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Announcements

Call for Concept Papers: Team Science
The UH Division of Research is soliciting short concept papers from faculty interested in leading or co-leading funding opportunities that require a team of investigators. Proposals are due Friday, May 26.

View past announcements on the Division of Research website.

Campus News

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Breakthrough ‘Super Cool Conductor’ Advances to Final Round of DOE Competition

The Selva Research Group is one of seven teams that advanced to the final stage of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications (CABLE) Conductor Manufacturing Prize.

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Luxury Shoppers Opting for High-End Experiences Over Goods

In an ever-evolving, post-pandemic world, more and more consumers of luxury goods are opting for unplanned, high-end experiences instead, according to researchers at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership.

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UH Libraries and HPE DSI Partner to Offer Micro-credential in Digital Humanities

UH Libraries and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute (HPE DSI) have launched the inaugural Micro-credential in the Digital Humanities program, part of the joint Digital Humanities Core (DHC) initiative. Tenure-track or promotion-eligible non-tenure track faculty interested in building a digital humanities project may apply.

Upcoming Events

Virtual Workshop: Data Management and Research Misconduct
Thursday, May 11
2 p.m. — 3 p.m.
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HPE DSI: The African Cheetah Genome Project
Friday, May 12
11 a.m. — Noon
Register

Podcasting Cervical Cancer Prevention for African American Women
Thursday, May 18
10 a.m. — 11 a.m.
Register

HPE DSI: Introduction to Machine Learning and AI (Mark III Systems)
Thursday, May 18
11 a.m. — Noon
Register

TAMEST 2023 Annual Conference:
Forward Texas—Accelerating Change

Tuesday, May 23 – Thursday, May 25
Register

UH is a member of the Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC), one of the largest inter-institutional cooperatives in the world. 

Research Mentor Training Workshop for Faculty
Friday, May 12
9:30 a.m. — 3:30 p.m.
Register

Rigor and Reproducibility Workshop
Wednesday, May 17
9:15 a.m. — 3.15 p.m.
Register

Featured Event

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Data Management and Research Misconduct

Research misconduct or questionable research practices often involve poor data management. We begin the workshop by defining research misconduct and questionable research practices and illustrating situations that may lead to research misconduct. We explain how research misconduct is investigated and the role good data management practices play in this process. We conclude with a discussion of data management practices that can aid in ensuring the integrity of research.

About the Speakers
Santi Thompson is Librarian and Associate Dean for Research and Student Engagement at UH Libraries. Claudia Neuhauser is the Interim Vice President for Research and Director of the HPE Data Science Institute.
 

Virtual Workshop: Data Management and Research Misconduct
Thursday, May 11
2 p.m. — 3 p.m.
Register

Featured Funding Opportunities

Health Science, Engineering & Technology Social Sciences, Art & Humanities Education
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Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: Tobacco Regulatory Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadline:  Multiple deadlines

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) is to invite R01 applications to support biomedical and behavioral research that will provide scientific data to inform the regulation of tobacco products to protect public health. Research Projects must address the research priorities related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The awards under this NOFO will be administered by NIH using funds that have been made available through FDA CTP and the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (P.L. 111-31). Research results from this NOFO are expected to generate findings and data that are directly relevant to informing the FDA's regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health.    

 

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: Center without Walls for PET Ligand Development for Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRDs) (U19 - Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadline:  September 26, 2023    

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supports the development of PET radioligands that identify proteinopathies or pathological processes associated with the human biology of Alzheimer's disease related dementias (ADRDs).  Activities supported under this FOA include, but are not limited to the in vitro screening of existing ligands against human ADRD brain tissue, medicinal chemistry support for development of new compounds and improvement of existing ligand specificity and selectivity, initial screening of ligands in appropriate animal models, and radioligand formulation and first-in-human testing.  The Center without Walls should encompass research that will move promising ligands through in vitro and in vivo optimization to first-in-human studies.  Applications must include an administrative core, a medicinal chemistry core, a clinical core, a scientific governance structure, and a minimum of two research projects with milestone plans that address workflows for screening of existing and newly derived ligands against human ADRD tissue and appropriate animal models.  Synergy must be evident among Center research projects and cores, such that successful completion of the aims could not be accomplished without the Center structure. This FOA is in response to the Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD) challenges outlined in the 2016 update to the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease.

