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Grant Opportunities
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Recent Notable Awards
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Research Announcements
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NSF: Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) Amount: $600,000
Deadline: April 9
Supports innovation across the cyberinfrastructure ecosystem to address accessibility, data curation, research data management, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, preservation, sustainability, and utility of research products, including data software, and code, developed as part of funded projects. NSF: Strengthening American Infrastructure Amount: Up to $750,000 Deadline: April 17 Supports human-centered, use-inspired research aimed at strengthening American infrastructure. NIH: Development of Resources and Technologies for Enhancing Rigor, Reproducibility, and Translatability of Animal Models in Biomedical Research (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount: $3,775,000 Deadline: June 5
Helps develop and implement broadly applicable technologies, tools, and resources for validating animal models and enhancing rigor, reproducibility, and translatability of animal research.
NIH: Trailblazer Award for New and Early-Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Amount: $1,812,000 Deadline: June 16 Supports new and early-stage investigators pursuing research programs integrating engineering and physical sciences with the life and/or biomedical sciences.
NIH: Development of Animal Models and Related Biological Materials for Research (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount: $415,250 Deadline: June 16
Supports innovative research to develop, improve, characterize, and preserve animal models as well as animal model-related biological materials, technologies, and new approach methodologies for studies relevant to human health and disease. |
Humanities & Arts Opportunities |
Willson Center Faculty Research Grants Amount: Up to $15,000
Deadline: March 1 Helps develop an impactful program of research or creative practice and activity by faculty in the humanities and arts.
UGA Arts Collaborative Mini Grants Amount: Up to $750 plus project mentorship
Deadline: N/A Supports new creative interdisciplinary projects and modes of collaboration.
NEH: Fellowships Open Book Program Amount: $6,600
Deadline: March 12 Funds low-cost e-book technology that enables free downloads and redistribution to promote digital accessibility of outstanding humanities books. ACLS: Leading Edge Fellowships Amount: Up to $151,000 over two years Deadline: March 12 Supports programs that promote humanistic knowledge and methods to solve problems, build capacity, and advance social justice and equity. Creative Capital Awards Deadline: April 3 Amount: Up to $50,000 Helps individual artists with unrestricted project grants create bold, innovative, original, and imaginative new works. NEH: Fellowships Amount: Up to $60,000
Deadline: April 9 Helps individual scholars conduct exceptional research and produce scholarly works, including books, articles, digital materials, and translations. |
Collaborative Research: Measuring the East Greenland Coastal Current on the Northeast Greenland Shelf Funder: National Science Foundation Amount: $3,376,389 PI: Nicholas Foukal, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Marine Sciences The Cell Envelope of the Multi-Drug-Resistant Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii
Funder: National Institutes of Health Amount: $2,696,610 PI: Stephen Trent, College of Veterinary Medicine Developmental Programs as Vulnerabilities in H3.3G34-Mutant High-Grade Glioma
Funder: National Institutes of Health Amount: $1,676,104
PI: Kosuke Funato, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Validating Inflammatory Phenotypes in PFF A-syn Mice Funder: Michael J. Fox Foundation
Amount: $259,169 PI: Jae Kyung Lee, College of Veterinary Medicine |
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UGA's Schroeder elected MSA Fellow University of Georgia faculty member Paul Schroeder is among the 2025 Fellows of the Mineralogy Society of America. The Fellows will be featured in the April 2025 issue of Elements magazine.
Sundar Bharadwaj named an AMA Fellow The American Marketing Association has selected Sundar Bharadwaj, Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing in the Terry College of Business, for its newest class of AMA Fellows. The AMA’s Fellows program honors significant contributions to marketing research, theory, and practice over a prolonged period.
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The Office of Research maintains a list of external honors and awards to encourage faculty applications. |
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Research Live: A Lab Full of VIPs: Vertically Integrating Your Research Projects 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Register via Zoom
UGA’s Vertically Integrated Projects-Research (VIPR) program is built on a time-tested national model for engaging undergraduates and graduate students in large-scale research projects led by faculty. In this webinar, VIPR leadership and participating faculty and students will talk about the significant benefits of VIPR for participants at all levels.
William A. Owens Lecture 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 271
Join attendees for a conversation with Steven Rogelberg, Chancellor’s Professor at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. A renowned expert on meetings, team effectiveness, and leadership, Rogelberg’s books and research have influenced organizations globally, including Google and the United Nations.
Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center (GACRC) Webinars 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24 11 a.m. Monday, March 11 Register via Zoom
This session will provide new users an introduction to the Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center (GACRC). Presenters will describe management and equipment and provide an overview of the diverse set of GACRC users and their varied needs.
Research Live: Core Strength: Inside UGA’s Core Research Facilities, Part 1 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, March 14 Register via Zoom
University of Georgia core research facilities offer a range of services to serve the diverse research needs of faculty and student investigators across a wide range of disciplines. In the first installment of this tour through UGA’s cores, you will hear from the directors of the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center’s Analytical Services & Training unit, the Center for Applied Isotope Studies, and Georgia Electron Microscopy about how they can help get your research moving forward.
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SRNL seeks candidates for Eisenhower Postdoc Fellowship
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Savannah River National Lab (SRNL) is designed for the next generation of scientists and engineers who demonstrate scientific productivity aligned with SRNL’s strategic goals through peer-reviewed publications. Candidates must be capable of ideating novel concepts to yield creative solutions and demonstrate that ability through the submission of a research white paper that support the SRNL’s mission. Postdoctoral Fellows are one-year appointments, with an option to renew up to three years. Publication of results from research efforts is highly encouraged.
Reminder from the Human Research Protection Program
The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Office and the UGA IRB reminds researchers that human research—including recruitment and enrollment activities—requires review and determination or approval before activities are conducted. To submit for review please login to the IRB portal.
If you need assistance with the submission process, please visit the HRPP Develop & Submit page. You can also request a support appointment with the Protocol Assistance and Compliance Team (PACT) using the online support form.
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A Teledyne G3 Slocum Glider prepares to dive after being deployed off the coast of Richmond Hill by members of Skidaway faculty Catherine Edwards’ lab. The glider helps track endangered North Atlantic right whales through sonification technologies, assisting in crucial conservation efforts for a population that has dropped to just 370. Read more. (Photo courtesy of Skidaway Institute of Oceanography)
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