Federal Limited Opportunities

Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH

PAR-23-114

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support educational activities with a primary focus on:

Courses for Skills Development
Research Experiences

The ESTEEMED program is designed to foster the development of undergraduate freshmen and sophomores from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies and careers in bioengineering or STEM fields relevant to NIBIB’s scientific mission. Applications are encouraged to propose integrated educational activities that include 3 elements: a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen, and in the freshman and sophomore years, academic year activities and summer research experiences. The ESTEEMED program is intended to expose students to bioengineering research early in their college careers while also providing students didactic, mentoring and career development opportunities. This will prepare students to join, in their junior and senior years, an honors program that promotes STEM and entrance into a Ph.D. program. The ultimate goal is for the participants to pursue a doctoral degree and a subsequent research career in bioengineering or NIBIB-relevant field.

LIMIT: Only ONE applicaton per instution is allowed. 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "ESTEEMED" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: October 11, 2024

Optional Letter of Intent Due Date: December 17, 2024
Application Due Date: Jan. 17, 2025

National Digital Newspaper Program

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

This notice solicits applications for the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

NDNP is a partnership between NEH and the Library of Congress (LOC) to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963 from all 56 states and U.S. jurisdictions. LOC will permanently maintain this freely accessible, searchable online database (Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers). An accompanying national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information on the website directs users to newspaper titles available in all types of formats. During its partnership with NEH, LOC will digitize and contribute a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections to Chronicling America.

LIMIT: Only ONE application per institution is allowed. 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "NEH_Newspaper" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: October 25, 2024

Optional Draft: December 02, 2024
Application Due Date: Jan. 10, 2025

NSF 24-608: Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)

Vulnerabilities in an open-source product and/or its continuous development, integration and deployment infrastructure can potentially be exploited to attack any user (human, organization, and/or another product/entity) of the product. To respond to the growing threats to the safety, security, and privacy of open-source ecosystems (OSEs), NSF is launching the Safety, Security, and Privacy for Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) program. This program solicits proposals from OSEs, including those not originally funded by NSF's Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program, to address significant safety, security, and/or privacy vulnerabilities, both technical (e.g., vulnerabilities in code and side-channels) and socio-technical (e.g., supply chain, insider threats, and social engineering).

Although most open-source products are software-based, it is important to note that Safe-OSE applies to any type of OSE, including those based on scientific methodologies, models, and processes; manufacturing processes and process specifications; materials formulations; programming languages and formats; hardware instruction sets; system designs or specifications; and data platforms. The goal of the Safe-OSE program is to catalyze meaningful improvements in the safety, security, and privacy of the targeted OSE that the OSE does not currently have the resources to undertake. Funds from this program should be directed toward efforts to enhance the safety, security, and privacy characteristics of the open-source product and its supply chain as well as to bolster the ecosystem's capabilities for managing current and future risks, attacks, breaches, and responses.

LIMIT: Only TWO applications per institution is allowed. 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "Safe-OSE" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: November 01, 2024

Required Preliminary application due: January 14, 2025

Full Proposal Due Date: April 22,2025

NSF 24-599: Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI)

NSF

Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes are large-scale interdisciplinary research projects motivated by major challenges at the frontiers of quantum information science and technology (QIST). Institutes are expected to catalyze breakthroughs on important problems underpinning QIST, for example in the focus areas of quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum simulation and/or quantum sensing. Successful institutes will coordinate a variety of approaches to specific scientific, technological, and educational goals in these fields, including multiple institutions and building upon multiple disciplines, as motivated by the science and engineering challenges. In so doing, Institutes will nurture a culture of discovery, provide education, training, and workforce development opportunities in the context of cutting-edge research, and demonstrate value-added from synergistic coordination within the institute and with the broader community. Partnerships, infrastructure, industry engagement, outreach, international collaboration, and new applications for QIST should be fostered by Institutes in support of their research, education, and coordination goals.

LIMIT: 2 proposals are allowed

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "QLCI" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: November 01, 2024

Required Letter of Intent Deadline: February 07, 2025

Required Preliminary application due: March 07, 2025

Full Proposal Due Date: September 17, 2025

Biomedical Research Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH

This Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) invites eligible institutions of higher education and research organizations to seek funding to modernize and improve existing shared-use research facilities (e.g., core laboratories, animal research or breeding facilities, or other collaborative research spaces), or to construct new biomedical research space that will be furnished with essential construction infrastructure and eligible integrated equipment (subject to the requirements described below under Funding Restrictions), or other necessary casework. The objective of this NOFO is to support the development of modern facilities that will enable and enhance the conduct of high impact, cutting-edge biomedical research with national or regional significance. Thus, any facility supported by this NOFO must serve a broad research community at local (within the applicant’s own institution), regional (beyond the applicant’s own institution), or national level.