 

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: NINDS Sustainable Transformation of Institutional Research Rigor (STIRR) Program (RC2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline:  Multiple deadlines

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to support the establishment of programs to enhance research rigor and transparency practices within academic and research institutions to promote a culture of high-quality neuroscience research. Attention to principles of rigorous study design and transparent reporting are essential to enable the neuroscientific community, as well as the biomedical community at large, to design and perform valid experiments and to assess the value of scientific findings. Awards are intended to support the implementation of innovative programs, strategies, and approaches at the departmental, inter-departmental, or equivalent intra-institutional entity level.    

 

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: Emergency Award: Novel Insights through Cross-Site Analyses of Existing RADx-UP Data (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline:  July 03, 2023

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support analyses of existing RADx-UP data by proposing novel questions related to SARS-CoV-2 testing and health disparities. These projects will explore important questions focused on COVID-19 testing access and uptake, factors affecting testing and related COVID-19 outcomes, and meta-analyses of specific COVID-19 response and intervention approaches within and across populations.    

 

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: Emergency Award: RADx-UP Dissemination and Implementation (D and I) Research on COVID-19 Testing Interventions among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadline:  July 10, 2023

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support dissemination and implementation (D and I) research focused on increasing access to and uptake of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing interventions  with the goal of reducing COVID-19 disparities and promoting health equity among underserved and vulnerable populations. This NOFO will support D and I research on how evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies are effectively translated to and used in real-world settings. Projects may evaluate the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, or seek to understand the de-implementation of practices that are ineffective, low-value, or inequitable. Interventions developed through the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics  Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative are encouraged, but not required.    

 

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: Translating Socioenvironmental Influences on Neurocognitive Development and Addiction Risk (TranSINDA) (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline:  November 09, 2023

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks applications of limited scope proposing a set of planning activities that will lay the groundwork for a scientific project aiming to use animal models and longitudinal research designs to elucidate mechanisms mediating the impact of the early-life social environment on neurobehavioral development and the emergence of SUD risk-relevant behaviors.  This planning grant funding opportunity will support planning and development of the research framework, design, and approach; including activities that will establish feasibility, validity, and/or other technically qualifying results that, if successful, would support a competitive application for an R01or equivalent NIH research award.

    

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline:  September 30, 2025    

The NEI Center Core Grant combines three or more Resource and/or Service Cores for a group of R01 investigators to enhance their research, consolidate resources, avoid duplication of efforts, and/or contribute to cost effectiveness by providing a service with lower costs or higher quality than could be attempted for independent projects by several individual Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD(s)/PI(s)). Shared resources and facilities that are accessible to a group of independently funded investigators lead to greater productivity for the separate projects and can provide instrumentation and facilities that are too costly to be maintained by an individual investigator. The design and purpose of each Center Core may vary in how it serves its users. This program is designed to enhance an institution's environment and capability to conduct vision research and to facilitate collaborative studies of the visual system and its disorders and promote new research within the NEI mission and Strategic Plan.

 

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: Research on Bioethical Issues Related to Bionic and Robotic Device Development and Translation (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadline:  January 26, 2024

Ethical considerations are intrinsic to the conduct of robotic and bionic device research. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications that propose research on ethical questions associated with all stages of the design, testing, and/or implementation of bionic and robotic devices.    

 

Funding Agency: Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Title: Outcomes Building Capacity to Reduce the Burden of Menthol and Other Flavored Commercial Tobacco Products in Communities that Experience Health Disparities

Application Deadline:  July 06, 2023

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to build a community of practice of local, diverse community collaborators together with state tobacco control programs in order to: 1) develop and advance culturally competent commercial tobacco control policies, systems, and/or environmental interventions that reduce menthol and other flavored tobacco initiation and use among youth and increase motivation for adults to quit; 2) increase opportunities for culturally appropriate cessation support  that increases the  likelihood of sustained cessation for those who use menthol tobacco products, and; 3) initiate appropriate and culturally competent health communication interventions that evoke behavior change. This NOFO seeks to advance health equity through strategic partnerships, community engagement, and by addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) that contribute to menthol and other flavored tobacco product use.    

