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November 2, 2021 Research Bulletin

Volume 2, Issue 21

Featured Funding Opportunities


NIH Funding Announcements


NIH funding opportunities and notices are presented weekly. Please see the current and past updates below.

Limited Funding Opportunities


Please take a moment to visit and bookmark the newly launched website featuring limited funding opportunities.

To submit a proposal for these opportunities:

Interested candidates must send a one-page summary of their research proposal and their biosketch in pdf format via the Limited Submission Portal.


American Heart Association announces the Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) on the Science of Diversity in Clinical Trials (SDCT)

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: November 15, 2021
  • Letter of Intent (Pre-proposal): December 7, 2021
  • Full Proposal - January 27, 2022

Cancer League of Colorado announces its Cancer League Service Grant opportunity

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: November 16, 2021
  • Sponsor Due Date: January 7, 2022

HRSA announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HICs) Program.

The purpose of this program is to provide information, education, technical assistance, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and the professionals who serve them.

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: November 16, 2021
  • Sponsor Due Date Phase 1: January 05, 2022

2022 St. Baldrick's Foundation Grant Application Information and Guidelines

Scholar (Career Development Award)

St. Baldrick’s Foundation invites institutions to submit one application for the Scholar (Career Development) award. 

The Scholar (Career Development) Award is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers. This is an early-career award. The Scholar award is intended to develop the independent pediatric cancer research careers of highly qualified investigators, not to support well established or senior investigators. The award can be up to $110,000/year and is for a two-year minimum. 

Institutions may submit only one (1) application. Prepare a 1-2 page description of the proposed research project including the rationale for the project and its significance to childhood cancer.  Include a brief timeline for the progression of the research.

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: November 24, 2021
  • Sponsor Deadline: December 3, 2021

International Scholar Award

St. Baldrick’s Foundation invites institutions to submit one application for the International Scholar Award.   

This three year award is to train researchers from low- and middle- income countries (as classified by the World Bank) to prepare them to fill specific stated needs in an area of childhood cancer research upon returning to their country of origin.   

Institutions may submit only one (1) application. Prepare a 1-2 page description of the proposed research project including the rationale for the project and its significance to childhood cancer.  Include a brief timeline for the progression of the research.

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: November 24, 2021
  • Sponsor Deadline: December 3, 2021

NSF announces Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions opportunity

Track 1: Planning or Pilot Projects (PPP) -- track provides a funding opportunity for institutions that are new to NSF5 or are Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs6).  

Track 2: Implementation and Evaluation Projects (IEP) full proposal deadline. Track supports the implementation of evidence-based unit-, department-, or multi-department-level activities that will enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education.

Track 3: The Institutional Transformation Projects (ITP) track supports institution-wide structural or systemic changes to enhance undergraduate STEM education at the proposing HSI.

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: November 15, 2021
  • Sponsor Due Date: February 10, 2022

NSF announces Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

  • Materials due to Internal Review Committee: December 7, 2021
  • Sponsor Due Date: March 25, 2022

Special Announcements


Translational Research Scholars Program (TRSP)

  • The 2022 School of Medicine Translational Research Scholars Program (TRSP) will provide awards of $75K annually for up to four years.
  • The goal of this program is to facilitate successful early career faculty in pursuing new lines of exploration and to elevate and expand the scope of their translational research.  Scholars are expected to commit 75% of their effort to scholarly activities.
  • Applicants must have a primary appointment in a Department with the SOM, and must be working at CU Anschutz/UCHealth, Rocky Mountain VAMC, Denver Health, or National Jewish Health.
  • Applicants must be within the first four years of their Assistant Professor appointment at the time of application (years at the Instructor level do not count against this limitation), and must hold an MD, DO, PhD, or DVM-equivalent degree.

Letters of Intent are due November 15, 2021.

For full details on the RFA or for additional information, contact Jennifer Kemp, PhD.


The Lorna Grindlay Moore, PhD Faculty Launch Fund

The CU Denver and CU Anschutz Medical Campus proudly announce the next call for applications for the Lorna Grindlay Moore, PhD, Faculty Launch Award.

Eligible Instructors and Assistant Professors are invited to apply for a one-year award of $40,000 to help launch their independent research programs. Faculty may be appointed in any of the schools or colleges of the CU Denver or CU Anschutz campuses whose research is centered on women’s health during and after the reproductive period.

Appropriate areas include, but are not limited to pregnancy, family planning, infertility, oncology, education, public policy, mental health, cardiovascular health, diabetes, advancing the academic careers of women faculty and the effect of COVID-19 on women’s health.

For more information visit the following Research Funding Opportunities webpage or RFA.

Due date for Letter of Intent: January 21, 2022
Due date for Applications: March 23, 2022
Funds available as of July 1, 2022


The DEA Form 222 changes from triplicate form to single sheet

As of October 31, 2021 this change is effective for controlled substance schedules 1, 2 and 2N.  Visit the Office of Diversion Control and contact EHS for questions.


HERA Ovarian Cancer Foundation

Request for Outside-the-Box (OSB) Seed Grant Applications specific to post-doctoral research and clinical fellows. 

Due date for Applications:  December 6, 2021


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