Greetings Colleagues, To close out March, here are a set of private foundation funding opportunities from the John Templeton Foundation, Together Women Rise, and The Transformational Partnerships Fund as well as four Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs FY 21 Autism Research Programs. There are reminders of quickly coming deadlines for some previously posted opportunities, and NSF funding links for their EHR and BSE directorates. In the area of professional development, there is one article on writing proposals for fellowships, access to online recordings of two previous REDKE Office of Research Support workshops, and information to register for a free five-day CTE Research training in the summer. Professional Development Something a little different this time. This article from Professor Susan Stanford, Friedman University of Wisconsin-Madison, has some useful information for fellowship applicants: Writing Effective Grant Proposals for Individual Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences https://www.carleton.edu/doc/faculty-resources/professional-support/grant... These two recent workshops provided by REDKE Office of Research Support and presented by Lucy Deckard, Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC are available to UTSA faculty and staff online. National Institutes of Health (NIH): Overview and R01 Primer workshop. For those of you who were unable to attend the live sessions, please visit the links below for a recording of the presentation and all materials distributed. For workshop materials: http://bit.ly/UTSA-NIH-2021<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook... To stream recording: http://bit.ly/UTSA-NIH-Recording-2021<https://nam11.safelinks.protecti... Pursuing Funding for Social Science Research at NSF, NIH, and Foundations For those of you who were unable to attend the live sessions, please visit the links below for a recording of this presentation and all materials distributed at the event. Recording: http://bit.ly/UTSA-SS-Funding-Recording-2021 Slides and background materials: http://bit.ly/UTSA-SS-2021<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.... Recordings of workshops on the Panel Discussion: DoD Young Investigator Programs (YIPs) and K-12 Partnerships will be available later this week. Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities Please register here: https://research.utsa.edu/events/ An Introduction to Grant Program Evaluation April 1 @ 2:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT and April 2 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT This session will provide an overview of grant program evaluation, why it’s important and what’s involved in the process. It is intended for Early Career Faculty that are at the beginning stages of developing grant proposals. Presenter: Dr. Monica Trevino Mendez, Senior Grant Development Coordinator, UTSA College of Sciences How to Pursue Funding From Mission Agencies (DOE, DoD, NOAA, NASA and other Agencies) April 15 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CDT and April 16 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am CDT Session for faculty researchers on how to approach mission agencies, develop and write white papers, concept papers and quad charts for unsolicited proposals to the agencies that require them. Presenter: Lucy Deckard, Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC Career & Technical Education Research Network 2021 Summer Institute Register by April 26, 2021 https://cteresearchnetwork.org/2021-summer-training-institute Early-career researchers and researchers from traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. The training will build the capacity of researchers to plan and conduct high-quality impact studies of CTE programs, practices, and policies. Participants will learn from experienced CTE researchers and experts in research methodology. A small class size of 16 to 18 people will allow for regular interaction with instructors and relationship-building. Online training will be conducted from June 14-18, 2021. Training topics will include CTE research exemplars, lectures on causal research designs in the context of typical CTE programs, and data labs for participants to apply the statistical concepts presented. In addition, guest speakers will explore topics such as seminal CTE research on Career Academies, research partnerships, and how to get your CTE project funded. Specific topics include: --Introduction to CTE policies and theories --Overview of conducting CTE research --Overview of causal research design --Regression discontinuity designs --Data lab: Regression discontinuity designs --Comparative interrupted time series designs --Data lab: Comparative interrupted time series designs --Randomized controlled trials for CTE research Students and instructors will meet online for approximately two hours each morning and afternoon. Between the live sessions, students will read required literature, prepare for discussions, and work with data. The training will end by noon on June 18. Funding Opportunities John Templeton Foundation Character Through Community Online Funding Inquiry (OFI) due June 11, 2021 https://www.templeton.org/internal-competiton-fund/character-through-comm... https://www.templeton.org/character-through-community-rfp-details-and-ins... The Character Virtue Development department at the John Templeton Foundation invites proposals from organizations that seek to strengthen their understanding and practice of character development through communities of practice. Many non-profit organizations that exist today are focused on scaling innovative solutions to complex social problems. Scaling programs is an important and often effective way to increase research and impact, but bringing a program to scale offers unique