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UCLA Research Enhancement Series - Upcoming Programs 

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.

  

UCLA CTSI K Workshop 

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.

 

California Climate Action Planning Conference

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.   

 

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (Registration Open) 

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.
 
The Office of Interdisciplinary & Cross Campus Affairs (ICCA) is pleased to announced two funding opportunities, including a new opportunity to bring outstanding scholars to Campus to promote interdisciplinary and cross campus education, research, and service at UCLA. In addition to the Visiting Speaker funding, ICCA will also be accepting proposals for its Symposia, Workshop, and Planning Meeting funding opportunity. These opportunities are open to all UCLA faculty members in the regular professor series and are due October 30 2015. Details as follows:

Research Development & Grant-Writing News 

Monthly newsletter with tips, best practices, and insider advice on applying for grants and strengthening proposal applications.  

 

UCLA Office of Intellectual Property - Upcoming Events

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.

 

StartupUCLA- Upcoming Events

Startup UCLA seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus by connecting UCLA students with LA's digital startup scene.

 

UCLA CTSI - Upcoming Events

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

  

Have You Invented a Useful Research Tool? OIP-ISR Wants to Help You License It!

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 Center for Education Innovation in Life Sciences (CEILS)

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:

The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of California (TRDRP) offers a unique source of funding that supports investigators at all eligible California institutions who are engaged in research that directly contributes to the elimination of smoking and tobacco use and mitigates its human and economic costs in California. Informational Webinars as follows:
As part of the effort to modernize FastLane, NSF is continuing to transition notifications and requests from FastLane to Research.gov, an effort that began in April 2015. The next step in this transition will be rolled out on July 24, 2015. Details above.
Federal Opportunities
Upcoming NIH Opportunities:

Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data (R01) 

Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21)

Building Genetics and Genomic Knowledge about Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders (R01) 

Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS (R01) 

Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Non-Traditional Settings (R21)

Epidemiology and Prevention in Alcohol Research (R01)

Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R01)

Establishing Behavioral and Social Measures for Causal Pathway Research in Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Health (R21) 

Establishing Outcome Measures for Clinical Studies of Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Conditions (R21)

Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (R01) Also see: (R03) and (R21)

Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01) 

Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R01) Also see: (R03) and (R21)

HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, and Vulnerable Populations in the US (R01) 

Immune System Plasticity in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Complex Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Diseases (R01) Also see: (R21)

Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV Associated Social Determinants (R21) 

NIDCD Research on Hearing Health Care (R01)

NIDCR Small Research Grants for Oral Health Data Analysis and Statistical Methodology Development (R03) 

Novel or Enhanced Dental Restorative Materials for Class V Lesions (R01)

Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R03)  

Pilot Effectiveness Trials for Treatment, Preventive and Services Interventions (R34)

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R21) 

Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease in Aging (R01) Also see: (R21) 

Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01)

Research to Characterize and Reduce Stigma to Improve Health (R03) Also see: (R21) 

Secondary Analyses of Alcohol and Chronic Disease (R03) Also see: (R21)

Spatial Uncertainty: Data, Modeling, and Communication (R01) 

Strategies to Increase Delivery of Guideline-Based Care to Populations with Health Disparities (R01)

Studies in Neonatal and Pediatric Resuscitation (R03) 

T2 Translational Research: Research Leading to New Health Care Practices, Community Programs and Policies Affecting Older Persons (R21)  

Understanding and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care:  Incidence and Contributing Factors (R01) 

 

Other 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.

 

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Limited Competition: NIMHD Endowment Program for Increasing Research and Institutional Resources (S21) #198
Institutional Training for a Dental and Craniofacial Research Workforce (T90/R90) #198
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training for a Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce (T32)
Research and 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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