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Georgia CTSA Collaborations & Multi-Disciplinary Team Science (CMDTS) Director Receives Mentoring Award

Congratulations to Kathy Griendling, PhD, Georgia CTSA CMDTS Director; Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Medicine; and Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Professional Development; for receiving the 2021 Emory School of Medicine Mentoring Award. This award recognizes Emory SOM faculty who have demonstrated outstanding mentoring in the domains of education, service, and/or research to trainees or early career faculty.

Funding (* New Opportunities)

NIH Funding Opportunities Specific to COVID-19

This page contains a listing of active and expired funding opportunities specific to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration – November 1-4

* The NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration is a four-day seminar designed to demystify the NIH grant application, review, award and post-award processes and policies. The event will include live and on-demand sessions about NIH grant programs, chat and network opportunities with NIH and HHS experts, and downloadable resources from over 45 booths, including from NCATS.

* Corporate Funding Opportunities – Due Dates Vary

New corporate funding opportunities: Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation - First Responder Equipment & Education, Pfizer Global Medical Grants - Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency Education, Pfizer Global Medical Grants - Multidisciplinary Gene Therapy Education - Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV), and Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) - Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Programs. Should you identify an opportunity of interest, please let us know by submitting the Funding Opportunity Interest form. Note: This Funding Opportunities link is for Emory faculty, researchers, and staff only and can only be accessed through an Emory.edu email address.

Investigator-Initiated Seed Grants in Healthcare Innovation – LOI Due November 1

The Emory-Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program, with partners including Georgia CTSA, announces seed grants to fund multi-investigator & multi-disciplinary teams examining healthcare services and clinical effectiveness. The funding priority for this round will be for proposals that address issues in dealing with pandemics. Two types of grants will be offered: Preliminary Study Grants or Complete Project Grants.

The Gerber Foundation Research Grants and Novice Grants – Concept Due November 15

The Gerber Foundation works to provide support for innovative research focused on the nutrition, care, and development of infants and toddlers, from the first year before birth to 3 years of age. Two categories of grants will be offered: Research Grants and Novice Research Grants. The Foundation funds in three broad program areas: Pediatric Nutrition, Pediatric Health, and Environmental Hazards.

RRF Foundation for Aging Research Grants – LOI Due November 15

Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. Preference is given to projects aimed at generating practical knowledge and guidance that can be used by advocates, policy-makers, providers, and the aging network.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research Special Solicitation COVID-19 and Socioeconomic Recovery Efforts – Concept Due November 17

This CFP aims to fund research on how COVID-19-related relief and recovery policies and programs impact child health and well-being. HER is interested in understanding how social and economic programs and policies related to poverty reduction - such as financial payments to families, income assistance programs, housing assistance or housing security programs, and increased access to social services - impact child obesity, diet quality, food security, and other relevant child and family health outcomes among lower-income and families of color.

The Albert E. Levy Award for Excellence in Scientific Research – Due November 30

The Office of the Provost and the University Research Committee (URC) annually recognize outstanding contributions to scientific research of two members of the Emory faculty. Nominations, including self-nominations, may be submitted by faculty members from any school or unit of Emory University.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative – Due December 1

BWF’s Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach healthy and adverse pregnancy outcomes using creative basic and translation science methods. The formation of new connections between reproductive scientists and investigators who are involved in other areas is particularly encouraged.

Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery Pilot Project – LOI Due December 3

The Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery plans to support two or more Pilot Projects in the amount of $75,000-115,000 for 12-months (total direct and indirect). Our pilot project award program will support both junior and senior investigators across the U.S. to conduct NIH Stage I-III intervention research that will strengthen the context-specific role mastery of informal caregivers of persons living with a dementing illness.

* HERCULES Exposome Environmental Health Sciences Pilot Grants – LOI Due December 6

The HERCULES Exposome Research Center will fund six pilot awards at $30,000 (direct costs) each. Pilot projects must focus on the role of the environment in human disease, and may include basic (cellular and animal), biomedical, translational, clinical, epidemiologic, behavioral projects, or community engaged research. Virtual Information Session on November 5.

Genomic Curriculum Development for Medical Students – Internal Due December 6

This NHGRI R25 program offers to support the development of curricula for Master of Science degree programs in genomics, genomic medicine and/or genomic informatics for medical students.

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Technological Innovations in Neuroscience – Due December 6

Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards support scientists who work on novel and creative approaches to understanding brain function. The program seeks to advance and enlarge the range of technologies available to the neurosciences. The program is especially interested in how technology may be used or adapted to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model brain function at any level, from the molecular to the entire organism.

