Grant, Award and Fellowship Opportunities 
for the Division of Life Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 15, October 2014
News & Events    |     Funding Opportunities     |     Resources
NewsNews & Events

Stay tuned for upcoming webinar and workshop events to further develop and support your funding efforts. Partial list as follows.
Click here for previous event videos and presentation materials.

StartupUCLA - Upcoming Events 

Startup UCLA seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus by connecting UCLA students with LA's digital startup scene. 

 

UCLA CTSI - Upcoming Events 

View upcoming events hosted by the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute by following the link above.

 

Susan Newcomer will talk about how the NIH functions, describe the process of an award from application to review to funding and provide some suggestions on grant writing including mechanisms, tips and things to avoid. There will be time for questions. 

Monthly newsletter with tips, best practices, and insider advice on applying for grants and strengthening proposal applications.  

OIP-ISR hosts and co-sponsor seminars, conferences, and networking events designed to help guide UCLA inventors forming startups, protecting intellectual property, and developing collaborations with industry:

 

UCLA Center for Education Innovation in Life Sciences - Active Learning Workshops 

UCLA CEILS fosters the professional development and training of faculty who wish to incorporate evidence-based teaching approaches into their courses.   

 

UC Berkeley LAUNCH Startup Competition 

The UC Berkeley Startup Competition is an accelerator that propels early stage startups to fundable and awards more than $25,000 in prizes. It provides entrepreneurs with the best possible resources - including training, networking, mentorship and cash awards. It is open to all UC affiliated applicants. Applications due November 20.

 

Federal Opportunities

Upcoming NIH Funding Opportunities:

4D Nucleome Imaging Tools (U01) 

4D Nucleome Network Data Coordination and Integration Center (U01) 

4D Nucleome Network Organizational Hub (U01) 

Biology of the Temporomandibular Joint in Health and Disease (R01) Also see: (R21)

Building Genetics and Genomic Knowledge about Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders (R01)

Data Integration and Analysis Tools: Accessible Resources for Integration and Analysis of Carbohydrate and Glycoconjugate Structural, Analytical, and Interaction Data in the Context of Comparable Gene, Protein, and Lipid Data (R34)

Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R21) Also see: (R03) and (R01)

Epigenetic Analyses of Aging as a Risk Factor for Multiple Chronic Conditions (U34)

Eradication of HIV-1 from Central Nervous System Reservoirs (R01)

Facile Methods and Technologies for Synthesis of Biomedically Relevant Carbohydrates (U01) 

Hepatitis C Cooperative Research Centers: Immunity to HCV Infection (U19) 

Innovative Research in HIV in Kidney, Urology and Hematology (R01)

Interpreting Variation in Human Non-Coding Genomic Regions Using Computational Approaches and Experimental Assessment (R01)

Model Organisms Screening Center for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (U54) 

NIAID Career Transition Award (K22)

NIMH Solicitation of Compounds for High Throughput Screening in the Molecular Libraries Screening Centers Network

NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13) 

Novel and Innovative Tools to Facilitate Identification, Tracking, Manipulation, and Analysis of Glycans and their Functions (U01) Also see: (R21)

Nuclear Organization and Function Interdisciplinary Consortium (U54)

Pregnancy in Women with Disabilities (R01) Also see: (R21)

Psychosocial and Behavioral Aspects of Bariatric Surgery (R01)

Request to Access Parkinson's Disease Related-Biospecimens (X01)

Resource Program Grants in Bioinformatics (P41) 

Vascular Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Severe Malaria (R01) 

 

Upcoming NSF Opportunities:

Biological Anthropology

 

Other Federal Opportunities:

Department of Commerce - Community-based Marine Debris Removal 

Department of Defense - Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Medical Research

Department of Defense - Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction 

NASA - Habitable Worlds

US Forest Service - Community Forest Program

 

SBIR and STTR Opportunities:

Please note: These opportunities are open to Small Business concerns, and while UCLA is not eligible to lead, we may be able to partner with eligible entities. Please carefully review all eligibility requirements. 
Non-Federal Opportunities
Foundation Opportunities
Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information or assistance regarding these opportunities.

Limited Submission Opportunities

Please note: All Limited Submissions Opportunities are announced through our LSO newsletter. Please click here for archives of our most recent announcements.

 

The designation of a number (#xxx) below, provides detail about which newsletter features the applicable LSO announcement. For those LSOs without a number, it is likely that the internal process has not yet been announced.

 

To receive LSO announcements routinely, please subscribe to the Limited Submissions listserv. It is also advisable to promptly email [email protected] to indicate interest in applying.

ResourcesResearch & Funding Resources

 

This newsletter provides summarized information about selected opportunities as a resource to the UCLA campus research community. Please be sure to carefully review any announcement before commencing an application. 

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