Foundations & Others

Slots: Applicants are permitted to submit a separate application for each respective HALEU Fuel Form (oxide, metal, UF6, or combination) under Topic Area 1 and Topic Area 2 (two topic areas total). However, applicants are limited to only one application per HALEU Fuel Form.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Monday, December 16th, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: January 21, 2025, 5pm ET

Award Information

Award Type: Collaboration/Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 4

Anticipated Award Amount: $16,000,000

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357232

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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The mission of the Office of Fuel Supply Technology (FST) is to ensure that enriched uranium is available to domestic nuclear energy producers and advanced reactor developers at both LEU (<5% U-235) and HALEU (19.75% U-235) enrichment levels. FST also oversees an R&D program that addresses key technical issues related to HALEU utilization by advanced reactor vendors. Cultivating a secure and resilient domestic fuel supply for the nuclear energy industry ensures that Americans will continue to have access to clean, reliable, and efficient nuclear power generation sources.
FST is responding to multiple legislative directives intended to strengthen the domestic LEU supply market and to establish domestic HALEU supply and address knowledge gaps related to HALEU utilization. Section 2001 of the Energy Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-260) directs the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out, through the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), the HALEU Availability Program to support the availability of HALEU for civilian domestic research, development, demonstration, and commercial use. P.L. 116-260 includes directions to conduct research, development, and provide financial assistance to assist commercial entities in the design and license of transportation packages for HALEU, shall conduct research and development, and provide financial assistance to assist commercial entities, to design and license transportation packages for HA-LEU, including canisters for metal, gas, and other HA-LEU compositions.
In the traditional light water reactor (LWR) fuel cycle, LEU is shipped in large volume containers (e.g., the 30-B container, which holds over 2,000 kg of UF6) from enrichment facilities to fuel fabrication facilities. HALEU does not have an NRC certification method of transportation outside of using existing Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) casks. Due to the transportation cask’s capability for higher enrichment levels, HALEU is not able to be transported in large shipments, drastically increasing the cost.
DOE is interested in developing long-term economical solutions for the transportation of HALEU through the development and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification of new transportation packages or the modification of existing packages.

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Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, January 10th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: February 12, 2025, 5pm PET

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: $6,000,000

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357260

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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The Office of Nuclear Energy’s (NE) mission is to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and economic needs. NE has identified the following goals to address challenges in the nuclear energy sector, help realize the potential of advanced technology, and leverage the unique role of the government in spurring innovation:

• Keep existing U.S. nuclear reactors operating;
• Deploy new nuclear reactors;
• Secure and sustain our nuclear fuel cycle; and
• Expand international nuclear energy cooperation.
• NE strives to promote integrated and collaborative research conducted by national laboratory, university, industry, and international partners under the direction of NE’s programs; deploy innovative nuclear energy technologies to the market; and optimize the benefits of nuclear energy.
• Collectively, all NE-sponsored activities support the Department’s priorities to combat the climate crisis, create clean energy jobs with the free and fair chance to join a union and bargain collectively, and promote equity and environmental justice by delivering innovative clean energy technologies.
• The development of nuclear energy-related infrastructure and basic capabilities in the research community is necessary to promote Research and Development (R&D) that supports nuclear science and engineering (NS&E), NE’s mission, and the nation’s nuclear energy challenges. Accordingly, DOE intends to facilitate the education and training of nuclear scientists, engineers, and policymakers through graduate and undergraduate study, two-year programs, and R&D that is relevant to the Department and the U.S. nuclear energy industry in general.
• As part of its ongoing infrastructure support activities, NE has supported individual, discrete, and definable items or capabilities. This Infrastructure Revitalization NOFO is in addition to the other NE Infrastructure investments and seeks a more holistic approach to improving U.S. university R&D capabilities.

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

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, January 10th, 2025, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: February 18, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Competing continuation, new

Estimated Number of Awards: 6

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $340,000 per year

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355637

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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The purpose of the PPC program is to provide interdisciplinary training to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents with chronic respiratory conditions, sleep issues, and other related special health care needs.
Program goals and objectives
The PPC program’s goals are to:
• Assemble interdisciplinary cohorts comprised of graduate or post-graduate trainees.[1]
• Recruit and retain diverse PPC trainees and faculty, emphasizing groups underrepresented in the maternal and child health (MCH) workforce.
• Engage people who have lived experience with chronic respiratory conditions, and/or their family members.
• Strengthen academic-practice partnerships with Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (Title V) agencies[2] and community partners.

