Sr. Vice President for Research & Economic Development
Proposal Services & Faculty Support
January 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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Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides expansive funding opportunities to strengthen the nation’s arts and cultural ecosystem. Through project-based funding, the program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. Grants are available for arts projects in a wide variety of artistic disciplines (Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, Visual Arts). Projects may be small, medium, or large, and may take place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. jurisdictions.
A nonfederal cost share or match of at least 1 to 1 is required for all grant recipients.
Internal Deadline: January 23, 2024, 4:45pm
Funder Deadline:
February 15, 2024,11:59pm ET to register in Grants.gov;
February 28, 2024, 11:59 ET to submit to the applicant portal
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Intramural Funding Opportunities |
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2023-2024 Pilot 4 CWSIS and RSP Intramural Funding Programs
Full Proposals Due: January 24, 2024, 4:45pm
Pilot 4 of the Creative Work and Social Impact Scholarship Funding Program (CWSIS) and the Research Support Program (RSP) are now accepting applications.
Proposals undergo thorough internal evaluations. Selected proposals undergo external evaluation. A total of eight to twelve proposals across both programs will be selected for funding. Funding for awards is for a two-year period.
Please note: This competition is open only to those who submitted LOIs in November.
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January 25, 2024
12:00 - 12:45pm ET
In response to rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Hanover Research is offering this webinar as a primer on relevant funding trends for grant-seekers.
The webinar will cover recent funding priorities from major federal agencies and other funders as they relate to this field, while also highlighting notable programs through which grants are being awarded.
Register here; if unable to participate live, register to receive a copy of recordings and slides after the webinar. |
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ARPANET-H: Auburn University Now a Member
Auburn University has been added as a “spoke” in the Customer Experience Hub ( CX-Hub) of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network for Health ( ARPANET-H), the network that connects members to the U.S. Department Health and Human Services Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health ( ARPA-H). ARPA-H supports transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs.
As a member of ARPANET-H, Auburn University now has access to ARPA-H funding opportunities as well network events (virtual and in person). This information is available in the CX-Hub Spokes Only site.
For more information on this consortium (including how to gain access to the CX-Hub Spokes Only site) and other AU consortiums visit the PSFS Consortiums page.
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NSF EPSCoR Invites Reviewers
Completing the survey does not commit you to serving as a reviewer. NSF EPSCoR will follow up with selected reviewers at least one month prior to the panel date. If you are selected as a reviewer, NSF will ask you to provide some demographic information on a voluntary basis.
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Pine Mountain, GA
February 28 - March 1
Join researchers from across the region to learn about the best new health-related preclinical, clinical, implementation, and population-based research and also build collaborative relationships.
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PCORI: Virtual Town Halls for Funding Opportunities
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is hosting several virtual applicant town halls in January 2024 for applicants to learn more about the Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) opening Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
Attendees will hear from PCORI staff about the PFAs and learn about submitting responsive Letters of Intent (LOI) and applications.
Town Hall Dates and Times:
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Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability
Slots available March 6 - April 15, and after May 6
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 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 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.
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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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This grant supports innovative projects that represent a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist. Applications submitted to this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) must not include preliminary data. Applications must include a separate attachment describing the change in research direction.
The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions.
Applications Due: January 26, 2024, 5:00pm CT
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The Office of Science Early Career Research program supports the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers allowing scientists to push the frontiers of knowledge to close major scientific challenges, and as needed, gain experience working across large scientific facilities at the department’s national laboratories and user facilities.
To be eligible for the program, a researcher must be an untenured, tenure-track assistant or associate professor at a U.S. academic institution.
Early career researchers may apply to one of eight Office of Science program offices:
- Advanced Scientific Computing Research;
- Biological and Environmental Research;
- Basic Energy Sciences;
- Fusion Energy Sciences;
- High Energy Physics;
- Nuclear Physics;
- Accelerator R&D and Production;
- Isotope R&D and Production
Pre-applications Due: January 30, 2024, 5:00pm ET
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The NIH Small Research Grant Program supports discrete, well-defined projects that realistically can be completed in two years and that require limited levels of funding. This program supports different types of projects including, but not limited to, the following:
- Pilot or feasibility studies;
- Secondary analysis of existing data;
- Small, self-contained research projects;
- Development of research methodology; and
- Development of new research technology
Applications Due: February 16, 2024, 5:00pm CT
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This FOA is intended to provide support for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that are nationally underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, who are interested in conducting research projects within the scientific mission areas of the Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) or the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).
New investigators at the time of award under this FOA will have had less than $125,000 direct costs of combined research funding (excluding NIH training and NIH career awards). This R21 will support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources and seeks to facilitate transition to research independence. The R21 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.
This program will enable new investigators to gain additional research experience and obtain preliminary data on which to base a subsequent research grant application (i.e., R01 or equivalent) within the scientific mission areas of the NIDDK the NHGRI or the NIBIB.
Applications Due: February 16, 2024, 5:00pm CT
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Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) HABRI works to advance the vital role of the human-animal bond in the health and well-being of individuals, families, cultures and communities.
HABRI is interested in funding a wide range of studies. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Broadly generalizable human-animal bond studies, impacting large populations in the categories of child health and development, healthy aging, mental health, and physical health.
- The human health impacts of therapy animals in professional practice, volunteer programs, and educational contexts
- Studies that are translational in that at least one aim is to produce actionable advice, guidelines, and recommendations for human health practitioners, pet care professionals and/or policymakers.
- How companion animal ownership and/or interaction helps address those impacted by public health and social crises,
- The role of pets in supporting the health and wellbeing of people from diverse backgrounds or underrepresented or minoritized populations.
- The role of the human-animal bond in veterinary medicine, including its impact on access to care, compliance and quality of care, and veterinary team wellbeing.
- The bond between humans and understudied pet species,
- International perspectives of the human-animal bond, investigating the health outcomes of pet ownership and/or AAI in countries, communities, and cultures, including those that are under-represented in current literature.
Proposal Deadline: February 22, 2024, 11:59pm ET
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The Raymond Corporation (a Toyota Industries Company) University Research Program is a sponsored research program created to drive the next generation of technology for the material handling industry. The industry’s end-to-end approach to provide complete solutions to customers that are smarter, more efficient and more effective has fueled this program. The mission is to encourage professors and researchers to apply their knowledge of engineering and technical fields, drawing synergies and collaboration between collegiate research and the Raymond Corporation.
Proposal themes related to these areas are encouraged, but given the broad nature of material handling, other themes are welcome.
- The Future of Logistics
- Improving Material Handling
- Truck and Operation Evolution
Concept Papers Due: February 29, 2024, 5:00pm 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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