April 4, 2022
NEW Limited Submissions Programs and Strategic Grants
Welcome to our second “top-of-the month” communication from Research Development via our funding-information@sjsu.edu email address. Sent to deans, associate deans of research, chairs, and all faculty, this email, plus a mid-month e-newsletter from Associate Vice President for Research, Richard Mocarski, constitutes our new method for noticing limited submissions and strategic grant opportunities to the SJSU community.
Up-to-date information is available anytime on our SJSU InfoReady Portal (for limited submissions) and via our SJSU Strategic Grants list within Pivot–SJSU’s go-to tool for finding funding. Past “top-of-the month” communications can be found the Office of Research website under Resources.
Additionally, we will send just-in-time emails for key late-breaking opportunities.
Newly Released Limited Submissions & Upcoming Deadlines
USDA-NIFA | Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program
– Organic Transitions
USDA-NIFA-ICGP-009001 - Amount: ≤ $750K
The overall goal of the Organic Transitions Program (ORG) is to support the development
and implementation of research, extension and higher education programs to improve
the competitiveness of organic livestock and crop producers, as well as those who
are adopting organic practices.
Internal SJSU Deadline: April 8, 2022 | Sponsor Deadline: April 21, 2022
NIH | Limited Competition: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical
Trial Not Allowed)
PAR-22-081 - Amount: $25K–$250K
The main objective of the BIG Program is to make available modern scientific instruments
that are needed by NIH-funded investigators and other groups of biomedical scientists
to advance their research and to broaden access to modern technologies at academic
and research institutions nationwide.
Internal SJSU Deadline: April 8, 2022 | Sponsor Deadline: June 1, 2022
DOE | Urban Integrated Field Labs (IFL)
DE-FOA-0002581 - Amount: $10M–$25M
The Urban IFLs will necessarily involve diverse scientific disciplines to develop
comprehensive projects including field observations, data assimilation, modeling,
and model-data fusion, to inform equitable solutions based on state-of-the-art uncertainty
quantification and data analytics. Applications must be multi-institutional and focus
on the development of a single IFL.
Internal SJSU Deadline: April 8, 2022 | Sponsor Deadline: June 16, 2022
CSU | CSU Creating Responsive, Equitable, Active Teaching and Engagement (CREATE)
Awards Program
Amount: ≤ $300K
The SJSU support team especially welcomes proposals that involve training faculty
in equitable pedagogical techniques, are scalable, and explicitly address campus equity
gaps. Feedback on proposals will be provided by the following: Vice Provost for Faculty
Success, Office of the Provost Magdalena Barrera; Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education
Thalia Anagnos; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Deanna Fassett; and
Associate Vice President for Research, Richard Mocarski.
Internal SJSU Deadline: Open | Sponsor Deadline: April 15, 2022
NSF | CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS)
NSF 21-580 - Amount: $2M–$5M
The goals of the CyberCorps SFS program 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.
Internal SJSU Deadline: April 15, 2022 | Sponsor Deadline: July 15, 2022
NEA | Grants for Arts Projects
Amount: $10K–$100K
Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access
to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art, learning in the arts
at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community
life.
Internal SJSU Deadline: April 15, 2022 | Sponsor Deadline: July 7, 2022
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New Strategic Grant Highlights
DOE-Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy | Converting UNF Radioisotopes into Energy
(CURIE)
DE-FOA-0002691 - Amount | CURIE: $25K–$10M
DOE-Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy | Converting UNF Radioisotopes into Energy
SBIR/STTR (CURIE SBIR/STTR)
DE-FOA-0002692 - Amount | CURIE SBIR/STTR: $275,766–$3,952,638
CURIE seeks to develop innovative separations, online monitoring, and materials accountancy
technologies that would support the domestic production of AR fuel feedstocks or important
commercial radioisotopes and critical minerals. CURIE also aims to support system
design studies related to fuel recycling, separations technologies with improved proliferation
resistance, and minimization of waste volumes.
Deadline: April 14, 2022
NIH | Short-Term Research Education Experiences to Attract Talented Students to Biomedical
Informatics/Data Science Careers and Enhance Diversity (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-LM-22-001 - Amount: ≥ $625K
The overarching goal is to support 1) research experiences in biomedical Informatics
and data science: for undergraduate students: to provide hands-on exposure to research,
to reinforce their intent to graduate with a college degree, and to prepare them for
graduate school admissions; 2) for master’s students: to provide hands-on exposure
to research, to extend their skills, experiences, and knowledge base, to prepare them
for doctoral program admissions, and future careers in research.
Deadline: May 31, 2022
NIH | Enhancing Social Connectedness and Ameliorating Loneliness to Prevent and Treat
SUD and Support Recovery (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-DA-23-009 - Amount | R21: ≥ $275K
NIH | Enhancing Social Connectedness and Ameliorating Loneliness to Prevent and Treat
SUD and Support Recovery (R34 - Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-DA-23-010 - Amount | R34: ≥ $450K
This initiative will fund exploratory or pilot research projects to test interventions
that address social connectedness and/or loneliness in order to prevent or treat Substance
Use Disorders (SUDs) or enhance recovery for individuals with SUDs. Interventions
could be implemented in a range of settings, including workplace, social media/online,
educational, housing, and recovery centers, among others.
Deadline: August 15, 2022
DOI-Geological Survey | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program External Research Support
Announcement for Fiscal Year 2023
G23AS00249 - Amount: ≥ $100K
The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) issues this annual announcement for assistance
to support research in earthquake hazards, the physics of earthquakes, earthquake
occurrence, and earthquake safety policy and address the Department of Interior’s
Secretarial priorities..
Deadline: May 25, 2022
NEH | Digital Projects for the Public
20220608-MD-MN-MT
Amount | Discovery Grants: ≥ $30K
Amount | Prototyping Grants: ≥ $100K
Amount | Production Grants: ≥ $400K
This program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily
digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive
touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. Prior NEH award recipients
may request support for a new or subsequent stage of the same project.
Deadline: June 08, 2022
NSF | Spectrum Innovation Initiative: National Radio Dynamic Zones (SII-NRDZ)
NSF 22-579 - Amount: $500K–$2M
The goal of this program is to advance the use of dynamic spectrum sharing.
Deadline: June 20, 2022
DHA | Military Health System Research (MHSR) Program
23-DHA-MHSR - Amount: $10,000,000 (several awards)
The MHSR Program seeks rigorous health system research through collaborations that
has the potential to innovate military health care and influence civilian health care
systems. The goal of the MHSR grant is to enhance data-driven evidence that optimizes
the MHS delivery of health care during war or peacetime and the improvement of beneficiary
health.
Sponsor LOI Due: May 3, 2022 (mandatory)
Deadline: July 12, 2022 (by invitation)
