Research News of Interest
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NIH panel calls for fewer, better-paid postdocs in bid to halt loss of scientists to industry A National Institutes of Health working group has recommended a sizable increase in salaries of postdoctoral researchers and a cap on the length of the position in an effort to secure the future of academia’s research workforce amid an
unprecedented exodus of young life scientists to industry. The group called for raising minimum postdoc salaries to $70,000 beginning next year — an increase of more than 20% — and adjusting wages for annual inflation, as well as limiting postdoctoral work to no more than five years in most cases. Read more:
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W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D., begins work as 17th director of the National Cancer Institute W. Kimryn Rathmell, M.D., Ph.D., began work December 18 as the 17th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). A renowned kidney cancer expert and influential leader in cancer research and patient care, Dr. Rathmell was selected by President Biden to succeed Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., who left NCI to become the NIH director on November 9. Read more:
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NIH researchers create genetic atlas detailing early stages of zebrafish development NIH researchers have published an atlas of zebrafish development, detailing the gene expression programs that are activated within nearly every cell type during the first five days of development, a period in which embryos mature from a single cell into distinct cell types. Read more:
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Antibody reduces allergic reactions to multiple foods in NIH trial A monoclonal antibody treatment significantly increased the amounts of multiple common foods that food-allergic children and adolescents could consume without an allergic reaction, according to a planned interim analysis of an advanced clinical trial. Read more:
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Notices and Reminders
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Center for Indigenous Resilience, Culture, and Maternal Health Equity (CIRCLE)
CIRCLE is a new NIH-funded Center of Excellence focused on Indigenous maternal health research in Oklahoma and the Southern Plains. OUHSC researchers have partnered with the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board and faculty from partnering institutions to identify root causes and intervene to reduce the disproportionately high rates of Indigenous maternal morbidity and mortality. CIRCLE goals include training and development of early career researchers and practitioners and working closely with our community partners in research and outreach. To connect with CIRCLE as an affiliate, please complete the
CIRCLE interest webform.
Save the Date: CIRCLE is pleased to announce our first CIRCLE Seminar Series presentation by Dr. Lancer Stephens, “Historical and Current Perspectives Influencing Tribal Health,” to be held in the Bird Auditorium on January 23, 2024 from 1:00-2:00pm.
OUHSC Editing and Grant Writing Support: The VPR office will be hiring an in house editor that has vast experience in editing and writing manuscripts and grant proposals, but will not be on board until late spring. In the interim, there is also a service of freelancers that can help in this regard. The editing, writing services provided by
Eloquenti has extended to us at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences an opportunity to receive scientific editing and grant writing support at a discounted rate. Eloquenti is a network of professional editors and grant writers specializing in medicine and natural sciences, trusted by numerous universities, research institutes, and peer-reviewed journals. To benefit from this offer, simply use the code
OUHSC23 when booking any project on Eloquenti, which is a marketplace of freelancers and scientific experts for proofreading services, copy editing services, technical writing, grant writing, and book writing.
Workshops and Seminars
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) 2024 & Beyond Webinar
Date & Time: Feb 7, 2024 01:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)
Description: During this 30-minute webinar, you will hear about funding announcements for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) as well as engagement and dissemination and implementation projects. You’ll also learn about ways to share your experience and knowledge and make your voice heard through public input on reports and projects, advisory panels and other PCORI programs.
2024 Oklahoma Geroscience Symposium – Save the Date
April 11, 2024 | Nicholson Conference Center, OKC
The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center of Excellence is proud to host the
2024 OKLAHOMA GEROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM: Mitochondria in aging and age-associated disease. The symposium will feature a Keynote Lecture by Doug Wallace, PhD and other world-renowned speakers in aging and Geroscience research, a Funders’ Roundtable, Poster Session, and Trainee/Faculty Mixer. Registration will be free of charge and opens on Monday, January 1, 2024. In the meantime, please feel free to check
https://oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/symposium-agenda/ for the most up-to-date information and itinerary.
2024 Web of Life Conference
Date: 4/25/2024 - 4/26/2024
Location: Nicholson Auditorium, 1000 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Description: Major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, obesity, aging, and neurodegeneration are often studied and treated in isolation. Yet, each of them may be related, causally or otherwise, to one another. Therefore, facilitating crosstalk among these is expected to foster multidisciplinary collaboration and drive innovative and effective solutions.
