| Click the hyperlinks below to view: Click here for a comprehensive listing of NIH and other grant deadlines. Important: Please submit your proposal via Kuali Coeus (KC). The KC proposal should include the proposal budget, budget justification, abstract (scope of work), and RFA guidelines. The KC Proposal should be routed to the KSOM Research Administration office (KAM 400) at least 5 business days in advance of the grant deadline, and the full application to Department of Contracts and Grants via KC at least 3 business days in advance of the deadline, to ensure that there is adequate time to review and process your application. https://research.usc.edu/files/2014/09/Step-by-Step1.pdf |
| Upcoming Release of Cayuse SP, Dec 1 | ||
The Department of Contracts and Grants is excited to announce the upcoming release of Cayuse Sponsored Projects (SP). On February 28, 2023, Cayuse SP will replace Kuali Coeus (KC) as the University-wide grants management pre-award and non-financial post-award system. Cayuse SP will integrate with several USC compliance software platforms as well as Workday and allow for a more streamlined and efficient connection between systems. Last Deadline: December 01, 2023 | ||
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| Research-Related Travel Sponsored by the State of California, Jul 31 | ||
As a reminder to the research community, in 2016 the California legislature passed a bill called AB 1887 that went into effect on January 1, 2017. Under this legislation, the State of California generally will not sponsor or fund travel to a state that the legislature has concluded engages in discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Notwithstanding this general prohibition, AB 1887 does allow the state to sponsor travel to one of the states listed below in connection with meetings or training required by a grant or required to maintain grant funding. Last Deadline: July 31, 2024 | ||
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The following funding opportunities are Institutionally Limited. USC may submit only a limited number of proposals to the sponsor for that particular grant. If you are interested in any of these funding opportunities, your proposal must be submitted through the KSOM Office of Research Advancement. Final selection of applicant is decided by the Office of the Vice President of Research.
Important!: For any limited submission opportunity that is not advertised by the USC Office of Research, please inform Silvia da Costa at sdacosta@usc.edu or Mike Yarsky at yarsky@research.usc.edu as soon as possible to give their office time to announce and review applications.
| The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation 2024 Beckman Scholars Program, Mar 24 | ||
The purpose of the Beckman Scholars Program is to help stimulate, encourage, and support research activities by exceptionally talented, full-time undergraduate students who are pursuing their studies at accredited four-year colleges and universities located in the United States of America. These research activities shall be centered in either chemistry, biochemistry, the biological and medical sciences, or some interdisciplinary combination of these subjects. Candidates for the Beckman Scholars Award must be full-time students throughout the duration of the award. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by March 24, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | RFA-AG-24-013: NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Mar 24 | ||
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by March 24, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | PAR-23-117: Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Mar 24 | ||
The Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) program is co-funded and managed by twelve NIH Institutes and Centers to support basic and translational HIV/AIDS research and administrative infrastructure. The purpose of the D-CFAR is to provide support for applicants ultimately seeking a standard CFAR. A D-CFAR will allow the applicant to develop collaborations, to experiment with Core facilities that may be important to support HIV/AIDS investigators at the institution, and to build and strengthen any deficiencies that might adversely affect an application for a standard CFAR award, which could ultimately lead to the development of a competitive standard CFAR application. The emphasis expected in a D-CFAR application will be the identification and clear description of gaps or deficiencies that would hinder development of a competitive CFAR application, and Core facilities that would reduce or eliminate these gaps. D-CFARs are intended to promote NIH HIV/AIDS research efforts at the D-CFAR institution(s). The proposed D-CFAR priorities should align with the NIH HIV/AIDS priority topics as highlighted in NOT-OD-20-018. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by March 24, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC) ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH (ASCR), Mar 25 | ||
The focus of this funding opportunity is on basic research and development at the intersection of uncertainty quantification (UQ) and scientific machine learning (SciML) applied to the modeling and simulation of complex systems and processes. PRD #5 is the subject of this topic: Machine learning-enhanced modeling and simulation for predictive scientific computing. Scientific computing within the DOE traditionally has been dominated by complex, resource-intensive numerical simulations. However, the rise of data-driven SciML models and algorithms provides new opportunities. Traditional scientific computing forward simulations often are referred to as "inner loop" modeling. The combination of traditional scientific computing expertise and machine learning-based adaptivity and acceleration has the potential to increase the performance and throughput of inner-loop modeling. Such hybrid modeling and simulation approaches offer the opportunity, for example, to combine the versatility of neural networks for function and operator approximations, the domain-knowledge and interpretability of differential equations and operators, and the robustness of high-performance scientific computing PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by March 25, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | Department of Energy (DOE) DE-FOA-0002997: Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) FY23 Multi-Topic FOA, Mar 29 | ||
This funding opportunity is part of an integrated industrial decarbonization technology development strategy for DOE's basic and applied research offices. Rooted in the principles identified in the 2022 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap, DOE is building an innovation pipeline to accelerate the development and adoption of industrial decarbonization technologies with investments spanning foundational science; RD&D; and technical assistance and workforce development.3 DOE's highly coordinated RD&D investments - leveraging resources and expertise from the Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Nuclear Energy (NE), and Science (SC) - are designed to achieve deep decarbonization across the industrial sector, targeting both industry-specific innovations and crosscutting technologies. This technology development strategy complements the demonstration and deployment efforts led by DOE's Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) and Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) and the Loan Programs Office (LPO). PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by March 29, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | Department of Energy (DOE) DE-FOA-0003003: Science Foundations for Energy Earthshots, Mar 29 | ||
