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| Joint Faculty Research Retreat — Advancing the Frontiers | UCI School of Medicine is excited to announce a joint retreat with UCI Samueli School of Engineering. The keynote speaker will be Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD, addressing Engineering in Medicine.
Date: Monday, March 11, 2024
Location: UCI Student Center
All Day Event (Check in at 9 a.m. First session at 9:30 a.m.)
Please plan to join us for this first-time-ever event! Contact Emily Dawidoff if you have any questions.
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| School of Medicine Applications for Bridge Funding Due this Thursday | | Please note that the next UCI Office of Research Deadline for Bridge Funding is Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Complete applications must include a signed letter of support by your department chair showing financial commitment. Applications are due to the School of Medicine Office of Research via this form by Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. |
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| Accepting Applications for the School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) | The Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) is a two-year structured program providing physician-scientists with intensive mentorship and opportunities to apply for their first independent, federally funded awards (K08, K23) or other equivalent external career development awards. A detailed program description and application requirements can be found under the School of Medicine Physician Scientist Resources.
Deadline: Friday, Jan. 26, 2024
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| UCI NIH Boot Camp Information Session — Applications due Feb. 5 | The School of Medicine Research Development Unit will host the final virtual informational session about the UCI NIH Boot Camp — a comprehensive, multifaceted mentoring program designed to help faculty and career researchers apply for their first research grants from NIH. Register to learn more about this program and how to apply for the upcoming 2024 UCI NIH Boot Camp!
Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, 9 to 10 a.m. Register here.
Application Deadline: Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
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| 11th Annual Conte Center Symposium & Call for Abstracts | Please join us for the 11th Annual Conte Center Symposium on March 26 at the Beckman Center. The theme is The Power and Potential of Big Data and Consortia for Studying Mental Health and Disease. In addition, we will be holding a poster session. Please visit the Conte Center’s website for more information, including details on the call for abstracts/posters. Register for the symposium here.
Deadline to submit abstracts: Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 |
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| Call for Nominations: 2024 UCI School of Medicine Research Awards | The School of Medicine Office of Research announces the fourth annual call for nominations. Awards are in six categories to recognize research excellence and outstanding academic achievement in the UCI School of Medicine. Submit your nominations to Emily Dawidoff, edawidof@hs.uci.edu.
For more details and a list of past winners, read about our Research Awards.
Nominations Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2024
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| Call for Nominations: 2024 UCI School of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Awards | The School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs announces the fourth call for nominations. There will be four awards to recognize excellence and innovation in mentoring at UCI School of Medicine — specifically in the domain of faculty mentoring other faculty (not students). Submit your nominations to Associate Dean Brian Cummings, cummings@hs.uci.edu and Sophie Wong, snwong1@hs.uci.edu.
For more details and a list of past winners, read about our Faculty Mentoring Awards.
Nominations Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2024
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| Request for Applications: School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant | The School of Medicine Research Committee is pleased to announce the School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant competition. It is the policy of the Committee to support seed research projects from new investigators that have a high probability of obtaining extramural funding as a result of this award. The maximum award for a single grant will be $30,000 (direct only), and we anticipate funding four proposals.
We strongly encourage proposals from senate faculty members who have not obtained their first independent NIH grant and may have research that is interdisciplinary, and/or that may cross UCI departments and schools or across UC campuses. To qualify, the applicant must have the NIH “Early Stage Investigator” status and not yet competed successfully as a PI to receive substantial independent NIH funding. Please submit inquiries to somrd@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2024
Apply via InfoReady.
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| We have been collecting information about new awards sent in by the School of Medicine research community and have created this space to share the news.
Hajime Ozaki, MD, PhD (Momoko Watanabe lab, Anatomy & Neurobiology), was awarded a training slot on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Postdoctoral Training Grant. The goal of his project is to study signaling mechanisms underlying human neocortical arealization using cortical organoids.
