Contents:

• Special Funding Opportunities:
  • Creativity Hubs
  • BioMarin
  • Alkermes
  • Center for Environmental Health and Suceptibility (CEHS)
• Forums, Webinars and Meetings:
  • NC TraCS 
• Upcoming ORD Initiatives - National Honor Societies and Federal Advisory Committees
• Tips, Tools, and Training
• UNC AdvanTx
• Early Notice - NIH Concept Clearances and NSF Dear Colleague Letters
• Limited Submission & Award Opportunities
• Research Development & Support for Postdocs
• News you can use
• Interest Survey
• ORD Consultations

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Special Funding Opportunity: OVCR Creativity Hubs is now accepting applications

BioMarin request for proposal

Alkermes - Pathways Research Awards

Alkermes Pathways research awards supports the next generation of researchers working to advance our understanding and awareness of alcohol use disorder (AUD), opioid use disorder (OUD), schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders.

In its fourth year, the Annual ALKERMES PATHWAYS RESEARCH AWARDS® Program will
support projects focused specifically on AUD, OUD, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Open to Junior Investigators committed to advancing research in AUD, OUD, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. The annual Alkermes Pathways Research Awards® program provides an individual grant amount of up to $100,000 per project.  More information may be found here.

Deadline: November 12, 2021 
 

UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS)

The UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS) is excited to release our 2022-2023 Pilot Projects Program Request for Applications.

Attached are the application guidelines (PDF) and an application cover page (Word).  Information can also be found at .The theme of our Center is translating interdisciplinary research on environmental health threats to improve public health in North Carolina.  The CEHS Pilot Projects Program accepts applications for two types of projects: 1) single investigator, with awards of up to five grants of up to $25,000 each, 2) interdisciplinary team science, with awards of up to two grants of up to $50,000 each. Investigators that propose a Community Engagement component to a single investigator or team science award can receive a supplement of up to $10,000.

For more information on programmatic fit and funding priorities for the CEHS, please contact Michael Sanderson, CEHS Associate Director at sanderson@unc.edu.

Deadline: November 5.  Note, Proposers must be CEHS members - please apply for membership at this link prior to the program deadline.

Tips, Tools, and Training

CURRENT LIMITED SUBMISSION & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

Early Notice - NIH Concept Clearances

NIH Concept Clearances
NIH Institute Councils meet three times a year - Feb/May/Sep. The public-access portion of these council meetings includes the presentation of concepts to be cleared by the Council for writing into a funding announcement. Thus, concept clearances are often the earliest notice of NIH interest in a new topic format.

Most Institutes held Advisory Council Meetings last month. To recap:. 

NCI 8/31-9/1 no concept clearances were identified on the agenda
NCATS 9/23-9/24 concept clearances are listed on the agenda

• Ethical Issues in Translational Science Research Concept
• CTSA Collaborative and Innovative Acceleration Award
• Machine-Assisted Approaches to Shortening the Diagnostic Odyssey for Rare Diseases Concept 
• NIH HEAL: Illuminating the Understudied Druggable Proteome
• Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) New Innovator Awards Concept
• Trial Innovation Network Infrastructure for the HEAL Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network Concept

NCCIH 9/10 concept clearances are listed on the agenda

• Fostering Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Among Children in School Settings: Opportunities for Complementary and Integrative Health
• Expansion of NIH-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-Department of Defense (DoD) Pain Management Collaboratory Research Activities

• Initiative to Maximize Research Education in Genomics: Courses (R25 renewal)
• Enhancing Diversity in Cloud-based Genomic Data Science Education (two RFAs)

• Limited Interaction Targeted Epidemiology: Viral Suppression (LITE-VS)
• Enhancing HIV Reservoir Susceptibility to Elimination
• Molecular Dynamics of HIV 
• Multi-omics Approach to the Immune System

• Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (U19, Clinical Trial Optional)
• Development of Radiation/Nuclear Biodosimetry and Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) and Biodosimetry Devices
• Immune Drivers of Autoimmune Disease (U01, UM1, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIAID 9/13 - Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Subcommittee agenda; concept clearances are listed on the agenda