The program objectives to be accomplished during the period of performance are to:
• Develop and implement an interdisciplinary PPC curriculum.
• Recruit at least one trainee in each of these fields annually:
◦ Pediatric pulmonary medicine.
◦ Nursing.
◦ Nutrition.
◦ Social work.
◦ A needs-based discipline based on workforce shortages in your area or region.
• Recruit and retain trainees from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the MCH workforce, including but not limited to trainees from economically disadvantaged and racially/ethnically underrepresented backgrounds.
• Engage at least one person or family member of a person with lived experience with chronic respiratory conditions annually as a trainee, staff, or partner.
• Develop and enhance partnerships with at least one state Title V agency and at least one other MCH organization.

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

Slots: Institutions should only submit one proposal that reflects the institution’s strategic goals in basic, applied, and implementation research in the area of Climate + Health.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, January 10th, 2025, 5pm PT Friday, February 14th, 2025, 5pm PT

LOI: Open until August 7, 2025, 3pm ET

External Deadline: December 4, 2025

Award Information

Anticipated Award Amount: $Up to 10,000,000 over 5 years.

Link to Award: https://www.bwfund.org/funding-opportunities/climate-change-and-human-health/burroughs-wellcome-fund-climate-health-excellence-chex-centers/

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) Three-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 3-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above, but note the extension to three pages for this specific limited submission.
• (2) List of lead PIs with links to their web pages (please upload in the Other/Letter of Support field in the application portal).
• (3) 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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund announces the Climate + Health Excellence (CHEX) Centers award. This is a new institutional research and training opportunity that will help institutions bridge the gaps between fields that will have important roles to play in understanding the impacts of climate change on human health and diminishing their effects. This grant will support new discovery toward defining the health impacts of climate change, developing potential interventions, translating discovery science into practical application, and outward-facing work that can help public understanding of Climate + Health or strengthen connections between research and communities whose health has been harmed by climate change. Our goal is to help these Centers of Excellence achieve their strategic goals by supporting activities that help build stable collaborations between people, departments, and institutions. Building interdisciplinary connections between scholars, between approaches, and between researchers and those outside academe form the bulk of the budget.

Basic, Applied, and Translational Research

This program is meant to support institutions or consortia that have already begun to work toward taking on the problem of climate’s impact on health. Consortia might include neighboring institutions with already established collaborations, but of more relevance to this RFP are consortia of institutions united by common interests, for example in the health of residents of the Appalachian Mountains or the Great Lakes region, an urban focus, or a focus on rural life, etc. Whether collaborators are at a single institution or a consortium, we want to see lasting connections developed between those working with basic and applied approaches. We anticipate that support from CHEX will accelerate and enhance the cultivation of new common ground for high-impact basic research, invention, and implementation that can practically change the impacts of climate change on human health.

An Outward Focus

Conveying to the public ideas about how climate change and human health are linked is important for the flow of insights from discovery research into health interventions. For this reason, successful applications will bring general (non-postgraduate) education or public communication into their vision of shared common ground. Either education or communication should be a substantial element of the proposal. Proposals that sacrifice depth to include elements of both may be weakened by the effort: it is better to go deep into one area than to lightly “tag both bases.”

Post-Graduate Training

Institutions or Consortia supported by these awards will develop new lines of research, training, and graduate education that will both energize faculty collaboration and expand interdisciplinary research opportunities for trainees. What graduate departments learn from exploring postgraduate students’ interests in the intersection of climate change and health science may be invaluable to developing educational resources and career guidance for K12 and college students. The training grant element will not be more than 20% of a funded center’s budget.

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

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Wednesday, November 20th, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: December 12, 2024

External Deadline: January 23, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

Estimated Number of Awards: 1

Anticipated Award Amount: $1.6 milion

Who May Serve as PI: Standard CDC requirements.

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355205

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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The purpose of this NOFO is to:
1) Estimate overall epilepsy incidence among U.S. children 0 – 17 years of age.
2) Examine potential disparities in incidence rates of epilepsy stratified by demographic, geographic, social determinants of health, or other characteristics.
3)Identify factors that contribute to the risk of developing epilepsy and examine the associationbetween risk factors and incidence.

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

Slots: 1

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Friday, December 6th, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: January 23, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Competing Continuation, New

Estimated Number of Awards: 10

Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $135,000 per year

Who May Serve as PI: HRSA recognizes only one Project Director. Your Project Director must be a faculty
member employed by the applicant organization at the time you submit the application. The project director should dedicate at least 15% of their time to grant-related activities. The dedicated time can be supported through in-kind contributions or by grant funds. We do not allow co-project directors.

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355635

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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Public Health Catalyst Program is to:

• Recruit and train diverse graduate students in MCH public health.
• Expand MCH curriculum and degree offerings within schools and programs of public health where there is currently a lack of, or limited, MCH offerings.
• Build MCH faculty capacity within schools and programs of public health.
• 
  You must select only one of the two Catalyst Program tracks for your application:
• Track 1: MCH Curriculum Start-Up
• Track 2: MCH Curriculum Expansion

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