Have you or someone on your research team received a new grant, i.e., research funding? The School of Medicine Office of Research would like to know. Please fill out this short New Funding/Grant Survey form. |
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| Faculty Seed Grants in Cancer Research Funding Opportunity | The Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) is pleased to issue a Request for Proposals (PDF) for the 2024–25 Faculty Seed Grants. The CRCC is a systemwide, faculty-directed cancer research program that provides one-year seed grants for topics in any discipline that address any aspect of cancer, including its origins, prevention and cure. CRCC funds support meritorious research spanning all areas from basic research to applied clinical and community-based research in any field relevant to cancer. Eligible PIs must be members of the Academic Senate at one of the 10 UC campuses.
Please view the Request for Proposals (PDF) for other eligibility and submission requirements. Access additional links and more information on the “How to Apply” page.
Required Letters of Intent Due: Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, noon |
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| Request for Proposals: Enhancing CNS delivery of therapeutic agents | The UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics (UCI CNT) is pleased to announce a call for multi-PI applications focused on the discovery of novel methods for the delivery of small molecules or biological agents to the CNS. To ensure that these efforts are cross-cutting and truly interdisciplinary, all applications must include at least one PI from a biomedical focused school (i.e. School of Medicine, Biological Sciences, or Pharmaceutical Sciences) and at least one PI from a physical sciences oriented school (i.e. Engineering or Physical Sciences). Submit proposal to Dr. Robert Spitale (rspitale@uci.edu). Read more here.
Proposal Deadline: Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, at 5 p.m. |
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| Request for Proposals: Early phase Drug Development support program | The UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics (UCI CNT) is pleased to announce a call for applications focused on the discovery and development of small molecules intended to therapeutically modulate the function of targets or pathways implicated in neurological diseases (i.e. any disorder affecting the brain, spinal cord, neuromuscular system, or retina). To be eligible, the applicant must have compelling preliminary data to support target or pathway selection, or have already identified small molecules which they wish to advance from “hits” to “leads.” Submit proposal to Dr. Robert Spitale (rspitale@uci.edu). Read more here.
Proposal Deadline: Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, at 5 p.m. |
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| Call for Collaborative Research Proposals 2023 between UC and IPN | The Instituto Politécnico Nacional (INP) and the University of California Alizanza MX (UC Alizanza MX) are calling for innovative and impactful proposals that will contribute to the binational advancement of knowledge in environmental remediation and/or sanitation and the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases. Read the funding announcement.
Deadline: Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 |
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| Limited Opportunity: 2024 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering | The Packard Fellows program is for highly creative young faculty researchers in the natural, physical sciences and engineering during their first three years as faculty. According to The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Packard Fellows are inquisitive, passionate scientists and engineers who take a creative approach to their research, dare to think big, and follow new ideas wherever they lead. The foundation emphasizes support for innovative PI-led research rather than extensions or components of large-scale, ongoing research programs. Up to 20 recipients will receive individual grants of $875,000 over five years.
Workshops for Interested Applicants: Packard Fellowship proposals are only two pages and must be able to communicate big ideas to a broader audience of scientists than is typical. For these reasons, they are difficult to write. These workshops will help you hone your idea and present it in accessible, compelling language. Previous attendees have found that the exercise of preparing a Packard Fellowship proposal improved their ability to conceptualize and communicate research in other settings. Letters of recommendation are required, and the best letter writers can evaluate the future potential of the applicant, rather than just review past successes. The internal process will take these concerns into account; the workshop can help you determine your best referees as well as how to best frame your research to appeal to the Packard Foundation. Prof. Arthur Lander, past Packard Fellow; and Prof. Chang Liu, Beckman Young Investigator and Moore Inventor Fellow, will lead the workshops.
- In-person Workshop 2: Feedback on LOI, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., includes lunch, ISEB 4020
UCI may submit only two nominations; therefore, interested applicants should apply via the UCI Review application system by Feb. 15, 2024.
Deadline: Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 |
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| L'Oréal USA For Women in Science | The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. Candidates must have completed their PhD and have started in their postdoctoral research position by the application deadline. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to apply. Learn more about the L'Oréal USA For Women in Science program.