The two-day Web of Life Conference will be hosted for the first time by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in April 2024. To realize the full potential of team science, we are bringing stalwarts from disparate yet connected fields such as cancer, diabetes, ageing bioengineering, and neurodegeneration to unite them under the common theme - “Web of Life: Connecting the Dots.” This collaboration will significantly impact and improve the way we engage communities, treat patients, foster collaboration, and facilitate groundbreaking discoveries.
OUHSC Funding Opportunities
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Technology Advancement Grant (TAG) Program – Request For Applications
The TAG program replaces the Equipment grant program. The primary objective of the PHF TAG program is to provide partial funding for critically needed research equipment that could be transformative for the research mission at OUHSC. This program is fully aligned with Pillar 1 of the Strategic Plan. The TAG program will proactively and with the help of a committee address campus-wide needs and fill critical gaps, with the goals to grow the research enterprise, expand innovative technology and research infrastructure, and promote addition of new cutting-edge technology on campus. Funding priority will be given to research equipment that will permit OUHSC investigators to be more competitive for external funding and provides support to multiple users. Funds may be used for equipment to be purchased as part of a recruitment package for new faculty or for equipment to support the research of current faculty. If the funds will be used for a new recruit, the recruit must have signed the offer letter with a specific start date or specific start date time frame. Equipment and/or technology funded by PHF is expected to be made available to all researchers at OUHSC, whenever possible.
All OUHSC Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors are eligible to apply. Applicants are required to match requested funds. The maximum allowable budget for this program is $500,000 (PHF funding: $250,000; Applicant funding: $250,000). The minimum allowable budget for this program is $60,000 (PHF funding: $30,000; Applicant funding: $30,000). Only one application will be accepted per investigator per year.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Seed Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Seed Grant program is to provide a one-year grant for new OUHSC investigators to initiate research programs. Secondary objectives are to provide established OUHSC faculty with the opportunity to initiate new unfunded projects and to provide unfunded OUHSC faculty funds to initiate a research program. Applications from new investigators (within 5 years of first full academic appointment and never having received independent federal funds) are given special consideration during peer review and at the time of funding consideration. Principal Investigators with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC. Requests should be sent to
ORA4PHF@ouhsc.edu PHF Seed Grant recipients may not hold a PHF Bridge Grant or a PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant during the duration of this award.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: This PHF Seed Grant program can now provide funding for up to $75,000 for one year.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Bridge Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Bridge Grant Program is to provide funding to enhance OUHSC faculty competitiveness for extramural funding. OUHSC Principal Investigators are eligible if they meet the following criteria: 1) have submitted an extramural application within the past 18 months that was scored but not funded, 2) are requesting over $750,000 in total direct costs and over $200,000 in total facilities and administration (F&A) costs; and 3) received a review that ranks applications and provides critiques.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Clinical Translational Grant Award (CTGA) Program – Request For Applications
The CTGA program will replace the Team Science program. The primary objective of this PHF CTGA mechanism is to grow collaborations and expand innovative healthcare research activities and promote collaboration among faculty to help OUHSC achieve the goals outlined in Pillar 1 of the Strategic Plan. The investigators must consist of one basic science researcher and one clinician researcher who can develop a broadly based, multidisciplinary research program focused on a specific disease entity, biomedical problem area, or clinically relevant problem. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship, such that the scientific objectives could not be achieved without the efforts of a basic science researcher, a clinician researcher, and their respective expertise and/or disciplines. It is expected that both members of the investigator team will devote an equivalent amount of effort to the project (60/40 or 50/50 distribution of effort).
The funding for this program can be for up to two years. The second year of funding, if funds are available, will be based on successful achievement of identified milestones as noted by the researchers in the Year 1 application and quality of specified milestones to be met during the next year of funding, as documented in the completed Year Two application form.
This funding opportunity is intended to:
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Promote collaborative scientific interactions among investigators
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Support translation of novel basic/pre-clinical observations or the translation, dissemination, and implementation of clinical observations to community settings
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Foster engagement of interdisciplinary teams
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Support collaborative interactions among clinical and fundamental research investigators leading to co-authored papers and grant applications.
