Dear Colleagues,

Greetings to our first newsletter of 2023 and Happy New Year to you all! This month's edition is jam-packed with funding opportunities. In case you missed it, there is also a new data management and sharing policy at the NIH. You can find information and links to helpful resources below. 

May 2023 bring you joy, success, and good health.

All the best, 

Diane and David

Diane Havlir, MD, Associate Chair for Clinical Research

David Erle, MD, Associate Chair for Biomedical Research

UCSF RWJ Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) 

The AMFDP awards 4-year postdoctoral research grants to physicians, dentists, and nurses from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in academic medicine. The level of support is $420,000 over 4 years, which includes an annual $75,000 stipend, plus $30,000 per year for research support, and unparalleled mentorship. For more information, contact Meshell Johnson. To learn more about the program, click the button below. Please look for applications to open in early February and be due in mid-March.

UCSF 2023 Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards

Applications are due by February 7

Ono Pharma Foundation invites you to apply for their seventh annual Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Program and is accepting proposals from Principal Investigators considered for high-risk and high-reward science research projects in the Chemical Biology field. Chemical Biology is defined as the interface between chemistry and biology. The UCSF Office of Strategic Alliances is facilitating an internal process to select two proposals to advance to Ono Pharma's Breakthrough Science Initiative Award.

The maximum award amount is $900,000 + 15% indirect. For more information on eligibility criteria, and to apply please refer to the program website. To access the UCSF internal application, click the button below.

EXTRAMURAL Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Applications are due by February 7

PCORI is now accepting applications for nine funding opportunities. Letters of Intent are currently being accepted for:

• Comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects on high-priority topics
• Studies on how to improve the methods used to conduct patient-centered CER
• Projects to implement results into practice

Research PFAs include: 

• Adolescent alcohol use 
• Broad pragmatic studies in all areas (NEW: proposed studies to align with at least one of PCORI’s National Priorities for Health) 
• Delirium in older adults 
• Improving maternal outcomes by addressing health conditions and social determinants of health 
• Improving methods for conducting patient-centered CER  
• Science of engagement 

Implementation PFAs include: 

• Findings from PCORI’s research investments 
• Limited competition for phased or standard or projects 
• Shared decision making in practice settings 

Join Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, and other PCORI leaders for a dynamic, live 30-minute webinar on January 31 at 11am PST to learn more about opportunities for funding and involvement in patient-centered research. To register, click the button below.

UCSF UCTRAC Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center

Applications are due by February 27

The UCSF-UCB Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center is announcing new funding opportunities for new-to-TB investigators, including RAP Awards for Mentored Scientist and Mentored Under-Represented Scientist in TB Research, (funding for these programs is up to $40,000 in total costs), and a Voucher Program for basic science research in TB.

For questions, please contact info@uctrac.org. For additional information, and to apply, click the button below.

UCSF RAP Family Support Award

Applications are due by February 27

The RAP Family Support Award proposals are intended to help researchers maintain research productivity in the face of significant but temporary time commitments related to significant family caregiving needs. The funding, ($40,000 in total costs), will provide supplemental support to assist with addressing gaps in research productivity (e.g., obtaining preliminary data for grant submission, PI salary to support research activity both on projects or for grant writing, research personnel or research material support to enhance productivity, to aid grant proposal preparation tasks, etc.).

UCSF Faculty with >50% appointment in any series (Ladder Rank, In Residence, Clinical X, Health Science Clinical, Adjunct) in all ranks (Instructors, Assistant, Associate, Full Professors), are eligible to apply. Junior faculty applicants need to have a mentor who is appropriate for the planned research activity.

For more information on eligibility criteria, and to apply, click the button below.

UCSF CPR³

Applications are due by February 28

As a joint program between UCSF, the California Health and Human Services Agency, and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), CPR³ plans to fund UC-wide research that brings together UC investigators, public health experts, and community members in order to help inform and guide future pandemic recovery and readiness efforts for the state of California.