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 |
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| DoD-DARPA-Young Faculty Award (YFA) | DARPA YFA program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to DoD needs and DARPA’s mission. Read the funding announcement.
Deadline: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024
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| Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program | Four-year postdoctoral research awards to pursue advanced research training in collaboration with a senior faculty member; up to $75,000 annual stipend; $30,000 annual grant for research activities.
Eligibility: Historically disadvantaged backgrounds; U.S. citizens, permanent residents or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status; Have or actively are completing formal clinical training; Commitment to four years of research and pursuit of academic career; Dedicated to helping decrease health disparities or serving as role models for students from similar backgrounds
Applications open annually in February. Read for more details.
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| For More Funding Opportunities | For more funding opportunities and resources for your funding search, visit the Funding Opportunities page on the new and updated website for the UCI School of Medicine.
For a curated, searchable and filterable list of funding opportunities by NIH in their weekly NIH guide listserv, check out the School of Medicine Funding Search Tool. |
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series | RGS protein regulation in Health and Disease, by J. Benita Sjogren, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Wednesday, Jan. 24, 11 a.m. to noon Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminars | RNA and Chromatin based Mechanisms of Cellular Plasticity, by Sihem Cheloufi, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 4 p.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall and via ZoomContact Shanti Iyer to join via Zoom. |
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Translational research leadership in the global context: it’s all about sharing, by Eric Vilain, MD, PhD, associate vice chancellor, director of the Institute for the Clinical & Translational Science, professor in the Department of Pediatrics, UCI School of Medicine
Thursday, Jan. 25, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | The Taste of humans and nectar: gustation in the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, by Lisa Soyeon Baik, PhD, postdoctoral associate in John Carlson, PhD, Lab, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Monday, Feb. 5, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Hybrid event at Tamkin Hall F114 and via Zoom upon requestContact Claire Chen to join via Zoom. |
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| Genetics, Biomedical Computing and Genomics Monthly Meeting | What's New in Genomic Technologies? by the Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub). Agenda:
- Sequencing, by Melanie Oakes, PhD
- New Technologies, by Quy Nguyen, PhD
- Analyzing New Data Types, by Jenny Wu, PhD
- Data Wrangling from Your Computer to the HPC3, by Ivan Chang, PhD
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 10 to 11 a.m. PT
Location: Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 977 6900 7780
Passcode: 852625
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| Research in Progress Quarterly Seminar by UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCI Cancer Research Institute | Role of Regulatory T cells and its Clinical Applications in Cancer Immunotherapy, Stem Cell Transplant and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapies and other Autoimmune conditions, by Rishikesh Chavan, MD, associate clinical professor, Department of Pediatrics, UCI School of Medicine. Use this form to request a calendar invite with the Zoom link.
Wednesday, Feb. 7, noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Developing a Career as a Surgeon Scientist, by Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, Director of Clinical Research, Associate Professor, Orthopedics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| Physiology & Biophysics Research in Progress Seminar | | | 
Karl Liboro
Graduate Student
Eric Pearlman, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine
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May Hui
Graduate Student
Kevin Beier, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine | | | Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus corneal infections by NLRP3-mediated IL-1β secretion, by Karl LiboroAn agranular insula to basolateral amygdala pathway mediates nociceptive response in mice, by May HuiWednesday, Feb. 7, 4 to 5 p.m.
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| Vision Research Mixer | We are excited to invite you to the inaugural UCI Vision Research Mixer organized by the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. We hope you will join us for an opportunity to engage with other vision research colleagues from across UCI. The event will include several brief vision research talks during the first hour, followed by a reception. We intend to host this event several times a year for the purpose of encouraging interactions and bolstering collaborations among UCI's many talented vision scientists. Please RSVP to ophthalmology@uci.edu or call 949-824-9276. There is no cost to attend. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Gross Hall, 4th Floor Conference Center
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| The Seventh Annual UCI Skin Symposium | Dive into the forefront of skin research at our Seventh Annual UCI Skin Symposium! Engage with leading experts from around the world as they share groundbreaking research insights, skin health breakthroughs and innovative treatments. This event is free to attend and has limited seating. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be served with RSVP. Poster Session during the lunch break. If you would like to present, please submit your information here by Wednesday, Jan. 31. View flyer for more speaker information. Friday, Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Gross Hall, 4th Floor Conference Center
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | The next topic will cover Recommendations and Award Letters, presented by Marjan Farid, MD, Christine Gall, PhD and Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD. Monthly on Mondays, a series of monthly seminars, presented by Nimisha K. Parekh, MD, and Brian J. Cummings, PhD, associate deans of faculty development, offers a wide range of topics focused on faculty development.