PHF CTGA awardees may hold PHF Symposium grants, Technology Advancement Grants (TAG), or Bridge grants throughout the duration of this award, but may not serve as the Contact PI/Team Leader on more than one PHF Clinical Translational Grant. A single investigator may only be awarded one CTGA award at a time, whether as contact PI or collaborating PI.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) New Reporting Requirement
Beginning in December 2023, PHF has added a new reporting requirement to
all progress reports. If $10,000 or more remain unexpended on the grant, the Progress Report must include an explanation for why unexpended funds remain. If an investigator expects to have significant funds remaining, there is the option to request a no-cost extension within 40 days of the grant’s end date. If you have any questions, please email
VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Research Support Grant Program – Year 2 ONLY- Request For Applications
The PHF Research Support Grant Program will help support senior doctoral graduate students working on an externally funded research project in order to accelerate progress on the project, increase the number of publications on the project, and position the project for continued external funding. Outcomes of this program will be based upon work performed by the graduate student resulting in publications and external funding and will be carefully recorded and tracked.
The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member. Principal Investigators who are full-time OUHSC faculty members, have external funds that support the project a senior graduate student is working on, and are the research mentor of the senior doctoral graduate student are eligible to apply.
Graduate students being supported by the PHF Research Support Grant program must be doctoral graduate students, have finished the majority of their coursework, and have a dissertation research project that is supporting an externally funded research project. The PHF funds must only fund that part of the stipend where the student is working on the externally funded research project. The Principal Investigator must have the funds to support the externally funded research project that the graduate student is working on and is expected to have funds to cover the rest of the graduate student’s stipend and other costs related to the graduate student’s education. Second-year funding is dependent upon meeting milestones proposed in prior year grant proposal. There is no first-year funding opportunity in 2024; after this second-year funding opportunity, this program will be discontinued. There are no restrictions on holding other PHF Grants during the duration of this award. A Principal Investigator may not hold more than two PHF Research Support Grants concurrently.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) New Investigator Seed Grant Program –Year 2 ONLY- Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF New Investigator Seed Grant Program is to provide a two-year grant for OUHSC New Investigators to initiate research programs and obtain extramural funding. Applicants must fit the following definition of a New Investigator: An investigator who has not previously received substantial, independent funding from NIH (e.g. R01-type funding) or a comparable funding agency. Multi-PI applications are not allowed. Applicants must have received a Year 1 New Investigator Seed Grant and be nominated by their professional college in order to apply for this award. The professional college nominating the faculty member must agree to assign a mentor for this project and must commit to providing the mentor with $2,500/year for mentoring activities; the mentor does not need to be an OUHSC faculty member. Each college may set up their own nomination process for this award; however, completion and submission of the PHF Year 2 New Investigator Seed Grant Critique Form is required with this application.
The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member. Principal Investigators with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC. Requests should be sent to
ORA4PHF@ouhsc.eduIMPORTANT CHANGE: There is no first-year funding opportunity in 2024; after this second-year funding opportunity, this program will be discontinued.
PHF New Investigator Seed Grant recipients may not hold a PHF Bridge Grant, a PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant, a PHF Team Science Grant, a Research Support Grant, or a PHF Seed Grant for the duration of this award.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Clinician Scientist Development Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant Program is to provide funding to a new or early stage clinician scientist faculty member. This award is designed to support the applicant’s clinical and/or translational research project and to assist him or her with advancing this research project to a level that will be competitive for funding through a federal career development award mechanism. This program can provide funding for up to two years. The second year of funding, will be based on successful achievement of identified milestones, completion of an application for Year Two funds, and whether funds are available.
The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member with appointment at OUHSC as an Assistant Professor. New or early stage clinical scientist faculty members with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC. Requests should be sent to
ORA4PHF@ouhsc.edu). Applicants must not have had a prior NIH career development award or an independent NIH R01 award; must have an independent clinical and/or translational research project; must have an identified senior, experienced research mentor; and may not have another PHF grant during the duration of this award.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Symposium Grant Program – Request For Applications
The primary objective of the PHF Symposium Grant program is to provide partial funding to support a National or International Symposium to be held at the OUHSC campus or in Oklahoma City. Funding priority will be given to themes that will promote research already present at OUHSC and OMRF and include both OUHSC faculty members and OMRF members in the Organization Committee. OUHSC Principal Investigators are eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria: 1) The Principal Investigator of the application must be the Chair of the Organizing Committee. Only OUHSC full-time, tenure-track faculty members (unmodified titles) are eligible to be PIs. 2). The PI may hold any other PHF Grant award, except for a Clinician Scientist Development Award.
LIMITED SUBMISSION | V Foundation for Cancer Research | Nomination Deadline 1/22/2024 at 5:00pm
The OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center/OU Health Science Center has been invited to nominate one applicant for the “Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research” by the V Foundation for Cancer Research and is holding a limited submission competition to select the nominee. The applicant can apply for either the V Scholar or Translational grant type. Please circulate and encourage any eligible scientists in your area or department to submit a pre-proposal for consideration.
