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NewsNews & Events

Stay tuned for upcoming webinar and workshop events to further develop and support your funding efforts. Partial list as follows.
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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.

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

Research Development & Grant-Writing News 

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

 

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.

 

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.

FLoW is a business plan competition for university students and recent graduates focused on cleantech and sustainability. In addition to cleantech and clean energy, FLoW supports a broad spectrum of sustainability-related innovations including those related to natural resource management and agricultural technologies. Click the link above to apply by Mar 2. 
Federal Opportunities

Upcoming NIH Funding Opportunities:

Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Molecular Analysis Technologies for Cancer Research (R33) 

Assay Validation For High Quality Markers For NCI-Supported Clinical Trials (UH2/UH3) 

Bridging the Gap Between Cancer Mechanism and Population Science (U01) 

HIV Vaccine Vector-Host Interactions: Understanding the Biology and Immunology (R01) Also see: (R21)

Intramural NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program (FI2) 

Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource (P2C) 

Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R21) Also see: (R01) 

NCI Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (NCI Omnibus R21)

NIGMS Program of Administrative Supplements for Equipment 

NIH Summer Research Experience Programs (R25) 

NINDS CREATE Bio Discovery Track: Optimization in Preparation for Development of Biotechnology Products and Biologics (U01) 

Research in Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in the Setting of HIV Co-Infection (R01)

Research on Children in Military Families: The Impact of Parental Military Deployment and Reintegration on Child and Family Functioning (R13) 

Role of the Microflora in the Etiology of Gastro-Intestinal Cancer (R01) 

Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10) 

Systems Developmental Biology for Understanding Embryonic Development and the Ontogeny of Structural Birth Defects (R01) 

Utilizing the PLCO Biospecimens Resource to Bridge Gaps in Cancer Etiology and Early Detection Research (U01) 

 

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.

Development of Novel and Emerging Technologies to Support Zebrafish Models for Biomedical Research (R43/R44) See also (R41/R42) 

New Technologies for the Study of Lymphatics in the Digestive and Urinary Systems (R43/R44) 

 

Upcoming NSF Opportunities:

Antactric Research

Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development 

Dimensions of Biodiversity 

Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) 

Geneology of Life (GoLife)

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

Integrative Paleoanthropology Grants 

Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)

Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) 

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) 

 

Other Federal Opportunities:

Agency for International Development - Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Annual Program Statement (APS) 

Air Force Research Lab - Methods and Technologies for Personalized Learning, Modeling and Assessment Department of Defense 

DOS - Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

DOS - Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program   

DOE - Office of Science Graduate Student Research 

DOD - Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD 

DOD - Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP) 

DOI - The Coastal Program 

DOI - The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program 

NIJ - Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 

Non-Federal Opportunities
Ajinomoto - Innovation Alliance Program
American Parkinson Disease Association - Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
American Psychoanalytic Association - Fund for Psychoanalytic Research
ASTRO - Junior Faculty Career Research Training Award
BBVA Foundation - Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Innovation in Regulatory Science Grant
Cancer Research Institute - CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowships
Fyssen Foundation - Post-Doctoral Study Grants
Jacobs Foundation - 2015 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize
L'Oréal USA - For Women in Science Fellowship Program
Leakey Foundation - Grants
Lupus Insight Prize
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation - Research Grants
National Water Research Institute - Clarke Prize
Panthera, Inc. - Kaplan Graduate Awards
Russell Sage Foundation - Project and Presidential Authority Awards
TED - TED Prize
Tulane University - Pilot Research Program
University of California Los Angeles - LS Core Postdoctoral Scholar for LS2
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.edu 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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