Monday, Feb. 12, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping Seminar by Michelle Jones-London, PhD (NIH/NINDS) | An OPEN Conversation: NINDS Strategies for Enhancing the Diversity of Neuroscience Researchers, presented by Michelle Jones-London, PhD, NIH/NINDS, Chief, Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity. Seminar hosted by the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM). Tuesday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m.
Location: Hybrid event at ISEB 1200 and via Zoom
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| 24th Annual Chao Lectureship | Join us for the Allen and Lee-Hwa Chao Lectureship in Cancer Research, in honor of H. H. Chao, to explore factors influencing cancer health disparities with honoree John D. Carpten, PhD, director of the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, and director of the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope and Chief Scientific Officer. Learn more. Community Lecture: Closing the Gaps to Achieve Cancer Health Equity: Factors Influencing Cancer Disparities Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.)
Location: The Beckman Center
Scientific Lecture: The Impact of Population and Tumor Heterogeneity in Cancer Health Disparities
Thursday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. (Lunch to follow)
Location: Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4th Floor
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| Presidential Leadership and Disability | The age of presidential candidates has become a salient concern, but age is not the only physical factor that should concern citizens. Presidents can also suffer various forms of illness, both physical and psychological. This talk highlights the nature of these concerns and how we might work to mitigate their impact on political outcomes. Learn more. Friday, Feb. 23, Noon to 1:15 p.m. PT
Location: Via Zoom
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| The Third Annual CHOC and UCI Rare Disease Symposium | |
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in the Marazzi Lab / Biological Chemistry | The Marazzi Lab is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to fill the position of Postdoctoral Researcher. A successful candidate will join a dynamic and innovative research team dedicated to advancing our understanding of epigenetic mechanisms and their role in human health and disease.
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience / Conte Center | Wish to manipulate new stress-sensitive projections? Discover how early-life stress/adversity impacts brain maturation? Postdoc in amazing South California? Join the team!
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| NIH Training Grant Incentive Program | Training Grants (e.g., NIH T32) play a key role in supporting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and increases our ability to recruit the best among them. The School of Medicine Office of Research appreciates the time commitment required to prepare and direct training grants and has the Training Grant Incentive Program for first-time submissions of new or competing renewal applications. Read the guidelines on the intake form.
Also, the School of Medicine Research Development Unit supports the preparation of training grant proposals; email somrd@uci.edu to get started. View current UCI Training Grants. View active NIH T32 funding calls. |
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| Interested in submitting for an NIH multi-component grant? | If you are interested in submitting for an NIH multi-component grant, such as the P or U mechanism, please remember to reach out to Dr. Al La Spada, Associate Dean for Research Development (alaspada@uci.edu). He can guide you through the process and connect you with potential collaborators.
Also, remember that the Research Development Unit (RDU) provides project management support for these mechanisms. To request RDU services, submit this Grant Support Request intake form. There is also an incentive program for these submissions, with more details in this Incentive Program intake form. |
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| Are you considering applying for Limited Funding Opportunities? | | In most cases, interested applicants submit a pre-proposal to the Office of Research where a committee reviews all submissions and makes a recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for Research about which proposal should go forward from UCI. Limited opportunities are advertised on fundopp.uci.edu with a link to apply. However, if you do not see a limited opportunity listed, please contact the Research Development Unit. We can relay your application plans to the UCI Office of Research so they are aware of the number of interested PIs/units on campus and, if necessary, coordinate PIs or create a review process. |
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