Voices for Economic Opportunity Grant
Grand Global Challenges, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Deadline: November 13, 2019
The goal of this challenge is to elevate diverse voices that can help broaden the conversation about the issues inhibiting economic mobility and generate deeper awareness and actionable understanding. Most Americans believe it is right to help others, so that they may have the opportunity to live healthy and productive lives. Yet skepticism exists about the efficacy of anti-poverty programs in the U.S. and deep-seated stereotypes remain about people experiencing poverty and who deserves to rise out of it. Many community practitioners and social movement leaders in the U.S. are already working to address this challenge. Still, there is a need for new ways of bringing personal stories to life to help others better understand why people fall into or remain hindered by barriers that impede their ability to advance and what the obstacles to building and maintaining economic security are. We seek proposals for creative, scalable, strategic new ways to generate awareness of the structural and historic barriers to economic mobility; to communicate that poverty is not just something that happens to other people and everyone is deserving of the chance to move out of it; and to change the predominant misconceptions about poverty in a way that creates the conditions for effective programs and policies to be adopted by the public and private sectors.
For more information.
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (NSF)
Deadline: November 15, 2019
With an emphasis on two-year Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy.
For more information.
Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase II Grant (NSF)
Deadline: November 20, 2019
Transdisciplinary Research In Principles Of Data Science (TRIPODS) aims to bring together the statistics, mathematics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities. Phase I, described in solicitation NSF 16-615, supported the development of small collaborative Institutes. Phase II will support a smaller number of larger Institutes, selected from the Phase I Institutes via a second competitive proposal process. All TRIPODS Institutes must involve significant and integral participation by all three of the aforementioned communities.
For more information.
Environmental Health Disparities Research (NIH)
Deadline: November 22, 2019
Social determinants of health--the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age--shape individual and population health and wellbeing across the life course, and include a broad range of factors such as access to safe housing, affordable healthy food, potable water, green space, clean air, and supportive social networks. These health determinants are in turn shaped by wider forces including economics, social policies, politics and personal and community beliefs and value systems. Unequal distribution of health-promoting social determinants across various populations is increasingly understood as a significant contributor to persistent and pervasive health disparities. A focus on health equity calls for addressing determinants of health that put health disparity populations and vulnerable communities at a disadvantage for achieving positive health outcomes. This initiative will support multidisciplinary research to generate innovative approaches to mitigate environmental health disparities and improve access to healthy and sustainable environments for health disparity populations and vulnerable communities. Each center is expected to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, synergistic research projects (see descriptions of required components below for examples of synergy), and core support that enhances the ability to achieve goals and objectives.
For more information.
Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support (NSF)
Deadline: December 16, 2019
Oceanographic facilities and equipment are supported by the Integrative Programs Section (IPS) of the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), Directorate for Geosciences (GEO). These awards are made for the procurement, conversion and/or up-grade, enhancement or annual operation of platforms in the ocean, coastal, near-shore and Great Lakes. Awards are generally directed specifically to support facilities that lend themselves to shared use within the broad range of federally-supported research and education programs. Most of these platforms and facilities also receive partial support from federal agencies other than NSF. This includes state and local governments and private sources on a proportional basis usually through a daily rate mechanism. The primary objective of these awards is to ensure the availability of appropriate facilities for federally-funded investigators and educators. Individual project-based facilities and instrumentation, limited to one, or a small group of investigators, should be supported through appropriate research programs as opposed to the IPS programs listed herein.
For more information.
Formal Methods in the Field Grant (NSF)
Deadline: January 22, 2020
The Formal Methods in the Field (FMitF) program aims to bring together researchers in formal methods with researchers in other areas of computer and information science and engineering to jointly develop rigorous and reproducible methodologies for designing and implementing correct-by-construction systems and applications with provable guarantees. FMitF encourages close collaboration between two groups of researchers. The first group consists of researchers in the area of formal methods, which, for the purposes of this solicitation, is broadly defined as principled approaches based on mathematics and logic, including modeling, specification, design, program analysis, verification, synthesis, and programming language-based approaches. The second group consists of researchers in the “field,” which, for the purposes of this solicitation, is defined as a subset of areas within computer and information science and engineering that currently do not benefit from having established communities already developing and applying formal methods in their research. This solicitation limits the field to the following areas that stand to directly benefit from a grounding in formal methods: computer networks, cyber-human systems, distributed /operating systems, embedded systems, and machine learning. Other field(s) may emerge as priority areas for the program in future years, subject to the availability of funds.