Pre-application webinar date:  Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST

Registration link: https://scgcorp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3Nz5R3BnTdGRuZxP3cBkFA

 LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "C06" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: November 08, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: January 27, 2025

NSF 25-508: Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)

NSF

DMREF seeks to foster the design, discovery, and development of materials to accelerate their path to deployment by harnessing the power of data and computational tools in concert with experiment and theory. DMREF emphasizes a deep integration of experiments, computation, and theory; the use of accessible digital data across the materials development continuum; and strengthening connections among theorists, computational scientists, data scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, and experimentalists as well as those from academia, industry, and government. DMREF is committed to the education and training of a next-generation materials research and development (R&D) workforce; well-equipped for successful careers as educators and innovators; and able to take full advantage of the materials development continuum and innovation infrastructures that NSF is creating through partnership with other federal and international agencies.

DMREF is the principal NSF program responsive to the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC’s) Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Subcommittee on the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). Over its inaugural decade, the MGI has driven a transformational paradigm shift in the philosophy of how materials research is performed. DMREF is supportive of the 2021 MGI Strategic Plan and its three primary goals, i.e., unifying the materials innovation infrastructure; harnessing the power of materials data; and educating, training, and connecting a world-class materials R&D workforce. 

LIMIT: 5 proposals are allowed from Dartmouth as lead.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "DMREF" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: The submission window is January 21-February 4, 2025

Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)

NIH/NIGMS

The goal of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained clinician-scientist leaders available to address the nation’s biomedical research needs. Specifically, this funding announcement provides support to eligible, domestic organizations to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to dual-degree training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise and lead to the completion of both a clinical degree (for example, M.D., D.O., D.V.M., D.D.S., Pharm.D., etc.) and a research doctorate degree (Ph.D.).  

With the dual qualifications of a rigorous scientist and clinician, graduates will be equipped with the skills to develop research programs that accelerate the translation of research advances to the understanding, detection, treatment, and prevention of human disease, and to lead the advancement of biomedical research.  Areas of particular importance to NIGMS are optimizing training efficiency, fostering the persistence of alumni in research careers, and enhancing the diversity of the clinician-scientist workforce.  NIGMS expects that the proposed research training program will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial, but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.

LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "MSTP" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: December 06, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: January 25, 2025

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Internal Deadline: February 07, 2025

Full Proposal Due Date: May 25, 2025

Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.

To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:

• Courses for Skills Development
  
  

This FOA seeks to support programs that include innovative approaches to enhance biomedical engineering (BME) design education to ensure a future workforce that can meet the nation’s needs in biomedical research and healthcare technologies.

Applications are encouraged from institutions that propose to establish new or to enhance existing team-based design courses or programs in undergraduate biomedical engineering departments or other degree-granting programs with biomedical engineering tracks/minors. This FOA targets the education of undergraduate biomedical engineering/bioengineering students in a team-based environment. Health equity and universal design topics must be integrated throughout the educational activities. While current best practices such as multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary education, introduction to the regulatory pathway and other issues related to the commercialization of medical devices, and clinical immersion remain encouraged components of a strong BME program, this FOA also challenges institutions to propose other novel, innovative and/or ground-breaking activities that can form the basis of the next generation of biomedical engineering design education.

LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "TeamR25" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: December 06, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: January 29, 2025

Epilepsy Incidence Among Children in the United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The purpose of this NOFO is to:

1) Estimate overall epilepsy incidence among U.S. children 0 – 17 years of age.

2) Examine potential disparities in incidence rates of epilepsy stratified by demographic, geographic, social determinants of health, or other characteristics.

3 )Identify factors that contribute to the risk of developing epilepsy and examine the association between risk factors and incidence.

LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "Epliepsy" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: December 06, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: January 23, 2025

HRSA-25-027: Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice

HRSA

The Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice (CoE) program establishes national centers that strengthen and expand the maternal and child health (MCH) workforce by training graduate and post-graduate public health (PH) students in MCH. CoEs also establish academic-practice partnerships with state Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant recipients and other MCH organizations, providing technical assistance and subject matter expertise to
strengthen MCH capacity.

LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "CoE" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: December 13, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: January 27, 2025

NSF 24-528: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows

NSF

EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows directly aligns with the NSF EPSCoR strategic goal of establishing sustainable Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professional development pathways that advance workforce development and effects engagement in STEM at national and global levels. EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research institutions and/or centers. The fellowship provides opportunities to establish strong collaborations through extended or periodic collaborative visits to a selected host site. Through collaborative research activities with the host site, Fellows will be able to learn new techniques, develop new collaborations, advance existing partnerships, benefit from access to unique equipment and facilities, and/or shift their research toward potentially transformative new directions. The experiences gained through the fellowships are intended to have lasting impacts that will enhance the Fellows' research trajectories well beyond the award period. The benefits to the Fellows are also expected to improve the research capacity of their institutions and jurisdictions more broadly.