 

Funding Agency: Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Title: Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CARS)

Application Deadline:  June 27, 2023

CDC proposes to allocate funds to implement Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) CDC-RFA-PS23-0006, Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The project period will be Three years, with three12-month budget periods and an anticipated project start date of September 30, 2023. The purpose of this NOFO is to implement community engagement methods to achieve health equity, via the identification and implementation of structural strategies promoting personal health. Recipients will support healthy behaviors, facilitate community-clinical linkages to build support for interventions to prevent and reduce STD disparities, enhance and sustain partnerships, support communication strategies that promote STD program successes and leverage additional resources for STD, HIV, viral hepatitis control and prevention, and evaluate the efficacy of this intervention approach. The new FOA provides support in five focus areas:  (1) implementation of community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) to achieve health equity; (2) identification and implementation of systems and environmental change strategies that (a) promote sexual health and support healthy behaviors and (b) facilitate community-clinical linkages to build support for interventions to prevent and reduce STI disparities; (3) enhancement and sustainability of partnerships; (4) support for communication strategies to promote STD program successes and leverage additional resources for STI control and prevention; and (5) evaluation of the efficacy of this approach and intervention implementation.    

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Breast Cancer, Innovator Award

Application Deadline:  September 26, 2023

The Innovator Award supports visionary individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creativity, innovative work, and paradigm-shifting leadership in any field including, but not limited to, breast cancer. The Innovator Award will provide these individuals with the funding and freedom to pursue their most novel, visionary, high-risk ideas that could accelerate progress to ending breast cancer.    

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Level 4

Application Deadline:  September 26, 2023

The intent of the Breakthrough Award is to support promising research that has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Breast Cancer, Era of Hope Scholar Award

Application Deadline:  August 8, 2023

The Era of Hope Scholar Award supports individuals early in their careers who have demonstrated significant potential to effect meaningful change in breast cancer. These individuals should be exceptionally talented scientists who have shown that they are the “best and brightest” in their field(s) through extraordinary creativity, vision, innovation, and productivity. They should have demonstrated experience in forming effective partnerships and collaborations and must exhibit strong potential for future leadership in breast cancer research.    

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Breast Cancer, Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award

Application Deadline:  September 26, 2023

The FY23 Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award is designed to support collaborations and ideas that will transform the lives of individuals with, and/or at risk for, breast cancer and will significantly accelerate progress toward ending breast cancer. Applicants must bring together different perspectives to develop new paradigms that will solve fundamental yet overarching problems in breast cancer. This award requires a team-based approach by a consortium of exceptional researchers and advocates, whose collaborative efforts will make a transformative impact in breast cancer. The transformation intended by the consortium must be in people’s lives, and not in the healthcare or research system.

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2

Application Deadline:  August 08, 2023

The intent of the Breakthrough Award is to support promising research that has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.     

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Level 3

Application Deadline:  September 26, 2023

The intent of the Breakthrough Award is to support promising research that has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP1) Focused Program Award (FPA) BAA

Application Deadline:  September 28, 2023

This BAA for the FY23 TBIPHRP is intended to solicit extramural research and development ideas using the authority provided by United States Code, Title 10, Section 4001 (10 USC 4001).  This BAA is issued under the provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369), as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 and in Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) 22.315.  In accordance with FAR 35.016, projects funded under this BAA must be for research “not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement”. Research and development funded through this BAA is intended and expected to benefit and inform both military and civilian medical practice and knowledge.    

 

Funding Agency: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

Title: Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health (TBIPHRP2), Focused Program Award (FPA)

Application Deadline:  September 28, 2023

This BAA for the FY23 TBIPHRP is intended to solicit extramural research and development ideas using the authority provided by United States Code, Title 10, Section 4001(10 USC 4001).  This BAA is issued under the provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369), as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 and in Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) 22.315.  In accordance with FAR 35.016, projects funded under this BAA must be for research “not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement”. Research and development funded through this BAA is intended and expected to benefit and inform both military and civilian medical practice and knowledge.

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Funding Agency: ORAU

Title: Innovation Partnerships Program

Application Deadline:  Limited Submission. Internal deadline August 30, 2023; Agency deadline: September 30, 2023    

The goal of this grant program change is to drive new opportunities for university consortium members and ORAU experts to formulate meaningful collaborations. Innovation Partnerships grant applications are currently being accepted and the application window will remain open throughout the fiscal year depending on available funds. Each member university is limited to one award per fiscal year. Up to $4,000 may be requested to support an in-person or virtual event that involves participants from more than one ORAU member institution, including students. Innovation Partnership applications should focus on focused workshops/conferences that highlight your university’s strategic STEM research and education growth areas, and where collaborations with other member universities would add value. We are specifically interested in events that can bring more thought leadership in building a national strategy for STEM education and workforce development. Member universities are encouraged to collaborate around this topic in anticipation of federal funding initiatives.

