Letters of Intent: Due no later than Friday, May 31, 2019

Full applications accepted anytime up until: October 28, 2019

A key goal of the institutional strategic plan for research, endorsed by the Board of Trustees, is to expand the population of faculty and clinicians involved in extramurally funded research. A mechanism that has been devised to meet that objective is to encourage faculty and healthcare providers from different backgrounds and capabilities to collaborate in the design of innovative, interdisciplinary research proposals.

The Office of the Vice President for Research Affairs is pleased to request applications for the 2019 Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program. These awards provide support for investigators from different schools to cooperate in pioneering research projects. GRASP is designed to be a training ground for collaborative partnerships with the goal of increasing the ability of new researchers to apply for extramural grants.

The Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program was expanded to allow non-MD employees of the LLU Medical Center (GRASP-MC) or the Faculty Medical Group (GRASP-FMG) to serve as Principal Investigators. These awards will provide support for pairs of investigators from different settings to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The purpose of the GRASP awards is to create an incubator for collaborative partnerships that will generate researchers with the ability to win major grants from external sponsors.

The Grants for Research and School Partnerships International (GRASP-Intl) program was created to allow LLU faculty to partner with professionals who have post-baccalaureate degrees and are employed by international SDA hospitals, medical centers, colleges or universities.  The purpose of this funding mechanism is to create and foster collaborations by providing financial support for pairs of investigators to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The GRASP-Intl awards will nurture collaborative partnerships and equip researchers to successfully compete for major grants from external sponsors.

More information is available on the GRASP webpage or contact Pre Award - x44589.

Letters of Intent: Due no later than April 16, 2018

Full Applications due: May 15, 2018

A key goal of the institutional strategic plan for research, endorsed by the Board of Trustees, is to expand the population of faculty and clinicians involved in extramurally funded research. A mechanism that has been devised to meet that objective is to encourage faculty and healthcare providers from different backgrounds and capabilities to collaborate in the design of innovative, interdisciplinary research proposals.

Research Affairs is pleased to request applications for the 2018 Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program. These awards provide support for new investigators from different schools to cooperate in pioneering research projects. GRASP is designed to be a training ground for collaborative partnerships with the goal of increasing the ability of new researchers to apply for extramural grants.

The Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program was expanded to allow non-MD employees of the LLU Medical Center (GRASP-MC) or the Faculty Medical Group (GRASP-FMG) to serve as Principal Investigators. These awards will provide support for pairs of investigators from different settings to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The purpose of the GRASP awards is to create an incubator for collaborative partnerships that will generate researchers with the ability to win major grants from external sponsors.

The Grants for Research and School Partnerships International (GRASP-Intl) program was created to allow LLU faculty to partner with professionals who have post-baccalaureate degrees and are employed by international SDA hospitals, medical centers, colleges or universities.  The purpose of this funding mechanism is to create and foster collaborations by providing financial support for pairs of investigators to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The GRASP-Intl awards will nurture collaborative partnerships and equip researchers to successfully compete for major grants from external sponsors.

More information is available on the GRASP webpage.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS (CDMRP)

All pre-applications must be submitted electronically to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) https://ebrap.org. Full applications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website http://grants.gov.

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Autism Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Bone Marrow Failure Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Breast Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017/2018 (FY17/18) Defense Medical Research and Development Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Gulf War Illness Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Lung Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Military Burn Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Neurofibromatosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Ovarian Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Parkinson's Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Prostate Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Vision Research Program

For more information visit:  http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault

Interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson, x44571 or cdickson@llu.edu

The Grants for Research and School Partnerships International (GRASP-Intl) program has been created to allow LLU faculty to partner with professionals who have post-baccalaureate degrees and are employed by international SDA hospitals, medical centers, colleges or universities.  The purpose of this funding mechanism is to create and foster collaborations by providing financial support for pairs of investigators to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The GRASP-Intl awards will nurture collaborative partnerships and equip researchers to successfully compete for major grants from external sponsors. 

More information and the Request for Applications can be found on the main GRASP page.

Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award

Brain Research Foundation has invited eligible US academic institutions to nominate one senior faculty member to submit a Letter of Intent for the Scientific Innovations Award (SIA). Brain Research Foundation’s Scientific Innovations Award Program provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This funding mechanism is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators

Deadline for the LOI is June 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. CST. LOI’s will not be accepted after the deadline. No exceptions will be made. Submitted LOI's that have not been nominated by their institution will not be considered.

For more information visit: https://thebrf.org/for-researchers/scientific-innovations-award-2/

If you’re interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

Defense Health Program
Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program

The FY16 Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program solicitation notices have been posted on www.fbo.gov .  click the hyperlinks to view more about each announcements.

Dissemination & Implementation Science to Optimize Select Evidence-Based Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Treatment
Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-R-0010

Dissemination & Implementation of Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health within the Military
Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-R-0043

Dissemination and Implementation of the Department of Defense Behavioral Health Data Portal throughout the Military Health System
Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-R-0044

If you’re interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

Lewin Fund to Fight Women’s Cancers

The Lewin Fund to Fight Women’s Cancers invites novel laboratory research proposals and clinical investigations pertaining to women’s cancers from investigators who aim to make critical headway in areas such as tumor biology, novel molecular targets, companion diagnostics, improvement in quality of life and hereditary cancer genetics. The Lewin Fund's monetary grant of up to $50,000 per year is typically awarded for two years.

For more information visit: http://www.thelewinfund.org/research/

If you’re interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

Grants for Collaborative and Translational Research (GCAT) are designed to promote collaborations between clinical and basic scientists within the School of Medicine, with the objective of developing new insights and approaches to clinically relevant issues. Eligible applicants will consist of teams of LLU faculty within the School of Medicine, where one investigator is a clinician and the other a full-time basic scientist.

The 2017 cycle for these applications will begin soon. More information is on the GCAT webpage.

GCAT Letters of Intent are due by Monday, August 14, 2017, 5:00 PM

GCAT Proposal Submissions are due by Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 5:00 PM

The Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program has been expanded to allow non-MD employees of the LLU Medical Center (GRASP-MC) or the Faculty Medical Group (GRASP-FMG) to serve as Principal Investigators. These awards will provide support for pairs of investigators from different settings to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The purpose of the GRASP awards is to create an incubator for collaborative partnerships that will generate researchers with the ability to win major grants from external sponsors. 