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And please don't miss out on these Internal Opportunities:
September 27, 2019
The social, behavioral, and economic (SBE) sciences have a tremendous impact on quality of life. With increasingly rigorous methods and an increasingly diverse workforce, the SBE sciences are making transformative advances in many areas. At NSF, we are looking for ways to build on that progress.
With this goal in mind, the SBE Directorate is proud to announce a repositioning of some of its basic research programs, as described in this Dear Colleague Letter.
SBE is hosting a series of webinars and virtual office hours to present details about what the repositioning means for SBE research communities.
Monday, September 30th
4:00-5:00pm EDT
SBE Repositioning Webinar
Friday, October 4th
4:00-5:00pm EDT
SBE Repositioning Webinar
Wednesday, October 9th
3:00-4:00pm EDT
SBE Repositioning Webinar
Tuesday, October 15th
2:00-3:00pm EDT
Virtual Office Hours
Friday, October 25th
2:00-3:00pm EDT
Virtual Office Hours
Friday, October 25th
4:00-5:00pm EDT
Virtual Office Hours
SBE Assistant Director, Arthur Lupia, will walk participants through the proposed changes during each webinar and will be on hand during virtual office hours to answer participant questions after a very brief overview presentation. Closed captioning will be provided for all events, please contact SBE IT Help (sbeithelp@nsf.gov) for any additional requirements.
For more information, please contact sbe-communications@nsf.gov.
Randall Ainsworth, History and Philosophy ‘20, was selected as a fellow in the Governor’s Summer Internship Program through the Public Service Scholars Program. https://history.umbc.edu/randall-ainsworth/
Terry Bouton, History, discusses the economic and political principles behind the founding fathers' beliefs about self-governance. Democracy Dies When Labor Unions Do (New York Magazine)
Dennis Coates, Economics, explains the economic impact of injuries to key football players. What is the true cost of the Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees injuries? (Fox Sports)
John “Johnny O.” Olszewski, Ph.D. ’17, Public Policy, The Daily Record highlights the career of Baltimore County executive "Successful By 40" VIP List: John “Johnny O” Olszewski, Jr. (The Daily Record)
Derek Musgrove '97, history, discusses complex perspectives of the founding fathers on representation for D.C. residents. Washington Bullpen: Inside the District’s fight for voting representation in Congress (Capital News Service) (Richmond 2Day)
Ashanté Reese, Geography and Environmental Systems, participates in a Q & A about food access in working-class neighborhoods. Former Spelman professor Ashanté Reese explores food access in new book (AJC)
William G. Rothstein, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, comments on HBCU coalition lawsuit. HBCUs embroiled in a lawsuit with the state blocked other universities from creating programs (The Baltimore Sun)
John Rennie Short, Public Policy, discusses how congestion pricing in urban centers would have a limited effect on low-income people. Can congestion pricing help Americans break up with their cars? (Sierra)
Colin Studds, Geography and Environmental Systems, discusses the impact of climate change on dragonfly migration. Swarms of dragonflies are popping up on radars in Virginia (News Leader/USA Today)
The ORPC team is excited to share updates about our ongoing efforts with Kuali Protocols for IRB. As we’ve been announcing, UMBC is continuing to transition its research related processes into the Kuali system.
One part of the transition is configuring the IRB Protocols module to mirror current human subjects research use protocol application processes. Our group has provided configuration sessions since July for investigators to have the opportunity to see what the IRB Protocol module looks like and get input on the design and content of the module. If you haven’t yet, please register for upcoming sessions today. We look forward to getting your input. If the session times do not work for you, no problem! Anyone with a UMBC logon can see the current version of the IRB module in the Kuali Protocol Sandbox. We’ve created a protocol entry guide to provide you basic steps to create an IRB protocol in Kuali. Let us know what you think by leaving us feedback or sending us a comment to compliance@umbc.edu.
Another part of the transition is adding currently approved IRB protocols to the production version of the Kuali IRB module – this is what’s used when protocols Go Live. The ORPC team will be spending time later in the semester to upload the most recent version of you protocol file to Kuali.
This upload will include the all versions of the application, recruitment materials, questionnaires/measure and consent documents. Once we create this legacy file, we’ll send you a link(s) to these protocols in Kuali. We’ll ask that you to review the legacy materials for content correctness and ask you to approve. Once done, this protocol is active in the Kuali IRB system. Future modifications, renewal reports or closures will be handled by Kuali – no more paper! New protocols are entered once Kuali IRB is officially live.
