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| Biomedical Research Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-23-306) | This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications from eligible academic and research institutions to apply for funding to modernize existing or construct new biomedical research facilities. As part of the submission materials, the proposing team must have architectural plans of the laboratory/facility they propose to modernize/renovate. Read the NOFO.
If you plan to apply, please contact the Research Development Unit by Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023. We will relay your application plans to the UCI Office of Research so they know the number of interested PIs/units on campus and, if necessary, coordinate PIs or create an internal review process.
Limited Funding Opportunity Deadline: Jan. 25, 2024 |
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| NSF Biosketches required to use SciEncv (for all proposals due after 10/23/23) | The National Science Foundation (NSF) will require biographical sketches and current and pending support to be generated using the online platform, SciENcv, for all NSF proposals due on or after Oct. 23, 2023. In preparation for complying with this requirement, UCI libraries has provided information on their websites and office hours on Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. to assist with SciENcv questions, NIH and NSF documentation for Biosketches and current & Pending/In-Kind reporting.
Every Wednesday through Dec. 20, 2 to 3 p.m.
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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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| NSF CAREER Institute: Participant & Mentor Applications now being accepted! | Research development professionals at UCI will be running an NSF CAREER Institute for assistant professors to hone their skills in the art of competitive grant writing and proposal development. The NSF CAREER Institute will convene from January until the proposal submission deadline on July 24, 2024.NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Applicants must hold a tenure-track position as an assistant professor. Apply to be a participant. We are also looking for faculty with experience submitting successful proposals to NSF to serve as mentors. Faculty mentors facilitate peer feedback on draft project descriptions and keep PIs on track. Mentors will lead small groups of up to seven Institute participants in writing/feedback activities aligned with the instructional modules. Each faculty mentor will receive $2,000 in discretionary research funds to facilitate approximately 6–8 meetings with your group between January and June. Apply to be a mentor.Deadline: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 |
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| School of Medicine Informational Webinar: Services Provided by the UCI Center for Clinical Research (CCR) | The School of Medicine Office of Research is pleased to present an informational webinar on the UCI Center for Clinical Research (CCR). Dr. Beverly Alger, Director of Clinical Trials, Administration and Finance, CCR, will provide an overview of the valuable services and resources the CCR offers. This webinar is open to anyone with an interest in clinical research.
Monday, Nov. 27, noon to 1 p.m.
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| Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Opportunities and Challenges for the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Real-World Data (RWD) including Electronic Health Records, for NIH Supported Biomedical and Behavioral Research (NOT-OD-23-180) | View the RFI for details.
Deadline for responses: Dec. 14, 2023, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET
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| Announcing a Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications | | NIH is pleased to announce that a simplified review framework will be implemented for grant receipt deadlines of Jan. 25, 2025, and beyond. The simplified framework is expected to better focus peer reviewers on the key questions needed to assess the scientific and technical merit of proposed research projects: “Can and should the proposed research project be conducted?” Read the post. |
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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. - Tallie Z Baram, MD, PhD (Pediatrics), along with Elysia Poggi Davis, PhD, and Laura Glynn, PhD, were awarded an NIH supplement, “Innovative approaches to the true prevalence and antecedents of suicidal thoughts in young children” to Dr. Baram’s NIMH P50 award, “Fragmented early-life experiences, aberrant circuit maturation, emotional vulnerabilities.”
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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| UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship | The Office of Inclusive Excellence invites doctoral and professional students planning academic careers and those who support them to learn more about the prestigious University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP). The program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minoritized PhD recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California and provides research opportunities and career development for scholars whose work will enhance the diversity of the academic community at the UC. Since 2003, over 100 former fellows have received faculty appointments at University of California campuses.
Deadline for the 2024–26 fellowships: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023
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| Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Calls for Research Proposals: Nov. 6 & 13 Deadlines | - Research Experience Fellowship: Provides recognition and/or funding to current undergraduate students from all disciplines to conduct faculty-mentored research or creative activities. Deadline: Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
- Interdisciplinary Research Teams: Encourages current graduate students to mentor teams of undergraduate students from all disciplines. Deadline: Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
- Travel or Publication Award: Provides support for travel-related expenses for undergraduate students who are presenting at conferences, traveling to research destinations, or who incur expenses related to publishing their research. Deadline: Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
View UROP Opportunities for more details. View UROP’s calendar to register for upcoming informational workshops.
Deadline: Nov. 6 & 13, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
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| Postdoctoral Funding Opportunity! A.P. Giannini Foundation Fellowship |
Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, 3 p.m.
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| NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) Application is Open | NIH is now accepting applications to the Extramural Loan Repayment Program (LRP)! Awardees can receive up to $100,000 of qualified educational debt repayment with a two-year award. Be sure to visit the LRP website and check out this video about the NIH LRP Program Overview! Learn more about how the UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Science (ICTS) can assist you with your application to the NIH Loan Repayment Program.
Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023
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| UC-HSI Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI) | This initiative aims to enhance faculty diversity and pathways to the professoriate for underrepresented students from California Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Learn more.
Deadline: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, noon
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| Pilot Funding Opportunity: Chronic Disease Health Disparities among Latinos | The Southern California Center for Latino Health is pleased to announce a request for applications (RFA) for one-year pilot research projects. These projects will receive 12 months of funding, from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, for up to $70,000 in direct costs. We are seeking to fund pilot projects that aim to understand and address chronic disease health disparities among Latinos. View this PDF for more information. For further information, please contact Marymar Vacio.
