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| Vote for UCI in STAT Madness — Round 3 | Our UCI research team has made it to the third round of STAT Madness 2024. Vote for our researchers in Matchup 4 for their study on “Stress-Related Brain Disruption.” Our researchers include Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD, senior author and UCI Donald Bren Professor and Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Neurology and Physiology & Biophysics, as well as lead authors and postdoctoral researchers Matt Birnie and Annabel K. Short.
To vote, you will need to create a free account. You can vote once a day! Voting for Round 3 is open until Wednesday, March 20 at 9 p.m. PST. Vote now and help send UCI to the next round!
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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 at cummings@hs.uci.edu and Sophie Wong at 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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| School of Medicine Applications for Bridge Funding Due March 25 | Please note that the next UCI Office of Research Deadline for Bridge Funding is Monday, April 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 Monday, March 25, 2024.
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| Call for applications: Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Award | The UCI School of Medicine is pleased to announce a 2024 call for applications for the Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Award. This award is aimed at promoting the early exploration of high-risk research ideas focused on emerging areas of basic and applied biomedical science. Funding will support one $45,000 grant to a PhD mentor and PhD student team of UCI School of Medicine-based researchers.
Application Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024, by 5 p.m.
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| School of Medicine Research Development Unit (RDU) can help with your NIH S10 application! | The NIH Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program (PAR-22-080) and High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (PAR-22-079) encourage applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. applyThe June deadlines are approaching, so if you plan to apply, please complete this intake form as soon as possible. These applications are time-intensive and at least a three-month lead time is recommended. The RDU can help with obtaining letters of support (e.g., from School of Medicine leadership), collecting and reviewing biosketches and overall project management support.
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| Register for UNI 231 STU SEMA: Fellowship Success for PhD Students & Postdocs | The goal of the NIH Fellowship Writing course is to increase the number and success rate of F-series applications (F30, F31, F32) among UCI trainees. View the flyer for more information. Students in their 2nd or 3rd year of PhD training are encouraged to enroll with the goal of submitting (or resubmitting) a fellowship application in August or December of 2024. Early-stage postdocs are also welcome. Postdocs can join as auditors by emailing Dr. Harinder Singh.
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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.
Jessica Shiu, MD, PhD (Department of Dermatology) was awarded the 2024 Skin of Color Society Career Development Award for her project, “Elucidating Racial Differences in Vitiligo Presentation and Treatment Response.” This is a competitive two-year award that is designed to promote translational and basic science research in dermatologic diseases in skin of color. Have you or someone on your research team received research funding or an award? The School of Medicine Office of Research would like to know! Please fill out this short New Research Funding or Award Survey form . |
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| Find funding opportunities for trainees, postdocs and early career faculty, and all faculty.
To learn more about opportunities and resources for your funding search, visit the Office of Research’s Funding Opportunities page.
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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| Postdocs & Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| 1907 Research’s Trailblazer Award (Limited Opportunity) | 1907 Research has invited UC Irvine to nominate three early-career faculty members for the Trailblazer Award, which supports disruptive but actionable basic to preclinical research into the causes and cures of psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Each total award is limited to $100,000 for research costs plus a $20,000 prize. The program does not support indirect costs.
Eligibility: The nominees must be no more than 10 years from completing their last terminal degree (MD or PhD) as of Feb. 23, 2024, and be PIs in independent labs. Interested applicants are asked to submit a preliminary application to the Office of Research via the UCI Review application portal.
Deadline: Thursday, March 28, 2024 by 11:59 p.m. |
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| Call for Cancer Research Proposals | This is a one-year American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant to fund several proposals up to $60,000 per award, providing pilot funds for research in both basic and clinical cancer-related problems.
Eligibility: Investigators within the first six years of their first independent faculty position and in the following series are eligible: In Line, In Residence, Adjunct, Clinical-X, Clinical and Researcher. Awardees may not hold a competitive grant from a national agency (e.g. NIH, ACS, etc.) or be a previous recipient of an ACS-IRG seed grant. US citizenship, permanent residency, or visa status that permits completion of the proposal is required. Read for more details.
Deadline: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
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| All Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Research Commercialization Funds Available – PoP Grants Request-for-Proposals | UCI Beall Applied Innovation (BAI) has launched the Spring 2024 round of its Proof-of-Product (PoP) program. Through this program, BAI competitively awards grants up to $100K for faculty researchers to advance their discoveries towards market to measurably improve lives.
LOI / Record of Information (ROI) deadline: Friday, March 22, 2024
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| Open Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding Opportunities | PCORI is the leading funder of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research in the United States. Research funded by PCORI concentrates on healthcare challenges that confront families every day, including cancer, diabetes, maternal mortality, opioid addiction, mental health, and equitable access to care, among many others.
They have recently released several upcoming funding opportunities. View all active PCORI funding announcements. |
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| NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-24-141) | The purpose of the NIH Research Conference Grant (R13) is to support high-quality conferences that are relevant to the public health and the scientific mission of the participating institutes and centers. Advance permission to submit an application is required for all NIH conference grant applications, including new, resubmission, renewal, and revision applications. Cover letters for a new application cannot be recycled for a resubmission or revision; rather a new letter is required. Advance permission to submit an application should be requested early in the process and no later than six weeks before the application due date. Applications that do not include the permission-to-submit letter will not be accepted for review. Note that advance permission to submit an application does not guarantee funding. Read more for details.