Stay tuned to the ORPC myUMBC page for updates and other announcements. If you haven’t yet, sign up as part of the ORPC myUMBC group.
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The Scholars Strategy Network (SSN) connects university-based researchers to journalists, policymakers, and other civic leaders to improve policy and strengthen democracy.
The application to join the network has three simple parts: the profile, the introductory phone call, and the short written contribution. Scholars are encouraged to complete the application in the order outlined below, however, scholars who are contacted to contribute to a specific project may complete the parts out of order.
To be eligible for Scholars Strategy Network Membership you must:
Have or be pursuing an advanced terminal degree.
Be affiliated with a university or research institution
Conduct rigorous research
Be committed to sharing your expertise with policymakers, journalists, and other civic leaders to improve policy and strengthen democracy.
Please direct questions about the application process to Ben Miyamoto, Director of Membership & Research, at ben@scholars.org.
TO APPLY: FILL OUT THE ACADEMIC & CIVIC PROFILE FORM
The profile form gives scholars an opportunity to curate what appears on their www.scholars.org page. A well-curated scholar profile helps members connect with journalists, policymakers, and other civic leaders.
The data collected in the form are also essential for matching incoming inquiries to members’ unique areas of expertise. Fill out the profile form here: https://scholars.org/new- member-survey.
Notice Number: NOT-OD-19-109
Key Dates
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Purpose
By way of this Notice, NIH, AHRQ, and CDC announce that individuals supported by research training, fellowship, research education, and career development awards will be required to have ORCID iDs (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers) beginning in FY 2020.
ORCID iDs are unique, persistent digital identifiers that distinguish individual investigators and can be used to connect researchers with their contributions to science over time and across changes of name, location, and institutional affiliation. These free identifiers are assigned and maintained by the non-profit organization ORCID.
In response to recommendations from the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director and the National Science and Technology Council's Working Group on Research Business Models that federal agencies adopt tools and approaches to simplify applicant reporting and improve the tracking of career outcomes, NIH introduced the option for PD/PIs and other users to associate an ORCID identifier with their eRA Commons Personal Profile in 2017. Since that time, more than 30,000 eRA Commons Profiles have been linked to ORCID iDs.
In addition, more than 7,000 journals now use ORCID iDs and, with
the permission of users, can automatically populate ORCID user accounts
with their citations when they publish. Federal grant applicants can
also link their ORCID accounts with SciENcv (Science Expert Network Curriculum Vitae), to simplify the creation of biosketches for grant applications.
The requirement for ORCID identifiers will be implemented through the appointment process for those appointed to institutional awards and through the application process for those applying for individual awards.
In October 2019, the requirement for ORCID identifiers will be incorporated into the appointment process for trainees, scholars, and participants supported by institutional research training, career development, and research education awards that require appointments through the xTrain system, including the following:
T03, T15, T32, T34, T35, T37, T42, T90/R90, TL1, TL4, TU2, K12/KL2, R25, R38, RL5, RL9
At the time of appointment, the xTrain system will check whether appointees have ORCID iDs and appointments will be not be accepted for agency review unless an ORCID iD is linked to the individual's eRA Commons Personal Profile.
Beginning with receipt dates on or after January 25, 2020, the requirement for ORCID identifiers will be enforced at the time of application for individual fellowship and career development awards, including the following:
F05, F30, F31, F32, F33, F37, F38, F99/K00, FI2, K01, K02, K05, K07, K08, K18, K22, K23, K24,
K25, K26, K38, K43, K76, K99/R00
eRA system validations will check whether applicants have ORCID iDs and applications will not be accepted unless an ORCID iD is linked to the PD/PI's eRA Commons Personal Profile.
At this time, prospective applicants for individual fellowship and career development awards are encouraged to follow the ORCID link from their Personal Profiles in the eRA Commons , where they can either link their eRA profiles to existing ORCID accounts or create ORCID profiles and link them back to the eRA Commons. Similarly, PD/PIs of institutional research training, career development and research education awards are urged to begin alerting potential appointees to do the same.