Dr. Priya Shete and the CPR³ team have recently released requests for proposals seeking California-focused pandemic recovery and readiness research related to two priority topics:

• The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on children and adolescents
• The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mental health

These funding opportunities are open to all UC investigators. Three award types ranging from $100,000 to $300,000 are available. The submission deadline for applications is February 28 at 6pm PST. See CPR³’s Funding Opportunities page to learn more.

UCSF Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translation Research (DREAMS-CDTR)

Applications are due by April 24

The DREAMS-CDTR invites proposals for preliminary research focused on health equity that will provide pilot data essential for planning future diabetes translation research K award and R-level awards 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.

Applicants must be an Early-Stage Investigator, have a doctoral degree (e.g. MD, PhD, DrPH), and currently be primarily affiliated with one of the DREAMS-CDTR institutions (Kaiser Permanente Northern California, UCSF, UC Davis, UC Merced, Stanford). Any individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research are invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.

Pilots are funded by NIDDK through the DREAMS Center. The submission deadline for applications is April 24 at 5pm PST. For application instructions and additional information, click here. To apply, click the button below. For questions regarding the Request for Proposal, please contact Dean Schillinger.

UCSF PRISE Center Invites Faculty to Affiliate

The Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity (PRISE) Center is a new Center at UCSF whose mission is to advance health equity through community partnerships and transformative implementation research. Current PRISE Center research focus areas include digital health equity, addiction and mental health, clinical and public health systems strengthening, infectious diseases (HIV, TB and COVID-19) and climate change and health.

The PRISE Center is announcing a call for affiliate faculty. Please consider affiliating if you are UCSF faculty (all levels welcome) and conduct research, training and/or career mentoring that incorporates implementation science methods to further health equity. 

Affiliate faculty will join a network of PRISE Center affiliates from other academic institutions in the U.S. and globally that are utilizing ImS research methods to further health equity. Affiliates will also be invited to PRISE Center seminars and events. There is no major time commitment or expectations for affiliate faculty.

Click the button below to fill out a brief survey by January 31 if you are interested in affiliating with the PRISE Center. Please contact Leah Murphy, PRISE Senior Program Manager, with any questions.

DOM PREPARE Program

Requests for grant reviews are accepted on an ongoing basis

If you have a quick turnaround for a proposal, don't worry, we'll do our best to accommodate your timeline. See what one PREPARE participant had to say about the process:

“The reviewers were well matched to the application and provided very valuable feedback on my application. I really appreciated the quick turn-around time to find reviewers and schedule the review, which typically takes much longer. The fact that reviewers are paid seems to incentivize participation and facilitate a high-quality review. Thank you!” 

To request a concept sheet, full proposal or summary sheet review, click the button below.

For more information, click here.

Effective January 25, 2023, prospective NIH grant and contract applications will be required to include a two-page data management and sharing plan outlining how scientific data will be managed and shared. Although many are already sharing summary level data, for example with clinical journals, the new policy requires sharing of individual participant-level data. To view videos and slide decks about the new policy; visit https://sharing.nih.gov/about/learning.

Grant applications or contract proposals with receipt dates on or after January 25, 2023 must include DMS Plans that address all six Elements of a Data Management and Sharing Plan (NOT-OD-21-01) if the proposed research will generate scientific data.  

Helpful resources that may be useful for you: 

• Tips for Writing a DMS Plan: NICHD-created resource to help researchers develop their DMS Plans, including some information to help you develop each element in the DMS Plan. 
• NIH: including some examples of plans, tools to help plan your budget, and methods for selecting data repositories.
• NICHD: COMING SOON: Examples of sharing plans for research on model organisms, survey data and human clinical & genomics data.

Copyright © 2023, University of California, San Francisco, All rights reserved.

Please send comments, suggestions and questions to:

Diane Havlir, MD, Associate Chair for Clinical Research (diane.havlir@ucsf.edu)

David Erle, MD, Associate Chair for Biomedical Research (david.erle@ucsf.edu)

Want to change how you receive these emails?

You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.