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Translational: Four year grant in the amount of $800,000 total. Indirect Costs are allowed up to 10%
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V Scholar: Three year grant in the amount of $600,000 total. No Indirect Costs are allowed.
Eligibility
The nominee must be the lead Principal Investigator (PI) on the Translational research team and must meet all the following criteria by the nomination due date:
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Self-identify as a woman.
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Nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
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Employed at a non-profit research institution (e.g., 501c3, Section 170).
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Hold a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at their cancer research institution. Non-promotable adjunct, affiliated, temporary, part-time, or acting faculty positions are not eligible for Principal Investigator nomination.
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Must be either a US Citizen or have a legal permit (temporary or permanent) to work in the US. This requirement does not apply to invited Canadian institutions.
Additional eligibility requirements are outlined in the V Scholar RFA specific to the program. Please review the attached RFA for full details on eligibility, science focus area, and other information. The V Foundation has announced that they will have a special focus of Colorectal Cancer for 2024. The topic of Colorectal Cancer is not required but will be given preference to projects that include this specialty.
Nomination Process
SCC will be accepting pre-proposals to review and select the candidate to move forward. Only one application can be submitted by a University. To be considered for nomination please submit the following documents to
SCC-InternalGrants@ouhsc.edu by
5:00 PM Central Time on January 22, 2024.Pre-Proposals should consist of:
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Summary Information Sheet (LOI Template Attached)
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Specific Aims Page (1 page max)
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Research Summary Page (1 page max)
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CV/NIH Biosketch
Please reach out to
SCC-InternalGrants@ouhsc.edu if you have any questions. Once the applicant has been selected, we will assist with the process to submit the nomination to the V Foundation.
SCC Pilot Grant Program - Pancreatic Cancer - DUE: 2/22/2024
Please find attached the Guidelines and Forms for the SCC Pancreatic Cancer - 2024 Pilot Grant Program. Please share this opportunity with researchers that may be interested.
Please work with your Proposal Services team to assist you in completing the necessary forms. For SCC Proposal Services Team, a
Proposal Request can be initiated <here>. If you are a member outside of OUHSC, please work with your designated Research Administration team to submit your application.
Objectives
The Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) in collaboration with Pancreatic Cancer - Acquired Resistance Therapy NETwork (ARNET) is soliciting applications for its 2024 Pilot Grant Program. The goal of this program is to support research that advances the aims of the SCC’s research in acquired therapy resistance for pancreatic cancer.
Preference will be given to proposals that:
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Include collaborative research that incorporates the shared resources supported by the ARTNet U54 or develops new collaborative opportunities for existing U54 projects.
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Focus on pancreatic cancers and cancer problems prevalent in Oklahoma.
These grants are intended to develop new collaborative opportunities, new projects or additional shared resources that support future endeavors engaging acquired therapy resistance and pancreatic cancer. Pilot grants are expected to lead to peer-reviewed grant submissions and/or publications as an outcome.
Eligibility
Grant PIs must be SCC Members or Trainees at the time of grant submission.
Funding Details
Up to $50,000 in direct costs of pilot funding is available for each of the SCC’s research programs. Program leaders have the discretion to allocate this pilot funding in grant amounts that best advance the program goals and specific aims (e.g., one $50,000 pilot grant, two $25,000 pilot grants, etc.) There are no indirect costs with this award.
Deadlines
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:00 PM CST
OCSB Call for Pilot Project Proposals – 2024
Description: The Oklahoma Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Structural Biology (OCSB) invites proposals for its Phase 3 pilot project program. The proposed project should be a strong fit to the OCSB theme of structural and/or biophysical characterization of macromolecules with the goal of understanding structure-function relationships of biomedically important macromolecules and their complexes.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024.
Additional Information: Please see the attached flyer (2024_OCSB Pilot Project Proposals_final 1 1)
Office of Technology Commercialization presents the following opportunity for researchers to engage with industry (click
here for more information, or email
otc@ou.edu or
gina-mcmillen@ouhsc.edu).
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A leading plant breeding and biotechnology company is seeking novel biotech solutions for effective control of Anthonomus grandis in cotton and Lepidoptera pests, specifically Spodoptera frugiperda, in corn, cotton and soy plants. Approaches of interest include proteins which control pest species (preferably in early stage development) that can be deployed in genetically modified corn, cotton and soybean plants, RNAi technologies to silence vital insect genes during development and gene editing technologies (CRISPR) in planta. Opportunities must have been evaluated for safety in non-target organisms. Submission entails a one-page 200-300 word non-confidential brief. Deadline January 9th.
