A monthly publication of the UGA Office of Research with the latest funding opportunities and announcements in support of our research community. |
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Grant Opportunities
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Research Announcements
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NIH: Materials to Enhance Training in Experimental Rigor (METER) (UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Amount: $377,500 Deadline: Sept. 10 Supports development of educational materials for an online resource that promotes awareness, understanding, and practice of biomedical research.
NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs
Amount: Varies by project type Deadline: Sept. 30 (Small Projects); Oct. 23 (Core and Medium Projects)
Supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in computing, communications, and information science and engineering, as well as advanced cyberinfrastructure.
NIH: Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Amount: $3,775,000 Deadline: Oct. 17 Supports educational activities designed to equip participants with technical, operational, or professional skills required for careers in the biomedical research workforce. NSF: PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
Amount: $200,000 Deadline: Nov. 12
Supports research in the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) and aims to increase the community of researchers conducting PFE research.
NSF: Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2) Amount: $500,000 (Phase 1); $15,000,000 (Phase 2)
Deadline: Dec. 16 Supports community-engaged team science to create solutions for climate challenges using the latest climate change and Earth system science research. |
Humanities & Arts Opportunities |
NEH: Summer Stipend program for 2025 Amount: Up to $8,000
Deadline: Aug. 12 Supports continuous, full-time work on a humanities project for two consecutive months, including recipients’ compensation, travel, and other related costs. NEH: Public Humanities Project Amount: $60,000 Deadline: Aug. 14 Supports projects that bring the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. NEH: Media Projects Amount: $75,000-$700,000 Deadline: Aug. 14 Supports development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. NEH: Public Scholars
Amount: $30,000-$60,000 Deadline: Aug. 28
Supports research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public.
NEH: Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities Amount: $150,000
Deadline: Sept. 12 Supports research examining technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities, with a focus on the dangers and/or opportunities presented by technology. NEH: Dialogues on the Experience of War Amount: Up to $100,000 Deadline: Sept. 17 Supports development of humanities-focused discussion programs that enlarge understanding of the meaning and experiences of military service and war. |
Team Impact Award nominations due Nov. 1
The Team Impact Award recognizes excellence in innovative and impactful scholarship that fundamentally advances knowledge, understanding, and/or applications in ways not achievable by individual investigators or single disciplinary approaches alone. Nominations should be submitted by the team leader through UGA’s InfoReady Portal by Nov. 1.
International Collaborative Research Award nominations due Nov. 1
Recognizes an international team for excellence in innovative and impactful scholarship addressing significant societal challenges and not achievable without international collaboration. Nominations should be submitted through UGA’s InfoReady Portal by Nov. 1. |
Proposal to Expand an Engineering With Nature (EWN) Regional Proving Ground in the Southeastern United States Funder: U.S. Department of Army Amount: $5,484,643 PI: Brian Bledsoe, College of Engineering
Analysis of the Metabolic Capabilities of Prokaryotic Cells Funder: National Institutes of Health Amount: $3,586,538 PI: Jorge Escalante, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Microbiology Spatially Explicit Targeting of Northern Bobwhite Conservation Efforts
Funder: State of Missouri government Amount: $1,299,823 PI: James Martin, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources State Economic Support Policies on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect During and Post the COVID-19 Pandemic: Bridging Evidence with Policy Implementation Funder: National Institutes of Health Amount: $664,155
PI: Liwei Zhang, School of Social Work
The Other Side of Genomics: Methods and Tools to Identify the Possible Negative Effects of Genomic Selection Funder: USDA NIFA Amount: $650,000 PI: Daniela Lino Lourenco, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences |
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| Natalie Cohen named 2024 Simons Early Career Investigator
Natalie Cohen, assistant professor of marine sciences, has been named a 2024 Simons Early Career Investigator. The three-year grant provides $810,000 to fund her work tracking shifts in phytoplankton physiology along continental shelf ecosystems.
Glen Nowak appointed to national COVID-19 committee
Glen Nowak, professor and associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee that will review the CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine safety research and communications. |
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The Office of Research maintains a list of external honors and awards to encourage faculty applications. |
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The white blobs featured in this image are the microbial biofilm of Epsilonproteobacteria. These microorganisms oxidize sulfur and use the energy to support their growth. Deep sea anemones surround the biofilm. Read more. (Photo by HOV Alvin/Woods Hole Oceanographic/Mandy Joye) |
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