Institutionally Limited & Time-Sensitive Opportunities

Greetings,

Please see below our weekly digest of new limited submissions and time-sensitive opportunities.

This Week’s Announcements:

New Nominations
New Limited Submissions
Other Opportunities of Note

New Nominations:

Congratulations to Ellis Meng (Viterbi) and Mengyuan Li (Viterbi) for their nominations to NSF 24-608: Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)!
Congratulations to Jennifer Tsui (Keck) for her nomination to the NIH’s RFA-CA-25-009 Scaling-up and Maintaining Evidence-based Interventions to Maximize Impact on Cancer (SUMMIT)- Lung Cancer Screening (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required).

New Limited Submissions:

Please find below three limited submissions, two of which are time-sensitive, for your perusal and distribution. Links to each opportunity are below:
Process for Limited Submissions: PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. PIs must create their own SurveyMonkey account in order to proceed with submission. Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
- Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Other Opportunities of Note:

Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain
- Description: Supports innovative research that focuses on basic science mechanisms of pain. Proposed research projects should be directed toward investigating the molecular biology of pain and/or basic science topics related to developing new analgesics for managing pain.
- Application Deadline: December 11, 2024
- Amount: $150K over 3 years
- Eligibility:
  - Have received committed start-up funds and independent laboratory space from USC.
  - Be within three years of the start date of a tenure track position.
  - Demonstrate a commitment to the field of pain research and evidence of distinguished achievements or extraordinary promise in basic science research in pain.
- Additional details can be found here.
- Faculty interested in applying should notify Jennifer Lidar, Executive Director of Foundation Relations.

If you are interested in renewing an existing limited submission grant, please contact RII as soon as possible by writing to rii@usc.edu.

Also, if you see a limited submission on our webpage that you wish to submit to, but the internal deadline says “Contact RII,” reach out to rii@usc.edu to submit, as a slot is still available for the call.

Best,

Mike Yarsky (he/him)

Program Specialist | Research Initiatives and Infrastructure

yarsky@usc.edu | https://usc.zoom.us/my/yarsky

University of Southern California

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