NIH Notices
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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Translation of BRAIN Initiative Technologies to the Marketplace
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NOTE: When only one application is allowed per Institution according to the sponsor instructions, a one-page letter of intent summarizing the proposed project should be submitted to the Vice President for Research at least two months prior to the application deadline (unless otherwise noted). The letters of intent will be reviewed and a single application will be chosen for submission from the University.
NIH Funding Opportunities
Other Funding Opportunities
Telligen Community Initiative (TCI) RFAs
Description: We intend to seek and support grant projects that address the following themes:
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Skilled and inclusive healthcare workforce
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Career laddering
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Practice and policy development
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Interdisciplinary education
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Para-professional development
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First generation learners / student assistance programming
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Youth career exploration / STEM
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Community Health Workers, health navigators or apprenticeships
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Telehealth / distance learning / rural access
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Health career degree and accreditation planning
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New health workforce models
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Health workforce resiliency
Deadline: March 5, 2024
Description: We intend to seek and support grant projects that address the following themes:
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Pre-pregnancy and pregnancy (healthy births)
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School readiness and school health
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Healthy parenting skill development / strengthening family supports
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) prevention / protective factors
Deadline: July 2, 2024
CSL Research Acceleration Initiative
Description: CSL’s Research Acceleration Initiative aims to fast-track discovery of innovative biotherapies through partnerships between CSL and global research organizations. These partnerships provide funding and access to industry experts for scientists working on novel biotherapeutic strategies in CSL’s therapeutic areas. The 2024 Research Acceleration Initiative will focus on innovative research projects that address unmet medical needs and are aligned with CSL’s Therapeutic Areas and scientific Platforms.
Scientists who wish to apply will be asked to submit a 300-word online abstract that outlines their proposal. Interested researchers are invited to attend information webinars to learn more about the initiative: Webinars will be held on:
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Applications Deadline: Submit a non-confidential, 300 word abstract via the CSL online application portal by 27th February2024.
Link to the Full Announcement: Please see the attached flyer (Global RAI 2024_Scientific flyer_OUHSC.pdf).
ICRG Grants Available for Gambling Research
Description: The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) is pleased to announce the availability of research grants for 2024. The ICRG is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that has served as the only national, private funder of scientific research on gambling disorders in the United States since 1996. The ICRG is now a global leader in supporting peer-reviewed, scientific research on gambling disorder and responsible gambling. We welcome proposals from investigators all over the world.
The ICRG awards grants on a competitive basis for a variety of research activities exploring the etiology, prevention and treatment of gambling disorder and the development and evaluation of responsible gambling strategies.
Large Grant
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Up to $75,000/per year in direct costs for 2 years plus 15% indirect costs
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Application Deadline: July 15, 2024
Seed Grant
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Up to $40,000/per year in direct costs for one year plus 15% indirect costs
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Travel Grant
Supports the participation of post-doctoral investigators at scientific meetings at which they are scheduled to present a paper or a poster on gambling disorder research. Applicants may request up to $1,500 for travel in 2024 or 2025.
HRSA Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
Description: The purpose of the GWEP is to educate and train the health care and supportive care workforces to care for older adults by collaborating with community partners. Applicants must maximize patient and family engagement to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework.
Applications Deadline: February 26, 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Call for applications to establish networks of epidemic and pandemic sciences research excellence across Africa
Description: This call will foster a vibrant ecosystem of Epidemic Science Leadership and Innovation Networks (EPSILONs) across Africa. Each EPSILON will comprise three to eight organisations in a ‘hub and spoke’ consortium. Each consortium will establish a network of research excellence in a thematic area relevant to epidemic and pandemic sciences research, preparedness and response. While interdisciplinary applications are strongly encouraged, EPSILONs will focus on one or more of the following thematic research areas:
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Vaccinology / early-stage vaccine R&D
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Virology, with a focus on how genetic changes affect key viral behaviours
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Clinical research and clinical trials on epidemic- and pandemic-prone infections
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Epidemic and pandemic public health policy research
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Climate change, biodiversity, and pandemic prevention
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Advanced data assembly and analytics for threat assessment and mitigation
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Social and behavioural sciences
Preliminary Applications Deadline: January 31, 2024.