Dartmouth is limited to four applications for RII Track-4 to NSF (Dartmouth is not eligible to submit to RII Track-4: NASA)

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "EPSCoR" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: December 13, 2024

Sponsor Application Deadline: April 08, 2025

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Please join one of the following NSF Office Hours and contact program officers for any questions you may have. Sent on behalf of NSF EPSCoR

Office Hours Registration:

Wednesday, December 11 at 3pm ET
Tuesday, January 21 at 3pm ET
Thursday, February 13 at 3pm ET
Friday, March 7 at 3pm ET
Monday, March 24 at 3pm ET

Program Officer Contacts:

Hongmei Luo, NSF, telephone: (703) 292-8867, email: hluo@nsf.gov
Lisa Cliggett, NSF, telephone: (703) 292-2759, email: lcligget@nsf.gov
Chinonye Nnakwe Whitley, NSF, telephone: (703) 292-8458, email: cwhitley@nsf.gov
Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, NSF, telephone: (703) 292-8246, email: pbentzvi@nsf.gov
Andrea Johnson, NSF, telephone: (703) 292-5164, email: andjohns@nsf.gov

Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trials Optional) RFA-ES-25-002

NIH/NIEHS

The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) Program uses a P30 grant mechanism to bring together investigators currently funded by NIH or other Federal or non-Federal sources to enhance the effectiveness of existing research and extend the focus of research for environmental health sciences. An EHSCC is expected to support innovation and be on the cutting edge of science. As such, research activities should cross a variety of disciplines to bring multiple perspectives and approaches to bear on significant environmental health research questions and health impacts. The interdisciplinary nature of an EHSCC should have a synergistic effect that results in greater depth, breadth, quality, innovation and productivity beyond what individual scientists would be likely to attain by working independently and as such lead to translational research opportunities. As intellectual hubs for environmental health research, the membership of EHSCC's is expected to include thought leaders from the field who are well-positioned to advance the goals of the 2025-2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/

The overall goals for the EHSCC Program are to enhance the capabilities of existing programs in environmental health sciences, assist with building programmatic and scientific capacity, lead in the development of novel research directions, recruit and prepare future leaders in the field, and pioneer efforts in community engagement. Ultimately the EHSCC should create a flexible structure that allows center members with different expertise to come together to answer complex and/or emerging questions, capitalize on the latest scientific trends, and accelerate the translation of research. NIEHS considers community engagement and multi-directional communication as essential activities to advance the goals and relevance of an EHSCC. Therefore, the structure of the Center should facilitate multi-directional interaction with communities (broadly defined) and EHSCC members through the required Community Engagement Core (CEC).  In addition, with the continued advancement of the NIEHS translational research (TR) framework for the environmental health sciences (https://www.niehs.nih.gov/translation), it is expected that an EHSCC facilitates translational research through the Translational Research Support Core by encompassing the resources within the EHSCC.he. Finally, EHSCC are expected to attract established and promising investigators into environmental health research and provide opportunities for career enhancement. In alignment with the 2025-2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/.), this NOFO requires a Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP) as part of the application.

To qualify for an EHSCC, the applicant institution must have a base of ongoing, independently supported, peer-reviewed research projects clearly dedicated to the study of environmental health sciences.  The research base must exist prior to the submission of an application and will be considered by program staff to determine eligibility.  See Section III.1 Eligible Applicants for more detailed description of EHS base support calculation. Prior to submission of an application, the proposed Center Director is encouraged to consult with Institute Scientific/Research Staff regarding the adequacy of the research base. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with the scientific contact as you plan to develop an application prior to submitting to this NOFO.

The NIEHS will hold an informational webinar/Q&A session January 16, 2025  by Zoom. Registration is required.  https://nih.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_lAA7DEdbQpWyZforB6lfnA#/registration

LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "NIEHS_Center" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: January 10, 2025

Full Proposal Due Date: March 18, 2025

Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. In order to accomplish this goal, NRSA training programs are designed to train individuals to conduct research and to prepare for research careers. More information about NRSA programs may be found at the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) website.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial, but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. NIH strongly supports training towards a career in clinically relevant research and so gaining experience in clinical trials under the guidance of a mentor or co-mentor is encouraged.
 
The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience (http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov) is a collaborative and coordinated effort across 14 Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), that supports research, research education, and research training with the goal of accelerating the pace of discovery in neuroscience research. .

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is a program within the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research in conjunction with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

LIMIT: 1 proposal is allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "Neuroscience T32" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: January 10, 2025

Full Proposal Due Date: May 25, 2025

Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are within the mission of NIGMS. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields.

This FOA is not intended for applications that are mainly focused on the creation, expansion, and/or maintenance of community resources, creation of new technologies, or infrastructure development.

LIMIT: 2 proposals are allowed from Dartmouth 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "RM1" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: January 10, 2025

Full Proposal Due Date: May 28, 2025