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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. 

Held in January 2015 in Washington, DC. 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.
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 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.


The Environmental Protection Agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program 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, 2015and 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 NSF Opportunities:

Antarctic Research

Biological Oceanography

Chemical Oceanography

Dear Colleague Letter: MPS AGEP-GRS

Dear Colleague Letter: Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials

Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities

Engineering for Natural Hazards

Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Nanomanufacturing

NSF/FDA Scholar-in-Residence at FDA

Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys - R&D, U.S. S&T Competitiveness, STEM Education, S&T Workforce

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

Physical Oceanography

 

Upcoming NIH Opportunities:

Secondary Analyses of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R01)

 

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 limitedsubmissions@conet.ucla.eduto indicate interest in applying.
NIEHS - Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01)
NSF - Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)
NSF - National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)
NSF - Management of UNOLS Marine Technician Pool
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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