More information and the Request for Applications can be found on the main GRASP page.

A key goal of the institutional strategic plan for research, endorsed by the Board of Trustees, is to expand the population of faculty and clinicians involved in extramurally funded research. A mechanism that has been devised to meet that objective is to encourage faculty and healthcare providers from different backgrounds and capabilities to collaborate in the design of innovative, interdisciplinary research proposals.

Research Affairs is pleased to request applications for the 2017 Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program. These awards provide support for new investigators from different schools to cooperate in pioneering research projects. GRASP is designed to be a training ground for collaborative partnerships with the goal of increasing the ability of new researchers to apply for extramural grants. More information is available on the GRASP webpage.

GRASP Letters of Intent due by Monday, September 18, 2017, 5:00 PM

GRASP Proposal Submissions due by Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 5:00 PM

Additional GRASP Programs Coming Soon!

In addition to the original GRASP program that has been in operation since 2010, three similar opportunities will be announced in the next few weeks. The new programs will encourage capable clinicians and specialists who do not have faculty appointments to pair with LLU faculty members and apply for support to conduct research. More detailed information will be provided in the corresponding Requests for Applications.

GRASP-MC: Like the original GRASP program, this mechanism requires two co-PIs. One must have a faculty appointment in an LLU school. The other co-PI must be an employee of LLUMC who is a non-MD healthcare provider or specialist with an advanced degree.

GRASP-FMG: Similarly, this mechanism requires two co-PIs. One must have a faculty appointment in an LLU school. The other co-PI must be an employee of the Faculty Medical Group who is a non-MD healthcare provider or specialist with an advanced degree.

GRASP-Intl: Like the above, this mechanism requires two co-PIs. One must have a faculty appointment in an LLU school.  The other co-PI must be an employee or faculty member of a Seventh-day Adventist healthcare institution, college or university outside of the United States.  The international co-PI must have an advanced degree or training in a specialty.

Stay tuned for additional information about these new GRASP opportunities!  

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Includes the description of NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

NSF 17-537

CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

For more information visit:

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17537/nsf17537.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickNSF%20biological%20science

American Heart Association (AHA)

Winter Research Program Deadlines Feb. 9-17

The Program Descriptions and deadlines for the next application cycle are listed below. Note that three new programs are offered this cycle. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on the deadline date.

For a list of all AHA funding opportunities visit: http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_316909_Application-Information.jsp

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

February due dates for NIH grants (R01, R21, R03, etc.)

NIH New Competing Research Grants (R01) February 5, 2017
All New Research Career Development Awards (K-series) February 12, 2017
New R-series (R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36) February 16, 2017
Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) - R15 new, renewal, resubmission, revision February 25, 2017

For more information visit:

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/due-dates-and-submission-policies/due-dates.htm

Like CDMRP on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Congressionally-Directed-Medical-Research-Programs-CDMRP-1348849871806532/

Book mark the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil

Follow CDMRP on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/CDMRP

View CDMRP research results on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/CDMRP

Perinatal Stroke (R01: RFA-HL-18-002

LOI: Due January 7, 2017

Application Due: February 7, 2017

The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications that propose basic and/or translational research studies regarding the developing neurovascular unit, perinatal stroke injury/repair response, and/or stroke related etiologies and risk factors. Research addressing vascular, hemostatic, hematopoietic, and/or immune cell activities in the developing brain is of particular interest. The intent is to stimulate research that will identify therapeutic targets in perinatal stroke.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-18-002.html

BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Large-Scale Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21): RFA-EY-17-001

Application Due: December 7, 2016

The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is a new Presidential project aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. By accelerating the development and application of innovative technologies, researchers will be able to produce a new dynamic picture of the brain that, for the first time, shows how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact in both time and space. It is expected that the application of these new tools and technologies will ultimately lead to new ways to treat, cure, and even prevent brain disorders.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EY-17-001.html

For additional information contact Cindy Dickson, x44571 or cdickson@llu.edu

Looking for research funding opportunities, give SPIN a try

Did you know that our electronic research administration (eRA) software also known as LLeRA and/or InfoEd has a feature that allows you to search funding opportunities.  This feature located on the left side of the home screen is known as SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network). Log into your LLeRA account to give SPIN a try.

Have questions, contact Cindy Dickson or Sherie Donahue in Research Affairs

http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/reftable.shtml

FY16 Parkinson's Research Program (PRP)

Focused Idea Award

Pre-Application (Letter of Intent): November 9, 2016
Application: November 30, 2016

Impact Award

Pre-Application (Preproposal): September 7, 2016
Application: November 30, 2016

FY16 Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program (PRARP)

Pre-Application (Preproposal): August 17, 2016
Invitation to Submit an Application: October 5, 2016
Application: November 9, 2016

FY16 Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)

Pre-Application (Preproposal): September 14, 2016
Invited Application: December 8, 2016

FY16 Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) - Idea Development Award

Pre-Application (Preproposal): August 17, 2016
Invitation to Submit an Application: October 5, 2016
Application: November 9, 2016

FY16 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)

Pre-Application (Preproposal): September 7, 2016
Application: December 7, 2016

FY16 Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBIRP)

Pre-Application (Preproposal): August 17, 2016
Application: November 30, 2016 
A pre-application submission is required. 
Full application submission is by invitation only.

Visit the funding opportunities website for additional information

http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/reftable.shtml

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/researchers/funding-opportunities

Partnering Opportunity for Discovery Stage Research & Translational Research Projects

The objective of the Discovery Program is to support exploratory research leading to the discovery of novel stem cell technologies to improve patient care.
 

DISC 1: The Inception Awards

Applications due January 20, 2017

The Inception Awards Program provides seed funding to support the exploration of transformational ideas that hold the potential to greatly impact the field of human stem cell research, but that require the generation of additional data to be competitive for larger funding opportunities through CIRM or other sources. Please see the Program Announcement for full details.

DISC 1 Program Announcement: Partnering Opportunity For Discovery Stage Research Projects: The Inception Awards 

It is anticipated that applications under this program announcement will be accepted at approximately 12 month intervals.

