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ARPA-H Intent to Submit & Workshops
 While it may not be clear in the RFP, most ARPA-H funding opportunities are limited submission opportunities, allowing only one application per institution. Anyone interested in applying for an ARPA-H funding opportunity must submit to the OVPR Call for Intent to Submit.
For the PARADIGM program, there is a limit of two abstracts per institution per technical area (TA) and one proposal per institution per TA. Please respond to the Call for Intent to Submit if you are planning to submit an abstract.
Workshop Coaching Events
Learn more about the ARPA-H proposal format and the tools, templates and services OVPR is providing to faculty interested in pursuing ARPA-H funding. Each workshop will give faculty tools to develop their research ideas and is followed by a 30 minute Q&A.
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OVPR relaunches Research Commons for funding opportunities and honorifics
 OVPR relaunched a digital hub for U-M researchers to easily identify and apply for internal funding opportunities to advance their work. Research Commons automatically pulls all internal funding opportunities, limited submissions and honorifics from across the various U-M InfoReady Review accounts, consolidating all applications in one webpage.
In doing so, Research Commons eliminates the need for U-M researchers to navigate through multiple websites. The relaunched tool allows researchers to filter internal funding opportunities, honorifics and limited submissions based on keywords, fields of study and eligibility across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. Results can then be sorted by title or submission deadline dates.
Any units using application systems other than InfoReady can submit their opportunities manually, and those opportunities will be added to the central Research Commons list.
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Register for Bold Challenges 2024 kickoff and events
 The Bold Challenges Initiative will host its annual kickoff event February 20, 1-4 pm, to launch the 2024-2025 Boost application cycle and announce five new research themes that aim to address some of the world’s most critical issues. Bold Challenges’ 2024 themes range in scope from advancing human health at scale to creating sustainable energy solutions.
The February event will feature lightning talks from U-M researchers, discussions on how to generate more competitive proposals and opportunities to network with representatives from multidisciplinary centers and institutes.
Throughout the winter semester, Bold Challenges also will host five workshops designed to foster engagement so members of the U-M community can identify collaborators, share ideas and find new sources of support for interdisciplinary innovations. One of those sources includes Bold Challenges’ Boost program, which supports new and early-stage multidisciplinary teams whose ambitious, transdisciplinary projects have substantial potential for significant large-scale funding.
Faculty and staff should register for the upcoming kickoff and pollination events on the Bold Challenges website, where researchers also can learn about the 2024 themes.
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Arts Initiative funding info session
 The U-M Arts Initiative offers nine different programs to energize art making, arts research and arts experiences across three campuses.
Join the information session on February 12, noon-1 pm, to learn more about the goals and submission process for each program. The webinar will highlight two new programs – Arts Initiative Project Support Grants and Projects in Partnership.
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Humanities Collaboratory Proposal Development Grants
 The Humanities Collaboratory is offering Proposal Development Grants of up to $50K for teams to develop research questions and competitive proposals toward further funding. Proposal Development grants provide significant funding during the spring and summer of each year for awarded teams to develop the research question(s) and proposals for internal and external support. Learn more and apply by February 28.
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Faculty panel to discuss Guggenheim Fellowships
 The Office of Foundation Relations and OVPR Faculty Honorifics Office will jointly host an information session about the application and review process for Guggenheim Fellowships, featuring a faculty panel of recent awardees. The 2024 application window will be open mid-August to mid-September.
Register for the virtual information session, to be held March 15, 3-4:30 pm.
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Center for Academic Innovation accepting project proposals
 The U-M Center for Academic Innovation is inviting proposals from Ann Arbor campus faculty to engage in projects focused on developing online and hybrid degree programs, adopting educational technology and conducting educational research.
CAI provides financial and in-kind support to help faculty and staff develop innovative projects. Each call for proposals has project priorities, submission requirements and deadlines for final proposals. CAI staff are available to advise on potential projects, offering consultations by appointment or through open office hours.
Learn more about each open call, deadlines, submission guidelines, procedures and consultation with the center on the CAI Fund page.
