Hanover is closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and how it has and may continue to impact the education community. Thisresource center (PDF version here) provides key facts, resources, and potential responses to this rapidly evolving situation, while this visualization dashboard provides an overview of CARES Act funding by agency and award type. In addition, COVID-19 funding opportunities announced in our previous Grant Alerts updates have been gathered here. As always, your dedicated Content Director and Relationship Director also are ready to help with custom research solutions to the challenges you are facing.
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Below is a recap of research funding opportunitiesthat were recently announced, nationwide. Opportunities with a particular focus on COVID-19 are grouped together after non-COVID prospects. While these alerts are intended to provide you with a broad-reaching overview of the opportunities available, we certainly want to hear if thereare specific opportunities that you would like to pursue. Please let your Content Director know if you have any questions or are interested in learning more.
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These links will take you directly to the websites of the grant opportunities.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites applications that seek to support the identification of shared mechanisms and development of innovative interventions to address multimorbidity or multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and its consequences. Intervention research supported by this initiative should be designed to study: (1) mechanisms or pathways that prevent MCCs, including the identification of early biomarkers, behavioral pathways, and individual and contextual risk factors and interactions that contribute to the development of common MCCs; (2) targeted therapies and management, including self-management, of MCCs to delay progression and prevent onset of new diseases; and (3) innovative health care partnership models for managing or treating MCCs. See also this related FOA.
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to solicit applications from institutions/organizations to participate in a cooperative research group, the Mucosal Immunology Studies Team (MIST), focusing on immune mechanisms and immune regulation at mucosal surfaces of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. The main objective of this program is to break new ground in the understanding of basic mucosal immune mechanisms by introducing new ideas, approaches and technologies that address the difficult questions in mucosal immunology.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
LOIs are due by September 9, 2020; full proposals by October 9, 2020.
The Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of STEM education innovations and approaches. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Projects should result in research-informed and field-tested outcomes and products that inform teaching and learning. Teachers and students who participate in DRK-12 studies are expected to enhance their understanding and use of STEM content, practices and skills.
The Plasma Physics program supports research that can be categorized by several broad, sometimes overlapping, subareas of the discipline, including: magnetized plasmas in the laboratory, space, and astrophysical environments; high energy density plasmas; low temperature plasmas; dusty, ultra-cold, and otherwise strongly coupled plasmas; non-neutral plasmas; and intense field-matter interaction in plasmas. The focus of the Plasma Physics program is to generate an understanding of the fundamental principles governing the physical behavior of a plasma via collective interactions of large ensembles of free charged particles, as well as to improve the basic understanding of the plasma state as needed for other areas of science and engineering.
The Antarctic Sciences Section of the Office of Polar Programs supports cutting-edge research that (1) expands fundamental knowledge of the Antarctic and the natural laboratory it represents across a range of disciplines, (2) improves understanding of interactions between the Antarctic and Southern Ocean region and Earth system, and (3) utilizes the unique characteristics of the Antarctic continent as an observing platform.
The IUCRC program catalyzes breakthrough pre-competitive research by enabling close and sustained engagement between industry innovators, world-class academic teams, and government agencies. IUCRCs help industry partners and government agencies connect directly and efficiently with university researchers to achieve three primary objectives: 1) Conduct high-impact research to meet shared and critical industrial needs in companies of all sizes; 2) Enhance U.S. global leadership in driving innovative technology development, and 3) Identify, mentor and develop a diverse, highly skilled science and engineering workforce.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
The next deadline for preliminary proposals is July 7, 2020.
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is designed to fulfill the mandate of the NSF to promote scientific progress nationwide. Jurisdictions are eligible to participate in the NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII) based on their level of NSF research support averaged over three years (see RII eligibility). Through this program, NSF facilitates the establishment of partnerships among government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, R&D capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness. Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 (RII Track-1) awards provide up to $20 million total over five years to support research-driven improvements to jurisdictions’ physical and cyber infrastructure and human capital development.
Eligibility:
Beyond EPSCoR’s geographic focus on IHEs in particular states, there are no eligibility restrictions.
This funding opportunity aims to create basic research collaborations between a pair of researchers, namely: the Applicant/Principal Investigator (PI), a full-time faculty member who has never served as a PI on a prior DoD-funded award and the 2) Collaborator/co-Principal Investigator, an investigator who will provide mentorship to the Applicant and has served as a PI on a DoD-funded research award actively between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2020. This structure is aimed at introducing potential applicants to the DoD’s unique research challenges and its supportive research ecosystem.
Eligibility:
Beyond DEPSCoR’s geographic focus on IHEs in particular states, there are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
White papers are due by September 21, 2020; full proposals by February 15, 2021.
