Sr. Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Proposal Services & Faculty Support
October Funding Focus Newsletter #1
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.
Found a Limited Submission opportunity that interests you?
If so, please contact the PSFS office sooner than later so that an internal competition can be created for a timely, university-wide, fair and equitable selection process that allows for ample time for review, feedback and revisions.
Limited Submission Announcements

The purpose of this program is to identify, engage, educate, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health policy issues and promising practices to improve health care in rural areas nationwide.

 Program objectives include:
  1. Identifying and educating rural stakeholders about national policy issues and promising practices for rural health.
  2. Maintaining projects that will help support engagement of rural communities in a broad range of activities.
  3. Facilitating collaborations at the local, regional, state, and national levels to improve the exchange of information and promising practices that support rural health.
  4. Identifying and providing information to rural stakeholders about existing federal funding opportunities or other programs relating to health care in rural areas.

A successful program will continue to build upon the federally funded resources that currently exist, leverage the broad network of rural health organizations and individual subject matter experts, and provide a mechanism to engage with public rural health stakeholders beyond Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded award recipients and current partners to improve health care in rural areas.

Institutional Limit: 1
Internal Deadline: October 26, 2023, 4:45pm
Funder Deadline: November 30, 2023, 11:59pm ET

The E-CORE RII program supports jurisdictions in building capacity in one or more targeted research infrastructure cores that underlie the jurisdiction's research ecosystem. Based on the evidence-based and self-identified need of the jurisdiction, capacity building supported by E-CORE RII may include (but is not limited to) development, enhancement, and/or sustainability of:

  • jurisdiction-wide research administration;
  • research facilities; higher education pathways;
  • STEM education (K-16) pathways;
  • broadening participation;
  • workforce development;
  • national and global partnerships;
  • community engagement and outreach;
  • economic development and use-inspired research;
  • and/or early career research trainee pathways

E-CORE RII projects must be designed to support the sustainability of the infrastructure core(s) beyond the award period. In E-CORE RII's support of one or more research infrastructure cores in an EPSCoR-eligible jurisdiction, the program will also support the development and growth of new jurisdictional networks, and the leveraging of existing jurisdictional networks, that can drive demonstrable and sustainable impact to advance the jurisdiction-wide research ecosystem.

Institutional Limit: 1
Internal Deadline: October 26, 2023, 4:45pm
Funder Deadline: December 6, 2023, 5:00pm CT
Important Updates
eRA Information: Prior Approval Requests to Revise Data Management and Sharing Plans for NIH Awards

As part of an eRA Commons release on Thursday, October 12, 2023, the “Other Request” type will be available for NIH awards in Prior Approval . The “Other Request” type is intended to provide a way for signing officials to submit prior approval requests for changes to an approved Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan for an NIH award. For NIH awards, this functionality may only be used for revised DMS Plan prior approval requests.

The “Other Request” type is currently available only to signing officials of FDA awards and will be opened up to NIH awards only for submitting revised DMS Plans.
October 17, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm CT

Join experts from the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) as they guide you through the various sections of a subaward agreement, offering detailed guidance and highlighting key policies during a live, free Q&A webinar.

Whether you are a principal investigator considering a subaward arrangement with either a domestic or foreign institution, or a research administrator eager to deepen your understanding of the prerequisites and regulations governing compliant subaward agreements, this webinar will provide you with invaluable insights.

Register here.
October 25, 2023
2:00 pm - 3:00pm ET

The Medical CBRN Defense Consortium presents this webinar with guest speakers from Advanced Technology International (ATI) and govmates about how the consortium model promotes collaboration among the government, nonprofits, businesses of all sizes, and academic institutions and how you can get involved and find opportunities for research and prototype development.

Register here.
Applications due November 13th, 2023
5:00pm CT

CTSTP serves as a catalytic career launch for investigators at multiple stages and in a variety of roles, leading to new professional appointments, successful extramural funding, promotion, and tenure.
Join this six-month certificate program providing training in the areas of clinical trials, epidemiology, biostatistics, ethics, outcomes research, dissemination of results, and more.

Apply here.
NSF-PAR System Updates

Effective October 2, 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) updated the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) system with a new, streamlined submission workflow enabling NSF award recipients to add and manage journal articles, conference papers, conference proceedings, datasets, and workshop reports as separate and distinct products, and allowing products with a digital object identifier (DOI) from Crossref.org or DataCite.org to integrate seamlessly into the NSF-PAR. There are no changes to NSF’s Public Access policy or project reporting requirements.