 

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Title: NSF-DFG Lead Agency Activity in Measurements of Interfacial Systems at Scale with In-situ and Operando aNalysis

Application Deadline:  October 31, 2023

Recognizing the importance of international collaborations in promoting scientific discoveries, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research cooperation. The MoU provides an overarching framework to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between US and German research communities and sets out the principles by which jointly-supported activities might be developed. To facilitate the support of collaborative work between US researchers and their German counterparts under this MoU, the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) at the NSF and the Divisions of Physics and Chemistry (PC) and Engineering Sciences (ING 1) at the DFG are pleased to announce a Lead Agency Opportunity in Measurements of Interfacial Systems at Scale with In-situ and Operando aNalysis.    

 

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Title: Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

Application Deadline:  August 08, 2023

The long-range goal of the Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) program is to strengthen the nation's scientific competitiveness by increasing the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences, be they in academia, government, or industry. The RTG program supports efforts to improve research training by involving undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty members in structured research groups pursuing coherent research programs. Research groups supported by RTG must include vertically-integrated activities that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates.    

 

Funding Agency: Department of Energy

Title: DOE Traineeship in Accelerator Science & Technology

Application Deadline:  June 06, 2023

The DOE SC program in High Energy Physics (HEP) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for the DOE Traineeship in Accelerator Science & Engineering, which will provide support to train the next generation of scientists and engineers in this field. Up to 4 grants may be awarded to provide funding to universities or teams of universities to support tuition, stipend, and travel costs for students enrolled in specific accelerator science and engineering degree programs, and to provide modest support for topic-specific curriculum development and program administration. Award terms are expected to be up to five years, with the possibility of renewal for a second term. This program does not support dedicated accelerator research and development efforts; such efforts are supported through the HEP General Accelerator R&D (GARD) program, through accelerator R&D programs elsewhere in DOE, and by other federal agencies.   

 

Funding Agency: Department of Defense

Title: Air Force Fiscal Year 2024 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Application Deadline:  August 14, 2023

The Fiscal Year 2024 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support early in career scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 1 April 2016 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force and Space Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.    

 

Funding Agency: Department of Defense

Title: United States Army Research Institute For The Behavioral And Social Sciences (Ari) Baa For Basic, Applied, And Advanced Scientific Research

Application Deadline:  Multiple deadlines

This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which sets forth research areas of interest to the United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), is issued under the provisions of paragraph 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the acquisition of basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement through the competitive selection of proposals, and 10 U.S.C. 4001, 10 U.S.C. 4021, and 10 U.S.C. 4022, which provide the authorities for issuing awards under this announcement for basic and applied research. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA and selected for award are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of Public Law 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984" and subsequent amendments.    

 

Funding Agency: Department of Defense

Title: Basic and Applied Research at the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Soldier Center

Application Deadline:  February 28, 2025

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Soldier Center Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) identifies scientific and technical areas of interest for research and/or exploratory development. This BAA is conducted using full and open competition. In an effort to minimize proposal preparation cost, this BAA utilizes a two-step process. The first step will be the submission of a concept paper. Offerors that submit concept papers that are consistent with the intent of the BAA, and are of interest to the Government will be invited to submit a proposal (step two).    

 

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation: Requests for Information

Title: Developing a Roadmap for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation

Application Deadline:  July 27, 2023

The National Science Foundation (NSF) requests input from the full range of institutions and organizations across all sectors—industry, academia, non-profits, government, venture capital, and others—to inform the development of a roadmap for its newly-established Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, in accordance with the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. This legislation tasks the TIP Directorate to develop a roadmap to guide investment decisions in use-inspired and translational research over a 3-year time frame, working towards the goal of advancing U.S. competitiveness in the identified key technology focus areas and addressing the identified societal, national, and geostrategic challenges. Investments would be in use-inspired research, translation of research results to impact, and education, training, and development of talent in the key technology areas and societal, national, and geostrategic challenges.

Social Science, Arts and Humanities

Funding Agency: Department of Justice

Title: OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Research and Evaluation Initiative Solicitation

Application Deadline:  June 29, 2023

The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative is to research and evaluate approaches to combatting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (hereafter referred to as "VAWA crimes"). By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from VAWA funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective, and they will be more capable of generating empirical knowledge on the efficacy of new and promising ways of doing things. The initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has very limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW grantees use federal funds most effectively.

Education

Funding Agency: Department of Education (ED)
Title: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Project to Support America’s Families and Educators (Project SAFE) Grant Program Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184N
Application Deadline: Rolling
The Project SAFE grant program provides grants to eligible LEAs to improve student safety and well-being by advancing strategies consistent with CDC guidance to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in schools. (must partner with an LEA).

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