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Sr. Vice President for Research & Economic Development

Proposal Services & Faculty Support

August Funding Focus Newsletter #1

What is a Limited Submission?

A limited submission solicitation (RFA, RFP, etc.) places a cap on the number of proposals 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.
Click here to apply internally for a Limited Submission
Limited Submission Announcements

**Note: This competition originally ran in the July 15 edition. One slot out of the allowed two submissions has been awarded. This competition is for the remaining slot.


EPA: Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program

 

Community Change Grants fund community-driven projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening communities through thoughtful implementation. The Community Change Grants will support comprehensive community and place-based approaches to redressing environmental and climate injustices for communities facing legacy pollution, climate change, and persistent disinvestment. These concentrated local investments will fund community-driven, change-making projects that center collaborative efforts for healthier, safer, and more prosperous communities. Investments are intended to achieve the following objectives:

 

·    Provide resources for community-driven projects to address environmental and climate challenges in communities facing disproportionate and adverse health, pollution, and environmental impacts, and suffering from generations of disinvestment.

·    Invest in strong cross-sectoral collaborations with partners who bring a robust commitment to working with and for communities with environmental and climate justice concerns. 

·    Unlock access to additional and more significant resources to advance environmental and climate justice goals from across the federal government and other sources.

·    Empower communities and strengthen their capacity to drive meaningful positive change on the ground for years to come. Strengthen community participation in government decision-making processes that impact them.

 

The Community Change Grants requires a partnership with a community-based non-profit organization (CBO). There are two tracks:

 

  • Track I applications – Community-Driven Investments for Change will focus on multi-faceted applications with Climate Action and Pollution Reduction Strategies to meaningfully improve the environmental, climate, and resilience conditions affecting disadvantaged communities. 

 

  • Track II applications – Meaningful Engagement for Equitable Governance will facilitate the engagement of disadvantaged communities in governmental processes to advance environmental and climate justice. 

 

Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis through November 21, 2024. EPA will permit applicants to resubmit an unsuccessful application after a debriefing with the agency. 

Institutional Limit: Two (2) Applications

Internal Deadline: August 19, 2024, 4:45pm

Funder's Deadline: November 21, 2024, 11:59pm ET

2025 NASA EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN)


Each funded NASA EPSCoR proposal is expected to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to NASA’s strategic research and technology development priorities and contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities of higher education and economic development of the jurisdiction receiving funding.


The following are the specific objectives of NASA EPSCoR:

  • Contribute to and promote the development of research capability in NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission;
  • Improve the capabilities of the NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions to gain support from sources outside the NASA EPSCoR program;
  • Develop partnerships among NASA research assets, academic institutions, and industry; and
  • Contribute to the overall research infrastructure and economic development of the jurisdiction.


NASA EPSCoR proposals are expected to establish research programs that will make significant contributions to -

  1. The strategic research and technology priorities of one or more of the four (4) NASA Mission Directorates;
  2. One or more of the ten (10) NASA Field Centers, and
  3. Contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and economic development of Alabama.


**Please note that the requirements for this internal competition differ from the standard limited submission competition. Submission requirements mirror the specifications of the preproposal preparation instructions. There are several associated documents to review:


2025 NASA EPSCoR Solicitation

2025 Research Areas

AL EPSCoR Pre-Proposal Document



Institutional Limit: 1 Proposal

Internal Deadline: August 27, 2024, 4:45 pm

State's Deadline: September 11, 2024, 5:00pm CT

Important Updates

Endeavor Update: IRB


The Auburn University Institutional Review Board (IRB) module launched in Endeavor August 1, 2024. Resources will be available for the campus community on the IRB website, a new IRB Endeavor Canvas page, and through on-campus training opportunities.


If your department or college would like to schedule an Endeavor IRB workshop, please contact the office at irbadmin@auburn.edu

CCTS Mock NIH Study Section

K & R Series Grants


Step into the role of an NIH study section member and experience what happens after a grant is submitted.


Through a facilitated simulation, participants will read, critique, and score an actual grant and will see how their comments influence the discussion. Participants are able to learn how a study section operates from the other side of the process, to better prepare their own grants for review.


All Study Sections via ZOOM.

Clinical Science R01

August 13, 10-11:30 AM

Register for 8/13


Basic Science R01

August 20, 12-1:30 PM

Register for 8/20

Clinical Science K

August 15, 9-10:30 AM

Register for 8/15


Basic Science K

August 22, 2-3:30 pm

Register for 8/22

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. 


Submit a Poster or Serve as a Panelist!

All researchers and practitioners are invited to share their expertise and experience on artificial intelligence. Submit an online interest form located at the following link:

https://aub.ie/aipresenter


Event registration coming soon.

Grant Development Tools

Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability

Slots available after September 27, 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.

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.

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 July issue:

  • Topics of Interest URLs
  • July 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
  • NEH’s Humanities Connections Projects: A Funding Opportunity for Curricular
  • Innovation at Two- and Four-Year Colleges
  • Funding Strategies: National Climate Resilience Framework by Federal Agency
  • An Overview of ED’s FIPSE Program
  • Last-Minute NSF CAREER Proposal Checklist 2024
  • Preview of FY 2025 House Research Spending Bills
  • Does an NSF MRI Fit Your Situation?
  • Editing the Proposal Introduction: the What, Why, How and So-What of a Preliminary Review
  • Research Grant Writing Web Resources
  • Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
  • Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
  • New Funding Opportunities

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
Funding Opportunities

UAB CARES Center: Pilot and Feasibility Studies in Persistent Poverty Areas Across the Cancer Continuum


The goal of the UAB Cancer Awareness, Research, Engagement, and Support (CARES) Center is to implement and evaluate changes in living environments (economic, physical, social, and service) on cancer risk factors, specifically those related to nutrition, physical activity, and health care access/utilization.