challenges for organizations that are interested in character development. Successful character development depends upon a range of factors including the presence of close relationships with a trusted adult or mentor, a strong purpose, robust cultural norms, and the opportunity to practice and grow in character over time. Of course, organizations must also focus on their financial health as well. Developing and maturing these diverse program components takes time, staff investment, and financial resources. In brief, many character-focused organizations need to focus on strength before scale. Together Women Rise LOI due April 24, 2021 https://togetherwomenrise.org/learn/grants/ Together Women Rise is an educational giving circle: Its members meet monthly, learn about our featured and sustained grantees, and donate to Together Women Rise, allowing them collectively to support grassroots international organizations empowering women and girls living in extreme poverty. They fund projects that foster good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency in developing countries. They are devoted to educating and inspiring individuals to make a difference and fight global poverty through the power of collective giving. Together Women Rise selects a featured grantee each month and promotes it throughout the month at chapter meetings, through mailings, social media and online communications. Grantees are assigned to be featured in a specific month based on issue area and geography. Together Women Rise makes grants of $35,000-50,000 that may be disbursed in one distribution or which may be taken in up to two equal distributions spanning a period of two years. Guiding Principles --To maximize the educational opportunities for our members, during the course of a year, Together Women Rise will strive to fund projects that address the varied issues, needs, and geography of women and girls --Projects funded will address one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. --Projects funded will create lasting change in the lives of the women and/or girls who are affected. --Projects provide solutions that have been identified by the women and/or girls being served and must actively include their perspectives. --Grantee must be able to demonstrate the direct impact of the project funded and demonstrate methods and ability to monitor and evaluate the project. --Grantees are sustainable organizations with multiple funding sources. Transformational Partnerships Fund rolling applications (see website with details on inquiring) https://www.higheredpartnerships.org/ The Transformational Partnerships Fund (TPF) supports colleges and universities interested in exploring partnerships that could fundamentally improve how they operate and serve students — especially students of color, students from low-income families, and other underserved populations. TPF was established by ECMC Foundation, and SeaChange, with additional founding support from Ascendium Education Group and The Kresge Foundation. The Transformational Partnerships Fund supports colleges and universities interested in exploring partnerships and collaborations that could fundamentally transform the way they operate — centering students in solutions that deliver stability and success. Catalytic grants (up to $100,000 per exploration) can be used to engage third-party technical assistance providers knowledgeable in law, finance, governance, fundraising, human resources, and other related fields. These grants may support the exploration of partnerships in many forms — ranging from shared administrative services or consolidated academic offerings on one end of the spectrum, to full mergers on the other. Partnerships supported by TPF typically involve two or more degree-granting institutions of higher education. These can include private nonprofit colleges, public universities or systems, community colleges, and (in exceptional situations) for-profit institutions. TPF will not consider grants to single institutions. TPF will prioritize partnerships based on the following criteria: --One or more of the participating institutions must serve a student population that is at least 25 percent persons of color and/or where 40 percent meet the financial criteria for Pell eligibility; --One or more of the participating institutions deem the partnership to be transformational and that, if completed, it would make a material difference to the operations of the institution(s); --The partnership, if completed, is expected to produce materially better outcomes for current and/or future students of the institution(s). Department of Defense - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs FY 21 Autism Research Programs Pre-application May 3, 2021 for all four programs offered Table of four award competitions https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/arp FY21 ARP Clinical Trial Award Areas of Interest https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pa/FY21-ARP-CTA.pdf The FY21 ARP Clinical Trial Award seeks applications from all areas of clinical research. The ARP encourages applications that address critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the following areas: • Dissemination/implementation of clinically validated interventions • Behavioral, cognitive, and other non-pharmacological therapies for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions • Pharmacological, genetic, and other biological treatments for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions • Improve diagnosis and access to services across the life span • Interventions promoting success in key transitions to adulthood for individuals living with ASD • Healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief • Cultural, socioeconomic, and gender factors in diagnosis, treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services • Understanding heterogeneity in treatment response • Pragmatic trials FY21 ARP Idea Development Award Areas of Interest https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pa/FY21-ARP-IDA.pdf The FY21 ARP Idea Development Award seeks applications from all areas of research. The ARP encourages applications that address the critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the following areas: • Tests of implementation strategies to increase use of evidence-based practices • Assessment of novel therapeutics using valid preclinical models • Mechanisms of heterogeneous clinical expression of ASD • Environmental risk factors • Improve diagnosis across the life span • Factors promoting success in key transitions to independence for individuals living with ASD • Development of healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief) • Cultural and socioeconomic factors in treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services • Mechanisms underlying sex differences (i.e., prevalence, biological mechanisms, phenotypic expression, core and comorbid syndrome expression and outcomes, developmental trajectories, diagnosis, and treatment response) • Mechanisms underlying conditions co-occurring with ASD (e.g., sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal issues, inflammation, aggression, depression, anxiety, attention deficit, and seizures) • Factors impacting quality of life during geographic relocation, such as military permanent change of station • Long-term treatment outcomes from previous clinical trials for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions • Create tools and strategies to increase the speed with which evidence-based practices are deployed in community-based settings FY21 ARP Clinical Translational Research Award Areas of Interest https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pa/FY21-ARP-CTRA.pdf The FY21 ARP Clinical Translational Research Award seeks applications for early-phase clinical research. The ARP encourages applications that address the critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the following areas: • Dissemination/implementation of clinically validated interventions • Behavioral, cognitive, and other non-pharmacological therapies for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions • Pharmacological, genetic, and other biological treatments for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions • Improve diagnosis and access to services across the life span • Interventions promoting success in key transitions to adulthood for individuals living with ASD • Healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief • Cultural, socioeconomic, and gender factors in diagnosis, treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services • Understanding heterogeneity in treatment response • Pragmatic trials ARP Career Development Award Areas of Interest https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pa/FY21-ARP-CDA.pdf The Career Development Award seeks applications from all areas of research. The ARP encourages applications that address critical needs of the ASD community in one or more of the FY21 ARP Career Development Award Areas of Interest: ○ Tests of implementation strategies to increase use of evidence-based practices ○ Assessment of novel therapeutics using valid preclinical models ○ Mechanisms of heterogeneous clinical expression of ASD ○ Environmental risk factors ○ Improve diagnosis across the life span ○ Factors promoting success in key transitions to independence for individuals living with ASD ○ Development of healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief) ○ Cultural and socioeconomic factors in treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services ○ Mechanisms underlying sex differences (i.e., prevalence, biological mechanisms, phenotypic expression, core and comorbid syndrome expression and outcomes, developmental trajectories, diagnosis, and treatment response) ○ Mechanisms underlying conditions co-occurring with ASD (e.g., sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal issues, inflammation, aggression, depression, anxiety, attention deficit, and seizures) ○ Factors impacting quality of life during geographic relocation, such as military permanent change of station ○ Long-term treatment outcomes from previous clinical trials for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions ○ Create tools and strategies to increase the speed with which evidence-based practices are deployed in community-based settings ○ Dissemination/implementation of clinically validated interventions ○ Behavioral, cognitive, and other non-pharmacological therapies for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions ○ Pharmacological, genetic, and other biological treatments for ASD core symptoms or to alleviate co-occurring conditions ○ Improve diagnosis and access to services across the life span ○ Interventions promoting success in key transitions to adulthood for individuals living with ASD ○ Healthcare provider-focused training or tools to improve healthcare delivery for individuals with ASD across the life span and the continuum of care (i.e., primary care, urgent/emergent care, and disaster relief) ○ Cultural, socioeconomic, and gender factors in diagnosis, treatment efficacy, delivery, and access to services ○ Understanding heterogeneity in treatment response ○ Pragmatic trials Previously Posted Opportunities Brady Education Foundation Proposals for Program Evaluations There is a two-stage application process—one must request an application; complete it; and be invited to submit a proposal. The stage one deadline is April 1, 2021. http://bradyeducationfoundation.org/application-guidelines/<https://na... NEH Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions Full application due April 14, 2021 https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/awards-faculty-hispanic-serving-insti... NEH Fellowships due April 14, 2021 (note: The UTSA reward for successfully obtaining the NEH Fellowship only applies for this category.) https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships<https://nam11.safelink... NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grants Optional draft due May 5, 2021; Application due June 24, 2021 https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/digital-humanities-advancement-grants<h... Finally, I pulled the following funding opportunities directly from the NSF.gov website. I highlighted the Education and Human Resources directorate and the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate to encourage investigation into opportunities not strictly focused on STEM lines of research inquiry. National Science Foundation Here are some NSF opportunities that are a little further out in terms of deadlines, but it’s never too early to contact a program officer and start planning. From EHR Directorate Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505789&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-570<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: June 9, 2021 Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504790&org=DRL&a... NNSF-wide 19-506<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: July 14, 2021 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214&org=DR... NNSF-wide 20-525<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: July 26, 2021 ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-554<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Letter of Intent: August 2, 2021Full Proposal: August 6, 2021 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5467&org=DRL&a... 19-583<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: August 13, 2021 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&org=DRL&... NNSF-wide 19-582<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: August 25, 2021 Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505789&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-570<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Preliminary Proposal: September 8, 2021 International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505656&org=DRL&... NNSF-wide 20-598<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: September 21, 2021Full Proposal: September 28, 2021 Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) (NSF INCLUDES)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505289&org=... NNSF-wide 20-569<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Letter of Intent: October 4, 2021 Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047&org=DR... 20-572<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: October 6, 2021 ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-554<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: October 7, 2021 EHR Core Research (ECR)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924&org=DRL&a... 19-508<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: October 7, 2021 ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-554<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: November 3, 2021 Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505789&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-570<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: December 8, 2021 Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504790&org=DRL&a... NNSF-wide 19-506<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: January 12, 2022 Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) (NSF INCLUDES)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505289&org=... NNSF-wide 20-569<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: January 25, 2022 Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505359&org=DRL&... CCrosscutting 20-539<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: February 9, 2022 EHR Core Research (ECR): Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505645&org=DRL... 20-521<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: February 25, 2022 Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505789&org=DRL... NNSF-wide 20-570<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=DRL&ods_key=n... Preliminary Proposal: March 9, 2022 From SBE Directorate Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5686&org=BCS&... Full Proposal: June 15, 2021 Archaeology and Archaeometry<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11690&or... Full Proposal: July 1, 2021 Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505731&org=BCS&am... Full Proposal: July 14, 2021 Developmental Sciences (DS)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671&org=BCS&... Full Proposal: July 15, 2021 Linguistics<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5408&org=... Full Proposal: July 15, 2021 Social Psychology<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5712&org=B... Full Proposal: July 15, 2021 Biological Anthropology<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5407&org... Full Proposal: July 20, 2021 Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5316&org=BC... Full Proposal: August 13, 2021 Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)<https://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505745&org=BCS&... 20-547<https://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=BCS&ods_key=n... Full Proposal: August 17, 2021 Happy hunting. --Iwan Mr. Iwan Notowidigdo Senior Grant Development Coordinator The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education & Human Development (COEHD) iwan.notowidigdo(a)utsa.edu (Mobile: 347-231-5931) [cid:eab71461-41a2-4270-8f1b-44de97b64295]