DISC 2: The Quest Awards

Applications due September 15, 2016

The Quest Awards Program promotes the discovery of promising new stem cell-based technologies that could be translated to enable broad use and ultimately, improve patient care. Projects funded through the Quest Awards should propose technology that is uniquely enabled by human stem/progenitor cells or directly reprogrammed cells, or uniquely enabling for the advancement of stem cell-based therapies. Please see the Program Announcement for full details.

DISC 2 Program Announcement: Partnering Opportunity for Discovery Stage Research Projects: The Quest Awards 

DISC 3: The Challenge Award

Applications for the next Challenge Award are To Be Determined

The Challenge Award program provides funding to address or overcome key challenges in the stem cell field that are preventing or slowing the discovery of promising new stem cell technologies that could be rapidly translated towards improving patient care. 

For previous Challenge awards, please refer to our Previous Funding Opportunties.

Partnering Opportunity for Translational Research Projects

Applications for the current round are due December 5, 2016

The objective of Translational Research Projects is to create a highly competitive opportunity for promising stem cell-based projects that accelerate completion of translational stage activities necessary for advancement to clinical study or broad end use for any one of the following product types.

TRAN 1: Stem cell-based therapeutic candidate

TRAN 2: Diagnostic based on stem cells, or critical for stem cell based therapy development or use

TRAN 3: Medical device (non-diagnostic) for a stem cell-based therapy or critical for stem cell based therapy development or use

TRAN 4: Novel tool that addresses a critical bottleneck to the discovery or development of stem cell-based therapy

Please see the Program Announcement for full details: Partnering Opportunity for Translational Research Projects

Visit the funding opportunities website for additional information

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/researchers/funding-opportunities

Entering its fourth year, the Blavatnik National Awards celebrate America’s most innovative and promising faculty-rank scientists and engineers. Your institution is invited to nominate one outstanding candidate in each of the three disciplinary categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. One nominee in each category will be awarded $250,000 and be named a 2017 Blavatnik National Laureate.

The nomination period will begin on September 21^st, 2016 and end on November 16^th, 2016.  Letters of support must be submitted by November 30^th, 2016.

Please refer to the updated 2017 national nomination guidelines for details on candidate eligibility, nomination requirements, and selection criteria. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. You may send inquiries to blavatnikawards@nyas.org  or directly contact the Blavatnik Awards staff at (212) 298-8624 (M-F, 9 am – 5 pm ET). Additional information is also available at: http://blavatnikawards.org/national-awards/.

We look forward to hearing about the most exciting and promising young faculty researchers from your institution. 

Please contact Cindy Dickson (cdickson@llu.edu) if you wish to apply.

To help new and established applicants submit better applications, CSR asked current and recent study section chairs to share their personal insights on producing a highly competitive NIH grant application. They responded with great enthusiasm.

The Dean of Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) and the Associate Dean for Research (CDR) are pleased to announce the 2016-17 LLUSD Faculty Interdisciplinary Translational Research Grant.

Purpose and Objectives

This grant is to foster collaborative translational dental research that has the potential to:

1. Augment prevention strategies in dentistry
2. Improve delivery of patient care
3. Treat or cure major oral diseases

It is hoped that the successful proposal will be a springboard for application for extramural grant funding opportunities.

No one gets their research funded without writing a successful grant. Among the most arduous of tasks, it is also daunting, time-consuming and sadly, minority faculty members experience a lower level of success. According to an article in Nature News published 11/17/15, “minority researchers in the United States consistently win NIH funding at lower rates than their peers.”

The AAMC has identified a solution and we are eager to welcome your participation at the Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards, September 15, in San Antonio. This workshop offers hands-on guidance as well as ongoing support through peer-review and coaching groups designed specifically to strengthen your proposal.

The AAMC Grant Writer’s Workshop Improves Outcomes

Here’s how a 2015 participant described his experience, “I have been so enriched by this process that I have started a writing group in my Division with 6-8 other faculty. All feel that participating in the group is improving their grants and grantsmanship. Again thanks for all of your insights and constructive criticisms. I truly appreciate your investment in my success.”

We offer this learning experience to you with every confidence that you, your research and your institution, will benefit from mastering the details to prepare a successful K or R NIH Grant Proposal.

Deadline: You must apply by June 29 to attend the Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards.

Participation is limited and the deadline is approaching fast!

If you are actively writing or considering applying for a K or R NIH Grant proposal, Apply Now!

For more information, contact:
Program Information: Tai Conley
Conference Logistics: Shayna Kritz
Conference Registration: Debra K. Hollins

AMOUNT: up to $225,000/3yrs.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2016 (Letters of Intent)

The Whitehall Foundation assists scholarly research in the life sciences through its research grants and grants-in-aid programs. It is the foundation's policy to support those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by federal agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. The foundation emphasizes the support of young scientists at the beginning of their careers and productive senior scientists who wish to move into new fields of interest.

1) Research: Research grants of up to $225,000 over three years will be awarded to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Grants will not be awarded to investigators who have already received, or expect to receive, substantial support from other sources, even if it is for an unrelated purpose.

2) Grants-in-Aid: One-year grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists.

To be eligible, applicants must hold the position of assistant professor or higher; must hold Principal Investigator status; and be considered an "independent investigator" with his/her own dedicated lab space or with lab space independent of another investigator.

Letters of Intent must be received no later than October 1, 2016. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit complete applications, which must be returned by February 15, 2017.

Link to Complete RFP

Lung Cancer Research Foundation Invites Applications for Research Projects

AMOUNT: up to $75,000/2 yrs.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2016

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation’s mission is to improve and save lives by funding groundbreaking research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and the cure of lung cancer.

To that end, the foundation encourages applications for projects investigating a wide variety of lung cancer research topics from institutions of all sizes — both nationally and internationally. Grants of up to $75,000 over two years will be awarded for projects focused on basic science, translational research, clinical research, supportive care, and/or quality of care/outcomes.

To be eligible, applicants must be junior investigators (e.g. graduate students, medical students, post-doctoral fellows), senior faculty (e.g. assistant/associate/full professors), physicians, and/or nurse researchers.

Link to Complete RFP

American Academy of Neurology Institute Invites Applications for 2016 Medical Education Research Training Fellowship

AMOUNT: $65,000
DEADLINE: October 1, 2016

Through the annual fellowship program, AANI will award one-year grants of $65,000 in support of education and research activities at the applicant’s institution or elsewhere. Supplementation of the stipend with other grants or by the fellowship institution is permissible, but fellows may not accept other fellowships, similar awards, or have another source of support for more than 50 percent of their research salary. Only direct costs will be funded by this fellowship.

To be eligible, all applicants must be an AAN member (Active or Junior) embarking on a career in medical education research who has completed a neurology, child neurology, or neuro-developmental disabilities residency or neurology fellowship within the past five years.

Link to Complete RFP

APF Seeks Applications to Support Mental Health Projects for the Underserved

AMOUNT: $12,000
DEADLINE: December 31, 2016

The American Psychological Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Psychological Association, is accepting applications from mental health clinicians for projects designed to address and improve areas of critical need in society and to encourage early-career psychologists to devote their careers to underserved populations.

Through the Pearson Early Career program, the foundation will award a single grant of $12,000 to a clinician in support of an innovative, scientifically based clinical project in the area of serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, incarcerated or homeless individuals, children with serious emotional disturbance, and adults with serious mental illness.

To be eligible, psychologists must hold an Ed.D., Psy.D., or Ph.D. from an accredited university and be no more than seven years postdoctoral.

Link to Complete RFP

Interested in applying or require additional information contact Cindy Dickson, Research Affairs x46173, cdickson@llu.edu  or Shauna Gifford, Office of Philanthropy x44245, sgifford@llu.edu

CIRM - California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Projects

Applications for the Partnering Opportunity to Create a CIRM Translating Center RFA (INFR2) are due July 15, 2016.

Discovery

Partnering Opportunity for Discovery Stage Research Projects

Applications for the current round of Inception Awards (DISC1) due January 20, 2017.

Applications for the current round of Quest Awards (DISC2) due September 15, 2016.

Applications for the current round of Challenge Awards (DISC3) due September, 2016.

Translational

Partnering Opportunity for Translational Research Projects 

Applications for the current round are due July 15, 2016. It is anticipated that applications under this program announcement will be accepted approximately 3 times per year (every 4 months instead of every 6 months). Critical changes have been made to the Program Announcement. Please use the current version (05.20.16).

Clinical

Clinical Trial Stage Projects 

Applications due on the last business day of each month

Read about our Partnering Opportunity for Clinical Trial Stage Projects in this Brochure

Education

Conference Grants funding opportunities

Applications for conference grants (EDUC1) are due 90 days prior to the first day of the proposed conference.

For additional information visit: https://www.cirm.ca.gov/cirm2awards

Interested in applying or require additional information contact Cindy Dickson, Research Affairs, x46173, cdickson@llu.edu

NIH-National Institutes of Health

Standard Due Dates: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/due-dates-and-submission-policies/standard-due-dates.htm

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages basic research into the role of RNA chemical modifications and their corresponding writers, readers and erasers in the initiation and progression of cancer. Chemical modifications of RNA bases have been reported to regulate the fate and function of both coding and noncoding RNAs and are emerging as a critical element of post-transcriptional gene regulation. This FOA will utilize the Exploratory/Developmental (R21) mechanism which supports investigation of novel scientific ideas or new model systems, tools or technologies that have the potential for significant impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research.

For additional information visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-177.html

Application Due Dates: October 7, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for intervention research designed to support caregivers of adult cancer patients. Interventions supported by this FOA are intended to provide caregivers with care training, promote coping skills, and ultimately help them manage care. Outcomes of such interventions are expected to (1) optimize patient health care utilization, (2) improve caregiver well-being, and (3) improve patient physical health and psychosocial outcomes.

For additional information visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-317.html

American Heart Association

Funding Opportunities Announced for Summer Deadlines

The AHA is accepting applications for research awards that will begin on January 1, 2017. Programs being offered for the summer 2016 deadlines are posted on the AHA page. Deadlines vary for affiliate and national programs, and for certain awards.

New! AHA’s Undergraduate Student and Medical/Graduate Student programs have been updated. Both are now institutional awards, and applications are submitted by program directors. The application deadline for these student programs is August 17, 2016.

For additional information visit:

http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_316909_Application-Information.jsp

Interested in applying or require additional information contact Cindy Dickson, Research Affairs, x46173, cdickson@llu.edu

Summer Deadlines

New! AHA’s Undergraduate Student and Medical/Graduate Student programs have been updated. Both are now institutional awards, and applications are submitted by program directors. The application deadline for these student programs is August 17, 2016.

For additional information visit:

http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_316909_Application-Information.jsp

DHHS - Health Resources and Services Administration

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) for Paraprofessionals and Professionals

Applications due: July 1, 2016

HRSA-16-193

This announcement solicits applications for the FY 2016 Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) for Paraprofessionals and Professionals program.  In support of the White House’s Now is the Time initiative, the program aims to expand the mental health and substance abuse (jointly referred to as behavioral health throughout the funding opportunity announcement) workforce serving children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth at risk for developing or who have a recognized behavioral health disorder. Grant recipients will be expected to expand the behavioral health workforce by supporting education and clinical training for behavioral health-related professionals and paraprofessionals.

For additional information visit: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/index.html

National Institutes of Health

Cancer-related Behavioral Research through Integrating Existing Data (R21) Grant

Applications due: June 7, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that seek to integrate two or more independent data sets to answer novel cancer control and prevention questions. The goal is to encourage applications that incorporate Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) methods to study behavioral risk factors for cancer, including tobacco use, sedentary behavior, poor weight management, and lack of medical adherence to screening and vaccine uptake. It is important that the data being integrated are from different sources and types (including both quantitative and qualitative; data may span different levels such as genetic and environmental) and should include at least one source of behavioral data. Importantly, applicants should use existing data sources rather than collect new data. In addition, creating harmonized measures, developing culturally sensitive measures, replicating results and cross-study comparisons will be encouraged.

