Completed

K. Fitzsimmons ( International Initiatives/ Environmental Science) - Collaboration Track

There is one slot still available for the Collaboration Track and two free slots for the Conference Track. 
UA may not submit more than two Collaboration and two Conference applications to this program, as a lead institution each year. There is no limit on the number of Regular applications submitted by an institution
 

For FY 2023, only two awards will be made to the same lead institution, with up to one being a Collaboration award each year. Conference awards are excluded from this award limitation. A Project Director may not apply for a Collaboration grant as the lead project director if they currently have an active USDA NIFA HSI Collaboration award in its first or second year of the project

The purpose of the HSI Education Grants Program is to encourage innovative teaching or education proposals with potential to impact and become models for other institutions that serve underrepresented students at the regional or national level. Projects supported by this program must include/address one or more of the following goals:

1.  Attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural natural resources, and human systems and sciences in the United States.
2.  Enhance the quality of postsecondary instruction within the above disciplines.
3. Provide opportunities and access to food and agricultural careers in the public, non-profit and private sectors.
4. Align the efforts of HSIs and other non-profit organizations to support academic development and career attainment of underrepresented groups.

The HSI Education Grants Program is aligned with the following USDA Strategic Plan FY 2022- 2026:

1. Strategic Goal 2: Ensure America’s Agricultural System is Equitable, Resilient, and Prosperous
2. Strategic Goal 4: Provide All Americans Safe, Nutritious Food

Collaboration Grant
Collaboration Grants for this program must be submitted by agroup of two or more HSIs forming a linkage arrangement for the purpose of carryingout common objective(s) on the group’s behalf. The arrangement must be formed topromote and strengthen the institutional abilities to carry out higher educationprograms related to FANH . Collaboration grants must support Education/TeachingProjects. Collaboration grants for Community Development Projects will not beaccepted.

Grants are designed to help institutions develop competitive projects and to attractnew students into careers in high-priority areas of national need. To ensure the cost- effectiveness of funded projects, the institutions will work together to recruit andgraduate a minimum of fifteen undergraduate and ten graduate students fromunderrepresented groups in an Associate, Baccalaureate, MS, or PhD degree program.The twenty-five students must be recruited during the duration of the grant.

Collaboration Grants will be funded up to approximately $1,000,000 total, and mustbe for a project period of four years.

All partners must have a significant role in the collaboration and each institution’sbudget needs to be appropriate to support its activities. More information regardingpartnership and allowed activities can be found in “HSI Education Grants ProgramSupplemental Information.”
 

Conference Grants
Conference Grants support scientific meetings that bring togethereducators to identify research, education/teaching, and/or extension needs, updateinformation, or advance an area of education/teaching. Individual conference grantsmust not exceed $50,000 total for a project period of up to three years. Conferencegrants are not renewable. Indirect costs are not permitted on Conference Grantawards.

In FY 2023, one of the conference grants will be awarded to an institution to bringtogether a diverse and representative group of HSIs for a HSI Assessment andEvaluation conference to convene HSIs from across the country and Puerto Rico.Applications are expected to propose a conference that will emphasize research andpractice as related to educational assessment and evaluation of projects fundedthrough the NIFA HSI Education Grants program. Projects should focus on thefollowing areas:

a.Measuring to what extent previously funded projects from the NIFA HSIEducation Grants Program achieve the following program goals to guidecurrently funded and future project applicants:

1.Attract and support undergraduate and graduate students fromunderrepresented groups to prepare them for careers related toFANH agricultural and natural resources systems and sciences inthe United States.

2.Enhance the quality of postsecondary instruction within the abovedisciplines.

3.Provide opportunities and access to food and agricultural careers in thepublic and private sector.

4.Align the efforts of HSIs and other non-profit organizations to supportacademic development and career attainment of underrepresented groups.

b.Capturing the outcomes and impacts of NIFA funds on student recruitment, retention, and graduation and faculty professional development, including retention and promotion. c. Disseminating and reporting outcomes, impacts, and best practices to federal agencies, the greater HSI community, and other stakeholders.

d. Promoting and strengthening the ability of HSIs to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs.

Conference activities should bring together participants from a range of backgrounds and institution types to learn ways to evaluate and assess their projects, discuss challenges facing HSIs, and provide opportunities for participants to discuss their own experiences. Invitees will be determined in collaboration with the agency with a minimum of twenty-five institutions expected to attend. The conference date will be determined with guidance from program staff to accommodate agency and stakeholder needs.

