UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter: August 13, 2016
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research
and Economic Development
Back Issues of Newsletter: http://research.ucr.edu/vcr/newsletters.aspx
Grant Opportunity Search: http://pivot.cos.com
·
Welcome
·
Office of Naval
Research 2017 Young Investigator Program – 11/4/16
· Department of Labor: Research and Evaluation Grants: 10/3/2016
·
American Council of
Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellowships 9/28/2016
·
Behavioral and Social
Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21)
·
Google
Faculty Research Awards: 9/30/2016
·
Fox Update
This newsletter adds 50+
faculty who have joined UCR since July 1. (About the same number
will join us later this year). This newsletter is sent out by the Office
of Research and Economic Development with the goal of informing faculty about
trends and advice in research, funding, and internal funding opportunities.
It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of funding opportunities, but
rather a sample of those that may have wide interest or some with specialized
interest that are representative of other opportunities. Here
are a few resources at UCR that new faculty may wish to explore:
·
Research
and Economic Development Website: https://research.ucr.edu contains information
on Sponsored Projects (for submitting all grant proposals), Research Integrity
(For research involving human subjects, animals, etc), Technology
Commercialization (for assistance with patenting, licensing, and new company
formation), Research Development (for assistance with proposal strategy
including
·
Identifying
Funding Opportunities. We use COS Pivot, http://pivot.cos.com
a
service that collects grant opportunities from the federal government. If
you have a UCR email address, you can create an account on Pivot.
It is easy to do, but if you like instruction, they are available at. http://research.ucr.edu/ord/funding/search-engines/pivot.aspx. In
addition to searching for funding opportunities, Pivot allows one to save a
search and emails you with new opportunities. Below is an example email for me.
·
Internal
UCR funding for Research:
o
Research
and Economic Development has a funding program to encourage collaboration that
will lead to federal funding. The deadline is typically the beginning of
the winter quarter with awards made July 1. http://research.ucr.edu/ord/funding/opportunities/collaborative-seed-grant-program.aspx has last year’s
program and the only change anticipated is replacing 2016 with 2017.
o
The
UCR academic senate has a grant program, http://senate.ucr.edu/research_grants/
My newsletters typically
close with a photograph of a bird, because bird photograph is a hobby of my mine
and not every newsletter contains an item of interest to every faculty
member.
Funding for FY2015-16
The table below shows
sponsored projects funds received by UCR in the past two years. Overall,
the funding is up 9.2% with federal agencies being the largest source of
funds. Funding from corporations increased the largest percentage
and now is approaching the state funding.
Sponsor Type |
2014-15 Count |
2014-15 Amount |
2015-16 Count |
2015-16 Amount |
|
Federal |
525 |
93,106,240 |
541 |
98,271,323 |
|
State |
45 |
8,820,377 |
27 |
9,340,700 |
|
Marketing
Orders |
82 |
5,640,348 |
69 |
4,304,354 |
|
Foundation/Charitable
Trust |
26 |
4,059,298 |
30 |
2,786,923 |
|
Business |
33 |
3,820,481 |
41 |
8,794,633 |
|
Interest Group |
56 |
3,614,841 |
44 |
4703565 |
|
Other Government |
39 |
2,926,402 |
30 |
2,596,979 |
|
Other
Charitable Organization |
39 |
1,504,641 |
20 |
1,511,631 |
|
UC |
20 |
998,943 |
20 |
1,511,631 |
|
Higher
Education Inst/Assn |
5 |
406,298 |
7 |
559,226 |
|
Total: |
870 |
124,897,869 |
848 |
136,363,307 |
The Science and Technology
Directorate (S&T) is DHS’s primary research and development (R&D)
arm. S&T manages science and technology research, from development
through transition, for the department's operational components and the
nation’s first responders. S&T’s engineers, scientists and researchers work
closely with industry and academic partners to ensure R&D investments
address the high-priority needs of today and the growing demands of the
future. The DHS Scientific Leadership Awards (SLA) program is one of
several programs administered by the S&T Office of University Programs.