• Diagnostics Preclinical Services Program
• Microbiology and Infectious Disease Biological Resource Repository (MID-BRR)
• Preclinical Services for Biopharmaceutical Product Development
• Partnerships for Rapid Diagnostics and Phenotypic Antibacterial Susceptibility Testing for Bacteremia or Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
• Improved Drug Susceptibility Testing for Tuberculosis
• Biocontainment Laboratories Support for Pandemic Preparedness

NIAMS 8/31 concept clearances discussed in council meeting recording

• Mapping Neurons to Understand Mechanisms of Joint Pain
• Collaborative Research in Chronic Pain

NIBIB 9/14 concept clearances are listed on the agenda

• Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry
• Team-Based Design Biomedical Engineering Education

NICHD 9/9-9/10 concept clearances are listed on the agenda

• Prevention research from human milk to the origins of disease and development in the life course (PRiMORDIAL
• Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research
• Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource Constrained Settings Implementation Science Network (PATC3H-IN)
• NICHD Domestic & International Pediatric & Maternal HIV & Other High-Priority Infectious Diseases Clinical Studies Network

NIDCR 9/9 concept clearances are listed on the agenda

• In utero Treatment of Dental and Craniofacial Disorders Using Precision Medicine Approaches
• Spatiotemporal Mapping of Craniofacial Embryogenesis at the Single-Cell Level
• The Functional Oral Microbiome
• Characterizing Novel Mechanisms to Advance the Science of Behavior Change in Oral Health
• Oral Health Promotion Using Technologies Outside the Dental Setting
• Advancing HIV/AIDS Research at the Intersection Of Mental and Oral Health
• Data-Driven Tools to Accelerate the Clinical Translation of Novel Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Biomaterials
• Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Workforce
• Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Award In Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators (K18)
• NIDCR Dental Specialty PhD Program (DSPP) (K12)
• NIDCR-NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award KL2 Partnership Program

• Advancing Gender Inclusive Excellence (AGIE) - Coordinating Center
• Exploring the Heterogeneity in the Restoration of Awareness of Hypoglycemia in T1DM
• Mass Spectrometric Assays for the Reliable and Reproducible Detection of Proteins/Peptides of Importance in Type 1 Diabetes Research
• New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research
• NIDDK Partnerships with Professional Societies to Enhance Scientific Workforce Diversity and Promote Scientific Leadership (R25)
• Scientists Helping to Accelerate Research Potential (SHARP): A Pilot Mentoring Program

• Maintaining and Enriching Environmental Epidemiology. Cohorts to Support Workforce Diversity

• Addressing Mental Health Disparities Research Gaps: Aggregating and Mining Existing Data Sets for Secondary Analyses
• Neuro-Astrocytes Mechanisms Governing Complex Behaviors
• Research for Post-Acute Interventions to Optimize Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Low-Resource Settings
• Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity (Reissue)

• Biomarkers and Outcome Measures for Functional Neurological Disorders (start 4:18:10 in recording)
• Identification of Clinical outcome Assessments for Ultra-Rare Neurological and Neuromuscular Diseases (start 4:24:30 in recording)
• NINDS Doctoral Readiness Program (DR Program; start 4:30:20 in recording)
• NeuroBioBank (NBB) Communications and Outreach, Contract Initiative for Council Consideration 

• Workshop proposal: Health Impacts of Implicit Bias in Machine Learning
• Advancing Integrated Models (AIM) of Care to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes among Racial/Ethnic Minority Women
• Addressing Long-Term Social Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Health Disparities

• Cell Specific Impact of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Aging and AD/ADRD
• Coordinating Center for the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers
• Cytosolic DNA Sensing as An Integrating Point of the Aging Hallmarks
• Health Equity and the Cost of Novel Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
• Inter-organelle Communication as a Platform to Interrogate the Interactions of Hallmarks of Aging
• Lipids in Brain Aging and AD/ADRD
• Mapping Interconnectivity Among Hallmarks of Aging Under Lifespan Modifications
• Mechanisms of Brain Hypoperfusion in AD/ADRD
• Noncoding RNAs in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
• Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) Studies of mTOR inhibitors on Aging-related Indications
• Resources to Promote Coordination and Collaboration across Deeply Phenotyped Longitudinal Behavioral and Social Studies of Aging
• Screening for Cognitive Impairment: Decision-making
• Understanding Place-Based Health Inequalities in Mid-Life
• Understanding the Role of Bilingualism in Cognitive Reserve and Resilience in Aging and AD/ADRD

