Foundations & Others

Slots: Your organization may submit only one application for Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants per deadline. This includes applications from subordinate units under a parent organization.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: May 17, 2023

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 15-20

Anticipated Award Amount: Level 1: Up to $150,000 Level 2: $150,001 to $500,000 Chair’s Special Awards: $500,001 to $1,000,000

Who May Serve as PI: Applicants must work wholly or in part in the humanities, and must support research, education, preservation, or public programming in the humanities.

Link to Award: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/infrastructure-and-capacity-building-challenge-grants

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-Application-Template.

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, 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 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects. The program strengthens the institutional base of the humanities by helping organizations secure and sustain their core buildings, sites, collections, and/or humanities activities for the long term. The program supports capital projects through a combination of federal matching funds and related fundraising from nonfederal third parties. Proposed projects must enhance the institution’s long-term impact on the humanities and build on careful strategic planning.

Awards support the purchase of real property or equipment and the design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of historical, architectural, or cultural significance and other facilities that house humanities collections or are used for humanities activities. Activities may include: • hiring consultants who specialize in fundraising, historic preservation, and project planning • planning and conceptual design • developing schematics and construction drawings • construction • purchasing and installing related permanently affixed or moveable equipment for monitoring and protecting collections (whether on exhibit or in storage) • purchasing and installing critical building systems, such as electrical, climate control, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management • developing historic preservation plans • site and infrastructure assessments

Deliverables may include: • documents determining the feasibility of the planned capital project • completed design and construction drawings • completed construction • completed installation of critical building systems

In accordance with Executive Order 13647 on Native American affairs, Executive Order 13779 on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Executive Order 13592 on Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and Executive Order 13555 on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, NEH especially welcomes Challenge Grant applications from federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, Native Hawaiian organizations, HBCUs, TCUs, and HispanicServing Institutions of higher education (HSIs), as well as from two-year community colleges. These institutions and entities are eligible for a 1:1 match ratio. See B. Federal Award Information and C. Eligibility Information.

NEH will issue an offer of support to successful applicants. An offer formally communicates the level of funding approved for the project and the conditions that must be met before NEH issues an award. Conditions include, but are not limited to Section 106/National Historic Preservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Davis-Bacon Act, Build America, Buy America Act, and federal interest. Familiarize yourself with the applicable rules and regulations and contact NEH 20230517-CHA 2 staff to discuss your project in order to include adequate time and funding into your proposal. See G. Agency Contacts.

NEH will issue an award only when all regulatory requirements have been met and the applicant has certified eligible third-party, nonfederal gifts. See E4. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates and F1. Federal Award Notices.

See D6. Funding Restrictions for unallowable costs and activities.

See E1. Review Criteria for the standards used to evaluate your proposal.

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

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, April 7, 2023

LOI: May 17, 2023 – nomination form

External Deadline: September 7, 2023

Award Information

Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: Approximately 20-24

Anticipated Amount: $300,000; $75,000 per year for a four-year period

Link to Award: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/program-details

Who May Serve as PI:

Candidates must meet all of the following eligibility requirements:

• Hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field, including engineering or the physical sciences.
• As of Sept. 7, 2023, run an independent lab and hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor. (Appointments such as research assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, assistant professor research track, visiting professor, or instructor are not eligible).
• Must not have been appointed as an assistant professor at any institution prior to June 12, 2019, whether or not such an appointment was on a tenure track. Time spent in clinical internships, residencies, in work toward board certification, or on parental leave does not count as part of this four-year limit. Candidates who need an exception on the four-year limit should contact Pew’s program office to ensure that application reviewers are aware an exception has been given.
  • Please note that the eligibility criteria above have been temporarily expanded to account for COVID-related lab shutdowns. Please direct any questions to the program office at scholarsapp@pewtrusts.org.
• May apply to the program a maximum of two times. All applicants must be nominated by their institution and must complete the 2024 online application.
• If applicants have appointments at more than one eligible nominating institution or affiliate, they may not reapply in a subsequent year from a different nominating entity.
• May not be nominated for the Pew Scholars Program and the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research in the same year.

Based on their performance during their education and training, candidates should demonstrate outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health. This program does not fund clinical trials research. Strong proposals will incorporate particularly creative and pioneering approaches to basic, translational, and applied biomedical research. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles but who bring in concepts and theories from more diverse fields are encouraged to apply.

Ideas with the potential to produce an unusually high impact are encouraged. Selection of the successful candidates will be based on a detailed description of the work that the applicant proposes to undertake, evaluations of the candidate’s performance, and notable past accomplishments, including honors, awards, and publications. In evaluating the candidates, the National Advisory Committee gives considerable weight to both the project proposal and the researcher, including evidence that the candidate is a successful independent investigator and has the skill set needed to carry out their high-impact proposal.

Funding from the NIH, other government sources, and project grants from nonprofit associations do not pose a conflict with the Pew scholars program. If you have questions concerning eligibility, please contact Kara Coleman, project director, Pew Biomedical Programs at 215-575-4925 in advance of applying.

Investigator effort

It is expected that Pew scholars will spend at least 80 percent of their time in work or activities related to the accomplishment of their overall research goals (which are not restricted to the specific aims proposed for this award). However, Pew provides flexible support to the general research aims of the scholar and does not require effort reporting.

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-Application-Template.

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, 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 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level.

Budgetary Requirements:

An award of $75,000 per year for four years will be provided to the sponsoring institution for use by the scholar, subject to annual review of the scholar’s progress. Grant agreements will be issued in August of the award year. The awarded funds may be used at the discretion of the Pew scholar, for personnel, equipment, supplies, or travel directly related to the scholar’s research and as to best advance his or her research and career.

• The amount of the award that may be used for the principal investigator’s salary is limited to $12,500 per year (including benefits) or $50,000 over the duration of the grant. There are no limits on student or postdoctoral salaries.
• Not more than 8 percent ($24,000) of the total award value may be allocated for facilities and administration (F&A) charges or indirect costs (IDCs).
• Should the funds not be immediately required, they may be accumulated and carried over through the grant period and, with written approval of the program office, the grant may receive a no-cost extension for one additional year (without additional funds).
• Subawards are allowed.

Slots: Two slots taken; two slots still available. No more than one pre-application or application for each PI at the applicant institution.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Contact RII.

LOI: March 8, 2023

External Deadline: April 19, 2023

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: The exact number of awards will depend on the number of meritorious applications and the availability of appropriated funds.

Anticipated Award Amount: $200,000 per year

Who May Serve as PI: All types of applicants are eligible to apply, except nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.

Link to Award: https://science.osti.gov/-/media/grants/pdf/foas/2023/SC_FOA_0002950.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-Application-Template.

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, 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 Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) hereby announces its interest in basic research to explore potentially high-impact approaches in scientific computing and extreme-scale science.

Extreme-scale science recognizes that disruptive technology changes are occurring across science applications, algorithms, computer architectures and ecosystems. Recent reports point to emerging trends and advances in high-end computing, massive datasets, scientific machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) on increasingly heterogeneous architectures, including neuromorphic and quantum systems. Significant innovation will be required in the development of effective paradigms and approaches for realizing the full potential of scientific computing from emerging technologies. Proposed research should not focus strictly on a specific science use case, but rather on creating the body of knowledge and understanding that will inform future advances in extreme-scale science. Consequently, the funding from this FOA is not intended to incrementally extend current research in the area of the proposed project. It is expected that the proposed projects will significantly benefit from the exploration of innovative ideas or from the development of unconventional approaches. DOE is committed to promoting the diversity of investigators and institutions it supports, as indicated by the ongoing use of program policy factors (see Section V) in making selections of awards. To strengthen this commitment, DOE encourages applications that are led by, or include partners from Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)1 states, that are underrepresented in the ASCR portfolio and applications led by individuals from groups historically underrepresented in STEM.

Exploratory Research for Extreme-Scale Science (EXPRESS) opportunities exist for the following research topics:

A) Modeling Future Supercomputing Systems

B) Programming Techniques for Computational Physical Systems

C) Quantum Algorithms across Models

Applications submitted in response to this FOA must substantially address one of the three research topics. Additional details about each topic are provided below.

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