Sr. Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Proposal Services & Faculty Support
June Funding Focus Newsletter #1
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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.
Found a Limited Submission opportunity that interests you?
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.
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Through Our Town, the NEA seeks to support creative placemaking projects that integrate arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities over the long-term.
The program demonstrates the ways in which artists, culture bearers, and designers can help -
- Bring new attention to or elevate key community assets and issues, voices of residents, local history, or civic infrastructure;
- Inject new or additional energy, resources, activity, people, or enthusiasm into a place, community issue, or local economy;
- Envision new possibilities for a community or place—a new future, a way of approaching a new opportunity, overcoming a challenge, or problem-solving;
- Connect communities, people, places, and economic opportunity through physical spaces or new partnerships and relationships; or
- Honor traditions shaped by the lived experience of a community’s residents, such as music, dance, design, crafts, fashion, cuisine, and oral expression.
Our Town projects engage a wide range of local stakeholders in efforts to advance local economic, physical, or social outcomes in communities. Competitive projects are responsive to unique local conditions, authentically engage communities, advance artful lives, and lay the groundwork for long-term systems change.
The program requires applicants to demonstrate committed leadership from the local level and evidence of a diverse group of local stakeholders engaged in the proposed project. Applicants must demonstrate a required partnership in order to be eligible to apply for funding.
Institutional Limit: 2 Proposals
Internal Deadline: June 20, 2024, 4:45pm
Funder Deadline: August 1, 2024, 11:59pm ET
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Auburn University can nominate two applicants for NEH Summer Stipends (summer 2025). Summer Stipends carry an award of $6,000 for scholarly projects including books, articles, digital materials, translations, editions and other scholarly resources.
The NEH call for proposals will officially be available on the NEH website June 18, 2024. Applications will be available 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 deadline: July 31, 2024 at 5:00 pm.
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 who will be collecting them and coordinating with the committee this summer. Once the committee makes its selections, it will work with the selected nominees to refine their proposals.
NEH's anticipated deadline for applications is September 18, 2024.
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PSFS Pivot Drop-In Consultation Clinic at Foy
June 13, 2024
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Collaboration Corner @ 205 Foy Hall
Do you need to create a Pivot Account for targeted funding searches or need to refresh your current account for better notification results?
PSFS is hosting a Pivot Drop-In Consultation Clinic at Collaboration Corner in Foy Hall. Create or hone your account and get tips for finding funding matches.
Drop in any time between 12:00pm - 4:00pm or make an appointment here.
Bring your laptop. Light refreshments provided.
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Hanover Research Webinars
Grant Academy Roundtable: Launching Competitive Grantseekers
Thursday, June 27, 2024
11:00am CT
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September 25-27, 2024
Ross Bridge Renaissance Golf Resort and Spa
Birmingham, Alabama
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:
- Grantsmanship
- Data Collection and Usage
- Career Development
- Networking and Collaboration
- Dissemination and Implementation Science
- Mentorship
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Thursday, June 13, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
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Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability
Slots available June 26-30 and after July 31, 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.
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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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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.
In the May issue:
• Topics of Interest URLs
• April 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• CHIPS and Science Act in FY2025 Budget Requests
• NIH Common Fund 2025 Budget Request
• Understanding Agency-Required Diversity Plans (NIH PEDP and DOE PIER)
• EPAs FY 2025 Research Budget Priorities
• Tips for Winning an NEH Individual Fellowship
• You Got Funding! Now Think About Supplements
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmap
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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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The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics and phonology.
The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as (but not limited to):
- What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language?
- What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible?
- How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of natural language and/or language processing?
- What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various grammatical properties of language?
- How does language develop in natural learning contexts across the life-span?
- What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change?
Proposals Due: July 15, 2024, 5:00pm CT
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The ARPA-E OPEN program has serves as an opportunity to advance transformative energy breakthroughs in critical areas that fall outside the scope of its technology-focused programs. Vision OPEN challenges the research community to develop groundbreaking technologies to enable a future energy landscape that is dramatically different.
The Vision includes three goals that are critical to achieve a sustainable energy and carbon transition with:
- GHG-free6 abundant primary energy;
- An intermodal energy superhighway that transports diversified forms of primary energy; and
- A carbon transition that sustainably meets demand for polymers and other materials.
These goals will enable a novel and robust global energy system that responsibly meets the needs and aspirations of future generations. Achieving these three goals by 2050 will necessitate development and deployment of disruptive and ambitious technologies at unparalleled speed and scale.
Concept Papers Due: July 16, 2024, 9:30am ET
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AFE-funded research solves scientific challenges posed by disease, pests, and other environmental issues. This research benefits not only growers but every segment of the floriculture industry down to the consumer.
- Sustainable Production and Handling Practices Including Water Use Efficiency, Growing Media, and Plastic Alternatives
- Automation, Technology, and AI Leading to Labor Savings
- Biocontrol of Pests
- Reduction of the Impact of Climate Change on Production, Handling, and Product Quality
- Advanced Breeding Technology, including CRISPR
- Long-Term Storage and Shipping Conditions for Cut Flowers, Bedding, and Potted Plants
- Production Technology
- Postharvest Technology
- Botrytis Control and Management
- Thrips Control and Management
Application Deadline: August 1, 2024, 5:00pm ET
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The Economics Program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
The Economics program welcomes proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, symposia, experimental research, data collection and dissemination, computer equipment and other instrumentation, and research experience for undergraduates. The program places a high priority on interdisciplinary research. Investigators are encouraged to submit proposals of joint interest to the Economics Program and other NSF programs and NSF initiative areas. The program places a high priority on broadening participation and encourages proposals from junior faculty, women, other underrepresented minorities, and EPSCoR states.
Proposals Due: August 19, 2024, 5:00pm CT
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The Institutional Challenge Grant supports university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.
Research-practice partnerships—long-term, mutually beneficial collaborations that promote the production and use of rigorous and relevant research evidence—are a promising strategy for better aligning these communities in their efforts to reduce inequality. Researchers who partner with practitioners or policymakers are better equipped to understand local contexts, address pressing questions, and produce informative and actionable findings. They also gain access to programmatic and/or policy insights and data that can facilitate rigorous and groundbreaking research to make headway on issues relevant to youth. Partnerships, then, equip public agencies and nonprofit organizations with new knowledge and tools to better serve youth.
Applications Due: September 12, 2024, 3:00pm ET
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The ECR offers an invaluable opportunity for researchers at all levels to gain insight into the peer review process, enhance their grant writing skills, and improve research evaluation. This program is an excellent resource for those looking to deepen their understanding of grant applications. Learn more. |
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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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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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