Foundations & Others

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, December 8, 2023, 5pm PT

LOI: January 10, 2024

External Deadline: February 9, 2024

Award Information

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: $4,150,000

Who May Serve as PI: Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for HHS/CDC support.

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/348751

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The purpose of this research NOFO is to follow a cohort of interstitial cystitis (IC) patients over time, define the demographic and clinical patterns of IC, and document its impact on the health of affected people. In addition, the focus of this NOFO will include translating the scientific knowledge on IC extracted from previously funded and other studies so it can be used to support public health action, including patient strategies for improving quality of life, provider awareness and education, and medical and self-management of IC; strengthen clinical, community, and public health linkages; and target groups disproportionately impacted by IC.

The research objectives are to:
• Objective 1: Document the treatment (e.g., type) of people with IC
• Objective 2: Longitudinally follow patients with IC to determine the natural history (severity, progression, morbidity, mortality, etc.) of people with IC
• Objective 3: Examine potential disparities and other factors associated with IC by categories of interest (e.g., age, sex, race/ethnic group, geography (e.g., urban/rural), and socioeconomic status)
• Objective 4: Improve the surveillance case definition for IC by improving sensitivity and specificity.
• Objective 5: Improve diagnostic criteria for IC, and the ability to detect true cases.
• Objective 6: Improve understanding of the genetics of IC
• Objective 7: Translate the scientific knowledge on IC extracted from this study and others into tools and products that can be used to support public health action and provider awareness and education.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, December 15, 2023, 5pm PT

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: February 5, 2024

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 90

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $3,000,000 per award, subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

Who May Serve as PI: Individuals are not eligible applicants. A domestic accredited school of nursing with advanced education nursing programs is eligible; any school(s) of nursing affiliated with this application must be accredited at the time of application.

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349134

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The NFLP program seeks to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty nationwide by providing low interest loans for individuals studying to be nurse faculty and loan cancelation for those who then go on to work as faculty. A robust, geographically dispersed nurse faculty workforce is essential to producing the nursing workforce needed to meet US health care needs. Successful applicants establish and operate a student loan program including maintaining a fund, providing loans to students enrolled in advanced education nursing degree programs, and monitoring compliance with program requirements. In exchange for completion of up to four years of post-graduation full-time nurse faculty employment in an accredited school of nursing, graduates receive cancellation of up to 85 percent of the original student loan amount (plus interest thereon) as authorized by the program. Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who serve as full-time preceptors within an academic-practice partnership framework are considered faculty under the NFLP, to support the expansion of clinical training opportunities for nursing students.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

Slots: 1. In addition, you may only apply for HRSA-24-042 (DPs) or HRSA-24-041 (NCCT), but not both projects.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: January 12, 2024

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: March 11, 2024

Award Information

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: $735,000

Who May Serve as PI: 

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349425

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Transition3 for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy program, which includes the Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects (DPs) (HRSA-24-042) and the National Coordinating Center on Transition (NCCT) (HRSA-24-041). The purpose of this program is to develop and advance national, state, and local/community-level frameworks that support successful transition from child to adult serving systems4 for youth with autism and/or epilepsy who have complex health and social needs and require a higher level of family support and coordination (YAES).5 This announcement includes instructions for applying to two separate awards. You may only apply for HRSA-24-042 (DPs) or HRSA-24-041 (NCCT), but not both projects. HRSA will not consider funding applicants who apply to more than one funding opportunity number or focus areas.

Program Goal
The goal of this program is to improve outcomes including quality of life and well-being for YAES and their families/caregivers transitioning from child to adult systems. These systems include but are not limited to post-secondary education, inclusive post-secondary education, employment, community, independent/daily living, and healthcare.6 The target population for this program is characterized as YAES between the ages of 13 and 26 who have co-occurring conditions, intellectual disabilities, experience challenges in social cognition, communication, interpersonal skills, and/or behaviors7 8 9 and require a higher level of family support and coordination.

HRSA-24-041: National Coordinating Center on Transition (NCCT) will support HRSA-24-042 (DP) recipients in meeting their program objectives, and to provide national leadership to improve transition outcomes for YAES and their families/caregivers through training, technical assistance, evaluation, and the development and dissemination of resources to transition stakeholders.

HRSA-24-041 (NCCT) Objectives:
1) By August 2029, increase by 50% the percentage HRSA-24-042 recipient-identified YAES successfully transitioning to adult serving systems.
2) By August 2029, increase to 100% the HRSA-24-042 recipients’ knowledge of sustainable and scalable transition strategies as a result of the technical assistance provided by the NCCT.
3) By August 2029, increase to 100% key stakeholders’ knowledge of transition-related issues as a result of the technical assistance provided by the NCCT.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

Slots: 1. In addition, applicants can only apply for funding under one funding opportunity number, either HRSA-24-042 (DPs) or HRSA-24-041 (NCCT). Applicants applying for the HRSA-24-042 (DPs) may only apply for one focus area, autism or epilepsy, and must clearly state the focus area for which they are applying.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, January 12, 2024, 5pm PT

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: March 11, 2024

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: Up to four (4) new grants focused on autism; up to seven (7) new grants focused on epilepsy

Anticipated Award Amount: $4,950,000 total funding. Up to $450,000 per award, subject to the availability of appropriated funds

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349426

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy program, which includes the Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects (DPs) (HRSA-24-042) and the National Coordinating Center on Transition (NCCT) (HRSA-24-041). The purpose of this program is to develop and advance national, state, and local/community-level frameworks that support successful transition from child to adult serving systems for youth with autism and/or epilepsy who have complex health and social needs and require a higher level of family support and coordination (YAES). This announcement includes instructions for applying to two separate awards. You may only apply for HRSA-24-042 (DPs) or HRSA-24-041 (NCCT), but not both projects. HRSA will not consider funding applicants who apply to more than one funding opportunity number or focus areas.

HRSA-24-042 (DP) Objectives:
1) By August 2029, increase by 50% the percentage of YAES successfully transitioning to adult serving systems.
2) By August 2029, adopt a framework, for ongoing partnership, collaboration, and consultation between agencies to support the transition process.
3) By August 2029, increase by 75% the percentage of all families/caregivers reporting improved self-efficacy with the transition process.

Program Goal
The goal of this program is to improve outcomes including quality of life and well-being for YAES and their families/caregivers transitioning from child to adult systems. These systems include but are not limited to post-secondary education, inclusive post-secondary education, employment, community, independent/daily living, and healthcare.6 The target population for this program is characterized as YAES between the ages of 13 and 26 who have co-occurring conditions, intellectual disabilities, experience challenges in social cognition, communication, interpersonal skills, and/or behaviors7 8 9 and require a higher level of family support and coordination.
HRSA-24-042 (DPs): Will be funded to implement and evaluate innovative, sustainable, and scalable strategies that support YAES and their families/caregivers in successfully transitioning from child to adult serving systems. There will be up to four (4) autism and seven (7) epilepsy grants.10 Applicants for HRSA-24-042 (DPs) shall propose a catchment area as well as the methodology and data source for identifying the target population of YAES. For the purpose of this program, catchment areas include but are not limited to school districts, states, local health districts, counties, regional health districts, etc. Catchment areas proposed by organizations such as health care systems and family-based organizations cannot be limited to the youth served exclusively by the applicant organization.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, December 8, 2023, 5pm PT

Optional Draft Deadline: January 10, 2024, 11:59pm Eastern Time

External Deadline: February 14, 2024, 11:59pm Eastern Time

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 2

Anticipated Award Amount: NEH anticipates awarding approximately $1,000,000 among an estimated 2 recipients.

Who May Serve as PI: a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code • an accredited institution of higher education (public or nonprofit). Individuals and other organizations, including foreign and for-profit entities, are ineligible.

Link to Award: https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/Research%20Centers%20on%20Artificial%20Intelligence%2020240214-RAI%20%282%29.pdf

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

This notice solicits applications for the Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence (AI) program offered by the Division of Research Programs. 

AI is one of the most powerful technologies of our time and will have profound consequences for civil rights and civil liberties, safety and security, and democratic values. Questions about the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI are fundamentally rooted in the humanities, which include ethics, law, history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies. In fall 2023, NEH will launch a major research initiative titled Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence to support research and development in the humanities to understand and address the ethical, legal, and societal consequences of AI. NEH is particularly interested in projects that explore the risks of AI-related technologies on truth, trust, and democracy; safety and security; and privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. 

The Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program addresses Strategy #3 of the 2023 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, put forth by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Strategy #3 calls for research into “the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI” in order to “understand, anticipate, and mitigate harm as well as [understand] the distribution of likely benefits.” The Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program will create new Centers of scholarly discourse and learning, each one a nexus for collaborative efforts that reach across disciplinary lines to gain a more holistic understanding of AI in the modern world. 

In your application to this program, you must propose to create a Center with a specific research focus related to the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI. A Center is a sustained collaboration among scholars focused on exploring a specific topic, the humanities implications of AI, through two or more related scholarly activities. NEH particularly encourages Centers interested in equity, privacy, and civil-rights topics. Existing AI research centers are not eligible in this competition. 

Centers must involve more than one scholar. A Center may or may not have a physical location, but as part of your project you should establish a leadership structure, develop a mission statement, and create a strategy to sustain the Center beyond the period of performance. Address these three elements in Attachment 2: Narrative. 

NEH welcomes international collaboration, but scholars at U.S. institutions must contribute significantly to the project. (See C3. Other Eligibility Information.) Centers should leverage the visionary nature of their research to promote a more informed public discourse about AI through education and outreach efforts and to actively build the next generation of scholars. Centers should aim to advance humanities research on their chosen topic beyond the period of the grant. 

In addition to the establishment of the Center, your project should engage in at least two activities that support research into the ethical, legal, and social implications of AI. Appropriate activities may include, but are not limited to, collaborative research and writing efforts; workshops or lecture series; education and mentoring; and the creation of digital tools to increase or advance scholarly discourse about AI. You must present a plan to disseminate the results of each activity. Allowable costs include, but are not limited to, salary replacement; compensation of collaborators, post-doctoral students, consultants, and research assistants; fringe benefits; and travel, lodging, and per diem costs for lecturers or convening participants. 

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, 5pm Contact RII.

LOI: November 29, 2023, 5pm ET

External Deadline: December 29, 2023, 5pm ET

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 8 – 12

Anticipated Award Amount: Total funding up to $8 million is expected to be available to support this FOA subject to appropriation of funds by the Congress.

Who May Serve as PI: Individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as a Principal Investigator (PI) are invited to work with their organizations to develop an application. Individuals from underrepresented groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply.

Link to Award: https://science.osti.gov/-/media/grants/pdf/foas/2024/DEFOA0003196000001.pdf

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The DOE SC program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research in Environmental System Science (ESS). The goal of the ESS program in BER is to advance an integrated, robust, and scale-aware predictive understanding of terrestrial systems and their interdependent microbial, biogeochemical, ecological, hydrological, and physical processes. To support this goal, the program uses a systems approach to develop an integrative framework to elucidate the complex processes and controls on the structure, function, feedbacks, and dynamics of terrestrial systems, that span from molecular to global scales, and extend from the bedrock through the soil, rhizosphere, and vegetation to the atmosphere. The ESS program scope advances foundational process knowledge with an emphasis on understudied ecosystems. This FOA will consider applications that focus on measurements, experiments, field data, modeling, and synthesis to provide improved understanding and representation of ecosystems and watersheds in ways that advance the sophistication and capabilities of models that span from individual processes to Earth-system scales. This FOA will encompass three Science Research Areas (SRAs): 1) plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere; 2) consequences of large-scale shifts in vegetation composition; and 3) synthesis studies that focus on legacy effects or the carbon cycle and disturbance.

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.