Conference applications focused on assessment and evaluation should include 1) a comprehensive plan for outreach and ensuring attendance of a diverse and representative group of HSIs and stakeholders and 2) a robust dissemination plan for the conference proceedings.

The awardee is required to develop conference proceedings which will include, but not limited to: a) a detailed conference agenda, b) a list of the individuals, and their institutional affiliations, who participated as speakers or attendees in the formally planned sessions of the meeting, c) a summary of topics discussed, including current trends in evaluation methodology and recommendations of products that can assure preservation of and ready access to information and outputs from projects, and conclusions, and d) an analysis of HSIs’ future research, education, and extension needs in FANH as determined by the participants.

Applicants of regular, collaboration, or conference grants are encouraged, but not required, to partner with a USDA agency to leverage resources and expertise for the proposed project.

1. A.  Jalilzadeh (Systems and Industrial Engineering)
2. M. Chertkov (Applied Mathematics)
3. S. Missoum ( Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)

4. D. Moore (Natural Resources & the Environment)

UA may submit four pre-applications as the lead institution in a single- or multi-institutional team. No more than two pre-applications for each PI at the applicant institution are allowed. 

The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) hereby announces its interest in research applications to explore potentially high-impact approaches in the development and use of scientific machine learning (SciML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in the predictive modeling, simulation and analysis of complex systems and processes.

High-performance computational models, simulations, algorithms, data from experiments and observations, and automation are being used to accelerate scientific discovery and innovation. Recent workshops, report, and strategic plans across the DOE have highlighted the research, development, and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for science, energy, and security. Relevant domains include materials, environmental, and life sciences; high-energy, nuclear, and plasma physics; and the DOE Energy Earthshots Initiative, for examples. A 2018 Basic Research Needs workshop and report on scientific machine learning (SciML) and AI1 identified six Priority Research Directions (PRDs) for the development of the broad foundations and research capabilities needed to address such DOE mission priorities. The first three PRDs for foundational research are a set of themes common to all SciML approaches and correspond to the need for domain-awareness, interpretability, and robustness and scalability, respectively. Of the other three PRDs for capability research, PRD #5 (Machine Learning-Enhanced Modeling and Simulation) and uncertainty quantification are the subject of this FOA. 

1. S. Song ( Biomedical engineering)
2. M. Latypot (Materials Science and Engineering)
    

The Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering allow the nation's most promising early career professors to pursue their science and engineering research with few funding restrictions and limited paperwork requirements. The Foundation invites the presidents of 50 universities to nominate two early-career professors each from their institutions. Nominations are carefully reviewed by the Fellowship Advisory Panel, comprised of distinguished scientists and engineers. 20 recipients will receive individual grants of $875,000 distributed over five years. Of the $175,000 paid each year, $17,500 is available to the university as compensation for administrative costs.

Packard Fellows are inquisitive, passionate scientists and engineers who take a creative approach to their research, dare to think big, and follow new ideas wherever they lead. The Fellowships for Science and Engineering program invests in future leaders who have the freedom to take risks, explore new frontiers in their fields of study, and follow uncharted paths that may lead to groundbreaking discoveries.The Foundation emphasizes support for innovative individual research that involves the Fellows, their students, and junior colleagues, rather than extensions or components of large-scale, ongoing research program.
 

Eligibility: 

• Candidates must be faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering and must be in the first three years of their faculty careers, that is, whose initial faculty appointments began no earlier than May 31, 2020, and no later than May 31, 2023.
• Disciplines that will be considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. Candidates engaged in research in the social sciences will not be considered.

Ineligible areas

The Foundation recognizes that certain areas of contemporary science and engineering already have access to relatively generous funding (for example, clinical research, research associated with the design and construction of large national facilities such as accelerators and space stations and applied research of direct relevance to national security), the Packard Fellowships are directed to other, less generously supported fields.

• C.Lim (College of Health Sciences)

UArizona may submit one nomination per major division/ College. 

The Foundation’s mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We pursue this mission by supporting research within two focus areas. Researchers interested in applying for a William T. Grant Scholars Award must select one focus area:

Reducing Inequality
In this focus area, we support studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people, especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins.