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience McKnight Scholar – Due January 10

The McKnight Scholar Award program gives promising young investigators in the early stages of an independent research career the opportunity to develop their work on critical problems in brain science. Applicants for the McKnight Scholar Awards must demonstrate their ability to solve significant problems in neuroscience, which may include the translation of basic research to clinical practice.

Emory URC Proposals – Due January 14

The University Research Committee (URC) announces the annual Call for Proposals for funding to be used during 2022-2023 in the following categories: URC Regular Award, URC Interdisciplinary Award and URC-Halle Institute Global Research Award. All regular, full-time Emory faculty, of all ranks, are welcome to apply. Postdocs, Fellows, Adjuncts, Research Track lines in some schools, and part-time faculty are not eligible.

Emory SYNERGY II Nexus Award Call for Proposals – Due January 15

The intent of the funding program is to seed collaborative research across schools, leading to the growth of new synergistic research collaborations between faculty from the 3 WHSC schools (SOM, RSPH, Nursing) and faculty from ECAS, Candler, Law, Goizueta, or Oxford. The collaborative projects should equally enhance the scholarship of both co-leaders and lead to longer-term shared projects between faculty members that is sustainable through extramural support.

Education

Winship Clinical Oncology Career Development K12 Program – LOI Due November 1

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is pleased to announce a call for applications to the Winship K12 Clinical Oncology Career Development Program. The goal of Winship’s K12 is to establish an exceptional training program for clinician-investigators in the conduct of therapeutic cancer clinical research studies with a focus on phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials; and to develop the next generation of researchers and leaders in clinical oncology.

Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program (NRCDP) – Internal Due November 2

The goal of the program is to expand the cadre of neurosurgeon investigators trained to conduct high-quality, impactful research into neurological disorders, making use of their neurosurgical training.

Minority Health Policy Fellowship Due – December 1

The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University is designed to prepare physicians, particularly those from groups underrepresented in medicine, to become leaders in transforming health care delivery systems and promoting innovation in policies, practices, and programs that address health equity and social determinants of health for disadvantaged and vulnerable populations.

Georgia CTSA KL2-Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program – Due February 1

The goal of the KL2 Scholars program is to support and enhance career development for junior faculty (MD, PhD, MD/PhD, PharmD) committed to a career in clinical and/or translational research. Georgia CTSA is committed to assisting junior faculty at partner institutions to become independent, established, and ethical clinical and/or translational research investigators. Register for free two-session KL2 Application Workshop on November 4 AND 11.

Emory BIRCWH RFA – Due February 1

The ultimate goal of the BIRCWH program is to train junior faculty, through a mentored research and career development experience, to become independent investigators who use novel, interdisciplinary approaches to advance the science of women’s health and sex/gender research. Communicable disease research (HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, influenza, HCV/HBV, bacterial and fungal diseases, antimicrobial resistance, etc.) is an area of focus for the Emory BIRCWH program. However, compelling applications outside these areas, but aligned with the BIRCWH research objectives, will also be considered. A free two-session BIRCWH application workshop will be held on November 4 AND 11.

Georgia CTSA TL1 (T32-like) Training Grant Clinical and Translational Research Training – Predoc Due February 15, Postdoc Due March 15

The Georgia CTSA, the NIH-supported Clinical and Translational Science Award TL1 program)6 is focused on providing innovative didactic and mentored research training to individuals interested in careers that encompass clinical and/or translational research. The TL1 program provides an opportunity to complete the Master of Science in Clinical Research or the Certificate Program in Translational Research. The TL1 program supports predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees (medical and PhD students, resident and fellow physicians, PhD postdocs, and residents). Register for free TL1 Application Workshop December 3.

Research Resources

Study Recruitment with Social Media

The Georgia CTSA Recruitment Center offers research investigators targeted Facebook advertising services. Social media ads allow researchers to segment populations by age, gender, location, and interests to optimize delivery of advertisements. These ads can drive traffic to study websites, surveys, or to increase public awareness. To learn more about adding this and other strategies to your recruitment efforts, please reach out to our team.

