Contents:

• Reminder: NC Alliance for Collaborative Endeavors 
• Reminder: Publication Grants
• Tips, Tools, and Training
• Meetings and Internal Funding from Around Campus
• Early Notice - NIH Concept Clearances and NSF Dear Colleague Letters
• Limited Submission & Award Opportunities
• Research Development for Postdocs
• News you can use
• Interest Survey
• ORD Consultations

NC Alliance for Collaborative Endeavors

Reminder: the virtual kick-off event will be next Tuesday, May 25, from 12:00 - 1:00PM featuring colleagues from around North Carolina discussing their projects exploring Health Equity and  Disparities.  Register for the webinar here!

The NC Alliance for Collaborative Endeavors (NC ACE), a first of its kind collaborative space and platform to grow North Carolina’s national research reputation. NC ACE is a community-driven group where faculty, research administrators, and university leadership from North Carolina colleges and universities can convene around critical topics, explore funding opportunities, build networks virtually and in person. 

NC ACE has a Slack to facilitate networking, collaboration, and distribution of information. We encourage you to join Slack now as we begin to post information about the kick-off event as well as upcoming activities. 

https://join.slack.com/t/nc-ace/shared_invite/zt-q8k8chpi-NBdFQXHQCW2Gg5ba0_xG3A

Internal Funding Update:
Publication Grants Move to Rolling Deadline

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Tips, Tools, and Training

CURRENT LIMITED SUBMISSION & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

Early Notice - NIH Concept Clearances and NSF Dear Colleague Letters

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 the earliest notice of NIH interest in a new topic format.
Please see the March issue of FUNDamentals for a comprehensive listing of concepts cleared in February. Most NIH institutes will council meetings later this month, though some will wait until June. 

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.

April 6, 2021 – May 7, 2021, NSF released the following DCLs of broad interest:

• 4/6 | Supplemental Funding for Postdoctoral Researchers to Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts on Research Career Progression | nsf21066
• 4/6 | PHY Supplements: Growing a Strong, Diverse Workforce | nsf21065
• 4/19 | Models for Uncovering Rules and Unexpected Phenomena in Biological Systems (MODULUS) | nsf21069
• 4/19 | Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe for NSF Awardees | nsf21068
• 4/20 | Impacts to Antarctic Research Support at Palmer Station due to Construction of the new Pier | nsf21073
• 4/20 | NSF/SBE Participating in the Trans-Atlantic Platform Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World Call for Proposals | nsf21074
• 4/20 | Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity - Expanding the Network (GOLD-EN) | nsf21071
• 4/27 | A New Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Skills Training in Advanced Research & Technology (START) | nsf21076
• 5/4 | Supplements to Broaden Networks and Partnerships Between NSF's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII) Track-2 Projects and Minority Serving Institutions | nsf21078 
• 5/4 | Update on NSF's Efforts to Improve the Inclusion of Local and Indigenous Voices in Arctic Research | nsf21077
• 5/5 | Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under U.S. NSF and the South Korean Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) Collaborative Research Opportunities | nsf21079
• 5/5 | Advancing Discovery with AI-Powered Tools (ADAPT) in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences | nsf21080

*NEW* 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 the past month, the CDMRP program released a large collection of opportunities for fiscal year 2021. Most require a Pre-Application for invitation to submit a full application.

There are current funding opportunities available through a range of funding mechanisms in the following research areas: 

• Bone Marrow Failure | Pre-Applications due 07/09
• Breast Cancer | Pre-Applications due as early as 06/24
• Epilepsy | Pre-Applications due 06/14
• Kidney Cancer | Pre-Applications due as early as 06/15
• Lung Cancer | Pre-Applications due 07/14
• Lupus | Pre-Applications due 08/24
• Military Burn | Pre-Applications due 06/08
• Neurofibromatosis | Pre-Applications due 07/08
• Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes | Pre-Applications due 07/15
• Ovarian Cancer | Pre-Applications due 06/24
• Peer-Reviewed Alzheimer's | Pre-Applications due 06/14
• Peer-Reviewed Cancer | Pre-Applications due 07/29
• Peer-Reviewed Orthopaedic | Pre-Applications due 05/27
• Prostate Cancer | Pre-Applications due as early as 05/20
• Spinal Cord Injury | Pre-Applications due 05/24
• Tick-Borne Disease | Pre-Applications due 05/26
• Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | Pre-Applications due 07/08

Research Development for Postdocs

Mobile Gaming App Enhances HIV Care

UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke researchers promote better health through gamification.

The study was co-led by Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine, and Kate Meussig, Phd, at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.



https://news.unchealthcare.org/2021/05/mobile-gaming-app-enhances-hiv-care/

Ideas for cross collaborative research topics

Take a minute to complete the survey to share what specific topics you would like to see networking events and funding opportunities focused on.

https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9v0VtThkNZFabVI

UNC Office of Research Development