Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation: 2025 Moore Inventor Fellows

This fellowship seeks to identify outstanding early-stage inventors. The Moore Foundation is looking for individuals who are harnessing science and technology solutions to enhance scientific research, strengthen environmental conservation, or improve the experience and outcomes of patient care.

All candidates must be no more than 10 years past receiving their terminal degree (Ph.D., M.D., M.S., or other ) in their field from when the award will begin (2025 – a degree received on any date in 2015 is acceptable). Fellows must be engaged in the pursuit of their invention at least 25 percent time for the three-year duration of the award. 

Institutional Limit: 2 Nominations

Internal Deadline: October 8, 2024, 4:45pm

Funder Nomination Deadline: November 15, 2024, 5:00pm PT

NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement-Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program (RII-FEC)

EPSCoR RII-FEC requires inter-jurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in STEM focus areas consistent with NSF priority areas for the development of a diverse, well-prepared, STEM-enabled workforce necessary to sustain research competitiveness.

Central to the success of the proposal is a clear demonstration that the collaboration is well-positioned to produce outcomes that cannot be obtained through the efforts of a team in a single jurisdiction working alone. Projects are investigator-driven and must include researchers from at least two EPSCoR eligible jurisdictions with complementary expertise and resources necessary to address challenges, which neither party could address as well or rapidly independently. The integration and inclusion of Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs), women's colleges, Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), and two-year colleges is a critical component of this sustainable STEM capacity.

The proposal must clearly identify the roles and contributions of each partner in the project, the anticipated increases in research capacity and competitiveness, the projected workforce development and educational plan and outcomes, and the benefits to the jurisdictions, the Nation, and society.

Awards vary based on the number of eligible jurisdictions participating in the project.

Focus Area: "Building capacity towards use-inspired research"

Institutional Limit: 1 Proposal

Internal Deadline: October 9, 2024, 4:45pm

Funder LOI Deadline: December 17, 2024, 5:00pm CT  

AU Creative Showcase 2025 

SHOWCASE is an AU triennial celebration that brings together creative scholarship from across the university and offers our communities opportunities to engage in that work. SHOWCASE 2025 is seeking proposals of creative scholarship produced by faculty and students across all fields at Auburn University. All types of creative works are embraced for submission, including, but not limited to physical artifacts and live performances. Interdisciplinary and/or collaborative work is welcomed.

For more information about SHOWCASE 2025, please direct questions to the following contacts:

• Chase Bringarder, College of Liberal Arts
• Anna Ruth Gatlin, College of Human Sciences
• Robert Finkel, College of Architecture, Design, & Construction

Submissions Deadline: September 30, 2024, 4:45 pm

Funding Opportunities

Autism Science Foundation: Profound Autism Pilot Grant

There is an immediate need for research to identify the specific and unique needs of individuals with profound autism - defined for the purposes of this RFA as minimally or non-verbal, and/or IQ less than 50, and requiring the need for 24/7 care to ensure safety. Individuals with Profound Autism may or may not exhibit severe and dangerous behaviors (Research on severe and dangerous behaviors does not need to be exclusive to those with Profound Autism).

This RFA requires -

1) pilot studies to identify or characterize the underlying biological mechanisms of profound autism (including model systems); 

2) examination of the preliminary efficacy of a behavioral or pharmacological treatment for core or co-morbid symptoms of profound autism or severe, intense and dangerous behaviors; 

3) projects which address challenges in recruitment, retention or data collection in individuals with profound autism.

Applications Due: October 18, 2024, 5:00pm ET

Center for Clinical &Translational Science (CCTS) Pilot Program

The CCTS supports translational science pilot projects that align with the CCTS mission of accelerating the translation of research into improvements for human health and healthcare delivery. Pilot projects must be focused on translational science, i.e. generation of generalizable innovations that address translational barriers such as:

• Lack of patient/community engagement in the development and implementation of health interventions
• Ineffective clinical trial recruitment
• Failure/inability to retain participants
• Lack of novel clinical trial design (e.g. adaptive designs)

The program supports early stage investigators from any of the CCTS Partner Network institutions.

Preapplications Due: October 25, 2024, 5:00pm CT

DOC: Build to Scale

Economic Development Administration invites organizations that support technology- and innovation-centric, high-growth companies (including but not limited to startups) as they develop, demonstrate, and deploy the next generation of critical and emerging technologies to apply for Build to Scale funding.

The Build to Scale program aims to:

• build public and private capacity for entrepreneurs and innovators to invent, improve, and bring to market new products and services in critical, emerging, and transformative sectors and industries3;
• accelerate the growth of regional economies that are focused on industries of the future;
• empower communities to provide proof-of-concept and commercialization assistance to technology innovators and entrepreneurs; and
• equitably and inclusively increase access to capital for technology-enabled entrepreneurs.

