Dear Colleagues,
This month’s newsletter is absolutely packed with funding and resource opportunities – including many new ones — for UCSF researchers. We also have an update from UCSF Edward Kuczynski, Director, UCSF’s Human Research Protection Program. And congratulations to our colleagues with new career development awards!
Wishing you all the best,
Diane and David
David Erle, MD, Associate Chair for Biomedical Research
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Career Development Awards |
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We asked Edward Kuczynski, Director, UCSF’s Human Research Protection Program, to provide an update on IRB applications, new initiatives and challenges. These last two years have been enormously challenging for all aspects of the research enterprise, and we thank Ed and his team for their efforts.
Dear Department of Medicine Investigators and Study Teams:
Last year was busy and challenging for your IRB as we activated over 1800 new studies to add to our portfolio of over 11,000 active studies...
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Release of the UCSF Changemaker Series |
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The UCSF Changemaker Series, created by Professor of Medicine Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS, is a four-part video series that seeks to build the capacity of UCSF researchers to generate scientific evidence that is responsive to the needs of real-world decision-makers. Each 10-15 minute video highlights a UCSF researcher in conversation with an interdisciplinary panel of non-academic experts discussing how investigators at all stages of their careers can more meaningfully inform policies, systems, and structures in order to create social or policy change.
To read more, click here.
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The Population Health Data Initiative (PHDI)
The Population Health Data Initiative (PHDI), which is a cross-campus collaboration, has expanded the support it provides for data access for health services and population health research. PHDI services provide low-cost access to many datasets, support for establishing data use agreements, data storage, programming support, and a community of data users to advance research ideas and collaboration.
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NIH Webinar "Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on the Future Careers of Women in STEM"
The National Academies will hold a virtual workshop on March 23-24, 2022 to explore the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the future careers of women in STEM. This workshop will convene experts and leaders to inform a national research agenda that ensures academic and federal institutions are prepared to monitor and mitigate the long-term negative impacts of the pandemic on the STEM careers of women—especially women of color. This forward-looking workshop aims to help institutions promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and not exacerbate existing inequities within the STEM enterprise that were further amplified by the pandemic.
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Eureka: A Digital Research Platform
Researchers interested in conducting mobile or digitally-enabled clinical research should be aware of a unique resource here at UCSF and the DOM: The Eureka Research Platform. Eureka is a digital research platform run by Mark Pletcher, Greg Marcus, and Jeff Olgin that enables researchers to build a custom mobile/web experience for research participants including eConsent, online surveys and collection of digital health data from external sources used by participants including wearable devices, smartphones and electronic health record systems. Eureka was developed with support from NIH and has been used by over 50 studies across many disciplines led by investigators from many different institutions, with engagement of over 450,000 research participants. If you have questions or want to consider using the platform for your research project, you can learn more at Eureka Platform or you can contact Noah Peyser (or, of course, reach out to Mark Pletcher, Greg Marcus or Jeff Olgin).
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There will be three virtual Brown Bag sessions offered to discuss the Parnassus Research and Academic Building (PRAB) Project. Sessions will include process overview; project vision, values, and design principles; programming effort status; and project description going forward. Click on the sessions below to sign up.
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SOM School of Medicine Travel Award Application for Child, Elder, or Dependent Care
Applications accepted on a rolling basis
The School of Medicine's Academic Affairs Office will provide funding through travel awards for child, elder, or dependent care to support School of Medicine faculty members. The intent of these funds is to promote a family-friendly environment so that the expenses associated with childcare, elder care, or dependent care are not an impediment to faculty members' participation in professional conferences.
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UCSF Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Demonstration Projects
Application deadline is February 27
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute (BCHSI) and the UCSF Health Informatics Data Science and Innovation team, in partnership with many others at UCSF and UCSF Health, request applications for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Demonstration Projects “AI Pilots” aimed at advancing UCSF as a Learning Healthcare System. This is a great opportunity for aspiring clinicians, innovators, and/or data scientists to get help creating an AI tool that can have real impact on clinical care.
Funded project teams will receive investigator salary support (up to 20% for one year), as well as in-kind support including project management, technical assistance and participation in twice-monthly work-in-progress seminars.
Applications are due by February 27, 2022. For questions, please contact Zeanid Noor.
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UCSF Academic Senate Chancellor's Funds
Application deadline is April 1
The UCSF Academic Senate is announcing a call for applications for its annual Chancellor's Awards in the following categories:
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Research Conference Registration Awards (up to $1,000 per faculty member).
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Educational Conference Registration Awards (up to $1,000 per faculty member).