The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into NRCS technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds pilot projects, field demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. On-arm conservation research is defined as an investigation conducted to answer a specific applied conservation question using a statistically valid design while employing farm-scale equipment on farms, ranches, or private forest lands. Roughly 10-15 grants of up to $2 million each will be awarded.
The purpose of the Crop Protection and Pest Management program is to address high priority issues related to pests and their management using IPM approaches at the state, regional and national levels. The CPPM program supports projects that will ensure food security and respond effectively to other major societal pest management challenges with comprehensive IPM approaches that are economically viable, ecologically prudent, and safe for human health. The CPPM program addresses IPM challenges for emerging issues and existing priority pest concerns that can be addressed more effectively with new and emerging technologies. The outcomes of the CPPM program are effective, affordable, and environmentally sound IPM practices and strategies needed to maintain agricultural productivity and healthy communities.
The Equipment Grant Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing them with opportunities to acquire one major piece of equipment/instruments that support their research, training, and extension goals and may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs. The EGP does not support the acquisition of suites of equipment to outfit research laboratories /facilities or to conduct independent experiments simultaneously. Similarly, the EGP does not fund common, general purpose ancillary equipment that would normally be found in a laboratory and/or is relatively easily procured by the organization or through other NIFA grant programs. Rather, it is intended to help fund items of equipment that will upgrade infrastructure. Moreover, EGP does not fund research projects, including research that uses the equipment acquired with support from the program nor does it support the operation and maintenance of facilities.
The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research seeks proposals for basic research that significantly advances Neuromorphic Computing as a brain-inspired, energy-efficient tool for scientific discovery. This program call is focused on high-risk, high-reward basic research to explore how neuromorphic computing could address emerging scientific computational challenges in energy efficient computing primarily.
This program will conduct research and development to advance energy storage technologies and integrate them with fossil assets to reduce barriers to wide-spread deployment. This program is consistent with DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge which seeks to position the United States to be a leader world-wide in energy storage. Energy storage concepts are applicable to a wide range of fossil-fueled assets. These include existing and new, large-scale coal- and gas-fueled Electricity Generating Units (EGUs) with and without carbon capture, fossil-fueled industrial facilities (e.g., steel making, refineries, chemical production), fossil-fueled distributed generation assets (e.g., fuel cells, microgrids), and small-scale fossil-fueled peaking assets (e.g., aero-derivative gas/H2-fueled turbines or reciprocating engines).
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
Concept papers are due by June 16, 2020; full proposals by August 13, 2020.
OAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration & Research is soliciting proposals for ocean exploration in waters under U.S. jurisdiction, including the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. OER is interested in projects that provide data and information that may inform ocean-related segments of the U.S. economy through mapping, characterization, and exploration of the deep seafloor and water column of the U.S. EEZ as well as marine cultural heritage in U.S. waters.
The EPA seeking applications proposing research to support the development of improved science-based human health and environmental risk assessments of new biotechnology products, including those developed through synthetic biology, genome editing, and metabolic engineering. A total of seven grants will be awarded across the early-career and standard tracks.
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. The program works to accomplish this goal by: providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both; supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most effective; furthering the NEH’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in the humanities by encouraging applications from independent scholars and faculty at minority-serving institutions. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.
ED’s Institute of Education Sciences has recently announced a variety of FY2021 funding opportunities for education research. Grants are typically $1 million or more; details vary by track.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
LOIs are due by May 28 or June 11, 2020; full proposals are due by July 30 or August 20, 2020.
The NIH, in partnership with the NSF and various federal agencies, uses this program to fund research pertaining to cyber-physical systems, engineered systems that are built from, and depend upon, the seamless integration of computation and physical components. The NIH is funding a SARS-CoV-2 track which encourages CPS research and technology development to facilitate medical treatment; achieve functional independence in humans; improve quality of life; assist with behavioral therapy and personalized care; monitor or generate accurate readouts of therapeutic effects of therapies; prevent disease and disability; and promote wellness/health pertaining to COVID-19.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
Proposals are due by June 22 or December 2, 2020, depending on track.
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering is urgently soliciting proposals and can provide up to $500 million across multiple projects to rapidly produce innovative SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests that will assist the public’s safe return to normal activities. Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx), is a fast-track technology development program that leverages the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Point-of-Care Technology Research Network. RADx will support novel solutions that build the U.S. capacity for SARS-CoV-2 testing up to 100-fold above what is achievable with standard approaches. RADx is structured to deliver innovative testing strategies to the public as soon as late summer 2020 and is an accelerated and comprehensive multi-pronged effort by NIH to make SARS-CoV-2 testing readily available to every American.
