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Bold Challenges' Boost applications open
The Bold Challenges’ Boost program supports new and early-stage multidisciplinary teams whose ambitious, transdisciplinary projects have substantial potential for significant large-scale funding. Boost teams receive dedicated research development support on topics like team building, effective communication for team science, and a wide range of facilitation and ideation activities toward competitive grant proposals.
Each team also receives $75,000 for activities that strengthen its capacity to conduct groundbreaking research and better position its work for future proposals from organizations like NIH and NSF. Funding can be used to purchase materials, conduct tests and hire undergraduate and graduate researchers.
Looking for collaborators? Share ideas with peers across campus at upcoming Bold Challenges pollination events. The series of events begins March 8.
Boost applications are due May 13. Learn more and apply.
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Upcoming arts funding opportunities
 The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration (ARIA) program, a joint effort between the U-M Arts Initiative and OVPR, seeks to elevate and expand arts research and creative practice across U-M’s campuses and schools. The program supports projects centered in the arts that ask creative questions and move toward new ideas and knowledges; that invite new forms of collaboration and interaction both within and beyond the arts; and that imagine new approaches to problems and ideas in the arts and society.
Applications are particularly encouraged from interdisciplinary research teams structured to provide mutual benefit to those in the arts and in other research sectors, and from individuals working in creative practice to imagine new horizons of artistic possibility. ARIA cycle 2 applications are due March 4. Learn more and apply.
The Arts Initiative also is accepting applications for the following programs:
- The Arts Initiative Project Support (AIPS) grant funding opportunity increases arts access and activity across campus. AIPS will facilitate and strengthen one or more of these areas: performances and exhibitions; staff and faculty ideas; collaboration; and arts learning for staff, faculty, students, and the public. Apply by April 8.
- Projects in Partnership (PiP) are large-scale projects that activate the campus and community; increase arts engagement for students, faculty, staff, and the region; and leverage interdisciplinary partnerships. LOIs are due March 11.
- Visiting Artist Support Grants aim to increase capacity and expand engagement on campus. Apply by March 11.
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NIH S10 resources and support
 NIH S10 Instrumentation Grants support purchases of state-of-the-art commercially available instruments to enhance research of NIH–funded investigators. U-M researchers are eligible for three S10 mechanisms this year:
- Shared Instrumentation Grants (SIG) for instruments $50K-$600K,
- High-End Instrumentation (HEI) for instruments between $600,001 and $2 million, and
- NIMH Instrumentation Program for equipment or upgrades related to mental health-related research ranging from $200-600K.
While the S10 opportunity is not limited, NIH does not allow multiple requests for similar instruments. Investigators must declare Intent to Submit to OVPR by March 25 for SIG and HEI, June 3 for NIMH. SIG and HEI proposals are due to NIH on June 3; LOIs for the NIMH program are due September 9.
U-M Research Development provides an S10 Toolkit that includes sample proposals, a summary of common reviewer critiques, and recent workshop recordings with slides.
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NIMHD Director to speak March 8
 The U-M research community is invited to join Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation Director John Ayanian for a conversation with National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Director Eliseo Pérez-Stable. This event will be held March 8 at 1:30 pm in the NCRC Research Auditorium or via livestream. Learn more and register.
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Massey TBI Grand Challenge kicks off March 12
The Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation is offering up to $800K in funding to support device, diagnostic, therapeutic and health information technology solutions to patients with traumatic brain injuries. At least one member of the team that would like to be considered for funding must attend a March 12 kick-off session.
The Grand Challenge process is open to all U-M faculty and staff. Learn more at the Weil Institute website.
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Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot Feasibility Program
The Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center (MNORC) Pilot /Feasibility Grant Program promotes research on the biological and behavioral determinants of obesity to develop interventions to reduce obesity and its disease sequelae using basic, clinical, or population approaches. The program enables both new and established U-M investigators (including post-docs with mentor support) to generate sufficient preliminary information for a successful application for major research funding from NIH or other national granting agencies.
Grant proposals may be in areas of basic biomedical research or in clinical, epidemiological, or translational research. Translational research projects are encouraged. Learn more and apply by April 15.
