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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.

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

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

 

NCSE's 15th National Conference and Global Forum: Energy and Climate Change 

NCSE will hold the 15th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: "Climate and Energy" in January 2015 in Washington, DC. and UCLA is entitled to 5 free conference registrations, valued at $495 each. These can be used by faculty, administrators and/ or students. Interested parties should contact Casandra Rauser at [email protected]Early Bird Registration closes Nov 21.

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. Deadline for submissions is Nov 20. 
FederalFederal Opportunities
Upcoming NIH Opportunities:
Click here for a full list of NIH opportunities. Please note: Grant opportunities offered under multiple funding mechanisms are designated by the activity code following the grant title.
Other Upcoming Federal Opportunities:

DARPA - Innovative Systems for Military Missions 

DOJ - W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program 

DOI - Battlefield Planning

DOI - NAGPRA Grant Program 

DOS: Combatting Anti-Semitism in Europe

DOS: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Proposals: Democracy, Human Rights, and Religious Freedom in Central Asia particularly Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan

DOT - Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development Program (Ladders of Opportunity Initiative) 

NEA - Jazz Masters

NEH - Media Projects: Development Grants
NEH - Media Projects: Production Grants 

NEH - Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants 

NEH - Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants

Smithsonian Institution - A. Verville Fellowship 

Smithsonian Institution - Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History 

Smithsonian Institution - Guggenheim Fellowship 

U.S. Mission to Pakistan - Establishment of a University Partnership with University of the Punjab - Lahore, Institute of Communication Studies

USAID - Central African Republic Peacebuilding Partnership 

USAID - Workers' Empowerment Program
 

nonfederalNon-Federal Opportunities

American Alliance of Museums - Museums Connect 

Boston College Center for Retirement Research - Steven H. Sandell Grant Program

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange - Conference/Seminar/Workshop Grants 

Harvard University - Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research

Harvard University - China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellowships 

Harvard University - Davis Center Fellows Program 

Harvard University - Environmental Fellows Program 

Harvard University - Joan Shorenstein Fellowships 

Phi Beta Kappa Society - Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship 

Russell Sage Foundation - Program on the Future of Work 

Rutgers University - Center For Cultural Analysis Postdoctoral Fellowship

Spencer Foundation - Initiative on Philosophy in Educational Policy and Practice 

University of Michigan - Knight-Wallace Fellowship 

foundationFoundation Opportunities
Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information.

Annenberg Foundation - Grants

LSOLimited 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.


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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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