With the continuing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences advanced neutron sources will provide remote rapid access to advanced user facilities to support research into the COVID-19 virus and the search for effective diagnostics and therapies. Facilities that will be made available at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), include neutron macromolecular crystallography, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, spectroscopy and imaging beamlines. SNS and HFIR beamlines are supported by staff with expertise in neutron structural biology, biophysics, chemistry, and nanoscale materials science and engineering and could be used to help to develop physical, chemical and environmental controls to virus transmission, infection and replication, and guide in the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics of disease.
A new focus area has been added to the USDA NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational and Applied Science Program. This new track, with grants of up to $1 million, seeks data to reliably guide decision-making supported by scientific evidence. This program area priority addresses the need to develop and deploy rapid, reliable, and readily adoptable strategies across the food and agriculture enterprise in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These strategies should mitigate urgent threats from COVID-19 and ensure the availability of an accessible, safe, nutritious, and abundant food supply. Proposals addressing this priority can be local, regional or national in scope and should employ interdisciplinary teams with the capacity to address the range of problems faced by the entire food and agriculture enterprise, from production to consumption. Funded projects are expected to provide solutions to include tools, techniques, technologies, food supply logistics, innovations, and other practices that can be rapidly adopted by various end-users.
The Foundation is accepting proposals for innovative leukemia research. Grants of up to $50,000 over a year will be awarded to new and established investigators for lab, translational, or clinical research related to acute leukemia. Renewals of initial research support may be considered for one or more additional years based on productivity.
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research supports scientists answering the most complex questions in cancer. To that end, the foundation is inviting applications for its Emerging Leader Awards program. Through the program, grants of up to $750,000 over three years will be awarded to outstanding early-career investigators in support of high-impact high-risk projects that are distinct from their current research portfolio. Proposals for grants must be centered on evidence-based laboratory, data, and/or medical science.
The American Heart Association, in partnership with Enduring Hearts, is inviting applications for Research Awards in Pediatric Heart Transplantation. Grants of up to $227,000 a year for up to three years will be awarded to support investigators who are actively conducting research directly related to improving the life expectancy and quality of life of pediatric heart transplant recipients.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
LOIs are due by June 1, 2020; proposals by September 1, 2020.
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation has issued an RFP for its annual LCRF Research Grant on Disparities in Lung Cancer. Grants of up to $150,000 over two years will be awarded in support of research dedicated to a wide variety of disparities-related topics.
ViiV Healthcare, a pharmaceutical company, wants to support the HIV and medical communities during this global pandemic and is announcing a Request for Research Proposals for Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS). This is your opportunity to apply for a research award from ViiV Healthcare to help improve our understanding and management of the COVID-19 pandemic in people living with HIV.
The Emergency Medicine Foundation is awarding funding of up to $100,000 in new research grants on emergency medicine areas related to COVID-19. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including Design, Cleaning, Re-use; Ventilator Scarcity; Telemedicine; Laboratory Testing; Rapid Screening, Triage and Testing; Clinical Diagnosis; Epidemiology of Disease; Therapeutics; Diagnostic Radiology, including Point of Care Ultrasound; Emergency Medicine Workforce, including Safety; Emergency Physician Wellness; Special Populations, such as High Risk, Homeless, Non-English Speaking, Transplantation Patients.
The EdTech Hub, mEducation Alliance, and Global Innovation Exchange (GIE) are launching a call for tech-focused ideas to respond to the learning emergency caused by COVID-19 school closures in low- and middle-income countries. Selected applicants will be invited to virtual EdTech Pitch Days with a global network of potential funders, support in adapting and scaling in response to COVID-19, and connections for onward collaboration and funding.
The Booz Allen Foundation has established a $1 million Innovation Fund to help nonprofits, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, innovators at colleges and universities, and startups and small businesses harness the power of data, technology, and diverse intellectual capital to improve COVID-19 relief efforts and make a difference. We want to surface the most innovative solutions and empower the individuals and organizations behind those solutions to drive their development and implementation. Grants are up to $100,000.
23andMe is now considering proposals focused on COVID-19. These proposals can include studies of outcomes, comorbidities, health disparities, and impacts of policies implemented to address the pandemic. If your proposal is related to COVID-19, please be sure to indicate this in your application. We are anticipating a high volume of COVID-19-related proposals, and our team of scientific reviewers is committed to selecting proposals where 23andMe’s participation will uniquely advance our understanding of this disease and the health of those impacted.
In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, as part of its COVID-19 Initiative, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that address the social, economic, cultural, psychological, and political impact of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, as well as responses to the pandemic’s wide-ranging effects. SSRC supports innovative research projects that deploy remote research methods to shed light on both the short- and potential long-term effects of COVID-19. Grants are relatively small (up to $5,000).
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
Proposals are due by June 1, 2020.
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