Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences

Request Ticket // Limit: 3 per department, see table for ticket availability

Astronomy
S. Kong
C. Fields
M. Renzo

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 2
H. Rastgoftar

Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 2
L. Zhang

College of Information Science // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 1
S. Bratt
D. Alharthi

Electrical and Computer Engineering // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 0
C. Gagatsos
N. Rengaswamy
E. Azimi

Environmental Sciences // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 1
J. Green
L. Ikner

Neuroscience // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 1
M. Corty 
L. Halladay

Physics // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 1
P. Siwach 
N. Golubev

Physiology // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 2
M.M. Kaelberer

Planetary Sciences // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 2
S. Ranjan

Wyant College of Optical Sciences // Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 2
C. Panda 

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No more than three candidates may be nominated from any one department per fellowship field.   

Program Overview
The Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty. The two-year $75,000 fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.

Additional information can be found on the Sloan Foundation's website.

Eligibility 

• Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field.
• Candidates must be members of the faculty of a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada.
• Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15 of the nomination year.
• Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation.

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The MCH Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program establishes pathway programs that aim to expand the MCH workforce. These programs increase access to healthcare and public health services for maternal and child health (MCH) populations, especially in rural or other medically underserved communities.

The LEAP programs:

• Train interdisciplinary undergraduate students in MCH.
• Provide mentorships, internships, and experiential learning opportunities.
• Establish and strengthen partnerships with MCH-related organizations.

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Please see the NOFO for required delivery locations where proposed projects must be conducted.

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Under this NOFO, you may submit only one application under your organization’s UEI.

Summary
This NOFO aims to protect Americans from global health threats by focusing on five strategic areas:

• Strengthening public health laboratory systems and services across multiple levels to help create a cohesive network that supports robust public health initiatives.
• Making sure there’s consistent and reliable access to high-quality services around the world by improving essential laboratory quality management systems.
• Building a resilient and well-trained workforce, equipped with the skills to meet evolving health challenges.
• Identifying and managing biological risks to make sure public health laboratory operations are safe and reliable.
•  Reinforcing laboratory preparedness so that Americans can be protected from widespread health threats by making sure that outbreak response is fast and effective.

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Eligibility
You can apply if you are eligible for funding under Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A – Fof Title XXVI of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The purpose of the National HIV Clinical Training for Residents Program is to expand the HIV workforce by training residents from clinical disciplines to prevent, diagnose, treat, and link individuals with HIV to care. The funds will go to one recipient who will partner with up to eight (8) geographically dispersed residency programs to provide education, training, and technical assistance to residents to enhance their capacity to provide HIV care and treatment within the health care delivery system.
 

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Co-PIs C. Carr and E. McGrath (Pediatrics) 

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The LEND program improves the quality of care for children and youth with autism and other developmental disabilities (DD) by training health and related professionals to screen, diagnose, and provide services for them across the lifespan. Trainees in over 30 disciplines receive training on diagnostic tools, early intervention, and other topics to improve the quality of and access to care for this population. LEND programs also include individuals with lived experience, including family members and individuals with disabilities, as faculty and trainees.

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood Program (TPEC) will advance the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities by preventing chronic disease early in life and promoting healthy development in early childhood. TPEC recipients - organizations with statewide[1] or tribal reach - will place early childhood development (ECD) experts in local pediatric practices to deliver team-based care to young children and their families. Recipients will improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of pediatric care by delivering a comprehensive, team-based approach that focuses on factors critical to child development. Through this approach, pediatric primary care staff are expected to:

• Screen children and their families for their needs related to mental health, housing, nutrition, and child development.
• Build safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between parents/caregivers and their children.
• Educate parents/caregivers on developmental milestones and how to watch for them.
• Make sure that families get referrals and access to additional or specialized support.

TPEC recipients are expected to:

1. Place ECD experts[2] in pediatric practices[3] that serve a high percentage [4] of families covered by Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and deliver high- quality ECD services using a team-based approach.
2. Build the skills of pediatric primary care staff statewide to deliver high-quality ECD services using a team-based approach.
3. Improve statewide administrative policies and financing strategies to expand and sustain team-based pediatric primary care, improving the standard of care for all young children.

TPEC is expected to result in measurable improvements in service delivery rates and early childhood development outcomes.

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems: Scaling Effective Early Childhood Systems Development (ECCS SEED) Initiative will advance the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities by preventing chronic disease and improving early childhood health and development. ECCS SEED will fund eligible entities to connect families to evidence-based health services in their communities. Parent leaders and state and local partners will guide this work to ensure services meet families’ needs.

ECCS SEED will:

1. Establish or expand Coordinated Intake and Referral Systems (CIRS).
   • CIRS gives families an easy single-entry point to assess their health needs andefficiently connect them to services that support healthy children and families.
2. Implement evidence-based early childhood health and development models inhigh-need communities.
   • Evidence-based early childhood development models improve health and well-being for both parents and their young children and prevent chronic disease. Models are implemented community-wide in pediatric or public health settings,including those in rural areas.
3. Lead effective state-level early childhood coordination.
   • Effective state-led coordination improves how health care, early learning, family services, and economic support agencies work together to support healthy early childhood development. State-led coordination also expands successful approaches to additional communities in the state, Tribe, or territory.
4. Achieve sustainability.
   • Align project activities with other local, state and federal funding sources so thatlonger-term funding can sustain the work in the future.

Through these areas of focus, ECCS SEED will show measurable improvements in family health outcomes to ensure children grow up in healthy, safe, and nurturing families and communities.

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program improves and expands access to health care in rural areas by developing new sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). Under the program, we provide start-up funding to grant recipients to create accredited rural residency programs in a qualifying medical specialty.

These residency programs are then sustained long-term through viable and stable funding mechanisms, such as Medicare and in states where there is a viable path of support, through Medicaid or other consistent state funding.

Ultimately, this funding opportunity addresses physician workforce shortages and challenges faced by rural communities.

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rapid Response Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific Rural Research Studies Program. This program provides rural stakeholders with timely access to data analysis on pressing rural health issues. The goal of this award is to fund analysis that furthers understanding on emerging factors affecting rural health to improve health care in rural America.

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D. Derksen (Arizona Center for Rural Health)

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States with State Offices of Rural Health are eligible to apply. Only one applicant from each state is eligible, based on the designation of the governor. 

Executive Summary
The State Office of Rural Health (SORH) Program assists states in strengthening rural health care delivery systems by maintaining a focal point for rural health. This program funds an institutional framework in each state that links small rural communities with state and federal resources to help develop long-term solutions to improve access to, and the quality of care for the nearly 60 million people living in rural communities.