FUNDING OPPs & INFO For Hajim School Researchers June 6, 2016 EVENT AIM Photonics All Institute Meeting Date: June 9-10, 2016 Location: Strathallan Hotel, 550 East Avenue. Registration is closed but if you want to attend please email Tom Brown @ brown@optics.rochester.edu today June 6 to see if he can make arrangements. Synopsis: Registration required. Go to http://www.aimphotonics.com/new-events/2016/6/9/all-institutemeeting This weekly message from Cindy Gary, Assistant Dean for Grants and Contracts, highlights research funding opportunities and announcements that are particularly relevant to Hajim School faculty, staff and students. If you have any questions, please contact cindy.gary@rochester.edu or call 253-5173.) Webinar. DOE s SBIR/STTR Phase 0 Assistance Program. Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 2-3pm EST Synopsis: The program s goal is to support the DOE s efforts to increase SBIR/STTR Phase I grant applications from, and ultimately make more awards to, small business concerns owned by women, minorities, and all small business concerns located in underrepresented states. For the purpose of this program, the DOE has classified New York as an under-represented state. The core premise of the program is to identify under-represented SBC s and provide comprehensive assistance with the preparation of their SBIR/STTR Phase I proposals such that they will be compelling to the DOE reviewers. The DOE SBIR/STTR Phase 0 Assistance Program is designed to augment assistance efforts by universities, state organizations, and other associations. Importantly, the services are offered at no charge to qualified small businesses. This includes university faculty, post-docs, and graduate students who do not have a small business now, but will have one at the time the award is granted. A brief description of the Phase 0 Assistance program can be found at: http://www.dawnbreaker.com/doephase0/webinarfiles/doe_phase_0.pdf -The webinar will consist of an information presentation followed by a Q&A session. If you do decide to attend the webinar, please register here: http://www.dawnbreaker.com/doephase0/webinar.php?ec=newyork FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES External Funding Upcoming Internal Limited Submission Deadlines
Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust (Melanoma Research) 2017 https://hjltrust.com/ Deadline: Internal Application Deadline: June 10, 2016. Funding Level (funding & duration): $200,000 to $375,000 ($100,000 to $125,000 per year for 2-3 years. $125,000/year for three years would be the upper level. Most grants are for $100,000/year for two years.) Synopsis: Eligibility: Applicants can apply in one of the following categories: 1. Career Development - for promising young melanoma investigators. 2. Basic Science - to gain new biological insights into melanoma development or progression. 3. Translational Research - to fund clinically important melanoma research. Send applications to Cindy Gary (Hajim School of Engineering, email cindy.gary@rochester.edu) with the words BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL, or CAREER DEVELOPMENT in the subject line. Instructions for submitting limited submission packages can be found at http://www.rochester.edu/orpa/funding/limitedsub.html Pew Scholar Program in the Biomedical Sciences (2017) http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-biomedical-scholars/program-details Deadline: Internal Application Deadline: June 10, 2016 (Chosen Internal Nominee Notified by: July 1, 2016) Funding: $240,000 over 4 years ($60,000/year) Synopsis: Topic/Discipline: Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Cancer Biology, Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Developmental Biology, Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology Molecular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physics. Program Synopsis (a brief description of what types of projects they are interested in funding): For assistant professors who demonstrate outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health. Strong proposals will incorporate creative and innovative approaches. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles, but brings in concepts and theories from more diverse fields, are encouraged to apply. Selection of candidates will be based on a detailed description of the work, evaluations of the candidate s performance, and notable past accomplishments, including honors, awards and publications. In evaluating the candidates, the National Advisory Committee gives considerable weight to evidence that the candidate is a successful independent investigator and has published significant work, ideally, in top journals. Eligibility: Candidates must have been awarded a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine or a related field. As of November 1, 2016, nominees must hold full-time appointments at the rank of assistant professor. On July 15, 2016, candidates must have been in such an appointment for less than three years (not appointed before July 15, 2013), whether or not such an appointment was on a tenure track. Candidates may be nominated by their institution two times in total. Funding from NIH, other
