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February 2017

News and Events

January Research Development & Grant-Writing News

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

FirstFridays @ UCLA TDG| Speaker: Cian Mitsunaga, Industry Relations Manager, UCLA Career Center

The purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for the campus and local communities to come and meet with our staff and interns, to hear a brief presentation on a variety of topics relevant to intellectual property and entrepreneurship at UCLA and to ask questions and network. This month's topic: "UCLA Career Center - Connecting UCLA Student Talent to the Los Angeles Startup Ecosystem." (Mar. 3)

21st Annual UCLA Health Care Symposium

UCLA extends this invitation to UCLA students, faculty and staff to explore ways to increase awareness about gun violence as a public health issue and find solutions to end gun violence together at this year's symposium entitled, "Gun Violence & Our Health: Finding Solutions through the lens of Social Justice." (Feb. 11th)

Finding and Competing for Graduate Fellowships

Webinar for students, and faculty or staff who mentor them, on how to identify graduate fellowships for which they can apply, how to prepare a competitive application, and common mistakes to avoid. (Mar. 1st)

Pursuing Research Funding from Industry

Webinar for faculty about how to develop collaborations with industry and how to pursue industry funding for research. (Mar. 8th)

UCLA/UC Funding

FY17 Transdisciplinary Seed Grants

The UCLA Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) is pleased to announce two Calls for Proposals for Transdisciplinary Seed Grants to further the development of new collaborative research and scholarship across the UCLA campus. The purpose of these grants is to catalyze new lines of research and new interdisciplinary collaborations with the potential for solving important and challenging problems that can have profound benefits for society. (Deadline Feb. 15)

CDU - UCLA Cancer Center Partnership to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities - Seed Grants for Community - Partnered Research

Up to two grants of $10,000 are available for conducting pilot research activities related to cancer disparities in partnership with a community organization. The activities have to take place in SPA 6 and may represent an extension of an existing partnership or serve as a means of forming new partnerships. Applications have to include both an academic investigator and a community investigator. (Deadline Mar. 1)

California HIV/AIDS Research Program - One Step Ahead

The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) is pleased to announce our funding initiative for 2017, One Step Ahead, an open call for investigator-initiated HIV research projects that have the potential to innovatively advance the field a leap beyond our current knowledge and practices. The overall goals of the One Step Ahead initiative are to: (1) facilitate visionary research in HIV science that significantly impacts the HIV epidemic; and (2) fund innovative and highly meritorious projects that have the potential to shift the current paradigm and move the field "one step ahead." (LOI due Feb. 23rd)

MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2017-18

Fellowships for UC postdoctoral scholars support training and research at a Mexican institution of higher education and/or research in the natural, physical or social sciences, humanities, engineering, or computer science. (Mar. 6)

UC MEXUS-CONACYT Grants for Collaborative Projects

Projects funded are expected to lead to development of major, long-term collaborations in the natural sciences, physical sciences, engineering, computer sciences, social sciences, or humanities; strengthening of academic and research capabilities of the participating UC and Mexican institutions, especially in Mexican regional universities and institutions outside of the traditional Mexican research centers. (Mar. 6)

Limited Submission and Coordinated Submission Opportunities

Please note: All Limited Submissions Opportunities can now be found online on the VCR website in our LSO Portal!

Extended refers to those LSOs for which UCLA did not have an applicant as of the internal deadline. The first PI to contact the LSO office will be given permission to proceed as the UCLA applicant(s).

Open refers to those LSOs for which the internal deadline has not yet closed. The submissions will be reviewed by the committee and the requisite number will be given permission to proceed as the UCLA applicant(s).

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American Heart Association (AHA) Fall 2016 Strategically Focused Children's Research Network Extended
T Cell Reagent Research for the Study of Allergic Diseases (U19) Extended
NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research (P30) Extended
Innovation Corps Sites Program (I-Corps Sites) Extended

Coordinating Center for Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process (PROSPR)(U24) Extended

National Maternal and Child Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement Extended
Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (U19) Extended
PDX Data Commons and Coordinating Center (PDCCC) for the PDX Development and Trial Centers Research Network (PDXNet) (U24) Extended
Limited Competition: Data Coordinating Center for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet (UC4) Extended
Limited Competition: Continuation of the Preventing Early Renal Loss in Diabetes (PERL) Study (UC4) Extended
Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30) Extended
CDC Rapid-Cycle Survey Collaborative for Provider Input on Immunization Issues Extended
Vascular Cures 2017 Wylie Scholar Program Extended
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY) Existing Geographic Service Areas Extended
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part C Capacity Development Program Extended

Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) Extended

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Extended

Limited Competition: Revision Application for the Human Islet Research Network Coordinating Center (U01) Extended

CDC Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses in the Community Extended

NLM Administrative Supplements for Informationist Services in NIH - funded Research Projects (Admin Supp) Extended

Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Understudied and Underreported (U3) Populations An ORWH FY17 Administrative Supplement (Admin Supp) Extended

Miner Safety and Health Training Program-Western United States (U60) Extended

Maternal and Child Health Collaborative Office Rounds (MCH COR) Open

Innovation Corps - Nodes Program (I-Corps Nodes) Open

Strengthening HIV/AIDS Research in Kenya Open

Maternal and Child Health Research Network Program Children with Special Health Care Needs Research Network (CSHCN-RN) Open

Ending AIDS in West Africa (#EAWA) Open

Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate - Student Training in Academic Research (MARC U-STAR) (T34) Open

CTSA Program Data to Health (CD2H) Coordinating Center (U24) Open

Packard 2017 Fellowship for Science and Engineering Open

Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32) Open

Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10) Open

High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10) Open

Limited Competition: National Primate Research Centers (P51) Open

Federal Opportunities

Upcoming NIH - DHHS Opportunities:

Click here for a full list of NIH opportunities. Please note: Grant opportunities offered under multiple funding mechanisms are designated by the activity code following the grant title.

Upcoming NSF Opportunities:

Non-Federal Opportunities (Including Foundations*)

*For foundation-related opportunities, it is advisable to check if coordinated communication and proposal submissions has been requested. These communications are handled by the UCLA Corporate, Foundation & Research Relations office. Please refer to the current list. CFRR staff are available for responding to questions or providing assistance.

Research & Funding Resources

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https://vcr.ucla.edu/research-resources-for-the-campus-community

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