March 2023

Research Insights

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

NIH: Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women   

Amount: $2,114,000  

Deadline: May 10  

Invites R01 applications on chronic conditions understudied among women and/or that disproportionately affect populations of women who are understudied, underrepresented and underreported in biomedical research. 

NIH: NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program 

Amount: $1,510,000 

Deadline: May 24 

Funds research education activities in NIH mission areas to encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. 

NIH: Research With Activities Related to Diversity (ReWARD) 

Amount: $3,775,000 

Deadline: June 5 

Aims to enhance the breadth and geographical location of research and research-related activities supported by NIH by providing support for the health-related research of scientists who are making a significant contribution to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) and who have no current NIH funding. 

NIH: Evaluating the Impact of Pandemic Era-related Food and Housing Policies and Programs on Health Outcomes in Health Disparity Populations 

Amount: Varies 

Deadline: May 1 

Supports research to identify and evaluate the ongoing, long-term health impacts of disruptions in food and housing security experienced during the pandemic and the role of policy and programmatic actions in mitigating those impacts. 

USDA NIFA: Equipment Grants Program 

Amount: $500,000 

Deadline: May 3 

The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including state Cooperative Extension systems. 

Humanities & Arts Opportunities

NEH Fellowships 

Amount: $60,000 

Deadline: April 12 

NEH fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis and clear writing. Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. 

NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication 

Amount: $5,000 per month 

Deadline: April 19 

The NEH and the Mellon Foundation jointly support individual scholars pursuing research projects that require digital expression and digital publication. Plans for digital publication must be integral to the project’s research goals. Successful projects will likely incorporate images, video, audio, data and/or other multimedia materials or flexible reading pathways as well as an active dissemination plan. 

Foundation Opportunities

Whitehall Foundation 

Amount: $100,000 per year (2 to 3 years) 

Deadline: April 15 

Supports life sciences research that is not heavily supported by federal agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. Focused on supporting both young scientists and productive senior scientists who wish to move into new fields of interest.  

William T. Grant Foundation 

Amount: up to $600,000 for up to 3 years 

Deadline: May 3 

The foundation invites applications for its Research Grants on Reducing Inequality program, which supports research studies aimed at reducing inequality in the academic, social, behavioral or economic outcomes of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States, along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status or immigrant origins. 

Imagine Learning Foundation 

Amount: $50,000 to $100,000 

Deadline: April 30 

The Imagine Learning Foundation aims to bridge connections between classroom learning and positive learning environments outside the classroom by promoting and expanding access to these programs.

Limited Submissions

NSF: Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) 

Amount: $100,000 to $10,000,000 

Deadline: April 24 

NSF INCLUDES is a comprehensive, national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in STEM discovery and innovation, focused on NSF's commitment to ensuring accessibility and inclusivity in STEM fields. 

NSF: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI): Instrument Acquisition or Development 

Amount: $100,000 to $4,000,000 

Deadline: April 28 

This program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations.  

NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) 

Amount: $600,000 to $5,000,000 

Deadline: April 28 

The NSF ADVANCE goal is to broaden implementation of evidence-based strategies that promote equity for STEM2 faculty in the academic profession. 

CAREER: Impacts of the chemical and physical properties of surfactants on the hygroscopic growth of atmospheric aerosol particle 

Funder: National Science Foundation 

Amount: $730,100 

PI: Amanda Frossard, Franklin College Department of Chemistry 

CAREER: Low-dimensional topology via Floer theory

Funder: National Science Foundation 

Amount: $549,999 

PI: Akram Alishahi, Franklin College Department of Mathematics 

GlyGen growth and evolution into a central resource for glycans and glycoconjugates 

Funder: National Institutes of Health 

Amount: $5,397,508 

PI: Michael Tiemeyer, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center 

Collaborative Research: Mixotrophic grazing as a strategy to meet nutritional requirements in the iron and manganese deficient Southern Ocean 

Funder: National Science Foundation 

Amount: $379,674 

PI: Natalie Cohen, Franklin College Department of Marine Sciences 

Our Input Matters: Black Mothers’ Agency in the Formation and Implementation of Anti-Racist School Policies in Multicultural Toronto 

Funder: The Spencer Foundation 

Amount: $71,588 

PI: Tianna Dowie-Chin, Mary Frances Early College of Education 

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External Honors & Awards

The Office of Research maintains a list of external honors and awards to encourage faculty applications.

Team Science

Nominations are now open for the 2023-24 Cohort of the Leading Large Integrative Research Teams (L2-IRT) Workshop Series. 

The L2-IRT Series is designed to help faculty with a track record of interdisciplinary research prepare for building and leading the large crosscutting teams required for major research efforts. Nominations may be submitted via InfoReady through April 10. 

Office of Research Faculty Fellows Program 

The Faculty Fellows program provides an opportunity for faculty interested in learning more about research development and administration to complete a mentored rotation in the Office of Research in one of its mission areas. Applications should be submitted via InfoReady by April 7. 

Research Announcements

Action needed: Principal investigators, laboratory supervisors to update emergency contact information in Chematix  

After several recent incidents that have required police or fire assistance in the research labs after hours or on weekends, the Office of Research Integrity & Safety is requiring all principal investigators and laboratory supervisors to register or update their primary and alternate emergency contacts in the Chematix system. This information will only be made available to UGA Police and UGA Lab Safety. 

Human Subjects Office announces new educational videos 

Three new educational videos are available on the Human Research Protection program homepage that go over exempt research, IRB review, exempt categories and how to submit a new exempt study. 

Featured Events

Research Live: “Get Thee to Market: How Innovation Gateway Can Help You Commercialize Your Research”

Friday, April 14

11 a.m. to noon

Join members of the Innovation Gateway team to learn how UGA can help protect your discoveries and bring your research to market through product licensing or startup formation. Gateway has grown its team and enhanced its educational offerings for 2023, and this session is your chance to hear from those new team members about how commercialization can fit into your research program.

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The Instrument Design and Fabrication Shop is home to thousands of tools, which are each used to bring experiments to life and keep UGA research a leader in innovation. Read the full story. (Photo by Jason Thrasher)

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