government sources, and project grants from non-profit associations do not pose a conflict with the Pew Scholars Program. Instructions for submitting limited submission packages can be found at http://www.rochester.edu/orpa/funding/limitedsub.html Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I (STTR) NSF 16-555 Deadline: June 20, 2016 Funding: $225,000 for a 6-12 month development/ feasibility project Synopsis: https://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/home.jsp for topics, application guidelines, checklists and FAQs. An STTR Phase I project requires a minimum budget allocation of 40% to the proposing small business and a minimum of 30% to a research partner via a subaward. I-Corps Team http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12602/nsf12602.pdf I Corps Team fact sheet: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/pdf/factsheet_teams.pdf Upcoming deadline: Quarterly. Next deadline is June 15, 2016. Funding: : Up to $50,000 per 6 month award. Recovery of indirect costs (F&A) is limited to $5,000. Synopsis: NSF I-Corps Team (12-602) opportunity for NSF awardees within last 5 years. Eligibility to Apply : Applicants must have received a prior award from NSF (in a scientific or engineering field relevant to the proposed innovation) that is currently active or that has been active within five years from the date of the I-Corps Teams proposal submission. The prior award could range from a modest single-investigator award to a large, distributed center and also includes awards involving students such as REU Sites. *The required lineage from a prior NSF award has been clarified to explicitly name, in addition to the Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PIs, Senior Personnel, Post Docs, Professional Staff or others who were supported under an NSF award to include any projects funded under the I-Corps site. NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering 16-564 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16564/nsf16564.pdf Deadline: October 21, 2016
Funding: Award sizes are anticipated to range from $25,000 to $250,000 per year with a duration of up to 3 years Synopsis: Some of the general research areas which are included are: Chaos, Turbulence and Self- Organization in Plasmas; Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems in Plasmas; Dusty Plasmas; Non-neutral Plasmas; Flows and Magnetic Fields in Plasmas, their Interaction and Interpenetration; Intense Field Matter Interactions in Plasmas; Advanced Methods for Plasma Modeling and Simulation; Plasma Diagnostics; Control of Plasma Processes; Study of Plasma Reactors for Chemical Production; Plasma Surface Interactions, Plasma Modification, Synthesis and Processing of Materials; Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas; Microplasmas, and Plasmas in Environmental Science and Technology; Astrophysical and Solar Plasmas, Plasmas in Interplanetary Space, Earth and Other Planetary Magnetospheres and Atmospheres Sloan Research Fellowships - Sloan Foundation www.sloan.org Funding: $60,000 over 2 year period Timing: July 15, 2016 Nomination portal will open. September 15, 2016 (11:59pm EDT) All nomination materials due. Eligibility: Candidates must hold a tenure track (or equivalent) position at a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada. Tenure track faculty positions at the candidate's institution must include a yearly teaching requirement. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field; Candidates' most recent Ph.D. (or equivalent) must have been awarded on or after September 1, 2010. Special Consideration: While Fellows are expected to be at an early stage of their research careers, there should be strong evidence of independent research accomplishments. In keeping with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's longstanding support of underrepresented minorities in the sciences, the Foundation strongly encourages the nomination of qualified women and minority candidates. Synopsis: The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by earlycareer scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation received more than 700 fellowship applications each year. Fellows are selected on the basis of their independent research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to their field. Interested applicants should contact Emily Kellas at Foundation Relations (ekellas@ur.rochester.edu) for detailed assistance and analysis of the foundation s interests/ priorities as they relate to a competitive application. Campus Cyberinfrastructure 16-567 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16567/nsf16567.htm Deadline: August 23, 2016
Funding: See below Synopsis: Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program invests in coordinated campus-level cyberinfrastructure (CI) components of data, networking, and computing infrastructure, capabilities, and integrated services leading to higher levels of performance, reliability and predictability for science applications and distributed research projects. Learning and workforce development (LWD) in CI is explicitly addressed in the program. Science-driven requirements are the primary motivation for any proposed activity. CC* awards will be supported in seven areas: 1. Data Driven Multi-Campus/Multi-Institution Model Implementations awards will be supported at up to $3,000,000 total for up to 4 years. 2. Cyber Team awards will be supported at up to $1,500,000 total for up to 3 years. 3. Data Driven Networking Infrastructure for the Campus and Researcher awards will be supported at up to $500,000 total for up to 2 years. 4. Network Design and Implementation for Small Institutions awards will be supported at up to $400,000 total for up to 2 years. 5. (Network Integration and Applied Innovation awards will be supported at up to $1,000,000 total for up to 2 years. 6. Campus Computing awards will be supported at up to $500,000 for up to 3 years. 7. Innovative Integrated Storage Resources awards will be supported at up to $200,000 for up to 2 years.