Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Proposal Services & Faculty Support
April 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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Brain Research Foundation’s Scientific Innovations Award Program provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This funding mechanism is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting-edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators. The objective of the program is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high impact journals.
To be eligible, the nominee must be a full-time associate professor/full professor working in the area of brain function in health and disease. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. Studies should be related to either normal human brain development or specifically identified disease states. This includes molecular and clinical neuroscience as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral and emotional functioning in health and disease. The grant proposal must detail a new research project that is not funded by other sources. This grant is not to be used as bridge funding.
Institutional Limit: 1 Proposal
Internal Deadline: May 5, 2023 4:45 pm
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STEM Funding Webinar and Information
The NSF’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program supports projects focused on increasing preK-12 students' interest in information and communication technology and STEM careers through technology-based learning experiences. As the resource center for the NSF ITEST Program, STELAR is charged with supporting prospective PIs in developing competitive proposals.
STELAR is offering PI’s free technical assistance and support aimed at proposal development in time for the ITEST solicitation due date of August 11, 2023.
*Join STELAR for an informational webinar on April 25 at 3 pm ET. This webinar is designed for those located in EPSCoR jurisdictions who are interested in PreK-12 STEM education research. To register:
*Learn about the program and proposal development support:
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Apr 28, 2023 12:00 PM
Join CCTS for the free webinar "Top 7 Tips for Social Media Research: Lessons Learned During the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic". Presented by Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Tulane Cancer Center, Contributing Member in the Clinical Program.
Learning Objectives:
- Characterize the key areas of social media research
- Describe how to incorporate phenomenological and internet-mediated research
- Recognize how social media can facilitate science across the translational continuum
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NSF Guidance on Requirements for Conferences and
Off-campus/Off-site projects
In 2019, NSF provided specific guidance related to fostering harassment-free environments at NSF-supported conferences, workshops, and symposia. A new guidance document has been developed to assist investigators in complying with NSF’s requirements to inform participants of Auburn’s commitment to this goal, as well as to provide access to the relevant AU policies and resources. The sample participant notice should be provided to all participants prior to and during NSF-supported conferences, symposia, and workshops.
In addition, as of January 30, 2023, Auburn is providing a certification upon submission that any NSF proposal that includes off-campus/off-site research will have a plan in place for safe and inclusive research environments (PSI-FVAR). Details regarding these requirements are included in the guidance document referenced above as well as including a link to the required plan that must be filed prior to submission of an NSF proposal which includes off-campus or off-site research (this includes field research and research activities on vessels and aircraft).
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Auburn University can nominate two applicants for NEH Summer Stipends (summer 2024). Dr. Scott Phillips is head of the committee that selects our nominees. Last year we had several competitive applicants, and we hope to have another successful cycle.
Summer Stipends carry an award of $6,000 for scholarly projects including books, articles, digital materials, translations, editions and other scholarly resources.
Applicants should read the NEH guidelines carefully and submit an electronic copy of a polished draft of the NEH application form to the Auburn NEH Committee by the deadline: July 21, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. The official form is available here.
The application is composed of
- The cover sheet
- 3-page narrative
- 1-page work plan
- 1 page bibliography (which should demonstrate preparation for the project)
- 2-page resume (in editing the full resume, proof of competence for the project should be a priority)
- Appendices if relevant
Applications should be submitted to Dr. Scott Phillips at phillm2@auburn.edu. who will be collecting them and coordinating with the committee this summer. The committee will make its selections after that and will work with the selected nominees to refine their proposals. The NEH deadline is September 20, 2023. NEH accepts applications only from those nominated by their university or organization.
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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.
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Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability
Slots available after September 5, 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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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. This is another good source for current STEM and humanities funding opportunities, tips and resources.
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The ADDF seeks to support studies of cognitive symptoms due to health conditions, comparative effectiveness research, and epidemiological studies that probe whether the use or choice of drugs alters the risk for dementia or cognitive decline.
The Prevention RFP supports:
- Studies of Cognitive Decline and Risk Reduction
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Studies Leveraging the Consortium of Cohorts for Alzheimer's Prevention Action (CAPA)
LOI due May 19, 2023 5:00 pm ET
Invited Full Proposal due July 28, 2023 5:00 pm ET
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Genomics provides fundamental tools for biomedical research, in large part because of the open sharing of data, materials, and tools by the research community. This open sharing is essential for exploring the genome and its role in health and disease. Genomic community resources are key mechanisms for this open sharing, enabling researchers to perform their research, to compare methods, and to integrate multiple data types with genomic information. NHGRI currently supports numerous genomic resources so they can be widely available to the research community.
This FOA supports a limited number of new and existing genomic resources of especially high value to the broad research community.
Resources for which applications will be accepted under this FOA include (but are not limited to):
- Collections of analysis tools and software platforms
- Community data standards and ontologies
- Production of genomic data
- Collections of samples or other biological materials
- Competitions or cooperative activities for genomic analysis tools
Proposals Due: May 25, 2023 5:00 pm
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As artificial intelligence (AI) systems rapidly increase in size, acquire new capabilities, and are deployed in high-stakes settings, their safety becomes extremely important. Ensuring system safety requires more than improving accuracy, efficiency, and scalability: it requires ensuring that systems are robust to extreme events, and monitoring them for anomalous and unsafe behavior. The objective of the Safe Learning-Enabled Systems program, which builds on the joint goals of the National Science Foundation, Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures, is to foster foundational research that leads to the design and implementation of learning-enabled systems in which safety is ensured with high levels of confidence.
The program solicits proposals that advance general theories, principles, and methodologies for the design of safe learning-enabled systems, that go beyond specific problem instances, and that are applicable to state-of-the-art learning systems, including considerations for scalability and deployability. The program seeks to support proposals that have the potential to make strong advances in the design and implementation of safe learning-enabled systems as well as advancing methods for reasoning about the safety of those systems when they are deployed in unpredictable environments. An ideal proposal will demonstrate how these two objectives will be achieved, provide evidence that its proposed approach will improve notions of safety, and argue the potential for lasting impact both on rigorous safety evaluation methods and on the design and implementation of safe learning-enabled systems.
Proposals Due: May 26, 2023 5:00 pm
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The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $600,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to: X-ray diffractometers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, flow cytometers, and biomedical imagers.
Proposals Due: June 1, 2023 5:00 pm
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Funding Opportunity Reminders |
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NSF defines Research Infrastructure (RI) as any combination of facilities, equipment, instrumentation, or computational hardware or software, and the necessary human capital in support of the same. Major facilities and mid-scale projects are subsets of research infrastructure. The NSF Mid-scale RI-2 Program supports the implementation of unique and compelling RI projects. Mid-scale RI-2 projects may include any combination of equipment, instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure, broadly used large-scale data sets, and the commissioning and/or personnel needed to successfully complete the project. Mid-scale RI-2 projects should fill a research community-defined scientific need, or address an identified national research priority, that enables current and next-generation U.S. researchers and a diverse STEM workforce to remain competitive in a global research environment.
Required Letters of Intent Deadline: May 15, 2023 5:00 pm
Required Preliminary Proposal Deadline: June 20, 2023 5:00 pm
Invited Full Proposal Deadline: December 18, 2023 5:00 pm
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The Digital Projects for the Public program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments.
(Optional) Draft Due: May 3, 2023 11:59 pm ET
Proposals Due: June 14, 2023 11:59 pm ET
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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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