Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2022-23

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS)

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The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plan to support fundamental research in mathematics and statistics necessary to answer questions in the biological and biomedical sciences. Both agencies recognize the need to promote research at the interface between mathematical and life sciences. This program is designed to encourage new collaborations, as well as to support innovative activities by existing teams. The joint DMS/NIGMS initiative offers two submission tracks: Track 1 - for projects with a total budget of up to $600,000 for an award duration of 3 years, and Track 2 - for projects with a total budget of up to $1,200,000 for an award duration of 3-4 years. Please see below a brief on the Funding Opportunity Announcement NSF 22-600 in the Grant Opportunities section.

NSF: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU); Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS); Enabling Quantum Computing Platform Access for National Science Foundation Researchers with Amazon Web Services, IBM, and Microsoft Quantum; Advancing Educational Innovations and Broadening Participation in STEM with Blockchain Technology; Stimulating Integrative Research in Computational Cognition (CompCog); Mathematical Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (DMS REU Sites); Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)

NIH: Research Coordinating Center to Support Climate Change and Health Community of Practice (U24); BRAIN Initiative: Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs - TeamBCP (U19); NINDS Interdisciplinary Team Science Grant (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional); NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01); NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional); NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1); NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Translational Research Award; DOD Parkinson's Investigator-Initiated Research Award; Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program; DoD Vision, Investigator- Initiated Research Award; FY22 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)

Department of Transportation: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Graduate Fellowship; UTC Program Competition 2022-2026 Grants

Department of Agriculture: Open Data Framework

Department of Labor: Growth Opportunities

Department of Commerce/EDA:  Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunity; FY2021 to FY2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

EPA: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Department of Energy: Basic Energy Sciences - Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (BES-RENEW); Carbon Management

NASA: Space Technology Research Institutes Appendix; ROSES 2022: NASA Innovation Corps Pilot; ROSES 2022: Space Weather Centers of Excellence; ROSES 2022: Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks

National Endowment of Humanities: Humanities Connections; Public Humanities Projects; Summer Stipends

Private Foundations: Global Partnerships and Grand Challenges

Pentagon Calls for New Ideas in ‘Third Wave’ of AI Evolution:  key research and development agency within the Department of Defense is accepting new contract proposals specifically focused on advancing algorithmic processing within Defense’s artificial intelligence projects. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is formally soliciting contracts for its new Enabling Confidence program, a subsect within its Artificial Intelligence Exploration initiative. The AIE focuses  on what DARPA defines as its “third wave” of artificial intelligence research, which includes AI theory and application research that examines limitations with rule and statistical learning theories belying AI technologies. “The pace of discovery in AI science and technology is accelerating worldwide,” the program announcement says. “AIE will enable DARPA to fund pioneering AI research to discover new areas where R&D programs awarded through this new approach may be able to advance the state of the art.” The AIE’s goal is to invest in “high-risk, high-reward” artificial intelligence topics that will ideally lead to quick prototype development. Technologies fostered within the AIE will primarily be related to Defense’s national security initiatives. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Pentagon Plans to Manage Inflation Costs in Contracts: T he Defense Department knows cost increases due to inflation may begin to affect contracts. But, according to recent guidance, defense contracting officers are urged to "limit the scope" when using clauses for pay adjustments.  "The current economic environment requires we understand the impacts of inflation to existing contracts and consider various approaches to manage risk of inflation to prospective Department of Defense (DOD) contracts," John Tenaglia, the principal director for Defense Pricing and Contracting, wrote in a memo dated May 25.  "Against this backdrop, DOD contractors and contracting officers (COs) alike have expressed renewed interest in using economic price adjustment (EPA) clauses." Handling cost increases for existing contracts depends on the contract type and contractors are responsible for notifying DOD when costs are approaching the limits laid out in those agreements, the memo states. But an EPA clause could be a solution, when approached with care, for developing contracts or those in negotiation. More information is posted on the Government Executive website.

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HHS Establishes Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health: The Health and Human Services Department Thursday announced the formal launch of its Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H. ARPA-H will function as an independent entity within the National Institutions of Health, and will lead “high-risk, high-reward” biomedical and health investments, according to a notice set to publish Friday in the Federal Register.   Dr. Adam H. Russell, chief scientist at the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, was appointed ARPA-H’s deputy director Thursday by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a separate announcement. The proposed mission of ARPA-H could be to make pivotal investments in break-through technologies and broadly applicable platforms, capabilities, resources, and solutions that have the potential to transform important areas of medicine and health for the benefit of all patients and that cannot readily be accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. ARPA-H will:

• Speed application and implementation of health breakthroughs to serve all patients
• Foster breakthroughs across various levels — from the molecular to the societal 
• Build capabilities and platforms to revolutionize prevention, treatment, and cures in a range of diseases
• Support “use-driven” ideas focused on solving practical problems that advance equity and rapidly transform breakthroughs into tangible solutions for all patients.
• Focus on multiple time-limited projects with different approaches to achieve a quantifiable goal.
• Use a stage-gate process, with defined metrics, and inject accountability through meeting these metrics.
• Overcome market failures through critical solutions or incentives
• Use the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a model to establish a culture of championing innovative ideas in health and medicine.

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