Through the SLA program, OUP seeks to build a diverse, highly capable,
technical workforce for the homeland security enterprise. This NOFO is
soliciting applications from Minority Serving Intuitions (MSIs) to establish
programs that relevant to S&T’s mission within their institutions or MSI
networks.
The Department of Homeland
Security has a solicitation out for minority serving institutions that want to
set up undergraduate programs in fields related to homeland security. There is
a limit of one proposal per institution. DHS expects to make 3-6 awards from a
$3.6 million pool. Awards will be up to five years. Funding is $1million
to $1.2 million.
UCR Internal Limited
Applications due by 5:00 pm on September 8, 2016. http://research.ucr.edu/ord/SearchOr.aspx?k=2126965752&ae=A
More information is available
here: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=286814.
Proposals are now being accepted for the
U.S. - Egypt Science and Technology Joint Fund’s Collaborative Research and
Junior Scientist Development Visit grant programs. Researchers from U.S. and
Egyptian scientific institutes, universities, research centers, and
governmental agencies are eligible to apply. U.S. researchers from private
sector companies are also eligible to apply. For the 2016 announcement, support
for competitively awarded research and development cooperation may take the
form of:
Junior Scientist Development Visit Grants
- Short term non-academic training visits for Egyptian researchers to U.S.
institutions:
·
Up to a maximum
of $30,000 USD
·
Up to nine months
in duration
Collaborative Research Grants - Grants
intended to foster research collaboration between Egyptian and U.S. scientists:
·
Up to $200,000
USD maximum each side
·
Up to two to
three years in duration
Areas of interest are:
·
Agriculture,
particularly climate change and sustainable crop/livestock production; emerging
livestock diseases; and food processing and safety
·
Energy,
particularly advances in energy storage systems and new trends in renewable
energy
·
Health,
particularly cancer; immunology; infectious diseases; neuroscience; stem cells;
and responsible conduct of research
·
Water,
particularly advances in desalination technology and improved efficiency for
current water/agricultural practices
·
Nexus proposals,
which intersect at least two of the four research areas (Agriculture, Energy,
Health, and Water)
The call for proposals application deadline is September 27, 2016. For more information, full instructions,
and to apply, visit: www.nationalacademies.org/egypt or www.stdf.org.eg.
Office of
Naval Research 2017 Young Investigator Program – 11/4/16
The Office of Naval Research
has released its 2017 Young Investigator Program solicitation (N00014-16-S-FO15).
This program funds basic research by early-career investigators in an area of
interest to the Navy. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the
relevant ONR program officer before submitting a proposal. A list of program
officers by topic can be found at http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/Contacts.aspx
The PI must be a U.S.
citizen, national, or permanent resident holding a first or second full-time
tenure-track faculty position. Your first full-time tenure-track appointment
must have begun on or after November 4, 2011.
Awards will be up to $170,000
per year for three years. Last year, the win rate was 18%.
Proposals are due November 4,
2016. The solicitation is available at http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=286980.
Department of
Labor: Research and Evaluation Grants
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=286915
Sponsor:
United States
Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Sponsor ID: FOA-CEO-16-01
CFDA
Numbers:
17.791
Amount: Upper $250,000USD -
Lower $100,000USD
Deadline: Oct 03, 2016
DOL
has a long history of supporting research and evaluation studies of important and
emerging issues affecting America's workforce. America's working men and women
deserve the opportunity to provide for their families by earning a fair
day's pay for a fair day's work, and to do so without unnecessary risk to their
health and safety. Various Department of Labor agencies address these issues by
enforcing health and safety standards, protecting the minimum wage and overtime
pay, monitoring health and retirement benefits, fostering the progress of
historically underpaid groups, and providing employment services and training
opportunities.
· Suggested topic areas for an LRE grant that are of priority interest to DOL include but are not limited to:
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Employee Benefits Security,
-
Miners' Safety and Health,
-
Wage and Hour and Labor
Standards,
-
Worker and Workplace Safety and
Health,
-
Workers' Compensation,
-
Labor/Management Relations,
-
International Topics in Worker
Protection including child and forced labor issues,
-
Improving Equal Employment
Opportunities for Targeted Populations,
-
Innovative approaches to
evaluating the impact of DOL worker protection programs and policies using
existing administrative or other data, and
-
Low-cost
randomized controlled trials or natural experiments to evaluate the impact of
DOL programs.
ACLS Collaborative
Research Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/programs/collaborative/
Sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Amount:
Upper $201,000
Deadline: September 28, 2016
ACLS
invites applications for the ninth annual competition for ACLS Collaborative
Research Fellowships, which support small teams of two or more scholars
collaborating intensively on a single, substantive project in the humanities and related social sciences. The goal of the project
should be a tangible research product (such as joint print or web publications)
for which at least two collaborators will take credit. The program is funded by
a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
For the purpose of these competitions, the
humanities and related social sciences include but are not limited to American
studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics;
economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies;
linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology (excluding
clinical or counseling psychology); religious studies; rhetoric, communication,
and media studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies.
Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they
employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and
literature, political philosophy, history of psychology). Proposals in
interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals
focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group.
The award amount will depend on the number of
collaborators and the duration of the research leaves but will not exceed
$201,000 for any one project. Fellowships provide up to $60,000 in
salary-replacement stipends for each collaborator to take a semester- or
academic year-long supported research leave, as well as up to $21,000 in
project funds, which may be used for such purposes as travel, materials, or
research assistance. The total amount of a fellowship for any collaborative
project will vary depending on the number of collaborators and the duration of
research leaves, but the total amount of stipends may not exceed $180,000 for
any one project. The fellowships are for a total period of up to 24 months,
during which time project funds may be expended, to be initiated between July
1, 2017 and September 1, 2019. Collaborator's research leaves may be taken
during any semester or year within the overall award period, and leaves need
not be concurrent. Up to eight awards will be made in the 2016-17
competition.
Eligibility
A collaborative project must be constituted of at least two
scholars who are each seeking salary-replacement stipends for six to twelve
continuous months of supported research leave to pursue full-time collaborative
research and writing during the fellowship tenure.
·
The Project
Coordinator must have an appointment at a US-based institution of higher education;
other project members may be at institutions outside the United States or may
be independent scholars.
·
Applicants must
hold a PhD degree or its equivalent in publications and professional
experience.
Application Process – please review
carefully
One member of the project team must be designated as the Project
Coordinator (PC). The PC is responsible for starting the application, entering
the names and email addresses of the other collaborator(s), completing the
project sections of the application, uploading the proposal, entering
information for two project reference letters, and ensuring that all
collaborators in the project have submitted their elements of the application.
It is anticipated that the PC's institution will administer the funds for
collaboration costs. Please note that for the purposes of this program, only
scholars who are requesting ACLS funding for research leaves are considered
collaborators. If the project includes other participants (not requesting
funding for a research leave), please list them in your proposal document and
explain their roles in the project. (However, large research clusters that do
not produce jointly authored publications should not apply to this
program.)
Once the PC has entered the list of collaborators into the
application, each scholar will receive an email with registration information
and a code to access the group application. Each collaborator will have to
complete the individual sections of the application (including personal and
professional information) and upload a publications list. In
order for an application to be considered, all project collaborators (PC and
additional collaborators) must have their application in SUBMITTED status by
the application deadline of September 28, 2016.
Application Requirements
Applications must be submitted online and must include:
·
Completed
application form
·
Participant
information sheet, listing all collaborators (and identifying PC) and
additional project members
·
Proposal (no more
than 10-pages, double spaced, in Times New Roman 11-point font). The
proposal should describe the intellectual significance of the research project
and explain in detail the process and product of the collaboration. It should
make clear the goal of the collaboration, its structure, how credit and
acknowledgement would be determined, and how the process and project of
collaboration would be mutually informing. Finally, the proposal should explain
how collaboration enables research that is intellectually innovative and produces
a final outcome that would be more valuable than the sum of individual efforts
of the project members.
·
Bibliography (no
more than two pages)
·
Research plan,
including timeline of proposed research activities. The plan should specify the
location, duration, and names of individuals involved in each stage, and may be
in the form of a graphic timeline or narrative description.
·
Budget statement,
outlining salary replacement and project funds, which may include such items as
research assistance, travel, and research materials. (See sample budget.)
