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Stay tuned for upcoming webinar and workshop events to further develop and support your funding efforts.
 
Monthly newsletter with tips, best practices, and insider advice on applying for grants and strengthening proposal applications.
OIP-ISR hosts and co-sponsors seminars, conferences, and networking events designed to help guide UCLA inventors forming startups, protecting intellectual property, and developing collaborations with industry.
View upcoming events hosted by the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute by following the link above.
 
Startup UCLA seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus by connecting UCLA students with LA's digital startup scene.
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.
This limited submission RFA is a bold new program to attract the best ideas from across the UC system related to Alzheimer's Disease. The program would support a UC-wide RFA to collect and review proposals whose objective would be to translate UC faculty-generated ideas to early phase clinical trials and observational studies. For more information, please visit the LSO Portal.

Join Seth for a special presentation where he shares insights and lessons learned from leaders who have strategically and logistically enacted change through Grand Challenges--bold and difficult tasks to invigorate their organizations by making the world a better place. RSVP online. Presentation will take place Feb. 1st. 

NCCWSL is a transformative experience. During the two-and-a-half-day event, students hone their leadership skills at workshops, meet role models at our Women of Distinction awards ceremony, get inspired by keynote speakers, and explore their future paths at the Graduate School and Career Fairs. For information on registration and ways to get involved, visit their website.
All Limited Submission Opportunities can now be found online on our LSO Portal. Please visit the VCR LSO webpage for more complete information on the new system and how to apply through our new online application platform.
 
The LSO Newsletter will now be a brief weekly update, announcing LSO processes that have recently been published to the LSO Portal. If you would like to receive these announcements, please subscribe.

Critical milestone: Release of Sustainable LA Five-Year Work Plan
The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge team released its Five-Year Work Plan identifying over 100 research recommendations critical to deliver a 2050 Sustainable LA Implementation Plan for Los Angeles County by 2020. A core team of faculty and researchers from across disciplines met regularly over the past year to develop the Work Plan with input from internal and external scholars.

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. 

Our objective is to create a forum in Los Angeles where global maritime industry leaders, researchers, and Government Officials can meet, share ideas, and develop business and research opportunities, with the aim of creating a highly environmentally sustainable and profitable maritime industry. For information on the 2017 conference and previous presentations, visit the webpage. 
FundingOppsBasic Research
Federal Opportunities
Upcoming NIH Funding Opportunities:
Non-Federal Opportunities
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation - Preclinical Drug Discovery Program
American Diabetes Association - Innovative Basic Science Research Program
American Epilepsy Society - Seed Grant Program
American Society for Reproductive Medicine - KY Cha Award in Stem Cell Technology
Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund - Klingenstein - Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences
March of Dimes Foundation - Basil O'Connor Starter Scholarship Research Award
Foundation Opportunities
If you have questions or need assistance in applying to these organizations, please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations.
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer - Innovation Grants
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America - Career Development Awards
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research - Improved Biomarkers and Clinical Outcome Measures Program
Thrasher Research Fund - Early Career Awards
Limited Submission Opportunities
Please note: All Limited Submissions Opportunities can now be found online on the VCR website in our LSO Portal!

Once an opportunity has been reviewed by our office and assigned a process and an internal deadline, it will be available to campus applicants under the "Open Opportunities" tab. For more information on the LSO process and portal, please visit our webpage.
 
If you would like to be made aware of LSO processes as they are published, please subscribe to our weekly LSO newsletter.

If you already thinking about applying to a specific opportunity, let us know by filling out an Express Interest Form. This form is non-binding and helps us streamline the application process and get information to you faster.
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar Award Program #204 AHA Winter 2016 Strategically Focused Heart Failure Research Network
clinicaltranslationalClinical and Translational Research
Federal Opportunities
Upcoming NIH Funding Opportunities:
Non-Federal Opportunities
American Diabetes Association - Innovative Clinical or Translational Science Research Program
American Epilepsy Society - Seed Grant Program
American Psychological Foundation - Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator Prize
American Sleep Medicine Foundation - Physician Scientist Training Award
Angelman Syndrome Foundation - Open Call for Research Proposals
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation - Research Grant
Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund - Klingenstein - Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences
Foundation Fighting Blindness - Career Development Award
March of Dimes Foundation - Basil O'Connor Starter Scholarship Research Award
McKnight Foundation - Memory and Cognitive Disorders Awards
Prostate Cancer Foundation - Young Investigator Awards
Society for Pediatric Radiology and Education Foundation - Pilot Award
SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health- Related Research
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute - KL2 Translational Science Award 
UCLA Faculty Career Development Award for Assistant Professors
Foundation Opportunities
If you have questions or need assistance in applying to any of these organizations, please contact UCLA Corporate, Foundation and Research Relations.
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer - Innovation Grants
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America - Career Development Awards
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research - Improved Biomarkers and Clinical Outcome Measures Program
Thrasher Research Fund - Early Career Awards
Limited Submission Opportunities
Please note: All Limited Submissions Opportunities can now be found online on the VCR website in our LSO Portal!

Once an opportunity has been reviewed by our office and assigned a process and an internal deadline, it will be available to campus applicants under the "Open Opportunities" tab. For more information on the LSO process and portal, please visit our webpage.
 
If you would like to be made aware of LSO processes as they are published, please subscribe to our weekly LSO newsletter.

If you already thinking about applying to a specific opportunity, let us know by filling out an Express Interest Form. This form is non-binding and helps us streamline the application process and get information to you faster.
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Scholar Award Program #204 AHA Winter 2016 Strategically Focused Heart Failure Research Network
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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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