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RFP for Global Health Commercialization Competition
The William Davidson Institute (WDI) and the Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE) are co-hosting the 2024 Global Health Commercialization Competition. This opportunity will support a community of faculty innovators from across U-M that are actively working on technical solutions to healthcare problems in emerging markets.
 This partnership is seeking submissions for an RFP to propose a compelling business case that would support commercialization using developmental resources and key partnerships to address global health challenges in low-or middle-income countries. Learn more and apply by April 5.
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Anti-Racism Research & Community Impact Faculty Fellowship
 NCID’s Anti-Racism Collaborative (ARC) is offering a fellowship to provide instrumental support to early career faculty to advance their anti-racism scholarship in ways that can lead to successful tenure/promotion and support efforts to use their expertise to fight systemic racism through policy advocacy, practice, teaching, and/or community partnerships.
While interest in power relationships that perpetuate white supremacy is foundational to the call, ARC welcomes projects grounded in broad perspectives on anti-racism, prior to and in parallel with the concept’s current popularity.
ARC seeks applications from early career faculty for projects that do not easily meet the criteria of traditional funding sources for research and scholarship but are critical to supporting a scholar’s work in the academy, as well as in dismantling systemic racism. Learn more and apply by March 22.
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 e-HAIL: E-Health and Artificial Intelligence
e-HAIL focuses on collaboration, grant development, and infrastructure to support a multi-disciplinary approach to innovations in healthcare and AI/ML methodologies. Open to all faculty whose research lies at the intersection of AI and health, e-HAIL provides concrete support for preparing multi-PI grant applications (at least one AI expert and at least one Health expert) to NIH, NSF, ARPA-H, and other funders. This includes finding collaborators, brainstorming and feedback sessions, grant writing, AI/ML programmer assistance, and hiring student support. e-HAIL has funding support to strengthen joint grant applications.
Learn more on the e-HAIL website or contact program manager Henrike Florusbosch, PhD, for more information: jflorusb@umich.edu.
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Internal Funding 
Explore Research Commons for all currently open
U-M campus-wide internal funding programs.
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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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Feb. 12, 2024- Internal Deadline
Mar. 4, 2024- Sponsor Deadline
Funding: $1,000,000-4,100,000
Limit: 1 per topic area
Apply to OVPR
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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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Sponsor: National Academies
LOI due: March 18, 2024
Funding: up to $400K
Program: seeks to develop a child passenger safety toolkit, reflecting behavioral safety principles and practices, to support the more effective engagement of underserved communities and populations.
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Sponsor: MI Humanities
LOI due: March 21, 2024
Funding: up to $20K
Program: emphasizes collaboration among cultural, educational, and community-based organizations and institutions in order to serve Michigan’s people with public humanities programming.
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Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Concept paper due: April 3, 2024
Funding: up to $275K
Program: seeks to generate evidence on supportive family policies and programs that have strong potential to impact equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, diet quality, and improved nutrition and health outcomes.
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Sponsor: NSF
Proposal due: May 1, 2024
Funding: up to $75K
Program: seeks projects that pilot state-of-the-art solutions to community challenges over 12 months, following a 6-month planning phase, and have the potential for lasting impact in the partnering community and potential to be scaled and implemented in other communities.
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Effective Project Management in Community Engagement
February 16; 1-2:30 pm
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Public Engagement For Anti-Racism Scholarship Series
February 16 & March 8; 10-11:30 am
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 Writing Your Data Management Plan
February 29; 12 pm
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 Communicating the Value of Your Research to a Broad Audience
March 19; 10-12 pm
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 Building Grant Proposal Ideas that Involve Using Generative AI in Research
March 4; 1-2:30 pm
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 Racial Equity in Arts Funding Workshop
March 6, 13, 20, 27
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 NSF CAREER Proposals Workshop
March 18; 3-5 pm
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PACE Collaborative Research Training
February 29; 2:30-5 pm
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 CAREER Proposal Project Description - Research Plan
March 21; 11:30-1 pm
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GenAI Tools for Writing and Presentation
March 25; 1-3 pm
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Navigating the Grant Review Processes (and Becoming a Reviewer)
March 28; 12 pm
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