Deadline extended for Pollination opportunity
Bold Challenges, a new cross-campus initiative to grow interdisciplinary collaborations around six pressing global challenges, has extended the deadline for applications to the Pollination phase of the research accelerator program. Pollination sessions are day-long, theme-based events that facilitate opportunities to share ideas and meet potential U-M collaborators and external partners interested in addressing critical questions around sustainability, infrastructure and health. Teams that form from this first phase will have the opportunity for follow-up facilitations and will be eligible to apply for the Team Formation phase, which includes staff and funding support.
All U-M faculty are eligible and encouraged to apply by January 13. Scheduled sessions include:
- January 24: Healthy Adaptation to Climate Change
- January 31: Better Health Outcomes through Better Built Environments
- February 8: Resilient, Equitable & Carbon-Neutral Physical Infrastructure
Three additional themed sessions--Sustainable & Equitable Solutions for the Housing Crisis, Universal Access to Healthy Water, and Smart Health Care Systems for Equitable Access--will be scheduled for late spring.
Submit applications here. Contact Bold-Challenges@umich.edu with questions.
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Deadline nears for Large-Scale Planning Grants
The second cycle of OVPR’s Large-Scale Center and Initiative Planning Grants is open; applications are due January 10,  2022. PI-eligible faculty from all three U-M campuses may apply. These grants aim to promote impactful interdisciplinary research (that are not related to the Bold Challenges themes) and provide multi-unit teams with support for preparing and submitting competitive large-scale grant proposals in the range of $5M or more.
Submit your application
Read about the first cohort of grant recipients
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'Liberate Your Research' with IRWG workshop
Hosted by the Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG), Dr. Nadine Naber will lead Liberate Your Research, an online workshop to help participants heal from academic anxieties related to imposter syndrome, overwhelm and racial/gendered oppression. The event will take place 1-4 pm on January 7 and is open to all U-M faculty.
Nadine Naber is a public scholar, activist, author and teacher from Jordan and the Bay Area, California. She’s the founder of Liberate Your Research Workshops and a Professor at the University of Illinois in the Gender and Women’s Studies and Global Asian Studies Programs. For 10 years, she worked as a U-M professor (2003-2013), where she co-founded the Arab and Muslim American Studies program.
Participants will be invited to attend an in-person follow-up session on the Ann Arbor campus on May 13, 2022, to reflect on the implementation of what they’ve learned and the goals they’ve set.
Learn more and register
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Ask an NIH Program Officer
Research Development in the Medical School Office of Research will host Dr. Thomas Greenwell for a lunch and learn webinar, noon-1 pm on February 9. Dr. Greenwell is a Program Director at the National Eye Institute (NEI) at NIH. He will discuss the role of an NIH Program Officer (PO) and provide “tips & tricks” for contacting and interacting with POs at NIH. He also will answer questions from event participants.
Dr. Greenwell joined the NIH in 2007 and has served as a Program Director at the National Eye Institute since 2009. He manages a portfolio of over 120 grants and serves on various NEI and Trans-NIH committees.
Register here
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Get to know RD colleagues with 'fireside chats'
The U-M Research Development Community of Practice (RDCP) will host another virtual "fireside chat" from 12-1 pm on Thursday, January 13. This is a great opportunity for any member of the U-M community who is interested in learning more about RD as a field and/or as a career path. Participants will hear how colleagues came to RD, what RD entails and how to incorporate RD strategies into unit activities to support researchers. Panelists include Gabriel Harp (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning), Allison McElroy (Foundation Relations), Stephanie Hensel (School of Education) and Jessica Brassard (OVPR); Jocelyn Webber (School of Information) will moderate.
Research Development is a broad field encompassing proposal development, grant writing and editing, funding expertise, team science, science communications, research impact and more.
Colleagues also are invited to join the RDCP on Slack, to learn about events, network and share best practices.
Register for the event
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Michigan Research Experts
As the scope and scale of science continues to increase, the creation of multidisciplinary teams is necessary to effectively pursue the most innovative and impactful discoveries. One valuable tool available to the U-M community and external stakeholders is the Michigan Research Experts platform, managed by the Medical School Office of Res earch. With more than 4,200 U-M faculty in the database, this interactive tool is designed to allow researchers from across the University to find one another based on shared interests and to collaborate in new and meaningful ways. The site can be searched by keyword, grants, publications and other metrics to help users find experts at U-M, as well as discover sources of funding or track engagement via Altmetric. More information and FAQs can be found here.
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Internal Funding 
All currently open U-M campus-wide internal funding programs are posted in Research Commons.
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Following is a select list of Calls for Intent to Submit and Limited Submissions internal competitions, coordinated by the U-M Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the Medical School. For a comprehensive list of currently open opportunities, visit the OVPR Limited Submissions Homepage.
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Dec. 13, 2021- Internal Deadline
Mar. 1, 2022- Sponsor Deadline
Funding: $5,000-$25,000
Limit: 1
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Jan. 7, 2022- Internal Deadline
Jan. 14, 2022- Sponsor Deadline
Funding: $250,000-$750,000
Limit: 1
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Below are select external funding opportunities. For assistance finding additional federal and private funding opportunities, researchers may access:
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W.T. Grant Foundation
LOI deadline: Jan. 12, 2022
Funding: $250K
Areas of interest: Reducing inequality; Improving the use of research evidence
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Health Effects Institute
Pre-proposal due: Jan. 19, 2022
Funding: $800K each to 3 projects
Area of interest: Quantifying real-world impacts of non-tailpipe particulate matter emission
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Can Data Be Racist?
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research
TODAY, December 9
Noon-1 pm
REGISTER
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Broader Impacts Identify
Advancing Research Impact in Society
Thursday, December 16
1-3 pm; $100
REGISTER
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K Writing Workshop
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research
3 sessions, January 26, February 15, March 9
5:30-8 pm
REGISTER by January 4
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DS101: Managing and Planning Your Data
U-M Library
Tuesday, January 25
1-2:30 pm
REGISTER
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