Improving the Use of Research Evidence
In this focus area, we support research to identify, build, and test strategies to ensure that research evidence is used in ways that benefit youth. We are particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. We calculate this by adding seven years to the date the doctoral degree was conferred. In medicine, the seven-year maximum is dated from the completion of the first residency.
• Applicants must be employed in career-ladder positions. For many applicants, this means holding a tenure-track position in a university. 
• Applicants propose one to two mentors for the first two years of the award. Each proposed mentor must submit a letter. Mentor letters are not recommendations, and applicants should discourage cursory letters of support. 
• Three letters of recommendation must be submitted from colleagues, supervisors, or the department/division chairperson who nominates the applicant, respectively. Proposed mentors may not submit recommendation letters.

T. Newton (College of Nursing)
S. Patel (College of Medicine ​​​ - ​​​​Tucson Campus)

UArizona may submit a total of three nominations:

• one nomination from the College of Nursing
• one nomination from the College of Medicine ​​​ - ​​​​Tucson Campus
• one nomination from the College of Medicine -  Phoenix Campus

Application portal will open in April 01, 2023

The Macy Faculty Scholars Program, now in its second decade, aims to identify and nurture promising early career educators in medicine and nursing. The program will help develop the next generation of national leaders in medical and nursing education by identifying outstanding educators, physicians, nurses, and role models—individuals who represent the breadth of diversity seen in learners, patient populations, and health care settings around the country. By providing the Scholars with resources—especially protected time, mentorship, and a professional network of colleagues—the program aims to accelerate Scholars’ careers, to turn their teaching practice into scholarship, and to help them become impactful leaders locally, nationally, and beyond.

Eligibility: 

1. Be a faculty member in a United States accredited nursing
   school, allopathic medical
   school, or osteopathic medical school. Candidates should have approximately three to eight years of full-time faculty experience at the time of application.

2. Be nominated by the dean of the nursing or medical school. There can be only one nominee per nursing or medical school.

3. Have a faculty mentor who will advise the candidate on the candidate’s educational project and career development.

4. Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories.

This is a career development award. The Foundation is interested in candidates for whom the program will have the maximum impact at this point in their career and who also have the greatest possibility for future impact at their home institutions and beyond. Macy Faculty Scholars will participate in the Macy Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting and will be part of the family of Macy Faculty Scholars for the remainder of their careers.

In order to develop the careers of educators who are future leaders, the Macy Faculty Scholars Program will provide salary support for each Scholar up to $100,000 per year, which will protect 50% of the Scholar’s time over two years. The Scholar will devote this time to a mentored educational scholarly project and other appropriate career development activities.

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UArizona may only apply for one grant in a grants cycle and only under one Tier.

The Quality of Life Grants Program impacts and empowers people living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers by providing grants to nonprofit organizations whose projects and initiatives foster inclusion, involvement, and community engagement while promoting health and wellness for those affected by paralysis. The impact can be demonstrated through the numbers of people served and other quantitative measures along with stories and examples of quality of life improvements.

Underserved Populations
Special consideration will be given to proposed projects that serve current military and/or veterans and their families, as well as those projects that target individuals with paralysis in underserved groups of the population, including (but not limited to): persons at risk of incarceration, current or released prisoners; ethnic minorities; homeless; indigenous or tribal communities; LGBTQ; limited English proficiency; rural residents; migrant workers; low-income and/or poverty populations; older adults/elderly; and newly injured people with paralysis and their caregivers.

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The intent of the HHOW pediatric cancer research grants is to provide funding for principal investigators (herein referred to as “PI”), whose research projects are likely to have a significant impact on improving the understanding of the biology of childhood cancer and/or developing novel diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic approaches for pediatric malignancies. The grants are awarded to the institution for the benefit of the research of the approved projects. Projects eligible to be funded by this program will be those that pursue innovative research that is translational in nature, that is, has the potential to impact childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment. Proposals requesting support for clinical trials are not eligible for consideration.

Funding for the Grants is awarded to the applying institution (herein referred to as the applicant) for the purpose of supporting the PI and the research specified in the proposal. Submitting PIs must include a letter of support from the division chief of pediatric oncology at the applicant institution, and concurrence of the development office. With the submission of the Grant application(s), the PI(s) confirm(s) that each is authorized by the officers of the institution to submit the application and the institution agrees to abide by all terms and conditions of the grant.