Read what you need to know here:
Uniform Guidance Changes

The Federal Office of Management and Budget is currently proposing updates to the Uniform Guidance for Grants and Agreements, now posted for public comment in the Federal Register. The comment period ends December 4. 

Read updates and submit comments here.
Hanover GLC Offers NIH and NSF-CAREER modules

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. Auburn faculty interested in signing up for this training should contact Christine Cline at clc0165@auburn.edu for registration information.
Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability
Slots available October 27- November 10; November 28 - December 21;
and after January 24, 2024

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).

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.

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
Funding Opportunities

The Parkinson's Foundation is supporting innovative projects in need of support to see their maximum impact on the Parkinson's community.

Impact Awards are designed for both established and new-to-the-field researchers of PD. Projects should be "outside the box" with the goal of bringing new light to the biology of Parkinson's, a new approach to Parkinson’s research, or testing a truly novel therapeutic idea. Projects should be based on unconventional ideas that are unlikely to be funded through more traditional funding mechanisms.

The Launch Award will cultivate a strong cohort of new and talented independent investigators dedicated to PD research. The award will provide research support to outstanding postdoctoral researchers that will enable them to complete needed mentored training and transition promptly to independent research careers in the PD field. This award is a two-stage program consisting of a Mentored Stage (1-2 years) and an Independent Stage (up to 2 years). The strongest applicants will propose a well-conceived plan for 1-2 years of mentored research training and career development to help them become competitive candidates for independent faculty positions, preparing them to launch robust, separate research programs studying PD.

**Please note - if interested in these opportunities, please contact Evan Havard, Foundation Relations Officer, Auburn Advancement.

LOIs for Both Opportunities Due: October 27, 2023

This grant program funds individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. The goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.

Proposals Due: November 1, 2023, 11:59pm ET

The University of Baltimore’s Center for Drug Policy and Prevention (CDPP) invites sub-award applications for the Combating Overdose Through Community-level Intervention Initiative (COCLI) Initiative, The COCLI program targets U.S. communities with the highest rates of fatal and non-fatal overdoses. 

Proposals must support and promote collaboration between public safety and public health agencies to ensure that overdose reduction efforts are robust and that community’s benefit from a comprehensive and coordinated response. This Notice of Funding Availability seeks projects focused on the following priority areas:

  • Activities that research and analyze a range of existing community-based efforts to address overdoses;
  • Evidence-based and proven strategies designed to reduce overdose deaths that incorporate approaches that advance equity;
  • Research activities that address opioid-involved overdose, overdose involving stimulants, or poly-drug overdose, and other harms associated with substance (mis)use;
  • Research activities that deal with Adverse Childhood Experiences

Applications Due: November 6, 2023, 12:00 midnight ET

Gerber Foundation is interested in projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches and practical solutions to solving common, everyday problems or emerging issues within a defined focus area that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application:

  • New diagnostic tools that may be more rapid, more specific, more sensitive, less invasive
  • New treatment regimens that are improved or novel, less stressful or painful, more targeted, have fewer side effects, provide optimal dosing
  • Symptom relief
  • Preventative measures
  • Assessment of deficiencies or excesses (vitamins, minerals, drugs, etc.)
  • Risk assessment tools or measures for environmental hazards, trauma, etc.

Note that the Foundation is looking for projects that will result in ‘new’ information, treatments or tools that will result in a change in practice.

**Please note - if interested in this opportunity, please contact Evan Havard, Foundation Relations Officer, Auburn Advancement.

Concept Papers Due: November 15, 2023, 4:00pm ET

Southern SARE supports farmers in their efforts to conduct new and innovative sustainable agriculture production practices. Emphasizing relationship building between researcher and farmer, On-Farm Research Grants must meet the following basic requirements:
  • The proposed project focuses on sustainable agriculture practices and techniques to address a particular on-farm issue.
  • Applicants must work directly with farmers/ranchers in their profession.
  • Applicants must identify at least one farmer/rancher cooperator in the proposed project, and the work must be conducted on farm (either on the cooperator’s farm, or on a research farm with the cooperator’s involvement).
  • The farmer/rancher cooperator’s primary occupation must be farming or ranching or they are a part-time producer.
  • The proposed project satisfies the requirements of allowable expenses.
  • An outreach component is identified in the proposal.

Proposals Due: December 1, 2023, 12:00pm ET
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