Due Monday, November 1, 2021
Send to K12OncologyScholars@emory.edu
Selected scholars will have full-time appointments and will receive 75% protected time for research, formal mentored training in clinical cancer research, up to $100,000 per year (up to two years) to support salary and benefits, and up to $30,000 per year (up to two years) for other research/training related expenses.
Potential applicants must first indicate an intent to apply to the K12 training program by completing and submitting the K12 Letter of Intent (LOI) (found at the hyperlinked text). The letter of intent should be emailed as a single pdf document to K12OncologyScholars@emory.edu no later than 11:59 pm on Monday 11/1/2021. All applicants will be notified if they are selected or not to submit a full application, with further instructions given at the time of notice.
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Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Health in Aging:
Request for Pilot Proposals
Due Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5 pm EST
Send to Naquia Mitchell (naquia.mitchell@emory.edu)
We are seeking applications that fit the overall mission of the Emory Center for Health in Aging, can be completed in 1 year, and require no more than $45,000 indirect costs. Pilots can include basic science, translational studies, and health services research. Cross-disciplinary proposals with investigators from more than one School or Department/Division are encouraged.
For inquiries regarding the Center for Health in Aging, the pilot projects, or upcoming events, contact Associate Director of Programs, Naquia Mitchell, BSN, MPH (naquia.mitchell@emory.edu)
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2022 Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards
Letters of intent (LOI) is November 5, 2021, 5:00 p.m
The purpose of these awards is to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators in the field of marine microbial ecology and evolution who will advance our understanding through experiments, modeling or theory. Investigators must be currently active in research on microbial ecology and/or evolution, excluding research focusing on the microbiomes of animals or plants. Investigators with backgrounds in different fields are encouraged to apply.
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Invites Proposals for 2022 Clinical Scientist Development Award
Deadline: November 12, 2021
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has issued a request for applications for its 2022 Clinical Scientist Development Award, which will provide approximately seventeen grants of up to $495,000 over three years ($150,000 direct cost and $15,000 in direct costs per year) to early-career physician-scientists (MD, MD/PhD, DO, or foreign equivalent degree) in support of major clinical research and enable them to transition to independent research funding.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Fellows: Preliminary Application Due November 12, 2021
The RWJF Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation’s most comprehensive learning experience at the nexus of health, science, and policy in Washington, D.C
Up to six awards of up to $165,000 each will be made in 2022. During the first 12 months of the fellowship, a stipend of up to $104,000 (not to exceed the fellow’s salary prior to entering the program) in fellowship funds may be requested.
Contact: Nicole Dancz, Office of Foundation Relations, nicole.dancz@emory.edu
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American Heart Association: Career Development Award Due Decemeber 6, 2021
Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals in the early years of first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease research. Award start date: April 1, 2022.
Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals, in the early years of one’s first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training necessary to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist.
The award will develop the research skills to support and greatly enhance the awardee’s chances to obtain and retain a high-quality career position.
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs - Collaborative Research:
LOI Deadline: December 1, 2021
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The Collaborative Research program aims to advance humanistic knowledge through collaboration between two or more scholars. The program encourages projects that propose diverse approaches to topics, incorporate multiple points of view, explore new avenues of inquiry in the humanities, and lead to manuscripts for print publications or scholarly digital grant products. Projects that include partnerships with researchers from the natural and social sciences are encouraged but must propose a humanistic research agenda.
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Limited-Institution Submission Opportunities |
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Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program (NRCDP)
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to continue support for the Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program (NRCDP), a national program of mentored research career development for junior neurosurgeon faculty at institutions nationwide that support neurosurgical research. The goal of the program is to expand the cadre of neurosurgeon investigators trained to conduct high-quality, impactful research into neurological disorders, making use of their neurosurgical training.
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Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants [T03]
Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, November 3, 2021
NIOSH / CDC invites grant applications for Training Project Grants (TPGs) that are focused on occupational safety and health training. NIOSH is mandated to provide an adequate supply of qualified personnel to carry out the purposes of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. NIOSH-supported Education and Research Centers (ERCs) and TPGs are how NIOSH meets this mandate. The majority of TPGs are in academic institutions and provide high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate training in a variety of occupational safety and health (OSH) and allied disciplines. NIOSH also funds non-academic TPGs to meet specific training needs of targeted populations including firefighters, commercial fishermen, and OSH interns.
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Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) Program
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, November 8, 2021
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. 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 and Courses for Skills Development.
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NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) Instrument Acquisition or Development
Internal Submission Deadline: Thursday, November 18, 2021
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. MRI provides support to acquire critical research instrumentation without which advances in fundamental science and engineering research may not otherwise occur. MRI also provides support to develop next-generation research instruments that open new opportunities to advance the frontiers in science and engineering research. Additionally, an MRI award is expected to enhance the research training of students who will become the next generation of instrument users, designers, and builders.
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Genomic Curriculum Development for Medical Students
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, December 6, 2021
The overarching goal of this NHGRI R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Curriculum Development. This NHGRI R25 program offers to support the development of curricula for Master of Science (M.S.) degree programs in genomics, genomic medicine, and/or genomic informatics for medical students.
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Diabetes Research Centers
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, December 13, 2021
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Diabetes Research Centers that are designed to support and enhance the national research effort in diabetes, its complications, and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. Diabetes Research Centers support two primary research-related activities: Research Core services and a Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) program. All activities pursued by Diabetes Research Centers are designed to enhance the efficiency, productivity, effectiveness, and multidisciplinary nature of research in Diabetes Research Center topic areas. The NIDDK Diabetes Research Centers program in 2021 consists of 16 Centers each located at outstanding research institutions with documented programs of excellence in diabetes-related research. General information about the NIDDK Diabetes Research Centers program may be found at www.diabetescenters.org (http://www.diabetescenters.org).
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Pediatric Obesity Discovery Science Research to Improve Understanding of Risk and Causal Mechanisms for Obesity in Early Life
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, December 13, 2021
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support innovative, discovery research studies to better characterize early-life risk factors and elucidate underlying causal mechanisms through which these risk factors contribute to the development of obesity during infancy and early childhood. Studies should aim to understand biological mechanisms that mediate behavioral and/or metabolic risk for obesity development in young children and how risk may be modified by other contributors such as psychosocial, contextual, and/or environmental factors. This FOA encourages multidisciplinary teams of scientists including, but not limited to those with expertise in basic, translational, clinical, and behavioral research.
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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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