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IHP Fund for Research and Engagement
 The Inclusive History Project (IHP) invites proposals for compelling research and engagement projects that originate outside the IHP and create and share knowledge about U-M’s past with regard to DEI. Faculty, staff, students and units may apply as individuals or collaborative teams. Two types of grants are available:
- Mini-grants up to $3K are intended for undergraduate and graduate students as well as smaller-scale activities. Projects funded through mini-grants should focus on research, engagement, and/or creative practice.
- Large grants up to $25K are designed to fund the design and implementation of new research and engagement projects related to the IHP, to support the expansion and completion of existing projects, and to catalyze projects designed to engage our campuses and local communities in learning about the university’s history of inclusion and exclusion. The IHP is interested in proposals for a wide range of projects that include research on the university’s history and engagement in some form, which may include more traditional research projects, exhibits, walking tours, performances, workshops, etc.
Please email inclusivehistory@umich.edu with consultation requests and questions. Learn more and apply by April 5.
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ATG Research Leadership Development Program
 Led by three seasoned coaches from various areas of academia and industry, this Research Leadership Development program for early to mid-career faculty, provides the opportunity to learn a variety of leadership principles and explore leadership strengths in an inclusive, responsive framework. The program begins March 5. Registration is $250 for an 8-week program. Learn more.
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 Covidence now available for systematic reviews
The Taubman Health Sciences Library has initiated a new site license for Covidence, a web-based tool that facilitates systematic reviews, complex literature reviews, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, and clinical practice guidelines. It enables teams to collaborate through the research project lifecycle, including citation import, article screening, data extraction, risk of bias, and export. To initiate projects using the library's Covidence license, researchers can create an account using U-M or Michigan Medicine email addresses. Individuals with pre-existing Covidence accounts linked to a U-M or Michigan Medicine email address can now create projects using the library's license.
Please contact the Taubman Health Sciences Library at SystematicSearch-Core@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. 15, 2024- Internal Deadline
July 10, 2024- Sponsor Deadline
Funding: $110,000
Limit: up to 6
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: The Water Quality Research Foundation
Concept paper due: March 29, 2024
Funding: up to $100K
Program: requests concept papers related to WQRF's mission to advance the science of high-quality, sustainable water, focusing on emerging contaminants, compliance, drinking water initiatives, or lead abatement in schools.
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Sponsor: FFAR
Preproposal due: April 3, 2024
Funding: up to $1M
Program: innovative projects that address challenges in food supply and agroecosystem management through novel partnerships. Such collaborations provide opportunities to engage stakeholders as integral members of the research team.
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Sponsor: NEH
Proposal due: April 17, 2024
Funding: up to $5K/month
Program: supports interpretive research projects that require digital expression and digital publication. To be considered for this opportunity, an applicant’s plans for digital publication must be integral to the project’s research goals.
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Sponsor: NSF
Preproposal due: April 18, 2024
Funding: up to $3.7M
Program: will host Ideas Lab workshop to develop collaborations to identify E2E low-latency requirements of specific vertical use cases and critical technology gaps to cost effectively realize performance targets in wide-area 5G/Next-G cellular and WLAN deployments.
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 Writing Your Data Management Plan
February 29; 12 pm
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 PACE Collaborative Research Training
February 29; 2:30-5 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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 Pollination Event: Advancing Human Health at Scale
March 8; 10 am-noon
Michigan League, Hussey Room
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Public Engagement For Anti-Racism Scholarship Series
March 8; 10-11:30 am
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Pollination Event: Adapting to Changing Environments
March 15; 10 am-noon
Michigan League, Hussey Room
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 Using Implementation Science and Community Engagement to Reduce the Research-to-Practice Gap
March 15; 9-12 pm
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 Practical Applications of Facilitation Techniques in Challenging Academic Contexts
March 15; 10-12 pm
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 Guggenheim Fellowships Info Session
March 15; 3-4 pm
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NSF CAREER Proposals Workshop
March 18; 3-5 pm
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Communicating the Value of Your Research to a Broad Audience
March 19; 10-12 pm
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 CAREER Proposal Project Description - Research Plan
March 21; 11:30-1 pm
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Pollination Event: Creating Sustainable Energy
March 22; 10 am-noon
Michigan League, Hussey Room
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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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Pollination Event: Improving Lives through Next Generation Infrastructure
April 5; 10 am-noon
Michigan League, Hussey Room
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Pollination Event: Building Trust and Strengthening Social Connections
April 12; 10 am-noon
Michigan Union, Pond Room
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