Letter of Intent (LOI) Due: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
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| Cancer Health Disparity Research and Interventional Studies | We are excited to announce a funding opportunity by the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) aimed at addressing cancer health disparities within our community. Awards are intended to support: research projects and the development and launch of institutional, investigator-initiated interventional clinical trials that address cancer health disparities in Orange County. Up to 3 awards will be issued for budgets up to $200,000 per year for two years. The estimated funding period is Feb. 1, 2024 to Jan. 31, 2026. PIs must be UCI faculty, CHOC Hyundai Cancer Institute-affiliated physicians, or collaborators at the Long Beach VA Medical Center. Collaborations with other NCI cancer centers are allowed. PIs must be CFCCC members at time of award and PIs may only be included on one application. View for more details. For questions, email cfcccpilots@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 |
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| Unveiling Health and Healthcare Disparities in Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Setting the Stage for Better Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-23-303) | This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support innovative, collaborative and interdisciplinary research focused on clinical epidemiology, evaluation of public and/or health care policies, and validation of measurements that address health and healthcare disparities related to non-communicable and chronic diseases (NCDs) with the highest disease burden and mortality in Latin America and among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos. Read the NOFO.
Earliest Available Deadline: Feb. 5, 2024
Expiration Date: Jan. 7, 2027
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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 Seminar Series | Discovery of signaling and transcription functions for CDK7 through proteomics, transcriptomics, next-generation inhibitors, and a bit of luck, by Dylan Taatjes, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder Wednesday, Nov. 1, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute Research in Progress Quarterly Seminar | Dealing with Hunger or Nutrient Overload: How Cancer Cells Respond to Metabolic Stress, by Mei Kong, PhD, Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences Wednesday, Nov. 1, Noon to 1 p.m. Via Zoom
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| Physiology & Biophysics Research in Progress Seminar | | | 
Benjamin Clock
Graduate Student
Michael Hicks, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine
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Emily Tom
Graduate Student
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine | | | Improving Satellite Cell Niche Colonization Through MEGF10 Overexpression, by Benjamin ClockRole of ELOVL2 in Age-Related Visual Decline, by Emily Tom
Location: Tamkin Student Lecture Building F114
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| Society of Women Engineers x GPS-STEM Women in Engineering Faculty Panel | The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at UCI and GPS-STEM present a Women in Engineering Faculty Panel, with Athina Markopoulou, PhD, Yu-Chien (Alice) Chien, PhD, Iryna Zenyuk, PhD, and Ronke Olabisi, PhD, professors at UC Irvine. Thursday, Nov. 2, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Location: ISEB 2020 |
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| New Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping | The UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM) presents New Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping 2023 Symposium. Co-hosted by the UCI Center for Virus Research. For more information, please contact cncm@uci.edu.
Monday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), Room 1200, and via Zoom |
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| Experimental Pathology Research Conferences: Research in Progress Session | An Omics Approach to Understanding TDP43 Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease, by Nima Shajarian, PhD student, Al La Spada Lab, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCI School of Medicine
Monday, Nov. 6, 11 a.m. to noon PT
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall and via Zoom |
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | Periodic Paralysis: Molecular Mechanisms and Opportunities of Intervention in a Skeletal Muscle Channelopathy, by Stephen C. Cannon, MD, PhD, Professor & Chair of Physiology, Interim Chair for the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Interim Director for the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Hybrid event at 4th Floor Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4001, and via Zoom
Meeting ID: 978 3886 4406
Passcode: 007475 |
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| Scientist Solutions Life Science Vendor Show | Scientist Solutions, in collaboration with the UCI School of Medicine, hosts a vendor show with the latest and most innovative Life Science products. Register now to guarantee your lunch selection from Mendocino Farms.
Thursday, Nov. 9, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Grassy area between Sprague Hall and Gillespie Neuroscience |
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Commercialization and Searching for a Business Model: Why is spinning technology out of a lab so challenging? by Errol Arkilic, PhD, executive director and chief innovation officer, UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Thursday, Nov. 9, 4 to 5 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| UCI Conte Center Seminar Series | Memory dynamics through the divergent recruitment of developmentally-defined hippocampal traces by Flavio Donato, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Head of Research Group, Biozentrum of the University of Basel. Hosted by the UCI Conte Center.
Thursday, Nov. 9, 4 to 5 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House and via Zoom
Passcode: 764583 |
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| UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Research Webinar | Microbes: Their Metabolites and the Impact on Health with Katrine L. Whiteson, PhD, Chancellor’s Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UCI School of Biological Sciences
Wednesday, Nov. 15, noon
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| CHOC Research Day 2023 — Save the Date! | Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: Pediatric Mental Health Services ResearchJoin CHOC’s annual Research Day! This 2023 event will shine a spotlight on the latest breakthroughs and research prospects aimed at advancing child and adolescent mental healthcare. We’re bringing together a diverse community of mental health services researchers, dedicated clinicians, passionate mental health advocates and valuable community partners. Together, we will delve into the pressing pediatric mental health issues of today and explore the promising horizons of tomorrow. Event program to follow soon.
Part 1: Virtual keynote address & plenary sessions: 8 a.m. to noon
Part 2: Live Poster Session, Podium Presentations, Science Activities, Research Fair & Award Ceremony: 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: In-person events in 2nd Floor lobby, Bill Holmes Tower
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| 3rd Annual CHOC and UCI Rare Disease Symposium | |
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| Grants Management Specialist at the VA Long Beach | | The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center is looking for a Grants Management Specialist with the Research Department. View the posting in USAJOBS. Recruitment closes Nov. 3, 2023. |
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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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