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D. Carter
J. Duran
A. McComb Sanchez

UArizona is limited to three concept papers total.

Submission will be coordinated with the UA Foundation.

Note: UAF and RDS will work with the selected applicants to provide the "letter from leadership" that is required by the Mellon Foundation for the April 20th registration step. A leadership letter is not required as part of this expedited internal UArizona competition.

In the interest of maintaining a grantmaking portfolio that supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural, and historical import, the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation invites ideas for research and/or curricular projects focused on any of the three areas outlined below:

• Civic Engagement and Voting Rights
• Race and Racialization in the United States
• Social Justice and the Literary Imagination

Please see the Mellon Foundation website for full concept paper guidelines.

Hee-Dae Kim

UArizona may submit four Concept Papers in medical sciences and four Concept papers in physical sciences and engineering.

The W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program uses a three-step process for this opportunity. The first step is a Concept paper. The Undergraduate Education program is currently not accepting concept papers. The next steps are by the foundation’s invitation. UArizona review criteria reflect previous interactions with the W.M. Keck Foundation. Proposals should focus on basic, fundamental science with broad applications.

The proposed work should show a significant leap forward rather than an extension of existing work. 

To be considered by Keck, applicants must have a statement from a federal program officer expressing that the project is not a good fit due to risk (rather than technical or theoretical fit) or a decline from a federal program where the summary statement or individual reviews highlight the incredible novelty, but the high-risk nature that makes it difficult to fund at the federal level.

T. Meixner

UArizona may submit one pre-application as the lead institution.

RDS is offering two Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field Labs (IFL) UArizona Collaboration Webinars:

March 31, 3p to 4p
April 1, 12p to 1p

This opportunity is Institutionally Coordinated through this internal competition selection due to the short deadline and relevance to multiple areas on campus.

Limited Submissions language from the solicitation: Applicant institutions are limited to no more than one letter of intent, pre-application, or application as lead institution.

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. Interested faculty are encouraged to partner with colleagues at ASU and NAU.

DOE Informational Webinar slides

J. Rainbow (College of Nursing)  //  Limit: 3* // Tickets Available: 2

UArizona may submit one nomination for the College of Nursing, one for College of Medicine-Tucson, and one for College of Medicine-Phoenix.

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:

Candidates must:

1. Be a faculty member for five or more years in a United States accredited nursing school, allopathic medical school, or osteopathic medical school.
2. Be nominated by the dean of the school, and there can be no more than one nominee per nursing or medical school. A nursing or medical school with a first year Macy Faculty Scholar is precluded from nominating a candidate during this year.
3. Have a faculty mentor who will advise the candidate on the candidate's educational innovation project and on her/his career development.
4. Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories.

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

The primary goal of American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program is to ensure improved understanding of and equitable participation in the full range of USDA programs and services among underserved farmers, ranchers, forest land owners and operators through supporting the organizational delivery of technical assistance projects and establishment of technical assistance networks. USDA is authorized to support and facilitate the establishment of technical assistance projects toward this goal. Projects must provide a range of technical assistance services to underserved agricultural producers. The term “agricultural producer” is used to refer to agricultural farmers, ranchers, and private forest land owners and operators.

Limited Submission language from the solicitation: Duplicate or Multiple Submissions – duplicate or multiple submissions are not allowed. Only one submission is allowed per eligible organization. NIFA will disqualify both applications if an organization submits duplicate or multiple submissions.

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

The ESTEEMED program is intended to expose students to bioengineering research early in their college careers and interest them in potentially pursuing advanced studies in bioengineering or a related field. It will prepare students to join, in their junior and senior years, an honors program, supported by federal or institutional funds, that promotes STEM and entrance into a Ph.D. program. The ultimate goal is for the participants to pursue a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree and a subsequent research career integrating engineering and the physical sciences with medicine and biology in academia or industry

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

This FOA invites applications to participate in the Immune Drivers of Autoimmune Disease (IDAD) cooperative research program, which will focus on defining the immunologic states and dynamics that drive autoimmune disease. The main objective of this program is to enhance our understanding of the immunologic processes, events, and changes that underlie the clinical manifestations of autoimmune diseases, including disease flare, remission, and progression of established disease, as well as the progression from a state of elevated risk to clinical diagnosis of autoimmune disease.

C. Stuth

UArizona may submit one application.

The RHSE program proposals are expected to be community-based outreach education programs, such as those conducted through Human Science extension outreach that provide individuals and families with: information as to the value of good health at any age; information to increase individual or family’s motivation to take more responsibility for their own health; information regarding rural environmental health issues that directly impact human health; information about and access to health promotion and educational activities; and training for volunteers and health services providers concerning health promotion and health care services for individuals and families in cooperation with state, local, and community partners.

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

Since 2006, the APLU C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award has provided national recognition for the outstanding community-university engagement work of public universities.

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

Proposals for loan exhibitions are considered once each year, and grants are awarded on a competitive basis. An external panel of advisors, including academic art historians, curators, and art journalists, participates in the final stages of the competition. They are selected for the aesthetic and historical merit of the art as well as on the intellectual rigor and originality of the exhibition’s conceptual framework