Funding Landscape and New Limited Submission Opportunities for the Week of December 2, 2024

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Funding Landscape

National Library of Medicine issues a call for Computational Approaches to Curation at Scale for Biomedical Research Assets Program.

The National Library of Medicine aims to speed up access to secure and comprehensive datasets and computational models, which are crucial for groundbreaking biomedical discoveries. There is a need for innovative, large-scale computational methods that can enhance the speed and breadth of data curation.

NIH issues a call for proposals to the Centers for Accelerating Phage (Bacteriophage) Therapy to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens Program.

The aim of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to invite applications for the creation of Centers for Accelerating Phage Therapy to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens. These centers will concentrate on developing preclinical assays, tools, and models to support robust phage therapy research and development and to advance clinical research in phage therapy.

Limited Submission Opportunities

DOE: High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Transportation Package, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)

Description: The objective of this NOFO is to research, develop, and acquire NRC certification for HALEU transportation packages focused on front-end transportation packaging needs to support a sustainable supply chain. Industry’s front-end HALEU transportation needs include: 1) Transport of enriched, up to HALEU is UF6 enriched up to <20%, 2) Transport of tails/de-converted material, and 3) Transport of fresh finished fuel.
Limitation: four applications per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

CDC: Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants (T03)

Description: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), invites grant applications for Training Project Grants (TPGs) that are focused on occupational safety and health training. NIOSH is mandated to provide an adequate supply of qualified personnel to carry out the purposes of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the TPGs are one of the principal means for meeting this mandate. The majority of TPGs are in academic institutions that provide high quality undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate academic training in a variety of occupational safety and health (OSH) and allied disciplines. NIOSH also funds a limited number of non-academic TPGs to provide specialized training for target audiences and build or strengthen the Nation's OSH workforce capacity.
Limitation: two applications per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

NIH: NEI Postbaccalaureate Opportunities in Vision Science (POVS) Research Education Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Description:The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Thursday, December 19, 2024
Sponsor Deadline: Saturday, January 25, 2025

NEA: Arts Education Partnership (AEP)

DOE: University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization