Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Proposal Services & Faculty Support
March Funding Focus Newsletter #2
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What is a Limited Submission?
A limited submission solicitation (RFA, RFP, etc.) places a cap on the number of proposals that Auburn may submit to a sponsor. Auburn coordinates limited submissions by sending out a notification via this newsletter and creating competitions in the Auburn University Competition Space (also known as InfoReady). To apply to any limited submission posted in this newsletter, click on the link below and search for your competition listed on the page. Please refer to the Limited Submission Procedures page for a general list of requirements. However, it is recommended that you go to the specific competition as soon as possible and review the requirements to ensure that you are preparing what is requested since the required information for competitions may vary.
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The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing them with opportunities to acquire one shared-use piece of equipment/instrument that supports their research, research training, and extension goals and may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs. EGP grants are not intended to replace requests for equipment in individual project applications. The program emphasizes shared-use instrumentation that will enhance the capabilities of researchers, educators, and extension specialists both within and outside the proposing organization.
Proposals to the EGP must involve acquisition of a single, well-integrated piece of equipment/instrument. Well-integrated means that the ensemble of equipment that defines the instrument enables specific fundamental or applied research experiments in the food and agricultural sciences, including data science and data systems; separating or removing an element or component of such an integrated instrument would preclude that research from occurring or succeeding. An instrument acquired with support from EGP is expected to be fully operational by the conclusion of the first year of the project.
The EGP does not support the acquisition of suites of equipment (common, general purpose ancillary equipment) to outfit research laboratories/facilities or to conduct independent experiments simultaneously. Similarly, the EGP does not fund common, general purpose ancillary equipment that would normally be found in a laboratory and/or is relatively easily procured by the organization or through other NIFA grant programs. Rather, it is intended to help fund items of equipment that will upgrade infrastructure. Moreover, EGP does not fund research projects, including research that uses the equipment acquired with support from the program, nor building or modifying facilities to house the equipment. In FY2023, EGP will support the installation of equipment (but not the costs associated with building or modifying facilities to house the equipment), equipment warranty for the duration of the award, and one-time equipment use training.
Institutional Limit: 2 Proposals
Internal Deadline: March 31, 2023 4:45 pm
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NSF: CAREER Grant Development Training Opportunity
Hanover Research has developed a Grants Learning Center (GLC) on-demand grant development training portal that offers faculty enrollees the unique opportunity to receive targeted training in the form of self-paced, interactive modules with step-by-step guidance and templates for prospective applicants to develop compelling proposals. One of their courses is dedicated to the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER). A proposal export feature offers faculty the opportunity to consolidate draft responses into a working draft for further offline development. Auburn faculty interested in signing up for this training should contact Christine Cline at clc0165@auburn.edu for registration information.
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Hanover Research Webinar Series:
Grant-Seeking for Mid-Career Faculty
March 30, 2023 12:00 pm ET
For early career faculty, grant opportunities specifically designed for pre-tenure PIs are ubiquitous across the major federal funders. But what about mid-career faculty? In this session, Hanover explores the different opportunities and strategies for grantseeking success for mid-career faculty.
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Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability
Slots available after June 20, 2023
In order to provide resources for faculty and staff, Auburn University has partnered with Hanover Research for a number of grant development solutions including: Pre-proposal Support; Proposal Development; and Capacity Building. Their full-service grant development solutions are available to set goals, build strategies to achieve key grant-seeking objectives, and develop grant proposals that are well-planned, researched, and written. For information regarding Hanover’s core capabilities and project timelines, click here. If you are interested in a slot in the queue, please e-mail Tony Ventimiglia (ventiaf@auburn.edu ).
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Hanover Research Funding Calendars
Hanover Research has put together several specialized funding calendars that include federal funders, foundations, descriptions of the programs and the associated deadlines.
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Auburn subscribes to several training modules via the CITI Program website that may be of interest to researchers and research administrators. Each module is self-paced and can be finished in one or multiple sessions. Click on the link above to read descriptions.
- Essentials of Grant Proposal Development
- Essentials of Research Administration
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Auburn maintains an annual subscription to this monthly newsletter published by Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC. Access is available only for Auburn University faculty, staff and students with a valid user ID. This is another good source for current STEM and humanities funding opportunities, tips and resources.
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The Foundation is accepting proposals for studies focused on preventing, detecting and treating canine hemangiosarcoma. Hemangiosarcoma is the most frequently observed cancer diagnosis in the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study cohort and represents about 70% of all primary endpoint cancer deaths.
Two categories of awards are available:
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Seed Awards — total budget maximum is $25,000; use for proof-of-concept studies, high risk, high reward projects, or where additional data is required for a larger proposal. These are 12-month projects, and when successfully completed may be competitive for additional funding from the 2024 Hemangiosarcoma RFP.
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Innovation Awards — total budget maximum is $200,000; these proposals are supported by preliminary data, and evaluation includes additional weighting for the strength of the project team. These are 12-month or 24-month projects, and when successfully completed may be competitive for additional funding from a future Hemangiosarcoma RFP.