• Epidemiology and prevention of alcohol misuse in young adult populations (DEPR)
• Ind-enabling small business concept clearance (DTR) 
• Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International concept clearance (DEPR)

• Reaching Equity at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Use: Novel Approaches to Address HIV Related Health Disparities in Minority Populations 
• Enhancing Social Connectedness and Ameliorating Loneliness to Prevent and Treat SUD and Support Recovery
• Registry of Medical Cannabis Use and Health Outcomes 
• Research Adoption Project 
• Actionable Data to Inform Research-Driven Decisions (HEAL Initiative Data2Action)
• Real-World Data to Address Urgent OUD/SUD Needs 

• Sequencing Resource for Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics of Addiction 
• NIDA Center for Genetic Studies 
• Avenir Award Program for Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders
• Exploiting Genome or Epigenome Editing to Functionally Validate Genes or Variants Involved in Substance Use Disordersr 
• Avenir Award for Chemistry and Pharmacology of Substance Use Disorders 
• Workshops on Computational and Analytical Research Methods

• NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program 
• Medications Development for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Opioid Overdose (OOD) Expansion

• Developing regulated therapeutic and diagnostic solutions for patients affected by Opioid and/or Stimulants Use Disorders (OUD/StUD) 

• Practice-based clinical research networks (PBRNs) to improve health care for populations that experience health disparities
• Reissuance of FOA for Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Specialized Centers (U54)
• RADx Tribal Data Repository (not clear if this is a concept clearance or informational presentation)

• Common Fund: Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) Production Phase - concept clearance for two RFAs
• Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT)

Early Notice - NSF Dear Colleague Letters

NSF Dear Colleague Letters
Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs) are released as needed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to inform the NSF research community of relevant requests for information, upcoming opportunities, and policy changes.

September 1, 2021 - October 4, 2021, NSF released the following DCLs of broad interest

• 9/30 | Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS): Innovative Solutions to Climate Change | nsf21124
• 9/27 | Enabling Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) CISE-SBE Interdisciplinary Collaborations | nsf21122
• 9/24 | Opportunity for Active EFRI, ERC and IUCRC Awardees to Apply for Supplemental Funding through the Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) Program | nsf21121
• 9/20 | ANR - NSF/Physics/MCB Lead Agency Opportunity at the Physics - Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Interface| nsf21120
• 9/17 | NSF GEO Notification of Funding Opportunity between U.S. and Israeli Geoscientists under the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Collaborative Research Opportunities | nsf2119
• 9/15 | CHE Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Planning Workshops | nsf21117 

CDMRP FY2021 Funding Opportunities

The Department of Defense - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) releases periodic funding opportunities of interest to the UNC research community. In general, CDMRP programs require a Pre-Application after which, successful applicants are invited to submit a full application.

Opportunities are currently available through a range of funding mechanisms in the following CDMRP programs:

• Melanoma | Pre-App 10/20
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health | Pre-App due 11/1

 NIH Request for Information (RFI): Search Capabilities across the Biomedical Landscape for NIH-wide Data Discovery

NIH requests input on use cases, expectations, and capabilities for enabling data and information discovery (search) to enhance NIH-wide data discovery and its reuse. In particular, NIH would like to understand better researchers’ experiences and expectations in finding data and information that would greatly enable their research capabilities and uncover underlying barriers or opportunities that can move the search landscape forward. The information gathered from this Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform and frame the discussions for an NIH supported workshop in January 2022. Invitations may be drawn from the larger research community, including responders to this RFI.
More details can be found on: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-187.html

All comments must be submitted electronically on https://datascience.nih.gov/search-capabilities-across-the-biomedical-landscape.

Responses must be received by 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 12/03/2021.
 

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