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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.

 

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. 

 

UCLA Office of Interdisciplinary & Cross Campus Affairs - Funding Opportunities

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:

NSF - FastLane Systems Update

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.

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:

University of California - Tobacco Related Disease Research Program

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:

Federal Opportunities

Upcoming NSF Opportunities:

Aeronomy

Atmospheric Chemistry  

Chemical and Biological Separations 

Chemical Catalysis

Chemical Oceanography 

Chemical Synthesis

CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science 

Coastal SEES

Computational Physics  

Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects

EarthScope

EHR Core Research

Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry

Geospace Facilities 

Hydrologic Sciences

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences

LIGO Research Support

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program

Magnetospheric Physics

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Mathematical Biology

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships  

MPS AGEP-GRS Dear Colleague Letter

Ocean Drilling

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

Physical and Dynamic Meteorology

Physical Oceanography

Quantum Information Science  

Science, Technology, and Society

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

 

Other Federal Opportunities:

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

DOD - National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship Program

DOE - Nuclear Energy University Programs - Fellowship and Scholarship

DOE - Nuclear Science and Engineering Nonproliferation Research Consortium 

NASA - Use of the NASA Physical Science Informatics System

NIH - Bioengineering Research Grants (R01)

NIH - Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2)

NIH - Early Career Award in Chemistry of Drug Abuse and Addiction (R21/R33)

NIH - Physical Sciences-Oncology Network: Physical Sciences-Oncology Projects (U01)

Non-Federal Opportunities
Foundation Opportunities
Interested applicants: please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations for information or assistance regarding these opportunities.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - 2016 Sloan Research Fellowships
Limited Submission Opportunities

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NSF Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences (MSIP)
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
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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