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| Industry partnerships offer pathway to enhance research impact
There is one thing all of us, as UGA researchers, have in common, no matter what we study or which college or school we call home. Whether our workspace is a lab or a studio, a field site or a performance hall, we all want our work to matter—to have impact. Of course, there are many ways we can facilitate such impact, and this month I want to focus on one: partnering with industry on applied research projects and initiatives. |
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NIH: Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Amount: $3,767,450 Deadline: Oct. 5 Funds projects to expand, improve or transform the utility of mammalian cancer and tumor models for translational research.
NIH: Broadening Opportunities for Computational Genomics and Data Science Education (UE5 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Amount: $679,500 Deadline: Oct. 23 Supports educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. NSF: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (DISES)
Amount: $500,000 - $1.8 million Deadline: Nov. 7
Supports research projects that advance basic scientific understanding of integrated socio-environmental systems and the complex interactions within and among its environmental and human components.
NSF: Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) Amount: $1.2 million
Deadline: Nov. 9 Supports the development of high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing biomedical and public health questions. NIH: Early-stage Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Amount: $2,114,000 Deadline: Nov. 25 Supports the development of early-stage or new data repositories and knowledge bases that could be valuable for the biomedical research community. NSF: Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Funding Opportunity in the Biological Sciences Amount: Varies Deadline: Varies Enhances the professional development of K-12 science educators through research experience to bring new knowledge into the classroom. |
Humanities & Arts Opportunities |
ACLS Fellowships
Amount: Up to $60,000 Deadline: Sept. 28
Offers a maximum of $60,000 for six to 12 months of full-time research and/or writing in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Fellowships in 2023-24 will be offered solely to untenured scholars who have earned their Ph.D. within eight years of the application deadline, including those without faculty appointments or tenure-track positions. Getty Scholars Program Amount: Up to $60,000
Deadline: Oct. 2
Supports researchers in advancing knowledge of the arts and humanities and producing cutting-edge scholarship that contributes to the understanding and preservation of cultural heritage. While in residence at the Getty Center or Getty Villa, scholars have the opportunity to spend significant time at one of the world’s premier art history collections.
National Humanities Center Fellowship Amount: Varies Deadline: Oct. 5 Provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience. Willson Center Fellowship Amount: N/A
Deadline: Oct. 14 Supports tenured and tenure-track faculty in the arts and humanities, though interdisciplinary research or creative practice with the sciences or other domains is encouraged. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Willson Center Public Impact Grant Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: Oct. 23 Supports faculty in the organization on campus of conferences, exhibitions and performances that showcase humanities and arts research.
Willson Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowships Amount: $5,000 Deadline: Oct. 23 Bring distinguished scholars, artists and performers to the UGA arts and humanities community for five-day programs. UGA faculty or interdisciplinary groups may nominate visiting fellows who contribute to intellectual life on campus by engaging with current research in a public context. |
Whitehall Foundation
Amount: Up to $100,000 a year for two to three years Deadline: Oct. 1
Supports research in the life sciences that is not heavily supported by federal agencies or other foundations. Focused on supporting young scientists at the beginning of their careers and productive senior scientists who wish to move into new fields of interest. |
ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Amount: $5,000 Deadline: Sept. 29
Provides seed money for junior faculty members’ research projects in engineering and applied science; life sciences; mathematics/computer sciences; physical sciences; policy, management or education.
Moore Inventor Fellows Amount: $675,000 Deadline: Oct. 6
Supports scientist-inventors who create new tools and technologies with a high potential to accelerate progress in the foundation’s areas of interest: scientific discovery, environmental conservation and patient care.
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Amount: $100,000
Deadline: Oct. 27 Supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. Awards will be based on an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of the applicant's appointment and a demonstrated commitment to education. |
CESU Piedmont: Estimating population size and spatial distribution of the South Georgia black bear population Funder: Georgia DNR
Amount: $3,009,502 PI: Michel Kohl, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Novel Modulators of TGFß1 signaling in regulation of remyelination by neural stem cells Funder: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $1,900,090 PI: Jayshree Samanta, College of Veterinary Medicine
Do fine-scale water column structure and particle aggregations favor gelatinous-dominated food webs in subtropical continental shelf environments? Funder: National Science Foundation Amount: $1,444,777 PI: Adam Greer, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Marine Sciences
ARTS: Deploying integrative systematics to untangle Lucidota, the Gordian knot of Neotropical firefly taxonomy Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $1.2 million PI: Kathrin Stanger-Hall, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Plant Biology
MRI: Track 1 acquisition of a high-resolution X-ray computed microtomography system with in situ capabilities for multidisciplinary research and education Funder: National Science Foundation Amount: $1,177,779 PI: Charlotte Garing, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geology
Creating cognitively-demanding, conceptually-focused coding opportunities in mathematics and science Funder: National Science Foundation
Amount: $1 million PI: Annamarie Conner, Mary Frances Early College of Education |
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| Shepherd wins Environmental Achievement Award
University of Georgia Professor J. Marshall Shepherd was recently named the recipient of the 2023 Environmental Achievement Award, presented annually by the Environmental Law Institute to individuals or organizations that have made notable contributions to environmental protection, conservation and sustainability. |
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The Office of Research maintains a list of external honors and awards to encourage faculty applications. |
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Georgia CTSA’s Team Science and Diversity awards now open
This year, Georgia CTSA will offer four eligible awards for investigators: Presidents’ Award of Distinction for Team Science, Team Science Award of Distinction for Early-Stage Research Teams, Faculty Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Clinical/Translational Science Award, and Staff Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Clinical/Translational Science Award. Applications will be accepted through Oct. 24. For any questions, contact lauren.james@emory.edu.
Bioexpression and Fermentation Facility offers variety of biotechnological services
The Bioexpression and Fermentation Facility (BFF) in Franklin College’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology provides state-of-the-art equipment and wide-ranging expertise in biotechnological applications. Its array of services—from gene isolation/synthesis through process development and optimization to scale-up and manufacture—can be tailored to meet researchers’ needs. Protein purification and monoclonal antibody production are also provided services.
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“Strategies for Successfully Supporting Faculty Advancement & Honors” Friday, Oct. 13
11:30 a.m. Register via Zoom
Presenters will discuss how to identify external award opportunities and faculty professional development opportunities, how to write strong institutional support letters, and other tips for successful nominations and proposals. UGA Cancer Center’s Brown Bag Lunch Seminar
Thursday, Oct. 12 12 p.m.
Register via Zoom Richard Potter will lead the UGA Cancer Center’s Brown Bag Lunch Seminar in October, titled “Getting to Work with Industry: A New Toolkit for Developing Successful Partnerships.” Office of Research Open House
Thursday, Oct. 5 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Stop by this drop-in event to meet Office of Research leadership and learn more about UGA’s research core facilities and other services. Open to faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate students. Faculty are encouraged to view the pre-recorded 2023 Faculty Research Orientation video in advance. Light refreshments will be served.
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UGA’s Delta Innovation Hub is leading the way on entrepreneurship, experiential learning and, as seen above, 3D printing. Read the full story. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski) |
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