Interested in applying to one of the below funding opportunities? Contact Sarah Marcotte, SoHE pre-award research administrator.
Find the complete list of current funding opportunities posted to the “Research funding opps, news & info” blog.
Funding Opportunities
INTERNAL – SoHE: SoHE research leads have begun to issue calls for research incentive funding (“seed”) proposals for 2019-20, available only to those in SoHE. Check the SoHE Research Support Search Funding Opportunities page for due dates and information about how to apply.
UW Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR): UW ICTR Pilot Awards Program has released four RFAs inviting community-partnered research proposals in the following areas:
- Collaborative Health Equity Research (CHER) -$50,000 / 12 months – Note: PI must be an Assistant Professor and partner with a senior faculty member
- Clinical and Community Outcomes Research (CCOR) -$75,000 / 12 months
- Stakeholder & Patient Engaged Research (SPER) – $100,000 / 12 months
- Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) -$150,000 / 12 months
Letters of Intent (LOI) are due January 15, 2020, with full applications due March 13, 2020. Detailed RFAs and application materials are available on the ICTR Funding Opportunities page.
William T. Grant Foundation: The William T. Grant Foundation invites proposals for its Reducing Inequality program. The program supports high-quality field-initiated studies from a range of disciplines and methodologies that are relevant to policies affecting the lives of young people between the ages of 5 and 25 in the United States. Priority is given to work aimed at reducing inequality on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language, minority status, or immigrant origin.
Proposals may be submitted for major Research Grants ($100,000 to $600,000 for two to three years of support) and Officers’ research grants ($5,000 to $50,000).
Letters of Inquiry for major Research Grants and full applications for Officers’ research grants are due January 9, 2020. Selected applicants for major Research Grants will be invited to submit a full proposal. Officers’ research grants are selected on the merits of the LOI alone.
See the program guidelines for more information, or download the complete Application Guidelines.
Research Policies, Guidance, and Other Resources
- NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Draft – Open Comment Period: The NIH Office of Science Policy has issued a draft policy related to data management and sharing, and is inviting comments from the public until January 10, 2020. Guidance documents related to allowable costs for data management and elements of a Data Management Plan are also available for review and comment.
- NIH Expanding Definition of Socio-Economic Disadvantaged to be More Inclusive and Diversify the Workforce: Read the blog post from Dr. Mike Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, outlining the changing approach NIH is taking to defining scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds. For more information, also see the NIH Guide Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity.
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From the grants.gov Community Blog: What is a Land Grant (Part 2)?
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