 For additional information visit:http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283733

Contact Cindy Dickson if you’re interested in applying (cdickson@llu.eduor x44571)

The Office of the Associate Dean of Basic Science and Translational Research is pleased to announce the fifth annual administration of Grants to Promote Collaborative and Translational Research (GCAT). These grants are designed for teams of basic and clinical scientists, who will work together to develop insights and approaches to clinically-relevant issues that have the potential to make a difference in the lives of patients. In addition, these awards will promote collaborations between clinical and basic scientists within the School of Medicine, and allow the awardees to obtain preliminary data that will help them compete successfully for external funding. Funds from the School of Medicine are to be matched 1:1 by the clinical department, for a total award of up to $75,000 to be spent over a two-year funding period.

GCAT Letters of Intent due by August 15, 2016, 5:00 PM  
GCAT Proposal Submissions due by September 12, 2016, 5:00 PM

A key goal of the institutional strategic plan for research, endorsed by the LLU Board of Trustees, is to expand the population of faculty involved in extramurally funded research.  One mechanism for meeting that objective is to encourage faculty from different backgrounds and capabilities to collaborate in the design of innovative, interdisciplinary research proposals.

Research Affairs is pleased to announce the Request for Application for the 2016 Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP) program. These awards will provide support for new investigators from different schools to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The intent of the GRASP awards is to create a training ground for collaborative partnerships that will have the capability to apply for new extramural grant applications. More information can be found on the GRASP page.

GRASP Letters of Intent due by Monday, September 19, 2016 5:00 PM
GRASP Proposal Submissions due by Monday, October 17, 2016, 5:00 PM

K01 - Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

K02 - Independent Scientist Award

K99/R00 - Pathway to Independence Award

The purpose of the (K01) is to provide support and protected time (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact the relevant NIH staff.

For additional information visit:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-190.html

The (K99/R00) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported, independent investigators. This program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact the relevant NIH staff.

For additional information visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-193.html

The (K02) is to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. The K02 award provides three, four, or five years of salary support and protected time for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact the relevant Institute or Center (IC) staff.

For additional information visit:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-192.html

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS (CDMRP)

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Bone Marrow Failure Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Breast Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016/2017 (FY16/17) Defense Medical Research and Development Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Lung Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Ovarian Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Translational Team Science Award (Cancer Program)

For additional information visit: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services –Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides a variety of funding opportunities designed to support and enhance the education and career development of health services researchers. AHRQ’s training opportunities are designed to prepare researchers to address the vast changes occurring in health care delivery.

For additional information visit: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/active/researched/index.html

Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Invites LOIs for Research Grants

DEADLINE: June 12, 2016 (Letters of Intent)

The Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation is accepting Letters of Intent from investigators for basic science, clinical, population/epidemiologic, and translational research on cardiomyopathies affecting children age 18 and younger. Seed funding grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded in support of studies focused on the causes, diagnosis, or treatment of dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, and left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy.

For additional information visit:  http://www.childrenscardiomyopathy.org/site/grants.php

Lupus Research Institute Seeks Applications for Distinguished Innovator Awards

DEADLINE: July 8, 2016

The Lupus Research Institute is inviting applications for its Dr. William E. Paul Distinguished Innovator Awards in Lupus and Autoimmunity, LRI welcomes novel, hypothesis- or discovery-driven proposals in human and/or animal model-based lupus research. The research must aim to uncover the fundamental causes of lupus and present a compelling vision of how the discovery would lay the groundwork for a potential cure, prevention, or highly effective therapy. In this round of funding, LRI expects to award up to four grants of up to $250,000 per year over four years.

For additional information visit: http://lupusresearchinstitute.org/2016-dr-william-e-paul-distinguished-innovator-awards-lupus-and-autoimmunity

AGA Foundation Invites Applications for Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer

DEADLINE: August 12, 2016

The  American Gastroenterological Association, is inviting applications for the 2016 Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer.  Sponsored by the R. Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Charitable Trust, the annual award is designed to support an established investigator in the field of gastric biology whose research has the potential to enhance the fundamental understanding of gastric cancer pathobiology and ultimately contribute to the prevention and/or development of a cure for the disease. The recipient will be selected based on novelty, feasibility, and significance of his/her proposal.  A single two-year grant of up  to $100,000 will be awarded to an established investigator working on novel approaches in gastric cancer research, including the fields of gastric mucosal cell biology, regeneration and regulation of cell growth (not as they relate to peptic ulcer disease or repair), inflammation (including Helicobacter pylori) as precancerous lesions, genetics of gastric carcinoma, oncogenes in gastric epithelial malignancies, epidemiology of gastric cancer, etiology of gastric epithelial malignancies, or clinical research in the diagnosis or treatment of gastric carcinoma.

For additional information visit: http://www.gastro.org/grants/aga-r-robert-sally-funderburg-research-award-in-gastric-cancer

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Seeks Letters of Intent for Research Grant

DEADLINE: August 15, 2016 (Letters of Intent)

The Oncology Nursing Society Foundation is seeking Letters of Intent for its grant program in oncology nursing research. Two-year grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded for pilot or feasibility studies or for the development of a new aspect of a program of research. Preference will be given to projects that address ONS Research Priorities and/or the ONS Research Agenda.

To be eligible, principal investigators must be actively involved in some aspect of cancer patient care, education, or research and be Ph.D.- or D.N.Sc.-prepared. Priority will be given to projects that involve nurses in the design and conduct of the research activity and that promote theoretically based oncology practice. Membership in ONS is not a requirement of eligibility.

For additional information visit:http://www.onsfoundation.org/apply/re/RE01

If interested in applying for extramural grant funding contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade is thrilled to announce their renewed partnership with Pfizer Oncology for the second year of the Avon-Pfizer Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Grants Program.  In 2016, the MBC Grants Program will award up to $1 million in grants to organizations who serve the MBC community.  Letters of Intent are due on April 15^th.

 On the MBC Grants Program website, you’ll see a video highlighting the work of the partnership and an executive summary of the first year of the program’s findings.

Request for Applications  

MOD invites all qualified scientists with faculty appointments or the equivalent, at universities, hospitals and research institutions (not for profit or profit), to submit applications for research grants relevant to our mission. This encompasses basic biological processes governing differentiation and development involving both human and animal model systems, genetics and genomics of these processes, clinical studies, reproductive health and environmental toxicology. Social and behavioral studies are encouraged concerning cognitive and behavioral risks that affect outcomes of pregnancy, the perinatal period, and subsequent child development. The latter may involve family units and those genes, toxicants and social determinants that adversely affect language or behavior.