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
For inquiries concerning the policy described in this Notice, contact: NIHTrain@mail.nih.gov
For technical assistance or inquiries, contact the eRA Service Desk, via one of the options described at: https://grants.nih.gov/support/index.html
Water Foundation Grant
Assessing the Microbial Risks and Potential Impacts from Stormwater Collection and Uses to Establish Appropriate Best Management Practices
Deadline: September 24, 2019
To assess the microbial risks and potential impacts from stormwater collection and onsite reuse to and help establish appropriate best management practices for stormwater harvesting/reuse and other stormwater control measures.
For more specifics.
The Getty Foundation
Getty Scholars Grants
Deadline: October 1, 2019
Getty Scholar Grants are for established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
For more specifics.
Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Policy and Law Research
Deadline: October 2, 2019
Policies for Action (P4A), a signature research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is issuing a special call for proposals (CFP) to advance health equity by actively seeking new and diverse perspectives from the policy research field. This opportunity is designed to support researchers from multiple disciplines to better understand and find solutions that will promote health equity and foster action on policies and laws that ensure all people in America can attain and preserve good health and well-being.
For more specifics.
NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Research
Deadline: October 3, 2019
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $27,500 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere around the world. Fellows will also attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented emerging researchers conducting dissertation research related to education. The NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship program will fund 35 promising young scholars for the 2020-2021 academic year. Click hereto learn about the current fellows.NAEd will host a webinar for interested applicants on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 at 2:00pm ET. Register for the webinar and find the fellowship application form on the NAEd website: https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-dissertation-fellowship-program/
Institute for Research on Innovation & Science
Deadline: October 15, 2019
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) seeks to fund researchers who will use the IRIS UMETRICS data to address questions about the social and economic returns to investments in research. IRIS seeks to enable fundamental research on the results of public and private investments that support discovery, innovation, and education on the campuses of U.S. universities. We accomplish that goal by: (1) collecting and curating data from universities around the country; (2) cleaning, integrating and protecting that data in our capacity as an IRB approved data repository; (3) partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to link university data to restricted federal micro-data; and, (4) making the resulting datasets as broadly available to research users as the law and responsible research practice allow. The IRIS UMETRICS dataset is available to researchers within the secure IRIS Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) environment. This dataset is comprised of three collections: (i) core files in which researchers find university financial and personnel administrative data pertaining to sponsored project expenditures at IRIS member universities during a given year; (ii) auxiliary files which provide researchers with look-up and contextual information on institutions, awards, vendors and subaward recipients, and (iii) linkage files in which researchers find crosswalks between IRIS data and external datasets (e.g., publications, patents, and federal award data) at the individual and award level. Awards up to $20,000 to support innovative research using IRIS UMETRICS data will be disbursed to the recipient’s institution. Funds can be used for personnel (e.g., research assistance, salaries, or stipend if recipient is a student), equipment, supplies, travel (may include travel mandated by the award), and other expenses (e.g., professional development and training). Awards must include no more than 12% overhead or indirect costs to be paid as a part of the award total. Applicants with proposals for projects with longer timelines may be considered, but the monetary award is limited to a 15-month time period beginning January 2020 through March 2021.
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Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
Deadline: October 15, 2019
Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years. Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge. It enables scholars to address complex issues pertaining to individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding. Insight Grants support research proposed by scholars and judged worthy of funding by their peers and/or other experts. Insight Grant research initiatives may be undertaken by an individual researcher or a team of researchers working in collaboration.
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Princeton University
Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships
Deadline: November 4, 2019
The University Center for Human Values at Princeton University invites applications for Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships for the academic year 2020-21. Fellows devote an academic year in residence at Princeton to research and writing about topics involving human values in public and private life. This full-time visiting program is open to scholars in all disciplines provided their research plans qualify. In recent years fellows have been drawn from fields including philosophy, political theory, literature, history, classics, economics and law, but this list is not meant to be exhaustive.
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NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Education Research
Deadline: November 20, 2019
The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will receive $70,000 for one academic year of research, or $35,000 for each of two contiguous years, working half time. Fellows will also attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. Applicants must have had their PhD, EdD, or equivalent research degree conferred between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2018. This fellowship is non-residential, and applications from all disciplines are encouraged. The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship program will fund 30 early-career researchers for the 2020-2021 academic year. Click hereto learn about the current fellows.
And please don't miss out on these Internal Opportunities:
September 25: Deadline for initial draft proposals for the Technology Catalyst Fund, with final proposals due October 16, to advance innovations originating from UMBC research to more commercially viable technologies.