·
Publications
lists, one for each collaborator (no more than two pages each)
·
Two reference
letters. Letters should address the proposed collaborative project and all
collaborators explicitly.
Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewers in this program are asked to evaluate all eligible
proposals on the following criteria:
1.
Intellectual
significance of the project, including its ambition and scope, and its
potential contribution to scholarship in the humanities.
2.
Relevance of the
research questions being posed, appropriateness of research methods,
feasibility of the work plan, appropriateness of the field work to be
undertaken, the archival or source materials to be studied, and the research
site.
3.
Qualifications,
expertise, and commitment of the project coordinator and collaborator(s).
4.
Detail and
soundness of the process and product of the collaboration, including
dissemination plans.
5.
Degree to which
the proposed collaboration represents intellectually and methodologically
innovative practice in the applicants’ disciplines and sub-fields, and will
produce a final outcome more valuable than the sum of individual efforts of the
project members.
6.
Potential for
success, including the likelihood that the work proposed will be completed and
will lead to distinct results within the projected timeframe; where
appropriate, the collaborators’ previous record of success; and the size and
allocation of the proposed budget in relation to anticipated results.
7.
It is hoped that
projects of successful applicants will help demonstrate the range and value of
collaborative research and inquiry in the humanities, and model how such
collaboration may be carried out successfully.
What the Collaborative Research Fellowship Program does not fund:
·
Large research
clusters that do not produce publications jointly authored by all project
collaborators
·
Collaborative
projects that result in an anthology or edited volume of secondary scholarship
·
Projects that are
not primarily focused on research
·
Projects whose
primary aim it is to transform existing research results into digital format
·
Projects whose
primary emphasis is on organization of events (workshops, lectures,
exhibitions)
Behavioral and
Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-288.html
Application budgets are not to exceed two years. Direct costs
are limited to $275,000 over a two-year period with no more than 200,000 in
direct costs in any single year.
The
purpose of this FOA is to encourage behavioral and social science research on the
causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U.S.
population. Health disparities between, on the one hand, racial/ethnic
populations, lower socioeconomic classes, and rural residents and, on the other
hand, the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Emphasis is
placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: 1) public policy,
2) health care, and 3) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is
given to reducing "health gaps" among groups. Applications that
utilize an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis,
incorporate a life-course perspective, and/or employ innovative methods such as
systems science or community-based participatory research are particularly encouraged.
Google Faculty Research Awards: 9/30/2016
Google gives faculty research
awards (to be in an amount approximately equivalent to the amount necessary to
support one graduate student for one year plus travel). Most awards are in the
$40,000 to $70,000 range. The maximum amount a PI can request is $150,000. The
intent of the Google Research Awards is to support cutting-edge research in
Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields. There are two items
worth noting in applying for these awards:
http://research.google.com/university/relations/research_awards.html
Deadline: September 30, 2016
Google ask applicants to
categorize their proposals into one of the following broad research areas of interest to
Google:
Computational neuroscience, Economics
and market algorithms, Geo/maps, Human-computer interaction, Information
retrieval, extraction, and organization (including semantic graphs) , Machine
learning and data mining, Machine perception, Machine translation, Mobile,
Natural language processing, Networking, Online education at scale, Physical
interactions with devices, Policy and standards, Privacy, Robotics,
Security, Social networks, Software engineering and programming languages,
Speech, Structured data and database management, Systems (hardware and
software)
Hooded Orioles
I haven’t been going bird
watching recently, but the hooded orioles have been enjoying the drought
tolerant landscaping we put in.
(Click to enlarge)
The
video in the last newsletter of a fox “hunting” in my backyard https://www.flickr.com/photos/pazzani/28003727104/in/dateposted-public/ was quite popular.
However, David Reznick pointed out that while I thought it was eating a baby
opossum, it’s actually eating a kangaroo rat. Upon further review, I
agree with David. I did have to explain to wife how special kangaroo rats
are and how lucky we are to have them, but she keeps focusing on the rat part.
The
foxes have been enjoying our yard as much as we do. Below is a recent
video.
(Click to play)
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
200 University Office Building
Assistant: Linda Bejenaru
Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu