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Office of Contract and Grant Administration Closure
The Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) will observe the UCLA Winter Holiday Closure that begins on Wednesday, December 24, 2014. As such, OCGA will close at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 and will reopen at 8:00 AM on Monday January 5, 2015.

To ensure timely review and processing of sponsored project activities, applications and related documents with a sponsor due date between December 24, 2014 and January 5, 2015 should be submitted to OCGA no later than 8:00 AM on Wednesday, December 17, 2014.

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. 

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 

Initiative to cooperatively advance scientific breakthroughs with visionary, ambitious scientists and technologists from academia, private sector businesses, institutes and others across the global research community. An Open House for the Open Campus will be held on December 9 & 10, 2014 in the Adelphi, Maryland vicinity.

Held on March 9-11, 2015, on the beautiful campus of UC Irvine, where attendees will enjoy three days of programming, demonstrations, sponsor talks, and human networking, as well as presentations by the winners of the 2015 Innovations in Networking Awards.
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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 CEILS fosters the professional development and training of faculty who wish to incorporate evidence-based teaching approaches into their courses.

 

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


Helps businesses bring innovative green technologies to the marketplace. The next EPA SBIR Phase I solicitation is scheduled to open in Spring 2015.

Call for Nominations - 2014-2015 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award(s)
The award honors outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and/or educational service performed at UCLA by an emeritus or emerita professor since retirement. Departments are limited to one nomination each year. 

The full supporting dossier should include a cover letter outlining the nominee's distinctive research, scholarly work, and/or educational service since retirement, a copy of his or her curriculum vitae, and supporting letters from two leaders in the field commenting specifically on the nominee's achievements since retirement.

Nominations are due by Friday, February 13, 2015 and should be submitted to:
Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center
1116 Rolfe Hall
Box 951437
MC 143702
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1437
emeriti@errc.ucla.edu (electronic submissions)
Federal Opportunities

Upcoming NIH Funding Opportunities:

Alcohol and HIV/AIDS (R01)

Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project Replication Phase Analysis Studies (U01)

Arts-Based Approaches in Palliative Care for Symptom Management (R01)

Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)

Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07)

Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Centers (U01)

Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Analyze Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (U01)

Developmental Centers for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (P20) 

Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS (R03) 

Extramural/Intramural Alcohol Research Collaborations (U01)

Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context (R01)

Genetic Susceptibility & Variability of Human Structural Birth Defects (R01) 

Health of LGBTI Populations (R01)

Implications of New Digital Media Use for Underage Drinking, Drinking-Related Behaviors, and Prevention Research (R21) Also see: (R01)

Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02)

NIA Coordinating Center for Genetics and Genomics of Alzheimer's Disease (U54)

Novel Behavioral Targets to Improve Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Interventions (R34) Also see: (R01)

Pain in Aging (R01)

Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21) 

Promoting Research in Basic Neuroscience (R01) 

Public Health Impact of the Changing Policy/Legal Environment for Marijuana (R01)

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01)

Research Project Grant (Parent R01)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32) 

Sex/Gender Differences (Admin Supp)

Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)

Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21) Also see: (R01) 

Temporal Dynamics of Neurophysiological Patterns as Potential Targets for Treating Cognitive Deficits in Brain Disorders (R01) 

 

Upcoming NSF Opportunities:

Biological Oceanography 

Environmental Biology 

Genealogy of Life 

Linguistics Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Social Psychology

 

Other Federal Opportunities:

CA Energy Commission - Reduce the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Electricity Generation and Make the Electricity System Less Vulnerable to Climate Impacts

DARPA - Biological Technologies

DOC - Coral Reef Conservation Program Domestic Coral Reef

DOC - National Estuarine Research Reserve System Land Acquisition and Construction Program 

DOC - Partnerships for Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery and Marine Mammal Response in the Pacific Islands Region

DOD - National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship 

DOD - Select Topics in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 

DOE - Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy

DOI - Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance

DOI - Migratory Bird Joint Ventures Midwest Region

DOS - Global Biosecurity Engagement Activities

NRL - Cooperative Research Associateship Program

Non-Federal Opportunities
American Educational Research Association - Dissertation Grants
Harvard University - Environmental Fellows Program
Harvard University - Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation - Dissertation Fellowship
International Association for the Study of Pain - Early Career Research Grants Program
Leaky Foundation - Research Grants
Russell Sage Foundation - Project and Presidential Authority Awards

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues- James Marshall Public Policy Fellowship 

Society in Science - The Branco Weiss Fellowship
University of Louisville - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
Foundation Opportunities
Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information or assistance regarding these opportunities.
Partners HealthCare - William K. Bowes Jr. Award in Medical Genetics
Whitehall Foundation - Grant Programs
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.

 

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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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