Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Proposal Services & Faculty Support
January 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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Limited Submission Announcements |
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The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers.
IGE focuses on projects aimed at piloting, testing, and validating innovative and potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for their customization, implementation, and broader adoption. The program supports testing of novel models or activities with high potential to enrich and extend the knowledge base on effective graduate education approaches.
The program addresses both workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity building needs in graduate education. Strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science centers, and academic partners are encouraged.
Institutional Limit: 2 Proposals
Internal Deadline: February 3, 2023 4:45 pm
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Intramural Funding Opportunities |
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Deadline: Thursday, January 19, 2023 4:45 pm
Auburn University is committed to sustaining and supporting diversity in all its forms toward advancing the institutional academic and land grant mission. In that regard, the Office of Inclusion and Diversity (OID) in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPRED) is administering the Office of Inclusion and Diversity Exploratory Grants Program. This program is the inaugural cycle of funding to foster the development and growth of innovative and transformational scholarly and creative efforts that are exploratory toward successful proposals for larger external grants that center on topics of diversity, equity, inclusion, inclusive excellence, justice, and other related concepts.
The deadline for submitting full proposals is Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 4:45 pm for those applicants who submitted the mandatory, non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI). For more information, please contact Dr. JuWan Robinson: jdr0097@auburn.edu.
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2022-2023 Pilot 3 CWSIS and RSP Intramural Awards Programs
Important Dates & Information
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Complete program descriptions are available on the CWSIS and RSP webpages
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For applicants who submitted the Letter of Intent, full proposals due February 1, 2023 4:45 pm
Proposals undergo thorough internal and external evaluations. Funding for awards is for a two-year period. Please contact Dr. Robert Holm (rzh0021@auburn.edu; x4-5877) for assistance or information.
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NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows Webinar
January 20, 2023 2:00 pm ET
EPSCoR is hosting a webinar to share information about the Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows solicitation NSF 23-535. This opportunity provides awards to build research capacity and transform the career trajectories of non-tenured and tenured investigators through extended collaborative visits to the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research centers.
Please Note: The internal competition for this solicitation was announced in the January 3, 2023, Funding Focus newsletter and closes at 4:45 pm January 20, 2023.
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Virtual Proposers Conference
January 24, 2023 1:00 pm ET
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) is pleased to announce the date and time for the Proposers Conference for solicitation number: MTEC-23-02-MSKI – “Solutions to Accelerate Return-to-Readiness following Musculoskeletal Injuries”.
The objective of the 23-02-MSKI Request for Project Proposals (RPP) is focused on identifying and enabling the development of solutions to accelerate recovery following acute or cumulative musculoskeletal injury. Prototypes may include developing medical technologies (e.g. drugs, biologics, and devices) and treatments or rehabilitative strategies (e.g. methods, guidelines, standards, knowledge products) for musculoskeletal injuries.
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Finding Your NIH Research (R-Series) Grant
Free Webinar Thursday, January 26, 2023
12:00 - 12:45 pm ET
Hanover Grants explores the different grant programs in the R-series to help faculty discern which research grant is the best fit for them. The Research Grants (R-Series) are the oldest and most frequently applied-to mechanisms at the NIH. While the R01 is the most recognizable, it may not be the best option for every principal investigator. With over ten different R programs, selecting the right fit is a key element in NIH success.
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The Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel is a competitive academic fellowship that invites full-time university and college faculty members to apply to participate in an all-expenses-paid academic trip to Israel.
The Program seeks to link scholars from diverse disciplines with their Israeli counterparts at major institutions for the purpose of initiating exchanges and collaborations.
Application Deadline: February 20, 2023
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Are you new to NIH grants and looking to better understand the processes and policies behind NIH funding? Or are you experienced and want to brush up on the latest policies and information? Sign up for the 2023 NIH Grants Conference, a free and virtual event on February 1-2, 2023. During this 2-day live event, NIH and HHS experts will share policies, resources, guidance, and case studies in informative and engaging sessions.
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Effective November 21st, Award Documents, Organizational Reports, and Grants.gov integration in FastLane were retired and will be decommissioned. NSF is preparing to transition the preparation and submission of all new proposals from FastLane to Research.gov on January 30, 2023, when the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1) becomes effective. For more information about this process and upcoming deadlines click the link in the title.
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Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability
Slots available before February 17, 2023 and after March 15, 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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I&RC’s Adobe Creative Space offers assistance & workshops
The Adobe Creative Space in the AU Libraries’ Innovation & Research Commons (I&RC) offers an Adobe help desk and Zoom room staffed with student employees to assist users in learning skills to complete academic and research projects using Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
Find the Adobe Student Consultants’ schedule, areas of specialty, help desk location, policies, and Adobe Help Zoom room link on the I&RC Adobe Creative Space page at https://aub.ie/ircadobe. The I&RC also offers Adobe/multimedia workshops in-person and via Zoom at https://aub.ie/libraryworkshops and on-demand instructional content for students, faculty, and staff. Visit the I&RC Instructional Content page for workshop
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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.
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The program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. Through this program, NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars and practitioners using digital technology in their research and to broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities.
Proposals Due: February 15, 2023 11:59 pm ET
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The EDGE program supports the development of innovative tools, technologies, resources, and infrastructure that advance biological research focused on the identification of the causal mechanisms connecting genes and phenotypes. The EDGE program also supports functional genomic research that addresses the mechanistic basis of complex traits in diverse organisms within the context (environmental, developmental, social, and/or genomic) in which they function. These goals are essential to uncovering the rules that underlie genomes-to-phenomes relationships and predict phenotype, an area relevant to Understanding the Rules of Life: Predicting Phenotype, one of the 10 Big Ideas for NSF investment. The goals also support the NHGRI priority to establish the roles and relationships of all genes and regulatory elements in pathways, networks, and phenotypes.
Proposals Due: February 16, 2023 5:00 pm
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The Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP) in Biological Sciences program invites the submission of proposals to establish networks to support full-time research, mentoring, and training for recent college graduates who have had few or no research or training opportunities during college in research fields typically supported by the Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO). A strategic focus of the National Science Foundation is to foster the growth of a globally-competitive and diverse research workforce. To that end, proposals submitted to this program are expected to create strong evidence-based, inclusive and culturally-aware mentorship programs that will advance the goal of creating a competitive and highly representative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the U.S. with a focus on the biological sciences.
Proposals Due: February 16, 2023 5:00 pm
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This Trailblazer Award is an opportunity for NIH-defined New and Early Stage Investigators (https://grants.nih.gov/policy/early-investigators/index.htm) to pursue research programs that integrate engineering and the physical sciences with the life and/or biomedical sciences. A Trailblazer project may be exploratory, developmental, proof of concept, or high risk-high impact, and may be technology design-directed, discovery-driven, or hypothesis-driven. Importantly, applicants must propose research approaches for which there are minimal or no preliminary data.
A distinct feature for this FOA is that no preliminary data are required, expected, or encouraged. However, if available, minimal preliminary data are allowed. Preliminary data are defined as material which the applicant has independently produced and not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal. All preliminary data should be clearly marked and limited to one-half page, which may include one figure. Applications including data more than one-half page or more than one figure will be considered noncompliant with the FOA instructions and will not go forward to review.
Proposals Due: February 16, 2023 5:00 pm
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This FOA is intended to: (1) increase our understanding of how music affects the brain when it is used therapeutically and/or (2) use that knowledge to better develop evidence-based music interventions to enhance health or treat specific diseases and disorders.
Proposals Due: February 16, 2023 5:00 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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