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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:

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 

The CENIC 2015 Annual Conference, Shaking Things Up, will be 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.

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

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.

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)
nonfederalFederal Opportunities

Current NSF Opportunities:

Civil Infrastructure Systems

Dear Colleague Letter: MPS Graduate Research Supplement for Veterans

Dear Colleague Letter: Safe Implementation of Innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Division of Environmental Biology (Core Programs)

Engineering for Natural Hazards

Structural and Architectural Engineering

 

Other Federal Opportunities:

DOC - Marine Education and Training Mini Grant Program

DOC - Marine National Monument Program

DOC - National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

DOC - NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics 

DOC - NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics

DOC - NOAA Marine Debris Prevention through Education and Outreach

DOC - Ocean Exploration

DOE - Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute on Smart Manufacturing: Advanced Sensors, Controls, Platforms, and Modeling for Manufacturing 

DOE - Micro-Scale Optimized Solar-Cell Arrays with Integrated Concentration

EPA - Environmental Education Model Grants Program

EPA - Student Program for Environmental Excellence in Design

FWS - Species Programs

NAS - Lab Opportunities

USAID - Brazil Partnership to Conserve Amazon Biodiversity

USAEC -  Environmental Management Research

WHS - External Meteorlogical Modeling System
 

nonfederalNon-Federal Opportunities
Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information or assistance regarding these opportunities.
Oak Foundation - Climate Change and Marine Conservation Grants
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NIEHS - Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01)
ResourcesResearch & Funding Resources

UCLA Research Links

  

OVCR - Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

  

OCGA - Office of Contracts and Grants Administration - Proposal Preparation Guidelines

 

ORA - Office of Research Administration

 

OIP - Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research

 

CFRR - Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations

 

UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database

 

UCLA Graduate Writing Center

 

UCLA Biomedical Library

 

New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding

 

Research Development & Grant-Writing News

 

 

 

Find Funding

 

Grants.gov

 

SPIN Funding Opportunities

 

Pivot/COS

 

NEA - National Endowment for the Arts

 

NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities

 

NIH - National Institutes of Health

 

NSF - National Science Foundation

 

DOD - Department of Defense

 

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

 

DOED - Department of Education

 

DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services

 

DOE - Department of Energy

 

DOS - Department of State


 

This newsletter provides 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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