The funds of awarded grants may not be transferred to a different institution under any circumstance, should the designated PI leave the institution for any reason.However, the institution may nominate a new qualified candidate to serve as the PI, subject to the new candidate meeting all guidelines and with no substantive changes to the approved project.

2023 HYUNDAI YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GRANT
The Hyundai Young Investigator’s Grant is a $200,000 grant, which will be provided as $100,000 per year grant for years 1 and 2.
Eligible Criteria for Young Investigator:

1. PI must be an MD or MD/PhD who is currently in his/her 3rd or 4th year of an accredited pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship training program and involved in pediatric cancer research; or
2. Must be a pediatric oncologist/MD, or MD/PhD in his/her initial academic appointment, within 6 years from completion of fellowship training, and involved in pediatric cancer research.
3. A PhD is not eligible to be a PI, for the purposes of the award, but may participate as a member of a research team.

Research proposals will be evaluated based on:

1. Relevance to pediatric cancer
2. Quality of science
3. Innovation
4. Potential for success
5. Potential impact on the field
6. Quality of applicant
7. Quality of institutional environment
8. Demonstrated need for funding

• Only ONE proposal in each category (i.e. one Young Investigator and one Scholar Hope may be submitted from any individual Applicant), for a total of TWO per institution.
• A PI may apply in either category, but not both. An applying PI may not have two HHOW grants at the same time. If the PI is a current HHOW grant awardee, they may not apply for a second HHOW grant award until the second year of their current award.
• Grant funds may be used to support bench or translational research and must have a direct relevance to pediatric cancer. 
• Less than 10% of funds can be used for indirect costs and no funds can be used for fringe benefits through the Scholar Hope or Young Investigator Grants.
• Applicants may use funds in conjunction with another award on the same topic. However, the difference has to be clearly identified in the budget.
• If Applicant has submitted multiple applications to other foundations or granting agencies, for funding the same project  concurrently, HHOW must be notified in the written application (Section VII below)
• The PI for either the Young Investigator or Hope Scholar award may not have more than 1 RO1 or RO1-equivalent at the time of application. K awards or equivalent are permitted for Young Investigator and Scholar PIs.

E. Katsanis ( College of Medicine - Pediatric Hematology / Oncology)

UA may submit one proposal. 

The intent of the HHOW pediatric cancer research grants is to provide funding for principal investigators (herein referred to as “PI”), whose research projects are likely to have a significant impact on improving the understanding of the biology of childhood cancer and/or developing novel diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic approaches for pediatric malignancies. The grants are awarded to the institution for the benefit of the research of the approved projects. Projects eligible to be funded by this program will be those that pursue innovative research that is translational in nature, that is, has the potential to impact childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment. Proposals requesting support for clinical trials are not eligible for consideration.

Funding for the Grants is awarded to the applying institution (herein referred to as the applicant) for the purpose of supporting the PI and the research specified in the proposal. Submitting PIs must include a letter of support from the division chief of pediatric oncology at the applicant institution, and concurrence of the development office. With the submission of the Grant application(s), the PI(s) confirm(s) that each is authorized by the officers of the institution to submit the application and the institution agrees to abide by all terms and conditions of the grant.

The funds of awarded grants may not be transferred to a different institution under any circumstance, should the designated PI leave the institution for any reason. However, the institution may nominate a new qualified candidate to serve as the PI, subject to the new candidate meeting all guidelines and with no substantive changes to the approved project.
 

2023 SCHOLAR HOPE GRANT

The Scholar Hope Grant is a $300,000 award (paid $150,000 per year), which may be used for up to two years. Approved funding may be used only for the purposes expressly set forth in the applicant’s proposal and specifically performed under the auspices of the PI identified in the proposal.

Applicant eligibility for Scholar Hope Grant:

1. PI must be an MD or MD/PhD whose research is focused on pediatric oncology.
2. A PhD is not eligible to be a PI, for the purposes of the award, but may participate as a member of a research team.
3. PIs must have completed their fellowship sub-specialty training at the time of the award.
4. Applicant may have no more than 1 R01 or R01-equivalent grant, at the time of application.
5. Applicants must be based in and research is focused on projects within the U.S. market.
6. Clinical research studies or medical trials are not eligible for consideration.
7. Applicant may not have concurrent HHOW funding, but may apply during the second year of funding for a second HHOW grant (i.e. consecutive funding).