The online Letter of Intent process must be completed by April 30, 2016.

For more information visit:

http://www.marchofdimes.org/materials/research-program-request-for-proposals.pdf

If interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson, Research Affairs (x44571) or Shauna Gifford, Office of Philanthropy (x44245)

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its funding partners:

1) The Grand Challenges Explorations  fosters early-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our greatest global health and development challenges. Launched in 2008 with an initial $100 million commitment from the foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations grants have already been awarded to more than 1100 researchers from more than 60 countries.

Accepting applications on the following six topics until May 11, 2016:

• Assess Family Planning Needs, Preferences and Behaviors to Inform Innovations in Contraceptive Technologies and Services
• Develop Novel Platforms to Accelerate Contraceptive Drug Discovery
• Design New Analytics Approaches for Malaria Elimination
• Accelerate Development of New Therapies for Childhood Cryptosporidium Infection
• Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance
• Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas

2) Grand Challenges China: New Interventions for Global Health.  This challenge focuses on calls for innovative concepts for safe, effective, affordable and widely utilized interventions, such as vaccines and therapeutics, with the potential to protect against the acquisition, progression or transmission of infectious diseases that disproportionately affect the world’s poorest.  This call is in partnership with the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Application deadline is March 15, 2016, 8:00 am Beijing time (March 14, 2016, 5pm Seattle time).

3) Grand Challenges for Development: Saving Lives at Birth.  USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, the U.K.'s Department for International Development (DFID), and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have joined together to launch Saving Lives at Birth.  The goal of this program is to find the tools and approaches to help mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours.

Application deadline is February 29, 2016.

For more information visit:

http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/grand-challenges-china-new-interventions-global-health

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Bone Marrow Failure Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Bone Marrow Failure Research Program (BMFRP) is currently accepting applications for the Idea Development Award mechanism.

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Defense Medical Research and Development Program

• Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) is currently accepting applications for two award mechanisms.

For more information visit:  http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml

For more information, please see:  http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16524/nsf16524.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_27&WT.mc_ev=click.  The deadline for this solicitation is March 22, 2016 (5 pm, proposer’s local time).  Note: you may submit proposals to this solicitation in addition to your regular single or small team proposal to the NSF Division of Chemistry.  If you have any questions, please contact me (cbessel@nsf.gov or 703-292-4906) or Tyrone Mitchell (tmitchel@nsf.gov or 703-292-4947).

http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/ForScientists/For-Scientists_UCM_316962_SubHomePage.jsp

Undergraduate Student Research Program
Midwest USRP | SouthWest USRP | Western States USRP
The purpose of this undergraduate research training program is to encourage promising students from all disciplines, including women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the sciences, to consider research careers while supporting the highest quality scientific investigation broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Offered by: Great Rivers Affiliate
Career Stage: Making the decision – undergraduate student classified as junior or senior.

Predoctoral Fellowship
Helps students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training.
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, Greater Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Gaining credentials – doctoral student

Postdoctoral Fellowship
Helps trainees initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research while obtaining significant research results under the supervision of a sponsor or mentor; supports individuals before they are ready for some stage of independent research.
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, Greater Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Directed step - postdoctoral fellow

Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award (formerly Clinical Research Program)
Encourages early career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in clinical and translational science, and encouraging community- and population-based activities.
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, Greater Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Directed step/first independent step - master's degree. Healthcare professionals with a master's degree or certain doctoral degrees.

Association-wide Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award
This program provides funding for trainees with outstanding potential for careers as physician-scientists in cardiovascular or stroke research during the crucial period of career development that spans the completion of research training through the early years of the first faculty/staff position.
Offered by: Association-wide Research Program
Career Stage: Directed step - postdoctoral fellow

Scientist Development Grant
Supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, Greater Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: First independent step – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent

Western States Affiliate Medical Student Research Program
Encourages promising students, including women and members of minority groups underrepresented in the sciences, from all disciplines to consider research careers while supporting the highest quality scientific investigation broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke. The research opportunity will allow students to work for 8, 10 or 12 weeks with a faculty/staff member on any project broadly related to cardiovascular disease/function or stroke. The goal is to encourage students to consider a future academic career in this area.
Offered by: Western States Affiliat

Grant-In-Aid
Encourages and adequately funds the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators. 
Offered by: Founders, Greater Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: First independent step, intermediate level or recognized investigator – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent, associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators.

Mentor/AHA Mentee Award
This unique program funds mentors to work with AHA early career grantees who are:

• working in new/difficult areas of inquiry or potential for new discovery,
• underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in science, or
• conducting research at NIH AREA-designated institutions.

AHA Programs for Winter 2016 Deadlines

Applications for the Winter 2016 programs listed below will be available in Grants@Heart in mid-November.  For strategically focused programs such as CVGPS and SFRN, check the program webpage for additional application information.

Several programs have a broad target audience. You should always refer to the program description for details.

Application Deadlines

Updated:Oct 1,2015
Important: the application deadline for Winter 2016 programs is 5:00 p.m. Central Time on the specified deadline day.

The institutional grants officer is responsible for submitting applications to the AHA.  It is recommended that the applicant factor in time to submit the application to the grants officer for them to submit the application to the AHA.  Early submission is encouraged.

Founders Affiliate - DEADLINE:  January 15, 2016 

• Grant-in-Aid 
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship
• Scientist Development Grant

Great Rivers Affiliate- DEADLINE:  January 12, 2016

• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship
• Scientist Development Grant

Greater Southeast Affiliate - DEADLINE:  January 15, 2016

• Grant-in-Aid
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship
• Scientist Development Grant

Mid-Atlantic Affiliate - DEADLINE:  January 12, 2016

• Grant-in-Aid
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Award
• Predoctoral Award
• Scientist Development Grant

Midwest Affiliate - DEADLINE:  January 13, 2016

• Grant-in-Aid
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship
• Scientist Development Grant
• Undergraduate Student Research Program**

Association-wide Research Program - DEADLINE:  January 13, 2016

• Collaborative Sciences Award***
• Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award
• Mentor/AHA Mentee Award
• Merit Award
• Strategically Focused Research Network*

SouthWest Affiliate - DEADLINE:  January 14, 2016

• Grant-in-Aid
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship 
• Scientist Development Grant
• Undergraduate Student Research Program**

Western States Affiliate - DEADLINE:  January 14, 2016

• Grant-in-Aid
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship
• Scientist Development Grant
• Undergraduate Student Research Program**
• Medical Student Research Program**

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting applications that address specific challenges defined in the grant programs below. For details and application instructions, please visit the new Grand Challenges website. Please note that descriptions of the challenges will soon be available on the website in Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

1) Grand Challenges Explorations is seeking innovative global health and development solutions and is now accepting proposals for its latest application round. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and for-profit companies. Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.

Proposals are being accepted online until November 11, 2015 for the following challenges: 

• Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance
• Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas
• Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
• Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data

2) New Interventions for Global Health: Vaccine Manufacturing. This challenge focuses on innovations in vaccine manufacturing platforms designed to lower production cost for vaccines that target diseases of great global burden and that are among the most costly to produce with current technologies.

Letters of Intent will be accepted until November 5, 2015.

3) In addition, the African Academy of Sciences and the New Partnership for African Development have launched Grand Challenges Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. This program joins others within the Grand Challenges family of grant programs supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners. Grand Challenges Africa will build on the global success of Grand Challenges programs in India, Brazil, and South Africa, as well as the strong base of Africa Grand Challenges grantees already funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and USAID.

For additional information:
www.grandchallenges.org

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Award Competition

Pre-proposals are being sought from junior physician-scientist faculty conducting clinical research in any disease area. It is recommended that applicants have significant research experience and strong publication records consistent with the rank of assistant professor. 

The Clinical Scientist Development Award does not require institutional nomination. 
This competition employs a two-stage process.

Pre-proposals will be reviewed and up to 50 applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. 

In keeping with the wishes expressed in Doris Duke's will, experiments that use animals or primary tissues derived from animals will not be supported by this program.

For complete details, visit the (right click-open hyperlink)
Clinical Scientist Development Award web page.

Application Deadlines

Pre-Proposals Due:                              October 30, 2015
Invitation to Submit Full Proposal:    December 22, 2015
Full Proposals Due:                             February 23, 2016
Award Start Date:                             July 1, 2016

American Heart Association Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome Study (CVGPS)

New CVGPS funding opportunities will be announced soon!

The Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome Study (CVGPS) is a collaborative effort, spearheaded by the American Heart Association (AHA), to accelerate the future of cardiovascular medicine. CVGPS combines the power of long-term population studies with the precision of molecular analysis to unravel key distinctions between and within subgroups of patients. The discoveries it generates will point the way toward better-targeted, safer, and more effective treatments, based on a deeper understanding of patients’ characteristics, including e.g. risk profiles and therapeutic needs.

For more information:

http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/CardiovascularGenomePhenomeStudyCVGPS/AHA-Cardiovascular-Genome-Phenome-Study-CVGPS_UCM_461668_SubHomePage.jsp

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

All pre-applications must be submitted electronically to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) https://ebrap.org. Full applications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website http://grants.gov.

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Autism Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Autism Research Program (ARP) is currently accepting applications for two award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  ARP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of ARP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Breast Cancer Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) is currently accepting applications for the Breakthrough Award Levels 1, 2 and 3 mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  BCRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of BCRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Defense Medical Research and Development Program

• Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) is currently accepting applications for four award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  DMRDP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of DMRDP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) is currently accepting applications for three award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  DMDRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of DMDRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Epilepsy Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) is currently accepting applications for the Idea Development Award mechanism.
  Full details for submission:
  ERP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of ERP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Gulf War Illness Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP) is currently accepting applications for five award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  GWIRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of GWIRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Lung Cancer Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) is currently accepting applications for three award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  LCRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of LCRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Military Burn Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) is currently accepting applications for the Burn Injuries Research Award mechanism.
  Full details for submission:
  MBRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of MBRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) is currently accepting applications for two award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  MSRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of MSRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program (OPORP) is currently accepting applications for two award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  OPORP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of OPORP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program (PRARP) is currently accepting applications for three award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  PRARP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of PRARP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) is currently accepting applications for four award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  PRCRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of PRCRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) is currently accepting applications for five award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  PRMRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of PRMRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) is currently accepting applications for three award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  PRORP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of PRORP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Prostate Cancer Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) is currently accepting applications for four award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  PCRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of PCRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program is currently accepting applications for the Comprehensive Universal Prevention/Health Promotion Interventions Award mechanism.
  Full details for submission:
  PH/TBI Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of PH/TBI Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Reconstructive Transplant Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Reconstructive Transplant Research Program (RTRP) is currently accepting applications for four award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  RTRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of RTRP Award Mechanisms

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

• Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) is currently accepting applications for four award mechanisms.
  Full details for submission:
  SCIRP Funding Opportunities | Synopsis of SCIRP Award Mechanisms

1. Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award - Open Call for Applications

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation invites you to submit an application for a 2016 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award.

Applications are due: December 1, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. 

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is pleased to announce the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows Award. This award program which began in 2015 is intended to support postdoctoral scholars who are judged to have the highest potential for success in an independent academic career in chemistry and the life sciences, and who will become the next generation of leaders and innovators in science, engineering, and technology.  It is the Foundation's intent that the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship will be the catalyst to aid in your transition to an outstanding, independent research career. 

http://www.beckman-foundation.org/aob-postdoc-invitation-letter

2. Strategically Focused Go Red For Women Research Network

The Request for Applications (PDF) has now been added to the website. 

The deadline for the Letter of Intent is August 31, 2015.  A Letter of Intent is not required for application but it is used by AHA staff to estimate the potential peer review workload and avoid the potential conflicts of interest in the peer review process. In addition, it also allows AHA to provide applicants with updated information about the application process, if necessary. For more information about the LOI process, visit the LOI Instructions (PDF). 

3. NEW! American Heart Association Merit Award

Supports individual scientists with a trajectory of success, who propose novel approaches to major research challenges in the areas of CV and stroke that have the potential to produce unusually high impact.

The Letter of Intent (LOI) deadline is September 30, 2015. Visit the LOI Instructions for application details.

For more information, visit the AHA Merit Award program description.

4. National Science Foundation

Program Solicitation
NSF 15-597

Program Title:

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Anticipated Type of Award: Fellowship

Estimated Number of Awards: 2,000

Each Fellowship consists of three years of support during a five-year fellowship period. NSF provides a stipend of $34,000 to the Fellow and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the graduate degree-granting institution for each Fellow who uses the fellowship support in a fellowship year.

The program goals are: 1) to select, recognize, and financially support, early in their careers, individuals with the demonstrated potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers, and 2) to broaden participation in science and engineering of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans. NSF especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, persons with disabilities, and veterans to apply. NSF also encourages undergraduate seniors to apply. GRFP is a critical program in NSF's overall strategy to develop the globally-engaged workforce necessary to ensure the Nation's leadership in advancing science and engineering research and innovation.

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15597/nsf15597.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

5. All pre-applications must be submitted electronically to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) https://ebrap.org. Full applications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website http://grants.gov.

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Autism Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Breast Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015/2016 (FY15/16) Defense Medical Research and Development Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Epilepsy Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Gulf War Illness Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Lung Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Military Burn Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Neurofibromatosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Ovarian Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Prostate Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Reconstructive Transplant Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program

For more Information:

http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml

Purpose and Objectives

This grant is to foster collaborative translational dental research that has the potential to:

1. Augment prevention strategies in dentistry
2. Improve delivery of patient care
3. Treat or cure major oral diseases

It is hoped that the successful proposal will be a springboard for application for extramural grant funding opportunities.

Autism Research Program

Idea Development Award

Clinical Trial Award

Lung Cancer Research Program

Career Development Award

Clinical Exploration Award

Idea Development Award

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

Clinical Trial Award

Discovery Award

Focused Program Award

Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Technology/Therapeutic Development Award

SOCOM Broad Agency Announcement

Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov <http://www.grants.gov/> ), the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml) and the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org <https://ebrap.org/> ).

All CDMRP funding opportunities, both recently and previously released, are available on the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil <http://cdmrp.army.mil/> ).

Subsequent notifications will be sent when additional funding opportunities are released. A listing of all open CDMRP funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.

Submission is a two-step process requiring both (1) pre-application submission through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org/) and (2) application submission through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/). Refer to the General Application Instructions, Section II.A. for registration and submission requirements for eBRAP and Grants.gov.

eBRAP is a multifunctional web-based system that allows PIs to submit their pre-applications electronically through a secure connection, to view and edit the content of their pre-applications and full applications, to receive communications from the CDMRP, and to submit documentation during award negotiations and period of performance. A key feature of eBRAP is the ability of an organization’s representatives and PIs to view and modify the Grants.gov application submissions associated with them. eBRAP will validate Grants.gov application files against the specific Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity requirements and discrepancies will be noted in an email to the PI and in the Full Application Files tab in eBRAP. It is the applicant’s responsibility to review all application components for accuracy as well as ensure proper ordering as specified in this Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity.

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• Release Date: May 6, 2015

Purpose

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of RWJF. The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income communities (urban, suburban, and/or rural). Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic, eliminate disparities, and help all children achieve a healthy weight.

This call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and policymakers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award types are: Round 9 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.

You can learn more about Healthy Eating Research at www.healthyeatingresearch.org.

Total Awards

Approximately $2.75 million will be awarded under this CFP for the two award types. The anticipated allocation of funds is as follows:

Round 9 Grants
Approximately $2.55 million will be awarded through Round 9. Each grant will award up to $190,000 for a maximum funding period of 18 months.

RWJF New Connections Grants Awarded Through Healthy Eating Research
Up to two RWJF New Connections grants will be awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program in this round of funding. Awards will be for 12- to 18-month grants of up to $100,000 each.

Key Dates

May 6, 2015
RWJF online system for concept papers will be available to applicants.

July 1, 2015 (3:00 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of concept papers.

July 15, 2015
Applicants will be contacted by email and informed as to whether or not they are invited to submit a full proposal. Invited full proposals must be submitted via the RWJF online system.

September 9, 2015 (3:00 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of invited full proposals.

Early November 2015
Notification of finalists.

December 15, 2015
Awards begin.

Spring 2016
Healthy Eating Research Annual Meeting.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

For All Grant Opportunities

• Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.
• Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
• The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.

Consistent with RWJF values, this program embraces diversity and inclusion across multiple dimensions, such as race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, and socioeconomic status. We strongly encourage applications from investigators who will help us expand the perspectives and experiences we bring to our work. We believe that the more we include diverse perspectives and experiences in our work, the more successful we will be as we strive together to build a Culture of Health, enabling all in our diverse society to lead healthy lives, now, and for generations to come.

For more information on eligibility criteria, please see the CFP.

• DEADLINE:
  July 01, 2015, 3:00 p.m. ET

• Preview a sample proposal before submitting

Grand Challenges Explorations seeks innovative global health and development solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations as well as for-profit companies.

Two-page proposals are being accepted online from September 4, 2014 until November 12, 2014 on the following topics:

-    Surveillance Tools, Diagnostics and an Artificial Diet to Support New Approaches to Vector Control.
-    New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission
-    New Ways to Reduce Pneumonia Fatalities through Timely, Effective Treatment of Children
-    Enable Universal Acceptance of Mobile Money Payments to Create an Economic Ecosystem that Will Help Lift the Poorest Out of Poverty
-    Explore New Ways to Measure Brain Development and Gestational Age
-    New Ways of Working Together: Integrating Community-Based Interventions

Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million. Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at: www.grandchallenges.org/explorations.

Investigators wishing to apply should contact the Office of Research Affairs before submitting the letter of intent. Inquiries can be sent to Cindy Dickson (cdickson@llu.edu).

One of the resources available for investigators is SPIN, a database containing more than 40,000 opportunities from more than 10,000 global sponsors. SPIN can be accessed by logging into LLeRA and then clicking on the Find Funding link from within the system. Instructional videos on how to use SPIN are located in its Help section.

If needed, a LLeRA Login can be requested by sending an email to researchaffairs@llu.edu with the investigator's name, email address, department, and title.

The fourth SFRN will focus on Women and the fifth on Heart Failure. 
 
The Request for Application (RFA) is expected for the Women’s SFRN in Spring 2015, and the RFA for the Heart Failure SFRN in Summer 2015.

Additional application and deadline information will be made available on the SFRN Home Page.