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.

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.

The Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program within the Division of Translational Impacts (TI) offers researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering funded by NSF the opportunity to perform translational research and technology development, catalyze partnerships and accelerate the transition of discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace for societal benefit.

This solicitation offers two broad tracks for proposals:

The Technology Translation (PFI-TT) track offers the opportunity to translate prior NSF-funded research results in any field of science or engineering into technological innovations with promising commercial potential and societal impact. PFI-TT supports commercial potential demonstration projects for academic research outputs in any NSF-funded science and engineering discipline. This demonstration is achieved through proof-of-concept, prototyping, technology development and/or scale-up work. Concurrently, students and postdoctoral researchers who participate in PFI-TT projects receive education and leadership training in innovation and entrepreneurship. Successful PFI-TT projects generate technology-driven commercialization outcomes that address societal needs.

*Please Note: You DO NOT need to enter the limited submission competition if you are applying to the Technology Translation track only.

The Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) track seeks to achieve the same goals as the PFI-TT track by supporting instead complex, multi-faceted technology development projects that are typically beyond the scope of a single researcher or institution and require a multi-organizational, interdisciplinary, synergistic collaboration. A PFI-RP project requires the creation of partnerships between academic researchers and third-party organizations such as industry, non-academic research organizations, federal laboratories, public or non-profit technology transfer organizations or other universities. Such partnerships are needed to conduct use-inspired research on a stand-alone larger project toward commercialization and societal impact. In the absence of such synergistic partnership, the project’s likelihood for success would be minimal.

The NRT Program is dedicated to shaping and supporting highly effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through the use of comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. The goals of the program are to:

Auburn University can nominate two applicants for NEH Summer 2025 Stipends. Summer Stipends carry an award of $6,000 for scholarly projects including books, articles, digital materials, translations, editions and other scholarly resources.

Applications are available on the NEH website here .

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 internal deadline: July 31, 2024 at 5:00pm.

The application is composed of

Applications should be submitted to Dr. Scott Phillips who will collect them and coordinate with the committee this summer. Once the committee makes its selections, it will work with the selected nominees to refine their proposals.

NEH Deadline: September 18, 2024.

Thursday, June 27, 2024

1:00am CT

The CCTS Summer Tiers series provides insights into career development, grantsmanship, translational science & research and more. Topics match the NIH grant cycle to focus discussion on shared writing challenges.

Register for upcoming TIERS events:

"What to Expect During a Study Section Review"

"How to Create a Grant Budget"

For recordings of past series sessions check out the CCTS Video Channel.

Natcast, the operator of the CHIPS for America National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), will host a webinar to introduce the "Artificial Intelligence Driven Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Enablement (AIDRFIC)" project and provide preliminary information and timelines in advance of a Proposers’ Day event on July 11, 2024.

Funded projects will support the domestic radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit industry and focus on the adaptation of Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, and Machine Learning technology for use in RF design.

The 2024 CCTS Translational Symposium, themed "Discovery to Delivery: Exploring Translational Science Frontiers," will gather scholars and professionals of all levels of the translational career arc from the tri-state CCTS Partner Network.

Key topics covered include:

Researchers are invited to participate in an Advancement Workshop designed to propel the bioeconomy forward. Topics include:

To apply, visit www.casa-bio.net/ and sign up for a workshop relevant to your work to help outline a future for the topic.

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.

Hanover GLC Modules for NIH, NSF-CAREER & Grant Development

The Hanover Research Grants Learning Center (GLC) on-demand grant development training portal 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. In addition to NIH and NSF-CAREER modules, AU faculty now have access to a variety of new modules on grant seeking, development and revisions.

Auburn faculty interested in signing up for this training should contact Christine Cline for registration information.

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The objective of this project is to improve understanding of how synthetic data generators work with large real-world data (RWD) (e.g., datasets with over 30 billion rows of data) to inform a synthetic data generator toolkit. For this project, open-source synthetic data generators that utilize AI techniques will be assessed for use with large RWD on a super computing platform (e.g., National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot secure compute environment).

This project would inform the National Secure Data Service (NSDS) Demonstration Project and the NAIRR pilot by providing tools and techniques that support tiered access through the development and assessment of different tools for synthetic data generation.

The intent is to build on previous synthetic data generation methods and test the methods using large RWD files. This unique approach will provide insight into approaches that can then be compiled to inform the creation of a synthetic data toolkit that will be accessible within a future NSDS.

The NASA Early Career Faculty (ECF) grant program is an an appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) NASA Research Announcement (NRA), titled "Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2024 (SpaceTech REDDI 2024).” 

ECF seeks proposals from outstanding early-career faculty members who are beginning independent research careers. The grants will sponsor research in specific high-priority areas of interest to America's space program to accelerate the development of groundbreaking, high-risk/high-payoff space technologies to support future space science and exploration needs of NASA, other government agencies, and the commercial space sector.

ECF exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of the two topics:

Supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for low- and moderately paid workers and their families in the U.S. We seek investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on employment, earnings, and job quality. We are especially interested in proposals that address questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers.

Supports original research on the factors that contribute to social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect social, political, psychological, and economic outcomes, including educational and labor market opportunities and consequences, social and economic mobility within and across generations, and civic participation and representation.

This program encourages perspectives from multiple disciplines, including economics, psychology, political science, sociology, law, public policy, and other social sciences, to further our understanding of economic, social, political, and psychological decision-making processes, attitudes, behaviors, and institutional practices in public and private contexts such as policing/criminal legal systems, employment, housing, politics, racial/ethnic relations, and immigration.

This program supports innovative investigator-initiated research that examines the roles of race, ethnicity, nativity, legal status —and their interactions with each other and other social categories—in the social, economic, and political outcomes for immigrants, U.S.-born racial and ethnic minorities, and native-born whites.

RSF and the Carnegie Corporation invite proposals that will strengthen the theory, methods, and empirical knowledge about the effects of race, citizenship, legal status, and the interplay of politics and policy on immigrant outcomes. Because of limitations in government statistics, researchers are curating and analyzing data from both public and private sources (e.g., specialized surveys, administrative sources from tax, social security and citizenship and immigration services, and social media data), and collecting their own data to measure the integration of the foreign-born and their children.

The Focus grant for short-term risk is open to innovative, potentially high-yield proposals that focus on short-term risk for suicide. Implementation and/or dissemination science related to previously developed, evidence based assessment(s) and/or intervention(s) for reducing short-term risk for suicide that can be applied in clinical settings.

AFSP has set a goal to reduce our nation’s suicide rate 20%. Focus Grant RFA seeks applications that address potential biological, psychological, social and/or environmental pathways and interventions that can significantly reduce the national suicide rate if ultimately implemented on a large scale. Universal, selective or indicated interventions that target suicide prevention in healthcare systems, emergency departments, corrections settings, or among the gun owning community, that, if implemented on a large scale, would reduce the annual U.S. suicide rate.

Supports an innovative, impactful study in an area of suicide research that will achieve significant goals. This mechanism is intended for studies that, by their very nature, are clearly beyond the financial scope of our Innovation Grants. Innovative projects in new areas of investigation with potentially high impact for the understanding and prevention of suicide. Open to all fields of inquiry.

Merck research grants offer funds to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance. This research grants program is open to scientists in all career stages who are affiliated with any research-based institution or university. In 2024, grants are available in the following areas:

You may apply for more than one grant or submit your application for more than one category.

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 will be requiring an ORCID ID starting May 25, 2025 (NSF is likely to follow suit with this requirement).

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.