In partnership with the Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center (MHERC) and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center invites applications for studies to address disparities across the cancer control continuum in areas characterized by persistent poverty .


  • Projects may address disparities at any point on the cancer control continuum, from prevention to survivorship, including palliative care.
  • Projects may build on the currently funded CARES Center’s projects (page 3) or propose other projects in areas affected by persistent poverty. Projects focusing on rural areas are encouraged.
  • Priority will be given to projects that demonstrate relevance to the focus of the CARES Center, utilize its core facilities, and are likely to result in a future R01 (or equivalent) funding. 


LOIs Due: September 6, 2024, 5:00pm CT

NSF: Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing in Practice


The goals of the PDaSP program are aligned with the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI EO), which emphasizes the role for privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) in a responsible and safe AI future.

The AI EO, the PDaSP program strives to address key recommendations made in the National Strategy to Advance Privacy Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics (PPDSA). In particular, the program strives to advance the strategy's priority to "Accelerate Transition to Practice," which includes efforts to "promote applied and translational research and systems development," develop "tool repositories, measurement methods, benchmarking, and testbeds," and "improve usability and inclusiveness of PPDSA solutions."


The PDaSP program welcomes proposals from qualified researchers and multidisciplinary teams in the following tracks.


  • Track 1: Advancing key technologies to enable practical PPDSA solutions:
  • Track 2: Integrated and comprehensive solutions for trustworthy data sharing in application settings:
  • Track 3: Usable tools, and testbeds for trustworthy sharing of private or otherwise confidential data.


Proposals Due: September 27, 2024, 5:00pm CT

NEH: Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research


The Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program makes awards to institutions and organizations conducting empirical field research to answer significant questions in the humanities.


Archaeological methods may include field survey and field-based remote sensing, documentation or visualization, and/or excavations in support of answering research questions in all aspects of the human past, including but not limited to ancient studies, anthropology, art history, classical studies, regional studies, epigraphy, and other related disciplines. Ethnographic methods may include participant observation, surveys and interviews, and documentation or recording in pursuit of research questions in anthropology, sociology, ethnolinguistics, oral history, ethnomusicology, performance studies, folklore studies, and related disciplines.


Proposals Due: September 25, 2024, 11:59pm ET

NIH: Mechanistic Studies to Investigate the Interrelationship Between Sleep and/or Circadian Rhythms and Substance Use Disorders (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)


The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support research project applications to expand our knowledge on the biological mechanisms of the interrelationship between sleep/circadian rhythms and substance use disorders (SUDs). These basic science experimental studies will offer insights into the fundamental processes that link SUDs to disorders of sleep/circadian rhythms and vice-versa, and may also have implications for managing risks associated with developing SUDs and/or identifying new targets for prevention and therapeutics.


Research questions of programmatic interest include, but are not limited to:


  • How does sleep/circadian rhythm mechanistically influence substance use, substance dependence, reward, withdrawal and/or relapse? Does restoring sleep duration and/or architecture influence the trajectory of SUDs? What are the underlying mechanisms?
  • What are the neurobiological mechanisms by which addictive substances alter sleep/circadian rhythms?
  • How does alteration in sleep/circadian rhythms induced by addictive substances mechanistically influence the addiction trajectory?
  • What brain regions, signaling molecules, neurotransmitter systems, brain circuits, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlie the effect of sleep/circadian disturbances in the development, progression or exacerbation of SUDs?
  • What are the mechanisms by which neurocognitive constructs relevant to SUDs such as learning, memory, emotional regulation, social cognition, and decision-making are impacted by sleep/circadian disruption?
  • What are the mechanisms underlying the effect of sleep/circadian disruptions on large-scale brain network dynamics?
  • Are there sex and gender differences in the impact of sleep/circadian disruption on SUDs or in the effect of acute or chronic exposure to drugs on sleep physiology or circadian rhythms? What are the underlying mechanisms?
  • What is the impact of sleep/circadian disturbances during adolescence on the risk for the development of SUDs? What is the underlying neurobiology? How does this differ from the impact on adults?


LOIs Due: September 29, 2024, 5:00pm CT

Simons Foundation: Targeted Grants to Institutes

 

The program is intended to support established institutes or centers in mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical computer science through funding to help strengthen contacts within the international scientific community. The aim is to enable institutes to extend and enhance their missions; this program will not provide primary support for operating or establishing an institute.

 

Applications Due: October 3, 2024, 12:00noon ET

Funding Reminder

NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program


The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) is a new three-year pilot program intended to advance graduate talent recruitment, development, and retention at graduate institutions in the eligible EPSCoR states and territories.


The program aims to enhance STEM capacity and competitiveness of these institutions by providing funding for the support NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows pursuing graduate degrees in disciplines specified by participating NSF Directorates and Offices (see solicitation for list of eligible STEM topics and areas). Institutions must provide clear evidence of an existing graduate program in the discipline(s) relevant to the proposal. Institutions interested in supporting Fellows in multiple topical focus areas must submit a single proposal that addresses all topical areas of interest.


Awarded institutions will select fellowship recipients, via the NSF Education and Training Application (ETAP) system, from a pool of talent who received NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention no more than three years prior to the proposal due date.


Institutional Limit: One (1) Proposal

Internal Deadline: August 13, 2024, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: October 2, 2024, 5:00pm CT

Pivot Funding Database

Subscription-based service that Auburn University provides faculty to find funding opportunities pertinent to their research. 



Pivot Consultations

Contact the PSFS office to create or refresh your PIVOT account for targeted funding opportunities



Proposal Writing Guides

Auburn University PI Handbook, agency guides and more to help you write a successful proposal.


Proposal Services & Faculty Support
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