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COVID Relief Awards (up to $1,000 per faculty member).
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Learning & Development Awards (up to $5,000 per faculty, member or $20,000 per team of four faculty members).
Faculty in all series are eligible.
Applications for COVID Relief and L&D Awards are due on April 1, 2022. Conference Registration Awards are granted on a rolling basis.
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Extramural Administrative Diversity Supplement Opportunity
Application deadline is April 7
Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) are inviting applications to support administrative supplements of up to $250,000.00 (direct costs) to existing awards of scientists who are outstanding mentors and who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. We encourage you to apply for this award. We grow the diversity of our department in several ways, including supporting faculty who are committed to training and mentoring our URM scientists.
Applications are due by April 7, 2022.
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Extramural Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translation Research (DREAMS-CDTR) Pilot and Feasibility Program
The DREAMS-CDTR invites proposals for preliminary research focused on health equity that will provide pilot data essential for planning future diabetes translation research Ks, R01s, R21s, R34s, and R18s by early-stage Investigators. All proposals must be aligned with the primary goals of diabetes translation research, which are to improve the effectiveness of diabetes care and prevention by making evidence-based practice more consistent and widespread, and to further our understanding of what works most efficiently to accomplish this translation. Support is provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Applicants must complete the Pre-Application Clinical Trials Questionnaire.
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Extramural The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Diversity Leadership Program
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine invite applications for the new Science Diversity Leadership program, which will support projects led by excellent biomedical researchers who—through their outreach, mentoring, and teaching—have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific fields.
Each grant recipient will be awarded a total of $1.15 million over five years, with the first two cohorts of grantees selected in 2022 and 2023. Investigators leading the grantees’ projects will use funds to support research programs and outreach, mentoring, and teaching activities. The principal investigator must have started their first independent laboratory no earlier than January 1, 2012.
Applications are due by May 19, 2022.
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Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Deadlines |
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REMINDER: UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP)
The deadline for all RAP grants has been moved to March 14th, 2022 (previously February 28th), to provide more time for those affected by the Omicron surge.
For additional information on grant offerings, application rules, and eligibility criteria, click here.
Family Support Awards
Family Support Awards are intended to fill a gap in support for faculty with significant family caregiving responsibilities by providing funding for supplemental research support. Each recipient will be awarded up to $40K, for a period of one year. These awards are open to UCSF faculty with > 50% appointment in any series, in all ranks.
Faculty Development Award in Precision Medicine and Health Services Research
The RAP Faculty Development Award in Precision Medicine and Health Services Research seeks to support faculty development and enhancement in health services research, health economics, health policy, or a related field to develop and collaborate on projects related to precision medicine, with the goal of increasing the numbers and diversity of researchers on precision medicine.
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For early career applicants or those who have less relevant expertise, activities may include mentoring in obtaining NIH and other external funding, how to publish in high quality journals, and disseminating findings and having an impact on health care policies and decision-making. The budget is up to $10K, renewal possible.
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For mid-career applicants or those with greater relevant expertise, the focus will be on project development. The budget is up to $40K, renewal possible.
PILOT for Anti-Racism Research Grants
The UCSF Office of Research has committed to support efforts to guide equitable research conduct, building capacity for research on racism in biomedical research, and for research using anti-racist and racial equity approaches. Toward this goal, the Research Development Office (RDO) has developed and piloted an anti-racism research seed grant program through its Resource Allocation Program (RAP).
The program theme will focus on research projects addressing anti-Black racism and will offer two separate award types:
- $10,000 for a Pilot for Anti-Racism Research Capacity Building Grant
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$50,000 for a Pilot for Anti-Racism Research Project Grant
Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis
The Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis is a mentoring and training grant focused on Early Stage Investigators (ESI) at UCSF and UC Berkeley. These awards, granted by the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis, are intended to be used to acquire preliminary data and research skills leading toward a future grant effort. Applicants for this award must indicate a faculty research mentor(s) who will commit to guiding the applicant throughout the duration of the proposed project. Funding for this program is up to $40,000 in total costs for one year.
For questions, please contact the TB RAMP Program Coordinator, Mariana Velleca. To read more, click here.
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Help with Grant Preparation |
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DOM PREPARE Program
Requests for grant reviews are accepted on an ongoing basis
Get expert peer reviews for your R, K, and U proposals via the PREPARE program!
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If you'd like to contribute to future newsletters, please send your items to Ilona Paredes.
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ReSearch ReSource Newsletter
The Office of Research delivers a monthly communication of news and resources dedicated to the research enterprise, a helpful companion to DOM Research News! Read the newsletter here.
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Resources for Space Planning Updates
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