Applications Due: October 28, 2024, 4:59pm ET

Parkinson's Foundation Impact Awards

The foundation invites applications for its Impact Awards program, designed for established and new PD researchers to provide the support that will enable researchers to test new ideas with an impact on the PD community. The science underlying the Parkinson's Foundation Impact Award projects should be "outside the box" with the goal of bringing new light to the biology of Parkinson’s disease (PD), a new approach to PD research, or testing a truly novel therapeutic idea.

LOIs Due: October 31, 2024, 5:00pm ET

NSF: Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R212)

This program will support community- engaged team science to co-design high-impact solutions to climate-related societal challenges that leverage recent advances in fundamental climate change and Earth system science research. Each R2I2 project will address specific regional climate challenges and will develop and demonstrate solutions to those challenges that can be effectively applied in real- world settings.

This solicitation, focused on Phase-1, will fund a series of pilot projects focusing on project concept creation and refinement for solutions specific to a U.S. climate region.

Anticipated activities during Phase-1 include, but are not limited to,

• defining a regional climate challenge with one or more proposed solutions
• developing the vision and plan for executing/implementing the solutions
• building and strengthening collaborations with relevant partners and community members to achieve proposed solutions within a 3–5-year timeline
• and defining metrics for success.

At the end of the Phase-1 award, recipients are expected to be well-prepared to deliver the proposed solutions in a Phase-2 R2I2 project.

LOI Due: December 16, 2024, 5:00pm CT

Important Updates

CCTS Case Studies in Mentoring

Each Monday, September 30 - November 11, 2024

11:00am - 12pm via ZOOM



Explore the nuances of the mentor-mentee relationship. Case-based discussions help participants discover new strategies to maximize the benefits of this career-enhancing skill. All sessions are facilitated by experienced UAB mentors.

See Schedule and Topics.

Register

Hanover Research Webinars

Scaling Up Your Research

Thursday, September 26, 2024

11:00am CT

This session will focus on grant-seekers who are aiming to expand the scale of their research, whether it’s broadening the scope of their work, adapting to target larger-scale grant opportunities, or exploring collaborations across disciplinary lines.

Register here.



• Upcoming in October: What Deadline? Keeping Yourself and Others on Task in Grant Development
• Recently posted to the archives: Introduction to Grantseeking for Administrators

Alabama Higher Education AI Exchange

October 10-11, 2024 

Biggio Center Mell Classroom Building, 231 Mell Street

Auburn University, in partnership with the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, invites you to the Alabama Higher Education AI Exchange, an event to supercharge AI literacy, collaboration, and access for the state’s higher education community.  

The Alabama Higher Education AI Exchange will feature three tracks:

• The Research track invites presentations and discussions on how artificial intelligence can enhance research, as well as research focused on artificial intelligence and related topics. 
• The Teaching & Learning track invites presentations and discussions on the opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence tools present for academic work, both inside and outside the classroom. 
• The Business Operations & Student Services track invites presentations and discussions on using AI tools to improve efficiency in administrative and managerial functions, with a particular interest in practices that enhance student services. 

Register for Pre-Conference Sessions

Register for the Conference

NIH Webinar: Navigate NIH Grants Policies in FY2025 with Confidence

October 17, 2024

12:00-1:00pm CT

This live, virtual event will cover crucial updates on grant policies, systems, and resources, and discuss how these changes could affect your institution’s compliance processes.

Register

Common Forms Update: NASA & DOE

NASA - Pursuant to Grant Notice 24-1, NASA will be requiring the use of the Common Forms for proposals submitted on or after October 1, 2024. Specific updates to the forms have not been released yet, but it does not appear they will use SciENcv as other agencies (NSF & NIH) have agreed to do. 

Department of Energy (DOE) - The DOE has confirmed their implementation of the Common Forms will occur in May 2025 and that an ORCID ID will be required. They are exploring the utilization of SciENcv as an option as well.

Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability

Slots available after October 21, 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.

Research Development and Grantwriting Newsletter

This online publication is a great source for current STEM and Humanities funding opportunities, tips and resources. Published by Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, access is available only for Auburn University faculty, staff and students with a valid user ID. 

In the September issue:

• September 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Developing Applications to EPA Under New Guidelines
• NSF-USDA-NIFA Programmatic Funding Alignments
• Overview of Funding by Department of Energy
• NSF TIP Directorate’s New Roadmap
• Avoid the Generic Introduction
• Narrative Silos Are Like Weeds
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

AU Libraries Wants Your CV!

AU Libraries is once again offering faculty the opportunity to complete your ORCID profile, and there is no better time to take advantage of this great free service since NIH and the Department of Energy will be requiring an ORCID ID starting May 2025 (NSF is likely to follow suit with this requirement).

The process to populate your profile could not be simpler:

1. Register for your ORCID account (Use the institutional single sign on!)

2. Click your name in the top right corner and select "Trusted Parties"

3. Scroll down to "Trusted Individuals" and add orcid@auburn.edu

4. Send a copy of your CV to orcid@auburn.edu to ensure all of your works, educational background and work history is included

That's it! AU libraries will complete your ORCID profile for you, and you can remove this permission at any time

For more information, visit AU Libraries' ORCID webpage or contact Patricia Hartman.