The Office of Science (SC) hereby announces its interest in applications to advance basic research in support of the Department of Energy's Energy Earthshots™ initiative. The Energy Earthshots drive integrated program development and execution across the Department of Energy's basic science and energy technology offices. They are part of an all-hands-on-deck approach to provide science and technology innovations that address the tough technological challenges required to achieve our climate and economic competitiveness goals. The Energy Earthshots will accelerate breakthroughs towards more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions. This FOA will support small teams to build the scientific foundations for the Energy Earthshot goals. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by March 29, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | The Pew Charitable Trusts: 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholars, Apr 7 | ||
The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by April 07, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | The Pew Charitable Trusts: 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholars, Apr 7 | ||
The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by April 07, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | USDA-NIFA-OP-009864 Equipment Grants Program, Apr 7 | ||
The Equipment Grants Program (EGP), Assistance Listing 10.519, serves to increase access to shared special purpose equipment/instruments for scientific research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs in our Nation's institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Services. The program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing organizations with opportunities to acquire equipment/instruments that supports the research, research training, and extension goals of the organization. The program emphasizes shared-use instrumentation that will enhance the capabilities of researchers and extension agents both within and outside the proposing organization. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by April 07, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | PAR-23-129: Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Program (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Apr 14 | ||
This NOFO encourages applications for a MIDAS Coordination Center that will support and extend the work of the MIDAS network research groups by: PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by April 14, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | PAR-23-116: Centers for AIDS Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Apr 21 | ||
The Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program is co-funded and managed by twelve NIH Institutes and Centers to support basic and translational HIV/AIDS research and administrative infrastructure. CFARs are designed to foster synergy and improve coordination of research, support emerging research opportunities, and promote efficiencies through resources shared by multiple independent laboratories. CFARs are intended to promote NIH HIV/AIDS research efforts at CFAR institution(s). The proposed CFAR priorities should align with the NIH HIV/AIDS priority topics as highlighted in NOT-OD-20-018. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by April 21, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | RFA-HD-24-008: Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2024 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Apr 21 | ||
The objectives of this initiative are to: PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by April 21, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation Grants, May 19 | ||
The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation was organized as a Texas non-profit corporation and obtained a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service granting it tax-exempt status as a section 501(c)(3) organization. The Foundation commenced its grant-making activities in Fall, 1982. Since its inception, The Mathers Foundation has granted in excess of $350M. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by May 19, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation: Mallinckrodt Grants, Jun 10 | ||
The mission of the Foundation is to support early stage investigators engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by June 10, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | FYI: William T. Grant Scholars Program, Jun 14 | ||
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers' expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by June 14, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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back to top | RFA-DK-22-037: Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial not Allowed), Jun 30 | ||
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Office of Research Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/ by June 30, 2023. Materials to be submitted include:
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| Translational Research on Environmental Health, Apr 3 | ||
USC Center for Translational Research on Environmental Health (USC R-TEN) and Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center (SCEHSC) are pleased to announce the 2023 Translational Research Funding Opportunity, supporting one-year research projects incorporating translational research on environment. Projects must include both human and experimental approaches to investigate a common research question. Proposals may request up to $90,000 in direct costs. Last Deadline: April 03, 2023 | ||
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back to top | The Wright Foundation Trust 2023-2024- Standard Pilot Grant Program, Apr 10 | ||
The Robert E. and May R. Wright Foundation is seeking proposals for pilot grants to support basic research broadly related to cancer, arthritis, or heart disease. Projects should generate preliminary data in support of innovative and high-impact research that will compete effectively for extramural research funding. Applicants may request up to $50,000 for one year. Last Deadline: April 10, 2023 | ||
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back to top | The Wright Foundation Trust 2023-2024 Transformative Cancer Grant Program, Apr 10 | ||
The Robert E. and May R. Wright Foundation is seeking proposals for Transformative Cancer Research Grants from individuals, or teams of scientists, to accelerate new forms of cancer prevention and cures through innovative basic/translational research. The proposed laboratory-based work must have clear potential in the next few years to move novel scientific discoveries into the clinic for an impact on patient care and outcomes. Last Deadline: April 10, 2023 | ||
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back to top | Team Building Voucher- Research Development SC CTSI, Dec 1 | ||
This mechanism is intended to provide rapid funding for Last Deadline: December 01, 2023 | ||
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