Earliest Deadline: April 12, 2024
Expiration Date: January 08, 2027
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series | The Hippo pathway in growth control and cancer development, by Wenqi Wang, PhD, associate professor, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI School of Biological Sciences, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Complex Biological Systems Wednesday, March 20, 11 a.m. to noon Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Research Webinar | Interplay of Nutrition and Stress: Potential role of mindfulness in the treatment of diet-related chronic diseases, by Karen Lindsay, PhD, RDN, Early Career Samueli Endowed Chair, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Diet and Nutrition Counseling, UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
Wednesday, March 20, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| CHOC Research Education | Innovation and Research in Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac MRI, by Sanjeet Hegde, MD, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Wednesday, March 20, Noon to 1:15 p.m. PT
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| 2024 UC Irvine Neurodegeneration Community Workshop | Join us for a two-day, hybrid event that will bring together patients, researchers and clinicians from the Southern California neurodegenerative disease community! The event is free to attend and lunch will be provided on March 22.
Extramural keynote speakers include Gene Yeo, PhD, MBA (UCSD), Tim Shay, PhD (Caltech) and Adys Mendizabal, MD, MS (UCLA), with additional sessions led by Leslie Thompson, PhD, Albert La Spada, MD, PhD and Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, from UC Irvine.
March 22–23
Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, Calif.
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| 11th Annual Conte Center Symposium | 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. For more information, visit the Conte Center’s website.
Tuesday, March 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: The Beckman Center
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| NIH K Award Grant Writing Workshop Series | The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) has coordinated a four-week K-Club grant writing series intended for early-career faculty and postdoctoral scholars preparing to submit applications for NIH Mentored Career Development awards. These awards are designed to promote the career development of scholars looking to transition to research independence. The objective of this series is to prepare candidates for submission of NIH K awards, to create the strongest possible funding proposal, and guide scholars through the K application components. Those seeking informational insight to determine if the K award mechanism is right for them are also encouraged to attend. Register by March 29. Learn more. Mondays, April 1, 8, 22 and 29, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Location: UC Irvine Campus, Hewitt Hall, Large Conference Room, Room 1042 |
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Advancing Physician Scientist Careers in Dermatology, by Maryam Asgari, MD, PhD, Endowed Chair, Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado
Thursday, April 4, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | Merits and Promotions for Senate Faculty, presented by Kyoko Yokomori, PhD, and Brian Cummings, PhD. Monthly on Mondays, presented by Nimisha Parekh, MD, and Brian J. Cummings, PhD, associate deans of faculty development, is a monthly seminar series covering a wide range of topics focused on faculty development.
Monday, April 8, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| To Postdoc or Not: Planning Your Post-PhD JourneyTo Postdoc or Not: Planning Your Post-PhD Journey | The Career & Professional Development Club of Physiology & Biophysics presents “To Postdoc or Not: Planning Your Post-PhD Journey.” In this session, PhD students will learn if postdoctoral training is for them; how to find a postdoc that aligns with their career goals; is postdoctoral training required for transition into nonacademic careers; current job trends for STEM PhDs; and navigating academic and industry job landscape in the US as an international scholar. Speakers will include Harinder Singh, PhD, associate director of graduate and postdoctoral success in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics and David Fruman, PhD, academic director of graduate professional success in STEM (GPS-STEM). Lunch will be provided.
Tuesday, April 9; 12 –1 p.m.
Location: Natural Sciences-II #4201
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminar Series | Barcodes, bottlenecks and influenza A virus population dynamics, by Anice Lowen, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine
Wednesday, April 10, 4 p.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House, Room 166, and via ZoomContact Shanti Iyer to join via Zoom. |
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| Postdoctoral Scholar - Immuno - Virology and Vaccine Development | The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology of the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute has two postdoctoral scholar openings. Applications are being sought from recent PhD, or MD/PhD graduates in the Biological/Immunological Sciences. Interdisciplinary skills and approaches in Genomics, Bioinformatics, RNA Sequencing, CyToF, FACS, Advanced Imaging, Biochemistry, Immunology and Cell Biology are strongly desired.
PI: Lbachir Benmohamed, PhD
View the posting in AP Recruit.
Closing date: May 15, 2024
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| Postdoctoral Scholar-Della Martin Fellowship / Psychiatry and Human Behavior | An exciting and unique opportunity to study neuropsychiatric disorders at the molecular level and develop translational research programs in clinical populations using state-of-the art technologies including single cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, and cellular models derived from patients and controls. Successful candidate will be familiar with molecular and cellular laboratory methods and bioinformatics.
PI: William E. Bunney
View the posting in AP Recruit.
Closing date: Sunday, June 30, 2024
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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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| Did you know about these UCI-offered resources? | These three books are available to download and can be accessed via the UCI Libraries (must be on campus or using VPN): - Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More, by Matt Carter, 2020
- The Physician Scientist’s Career Guide, by Mark J. Eisenberg, 2011
- The Essential MD-PhD Guide, by Eisenberg and Cox, 2021
UCI Apporto Virtual Computer Lab VCL (free)
- Apps available now: Stata, SPSS, Cran R, R Studio and Matlab
- Apps available soon: ArcGIS and Eviews
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| What kind of grant support does the Research Development Unit (RDU) provide? | |
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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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| Respiratory infection reminders | COVID-19, flu and RSV continue to circulate in the area at high levels. Some reminders: - Employees are encouraged to stay home when ill to help reduce the spread of infections.
- Employees, including student employees, are strongly encouraged to report cases of COVID-19 to Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services at contacttracing@uci.edu or 949-824-2300. CTVNS will follow up with a case investigation and employee close contact notifications.
- Free COVID-19 antigen tests continue to be available to employees at various locations on campus.
Free masks and N-95 respirators are also available to employees at various locations.
All employee-related information can be found at Human Resources Working Well webpage. For UCI Health updates, please visit UCI Health's COVID-19 page on SharePoint.
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