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Preparing for SEPTA Service Reductions
In response to recent service cuts and fare increases, Penn announced an enhancement to its Commuter Benefits program, which offers benefits-eligible employees a discount of 50% on regional transit passes and a discount of 5% on contributions to the Health Equity Commuter Card. This enhancement increases the maximum benefit from $105 per month to $130 per month.
Please review the information and guidance featured in Penn’s new dedicated website to help you plan.
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Public Access to Federally Funded Research – Guidance for Penn Schools
The NIH and other federal research funding agencies have recently implemented public access policies, requiring free and immediate access to articles and datasets that result from federally funded research.
In response to these new requirements, Penn Libraries developed a guide to support researchers and authors. Please refer to this helpful overview, which outlines the requirements and support they provide, from open access publishing agreements to data management plans.
These changes also build on Penn Libraries' expanding Open Access efforts that aim to make Penn research more visible and impactful worldwide. Librarians are available to meet with departments or research groups to talk through the details.
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PSOM Resource Hub
Please be sure to visit our Resource Hub where helpful information concerning the current tools, updates, and resources supporting research are seamlessly featured – including the Human Resources Support and FAQs and Wellness pages.
Check out the new PSOM Matching Tool, developed to help departments identify and share available staff capacity.
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American Association of Immunologists (AAI) RESTORE Grants Program
Submission deadline: August 28, 2025
The AAI RESTORE Grants Program is a newly launched emergency funding program of up to $8 million that will provide one-year grants of up to $100,000 to fund selected eligible immunology-focused research projects.
AAI created the RESTORE Grant Program in direct response to increasing reports from scientists whose NIH R- or K-series grants, as well as DP2/DP5 grants, were frozen or terminated due to non-scientific reasons.
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National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot - Microsoft Research
Submission deadline: August 30, 2025
Microsoft Research invites you to submit a proposal to collaborate through the National Artificial Intelligence Resource Research Pilot (NAIRR) to advance science and discovery with AI. Awarded projects will receive Azure credits for project usage up to $3.5M per project for use by June 15, 2026. Goal is to support up to 3 projects in these areas:
-Accelerating Drug Discovery and Development
-Accelerating the Discovery of Novel Materials
-Cyber-physical Co-design for Advancing Chip Systems
Please direct inquiries to: Jessica Young
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DOD Melanoma Funding Opportunities
Letter of Intent deadline: September 10, 2025
Melanoma Research Program Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) featured Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). See website below for details regarding CDMRP funding opportunities in Melanoma research.
Please direct inquiries to: CDMRP Public Affairs
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The LLS Translational Research Program (TRP) is Now Open
Letter of Intent deadline: October 16, 2025, 3PM EDT
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 application cycle of the Translational Research Program (TRP), which was formed to enhance the transfer of basic research findings to clinical usefulness.
Important: Because of particular contractual requirements, any faculty interested in applying should first seek approval by emailing Michael Ostap, Chief Scientific Officer, and Robert Vonderheide, Director of the Abramson Cancer Center. Careful consideration of proprietary information or potential IP from the proposed work is required; if there are specific questions about IP, please contact Benjamin Dibling, Managing Director of the Penn Center for Innovation.
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PSOM Limited Application - Landenberger Research Foundation Awards
Submission deadline: August 25, 2025
The Perelman School of Medicine has been invited to nominate one candidate for the Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation Awards.
Please direct inquiries to: Kaitlyn Hagarty
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PERFORM-KUH TL1 - Next Application Round
Submission deadline: Late 2025-Early 2026
The Philadelphia Program for Mentored Research Training in Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (PERFORM-KUH) institutional network award would like to announce the next round of PERFORM-KUH grant applications! Please find attached the RFA to participate in this program. We ask you to identify students or post-doctoral fellows from within your research programs or labs, forward this information to them, and with your help, encourage your trainees to apply.
Please direct inquiries to: Adam Mussell
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SBDRC Pilot Grants
Submission deadline: August 29, 2025
The Penn Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (Penn SBDRC) invites you to apply for Pilot & Feasibility (P&F) awards. As one of six NIAMS P30-supported centers nationwide, we aim to support and accelerate innovative and collaborative skin research with the potential to impact patient lives. Awards up to $50,000; 3 different funding mechanisms.
Please direct inquiries to: SBDRC
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AI-4-AI Lab Observer Repository Pilot Awards
Submission deadline: August 29, 2025
The University of Pennsylvania's Artificial Intelligence for Ambulatory Care Innovation (AI-4-AI) Lab is pleased to announce its 2025 Request for Applications for the Observer Repository Pilot awards. Five grants of up to $20,000 each will support a one-year interdisciplinary project that use the Observer Repository - a unique dataset of video-recorded outpatient visits linked with EHR data and patient/provider metadata. This pilot program is supported by the Stephen J. Heyman AI Innovation Fund.
Please direct inquiries to: Lauren Malloy
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NIH/NIDDK UPENN Digestive and Liver Center Pilot and Feasibility Grant Program
Submission deadline: September 12, 2025
The UPenn Digestive and Liver Center invites you to apply for a Pilot & Feasibility (P&F) award. As a NIDDK P30-supported DDRCC, we aim to support and unite investigators with interests in digestive and liver physiology and disease and to stimulate others in the biomedical community to enter this area. Awards are $40,000/year.
Please direct inquiries to: Lillian Chau
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Frontiers Planet Prize - 4th Edition
Submission deadline: September 30, 2025
The $1M Frontiers Planet Prize recognizes exceptional scientists enhancing our understanding of planetary health and developing solutions to stay within safe operating limits. The deadline for the internal submission is Sept. 30, 2025. Read the full posting for eligibility guidelines, criteria, and detail on the Penn internal selection process.
Please direct inquiries to: Ximena Trujillo
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Penn Center for Global Oncology: Foundational Research and Capacity Building Grants in Global Oncology
Letter of Intent deadline: September 5, 2025
Submission deadline: October 10, 2025
The Foundational Research and Capacity Building Grants provide up to $60,000 in funding to a Penn faculty member to support early-stage global cancer research that generates preliminary data for future external grant applications that focus on research and capacity building. Successful proposals will build collaborative teams, advance scientific discovery and capacity building, and lay the groundwork for sustainable global oncology programs at Penn and with partners in LMICs.
Please direct inquiries to: Kierstyn Claycomb
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