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

 

Click here for previous event videos and presentation materials.

The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) will be holding an all-day workshop for junior investigators who have applied, are applying, or thinking about applying for a NIH K/Career Development Award. The UCLA CTSI Research, Education, Training, and Career Development Program is offering this special opportunity to junior faculty at CTSI partnered institutions (Cedars-Sinai, CDU, LA Biomed Harbor-UCLA, and UCLA) to learn how to prepare successful K applications. Register here. Workshop takes place July 9.

Center for Education Innovation in Life Sciences (CEILS) creates a collaborative community of instructors committed to advancing teaching excellence, assessment, diversity, and scholarship, resulting in the enhancement of student learning experiences in the life sciences at UCLA. Upcoming events as follows:

 Cal Poly and the Governor's Office of Planning & Research are pleased to announce the second California Climate Action Planning Conference (CCAPC) will be held August 13 & 14, 2015 at the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo. This conference focuses on in-depth issues in GHG emissions reduction and climate adaptation at the local and regional level. Our panels will feature leaders in the field to bring you the most up-to-date and advanced thinking.

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.

UCLA OIP-ISR wants to help you license research tools you've created to assist in conducting your research. This usually results in money going right back to your lab! See the flyer for more information.

 
UCLA has recently acquired institutional membership with NCFDD, which is an organization that provides professional development and mentoring opportunities for faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs. Members have access to various webinars, slides and transcripts of workshops, and the organization's online career center as well as numerous other professional resources.  For more information regarding the benefits of NCFDD membership, as well as information about registering as a member, visit the above link.  

 

nonfederalFederal Opportunities

Current NSF Opportunities:

Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics

Coastal SEES

Dear Colleague Letter: Belmont Forum Multilateral International Opportunities Fund Initiative

Environmental Sustainability

Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics

Hydrologic Sciences

Lower Atmosphere Observing Facilities

Ocean Drilling

Paleoclimate

Partnership on Advanced Frontiers in Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Production Via Solar Water Splitting Technologies

 

Current DOE Opportunities: 

Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs

Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program

Innovative Development in Energy-Related Applied Science

NODES

Solar Bankability Data to Advance Transactions and Access 

Solar Training and Education for Professionals

Technologies Directed at Capturing Carbon Dioxide from Low Concentration Sources to Support the Coal Industry


Other Federal Opportunities:

BLM - Climate Change Planning, Monitoring, Adaptation BLM Public Lands in Multi Jurisdictional Landscapes

BLM - Madrean Archipelago Wildlife Habitat Safford Field Office

BLM - Studying Climate Change in Southern Idaho

DOC - Regional Coastal Resilience Grants Program

DOI - Central Valley Project Conservation Program and Central Valley Project Improvement Act

ECA - Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards

FWS - Migratory Bird Joint Ventures - Rio Grande Joint Venture Base Operations

FWS - Small Grants Program for the Division of Bird Habitat Conservation

NEH - Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

NIFA - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Exploratory Research

NIFA - Specialty Crop Research Initiative/Citrus Disease Research and Extension

NIH - Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Non-Traditional Settings, (R01)

NIH - Predictive Multiscale Models for Biomedical, Biological, Behavioral, Environmental and Clinical Research (U01)

NEXWC - Environmental Initiatives for Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

NOAA - Implementation of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System

NPS - National Maritime Heritage Grant Program

nonfederalNon-Federal Opportunities
Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information or assistance regarding these opportunities.
Kresge Foundation - Environment Fund
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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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