NRMN Grant Writing Coaching Group Study - Cohort IV – Application Due: TODAY, Event: December 9, 10

The National Research Mentoring Network’s (NRMN) U01 Grant Writing Coaching Study at MSM under Principal Investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Ofili, announces upcoming cohort and solicits help in recruiting junior faculty and early-stage investigators from your institution who are actively writing NIH style research proposals. The randomized controlled study is specifically designed to meet the needs of diverse investigators at RCMI, CTSA, IDeA and other NIH funded emerging research institutions committed to workforce diversity. Apply as a study participant via the link to Study Participants Application Cohort 4 . Apply as a Coach via Cohort 4 Coach Application .

Grant Wise Consultations

Would you like an experienced grant writer to help provide guidance for your grant? Grant Wise is a service that offers the opportunity for one-on-one feedback from experienced senior faculty on grant writing. Simply submit an online request for a consultation and then be paired with a senior faculty member.

Georgia CTSA Ethical Dilemma of the Week

Innovation & Translation

SBIR/STTR Grant Workshop – November 15

Looking for startup funding? Thinking about an SBIR or STTR? Join previous award winners via Zoom at 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM to learn from experienced academic investigators how to craft a well written proposal. Presented by Georgia CTSA and Emory SOM.

Bench2Market Talk: Tales from the Trenches - November 17

Join us via Zoom from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM for a panel discussion with Emory University and Georgia Tech faculty and alumni entrepreneurs sharing their commercialization journey. Learn about their experiences and hurdles to bring their innovations out of academia and into the marketplace.

Community

Participants Needed for COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Studies

All races and ethnicities are needed to participate in COVID-19 trials. Please spread the word to help recruit minorities, especially for vaccine trials.

Georgia Maternal Health ECHO Project – November 10

Georgia Maternal Health ECHO is a forum to share best practices to facilitate recognition, prevention, response, reporting, systems learning, and respectful care relating to leading causes of maternal mortality and severe morbidity in Georgia. Sessions from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM with topics such as Perinatal Mental Health, Hypertensive Complications of Pregnancy and Cardiac Complications of the Perinatal Period.

M-Power Atlanta Community Workshop – November 13

Please join us at 10AM for a virtual Community Workshop, M-Power Atlanta - a Workshop designed to raise awareness about Myeloma, with emphasis on African Americans. Myeloma occurs at least twice as frequently in African Americans as whites. It occurs more commonly in people over 60 years of age. Learn more about myeloma, its risk factors, best treatment options, and how to be the best patient-partner. This information is for patients, caregivers, supporters, and providers alike.

Events

Healthcare Innovation Symposium – TODAY

Join us via Zoom from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM to learn more about “COVID Vaccine Boosters- Why, What, and When?” The keynote speakers will be Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Sara Oliver, MD, MSPH, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

K-Club – November 8

Join us via Zoom from Noon – 1:00 PM for a presentation by John S. “Pete” Lollar, III, MD, on “Experimental Design, the Art of Scientific Measurement, and the NIH Policy on Enhancing Reproducibility in Research”.

Pediatric Research Grand Rounds – November 10

Join us via Zoom at 8:00 AM to learn more about “Identifying Children At Risk of Mortality Here, There, and Everywhere” with Assistant Professor Chris A. Rees, MD, MPH.

Childhood Infections and Vaccines Virtual Symposium – November 15

Join us via Zoom at 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM to learn more about “HIV, COVID-19, and Influenza.”

Team Science Workshop: Facilitating Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Teams – November 19

Join us via Zoom from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM as Maritza Salazar Campo, PhD, UC Irvine, leads an interactive workshop on using formal interventions to support early-stage discovery collaborations. Using a “scaffolding intervention” allows collaborations to fast-track convergence such that members’ disparate and diverse expertise is more effectively integrated, which leads to increased productivity.

Emory SCORE SABV Workshop – December 1

The Emory Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual “How to Incorporate Sex as a Biological Variable in Your Research” virtual workshop via Zoom from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

Blue Sky Group: Addressing Threats to Lifelong Bone Health – December 1

Join researchers and clinicians via Zoom from 12:00 PM-1:30 PM as the Georgia CTSA hosts a Blue Sky Group on Addressing Threats to Lifelong Bone Health. This Blue Sky Group session will be led by Dr. Joseph Kindler, PhD, CTR, from the University of Georgia.

Southeast Regional Clinical & Translational Science Conference – March 3-4 (Abstracts Due - November 8)

Hosted by the Georgia CTSA, mark your calendar and plan to join us in 2022 as we bring together researchers from across the region to present the best new clinical and translational research and build collaborative partnerships. Researchers working across the southeast are invited to submit an abstract by November 8. Read Call for Abstracts .