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
- Humanities & Arts Opportunities
- Foundation Opportunities
- Limited Submissions
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Recent Notable Awards
- Sign up for Funding Alerts
- External Honors & Awards
- Research Announcements
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Humanities & Arts Opportunities |
Getty Scholars Program Amount: Varying Deadline: Oct. 1
Supports research about art and its histories by providing a locus for scholars to forge interdisciplinary collaborations while developing new audiences for their work.
National Humanities Center Fellowships Amount: Varying
Deadline: Oct. 3 Provides scholars with an environment and resources to collaborate across humanities disciplines.
Georgia Humanities Grants Amount: Up to $2,500
Deadline: Oct. 7 Supports a wide range of humanities-based programs, including exhibitions, virtual tours, lecture series, author talks, literary festivals, and more. Willson Center Faculty Research Fellowships Amount: Release from two courses Deadline: Oct. 14 Supports tenure-track faculty in the arts and humanities by providing course release for research or creative practice and activity. Willson Center Public Impact Grants Amount: Up to $10,000 Deadline: Oct. 25 Supports faculty in organizing on-campus conferences, exhibitions, and performances that showcase humanities and arts research in broad context. Willson Center Short-Term Visiting Fellowships Amount: $5,000 Deadline: Oct. 25 Brings distinguished scholars, artists, and performers to UGA’s arts and humanities community. Individuals or groups may nominate Visiting Fellows who contribute to intellectual life on campus. |
ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Amount: $5,000
Deadline: Sept. 27 Supports junior faculty research projects that fall into one of five disciplines: engineering and applied science; life sciences; mathematics/computer sciences; physical sciences; policy, management, or education.
Moore Inventor Fellows Amount: $675,000 Deadline: Sept. 27 Supports scientist-inventors who create new technologies with high potential to accelerate progress in scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and patient care. |
Protein glycosylation and trafficking in Plasmodium falciparum
Funder: National Institutes of Health Amount: $3,370,111
PI: Vasant Muralidharan, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Cellular Biology
Cryptococcal vaccine development based on strong immunity induced by morphological strains
Funder: National Institutes of Health Amount: $2,828,534
PI: Xiaorong Lin, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Microbiology
Linking smoke to fire: The effect of burn conditions on fuel availability, smoke production, and atmospheric processing
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense Amount: $2,539,175 PI: Rawad Saleh, College of Engineering
Regulatory control of endogenous viruses to generate novel eukaryotic traits
Funder: National Science Foundation Amount: $1,222,664
PI: Gaelen Burke, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Entomology
Collaborative research: Characterizing and fostering playful mathematics for undergraduate and high school learning
Funder: National Science Foundation Amount: $804,347 PI: Amy Ellis, Mary Frances Early College of Education |
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The Office of Research maintains a list of external honors and awards to encourage faculty applications. |
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Sponsored Projects Reporting: Better Tools, Better Outcomes Thursday, Oct. 31 2:30-3:30 p.m.
With input from UGA faculty, the Sponsored Projects Administration continues to create tools to help investigators track and plan spending on their sponsored awards. This session of Research Live will highlight available sponsored projects reporting tools, along with a sneak preview of what’s upcoming. |
New URAR Per Diem Rates and Projections for FY25–FY29
In mid-August 2024, the University Research Animal Resources (URAR) team released updated per diem rates for animal care services for FY25, based on cost analysis and inflation. Projected rates for FY26–FY29 were also shared to help researchers plan grant budgets. Significant increases aim to align costs across facilities, with unified mouse rates expected by FY29. More details are available on the URAR website. |
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The striped newt, a native of the southeastern United States, is the subject of Ph.D. candidate Corrie Navis’ research in integrative conservation. Navis works to better understand striped newts’ lives from egg to adulthood, as well as their population dynamics. “They have a complex life cycle, and not a lot is known about it,” she said. Read more. (Photo courtesy of Corrie Navis)
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