Research proposals will be evaluated based on:

1. Relevance to pediatric cancer
2. Quality of science
3. Innovation
4. Potential for success
5. Potential impact on the field
6. Quality of applicant
7. Quality of institutional environment
8. Demonstrated need for funding

• Only ONE proposal in each category (i.e. one Young Investigator and one Scholar Hope may be submitted from any individual Applicant), for a total of TWO per institution.
• A PI may apply in either category, but not both. An applying PI may not have two HHOW grants at the same time. If the PI is a current HHOW grant awardee, they may not apply for a second HHOW grant award until the second year of their current award.
• Grant funds may be used to support bench or translational research and must have a direct relevance to pediatric cancer. 
• Less than 10% of funds can be used for indirect costs and no funds can be used for fringe benefits through the Scholar Hope or Young Investigator Grants.
• Applicants may use funds in conjunction with another award on the same topic. However, the difference has to be clearly identified in the budget.
• If Applicant has submitted multiple applications to other foundations or granting agencies, for funding the same project  concurrently, HHOW must be notified in the written application (Section VII below)
• The PI for either the Young Investigator or Hope Scholar award may not have more than 1 RO1 or RO1-equivalent at the time of application. K awards or equivalent are permitted for Young Investigator and Scholar PIs.

UArizona may submit one inquiry form per department/unit.
 

Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.

Grantmaking Focus

Architecture and related spatial practices engage a wide range of cultural, social, political, technological, environmental, and aesthetic issues. The Foundation is interested in projects that investigate contemporary conditions, expand historical perspectives, or explore the future of architecture and the designed environment.

The Foundation supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry. The interest also extends to work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space. In an effort to bridge communities and different fields of knowledge, we support a wide range of practitioners (such as architects, scholars, critics, writers, artists, curators, and educators) and organizations (such as non-profit galleries, colleges and universities, publishers, and museums).

Open discourse is essential to advance study and understanding, therefore our grantmaking focuses on the public dissemination of ideas. With our support, the work of individuals and organizations reaches new audiences, from specialized to general, and creates opportunities for critical dialogue between various publics.

Priorities and Criteria

For organizations, our priorities are to:

• Assist with the production and presentation of significant programs about architecture and the designed environment in order to promote dialogue, raise awareness, and develop new and wider audiences.
• Support them in their effort to take risks in programming and create opportunities for experimentation. 
• Recognize the vital role they play in providing individuals with a public forum in which to present their work. 
• Help them to realize projects that would otherwise not be possible without our support. 

Overall we are most interested in opportunities that enable us to provide critical support at key points in the development of a project or career.

Criteria for Evaluation

Given our priorities, we believe projects of the greatest potential should fulfill the following criteria:

• Originality: the project demonstrates an innovative, challenging idea; critical, independent thinking; advanced scholarship; a new or experimental approach
• Potential for impact: the project makes a meaningful contribution to discourse and/or to the field; expands knowledge; is a catalyst for future inquiry; raises awareness of an understudied issue; promotes diversity in subject matter, participants, and audience
• Feasibility: the project has clear and realistic goals, timeframe, work plan, and budget
• Capacity: applicant possesses strong qualifications and/or knowledge; demonstrates the ability to carry out the project successfully; has access to necessary resources outside of the grant request

H. Chen (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - AZSecure Cybersecurity Fellowship Program) Institutionally Coordinated Resubmission. 

The goals of the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program are aligned with the U.S. strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. These goals are to increase the quantity of new entrants to the government cyber workforce, to increase the national capacity for the education of cybersecurity professionals, to increase national research and development capabilities in critical information infrastructure protection, and to strengthen partnerships between institutions of higher education and relevant employment sectors. The SFS program welcomes proposals to establish or to continue scholarship programs in cybersecurity. All scholarship recipients must work after graduation for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization in a position related to cybersecurity for a period equal to the length of the scholarship. A proposing institution must provide clearly documented evidence of a strong existing academic program in cybersecurity. Such evidence can include ABET accreditation in cybersecurity; a designation by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE), in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) or in Research (CAE-R); or equivalent evidence documenting a strong program in cybersecurity.