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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Bioenginnering Innovations Fellowship
The Business of Science Center is now accepting applications for a new fellowship program to support the graduate level course, Advancing Bioengineering Innovations. Fellows will hold MD, DDS, or PhD in engineering and physical/natural/biomedical sciences, with strong record of entrepreneurship. Fellows will spend the Fall quarter in identifying unmet medical needs in several assigned specialties within the UCLA Hospitals and Clinics. During the Winter and Spring Quarters, the fellows will serve as course assistants in the Advancing Bioengineering Innovations courses. Fellows may also perform related tasks at the direction of the instructors and of the Business of Science Center. They will receive $6,000 per quarter. The application deadline is April 18 at 5 p.m. More information and application instructions can be found on Business of Science Center website.
Catalyst Grant Reminder
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is inviting applications for Catalyst Grants. Catalyst Grants support team-building activities that advance translational science and promote collaborations across disciplines and CTSI institutions. Awards will range from $1,000 to $25,000, depending on the nature scope of the project. Projects may be events, which include lunchtime seminars, daylong symposia with faculty and community presenters from inside and outside UCLA, student-organized poster sessions, conferences and workshops; team or proposal development; or research support. Please read the RFA before applying. Application deadline is April 25. More information and an application can be found here.
KL2 Award Reminder
UCLA CTSI is accepting KL2 Translational Science Award applications from full-time junior faculty from one of the four partnered institutions (UCLA, Cedars-Sinai, Charles Drew University, and LA Biomed) to conduct mentored, interdisciplinary, patient-oriented research. Three KL2 trainees will receive salary support up to $75,000 a year each for 75 percent effort to pursue interdisciplinary, mentored research with training. The award, which is renewable for up to three years, provides benefits, up to $25,000 for research, and funds for tuition, travel and statistical support. The application deadline is April 16 at 8:00 a.m. Information and an application can found here.
Summer TL1 Fellowship Reminder
UCLA CTSI is accepting TL1 Summer Professional Student Program applications from professional students (medical, nursing and dental) between the first and second year of training. The program will provide each individual with early exposure to the practice of interdisciplinary, community-partnered translational or health services research in urban underserved communities. Each student in this program will be paired with a faculty mentor who conducts either clinical or community-partnered or health services research and will be expected to work on a project with the mentor.
The application deadline is 5 p.m. April 11. Information and an application can be found here.
UC Global Health Fellowships
The University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) announces the UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship funded by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide global health research training opportunities for 9-12 fellows annually for the next five years. Co-led by Drs. Steffanie Strathdee (UC San Diego) and Craig Cohen (UCSF), this program will contribute to the development of future global health researchers at the University of California and international partner institutions. More information and an application are on the UCGHI website.
Transdisciplinary Seed Grants
The Vice Chancellor for Research Faculty Cabinet and Academic Senate Council on Research (COR) are pleased to announce the third cycle of the Transdisciplinary Seed Grants (TSG). This funding opportunity provides up to $25,000 per project to support research in which the principal investigators are faculty members in "north campus" disciplines who are working with co-investigators in distinctly different disciplines from across the campus (either north or south discipline based). Following previous practice, the call for proposals is open to projects of any theme. The Spring 2012 cycle also features two new TSG funding tracks. In partnership with the Faculty Diversity and Development office and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, we are specifically soliciting projects for a diversity research track (Diversity-TSG) and a health and welfare track (CTSI-TSG). Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on April 27, 2012. More information and instuctions can be found here. | 