Applications that propose using Golden Retriever Lifetime Study specimens and data are strongly encouraged, though proposals leveraging other samples and data may be submitted. Academic and industry collaborative projects are encouraged to accelerate translation of results to practice.
Proposals Due: April 5, 2023 4:59 pm ET
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The purpose of the IHBEM activity is to support interdisciplinary collaborations that integrate research on behavioral and/or social processes in mathematical epidemiological models. Projects supported under this activity should be collaborative in nature and depend for their advancement on the coordinated interaction of two or more PIs/co-PIs, with balanced participation from both the mathematical sciences and the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Additional participants from other disciplines, especially the biological sciences, are also welcome. Each project should focus on a significant and well-delineated research challenge that integrates behavioral and social processes into mathematical epidemiological models.
Proposals Due: April 14, 2023 5:00 pm
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The Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) program will provide financial investment, technical assistance, and other resources to advance clean energy demonstrations and energy solutions in rural and remote areas that can be replicated and scaled. This program was created by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The goals of the program are to:
- Deliver measurable benefits to energy customers in rural or remote areas by funding replicable energy projects that lower energy costs, improve energy access and resilience, and/or reduce environmental harm.
- Demonstrate new rural or remote energy system models using climate-resilient technologies, business structures that promote economic resilience, new financing mechanisms, and/or new community engagement best practices.
- Build clean energy knowledge, capacity, and self-reliance in rural America
Deadline for Mandatory Concept Papers: April 14, 2023 5:00 pm ET
Full Proposals Due: June 28, 2023 5:00 pm ET
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The HDF Transformative Research Award program developed by the Hereditary Disease Foundation will make funds available to advance transformational collaborative projects that will provide new insights into disease mechanisms or create or implement tools and technologies not previously applied to Huntington's disease (HD) research for the advancement of therapeutics.
The program seeks to fund collaborative research teams to create innovative ways to study new pathogenic disease mechanisms and treatment modalities in Huntington’s disease. Funded projects will “significantly move the needle” and provide transformational new insights to the HD field. General areas include but are not limited to: whether modulation of somatic repeat instability is disease modifying, whether and how cellular, biochemical or molecular insights in HD systems are predictive of disease, or how to apply unexplored therapeutics for clinical application (inclusive of biomarkers). Projects that discover disease modifying targets and incorporate novel tools or technologies are encouraged. Projects must justify how results could ultimately connect to therapies.
Letters of Intent Due: April 15, 2023
Invited Full Proposals Due: July 15, 2023
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The foundation provides research funding dedicated to the development of a nonsurgical spay/neuter method for dogs and cats.
Michelson Grants - provides up to $750,000 for research in the pursuit of a single-dose, permanent, nonsurgical sterilization method for dogs and cats. To qualify for a Michelson Grant, a proposed project must pursue a technology, mechanism, or pathway representing an innovative approach to nonsurgical spay/neuter.
Michelson Prize - is an incentivized prize challenge that will award $25 million to the first entity to provide the foundation with a low-cost, permanent, nonsurgical sterilant for companion animals.
- The winning entry will be safe and effective for cats and dogs, both male and female.
- It will ablate sex steroids and/or their effects.
- There will be a viable pathway for regulatory approval.
- It will be suitable for use in a field setting.
- The manufacturing process and cost will be reasonable.
- It must be a single-dose, permanent, nonsurgical sterilant.
The first step to apply for a Michelson Prize or Grant is submission of a brief letter of intent. If approved, applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal and will be provided with the guidelines for proposal submission at that time.
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Funding Opportunity Reminders |
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Auburn University has been under contract for several years with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to conduct testing on Low or No (LoNo) emission transit bus systems in a program known as the LoNo Component Assessment Program, or LoNo CAP. This program is intended to address technical challenges that stand in the way of widespread adoption of transit vehicles that are fully electric or that us some form of hybrid power system with significantly reduced levels of exhaust emissions.
Our program has recently received funds from FTA for directed research that supports the LoNo CAP and overall FTA missions. These funds will be used to support selected research projects, proposed by Auburn faculty, that align with the technological needs of these programs with a performance period of up to 3 years. Today, we are announcing an internal competitive program that solicits proposals from Auburn faculty to address challenges with LoNo transit vehicle systems.
Resources for more information:
Proposals Due April 14, 2023
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The purpose of the ARDEF Program is to encourage new and continuing efforts to conduct research and development activities within the state for the purpose of increasing employment opportunities and products and services available to the citizens of Alabama. Successful applicants will describe in detail research and development activities to be performed and potential impacts in terms of job creation and economic development. See the current Application and Guide for more information.
Proposals Due: July 29, 2023 11:59 pm
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Reserve the Corner today for collaborative meetings, proposal development or to learn more about AU research resources.
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The flights on the AU shuttle connect faculty to other researchers or agencies to further their research goals.
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Auburn University PI Handbook, agency guides and more to help you write a successful proposal.
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Subscription-based service that Auburn University provides faculty to find funding opportunities pertinent to their research.
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