RFP 2022 Distinguished Investigator Open Call

Summary: The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group’s Distinguished Investigator (ADI) program supports early-stage research with the potential to reinvent entire fields. For 2022, up to eight awards will be made for up to $10M total funding to support research in the areas of: 1) Protein Lifespan and 2) Nutrient Sensing. Submissions are welcomed from researchers across all career stages, from Assistant Professors and similar positions onward. Grants range between $1 million and $1.5 million over three-year terms to individuals and scientific teams. Up to four awards will be made in in both the Protein Lifespan and Nutrient Sensing Programs. The application process begins with submission of an LOI. LOI’s are due by 11:59am Pacific Time on March 1, 2022. An overview and links are below. Please forward this to any faculty in your units that many have interest.

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group: https://alleninstitue.org

GEORGRAPHIC FOCUS: National & International

RFP: 2022 Allen Distinguished Investigator Open Call

The Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) program supports early-stage research with the potential to reinvent entire fields. Grants range between $1 million and $1.5 million over three-year terms to individuals and scientific teams. More than 90 Allen Distinguished Investigators have been awarded since 2010. Read more about the ADIs on our website. Up to eight awards will be made for up to $10M total funding to support technology development in 1) Protein Lifespan and 2) Nutrient Sensing. We welcome submissions from researchers across all career stages, from Assistant Professors and similar positions onward.

The program seeks to have a lasting impact on the direction of research, aiming to serve as a catalyst upon which future research is founded. This program seeks to enable scientists to take risks with new ideas and approaches, and strongly believes in interdisciplinary approaches that allow scientists to look beyond their own disciplines, and to explore approaches with colleagues in other disciplines in order to bring new perspectives to challenging problems where traditional approaches within a discipline may be ‘stuck.’ The program is especially interested in approaches that are unlikely to receive funding from traditional government sources, including methodological and technological advances that are often necessary complements to scientific advance and often difficult to fund through traditional sources. This program encourages and supports researchers including novel methodological, theoretical, and technological elements in their proposals.

We invite proposals along two tracks:

• Technology development (How Proteins Change or Behave Across Their Lifespan) - proposals to develop new technology and/or refine existing hardware, software, tools, and/or models. Projects may focus on technology for a variety of purposes relating to how proteins change or behave across their lifespan, including but not limited to visualizing the absolute age of the proteome; determining individual protein ages; following the dynamics of individual or multiple proteins from birth to degradation; and manipulating protein turnover for therapeutic application. https://alleninstitute.org/media/filer_public/ca/30/ca3027f7-919c-4c77-8561-d2a085abb3d7/2022_protein_lifespan_adi_loi_announcement.pdf

• Biological discovery for technological innovation (Nutrient Sensing)—proposals to elucidate biological mechanisms or features of protein lifespan that must be understood before technology development can occur. Projects may focus on aspects of protein lifespan biology that, if known, could serve as the basis of a new measurement, imaging technology, model, or other tool. https://alleninstitute.org/media/filer_public/1f/c4/1fc403f1-236e-47b4-9a35-911070bb4d47/2022_nutrient_sensing_adi_loi_announcement.pdf

FAQ’s: https://alleninstitute.org/2022-adi-open-calls/

NOTE: Please carefully read the full RFP’s for the program you want to apply for.

APPLICATION PROCESS: https://alleninstitute.org/2022-adi-open-calls/

You may submit your LOI through the call’s submission portal. More information on submitting your LOI can be found in the call announcement.

GRANT AMOUNT: https://alleninstitute.org/2022-adi-open-calls/

The Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) program supports early-stage research with the potential to reinvent entire fields. Grants range between $1 million and $1.5 million over three-year terms to individuals and scientific teams. Up to four awards will be made in both the Protein Lifespan and Nutrient Sensing Programs.

DEADLINE:

• Letters of Intent Due BY: March 1. 2022 by 11:59 Pacific Time.
• Notification of LOI Outcome By: May 2, 2022
• Full Proposal Deadline By: June 15,2022
• Finalist Interviews: August 2022
• Notification of Award: September 2022
• Award Start: November 2022

PROJECT CONTACT: For both the Protein Lifespan & Nutrient Sensing Awards: alexandra.basford@alleninstitute.org

RFP Research Grants: Nutrition, Care & Development of Infants/Young Children

The Gerber Foundation’s is accepting concept papers for its 2022 research grantmaking. Gerber’s priority is support for projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children. Gerber’s research program has three focuses: 1. Pediatric Health, 2. Pediatric Nutrition and 3. Environmental Hazards. Maximum grants are $350,000. Projects should focus on solutions to issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. The board is particularly looking for practical solutions that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application. An overview of Gerber’s research priorities, along with links, is below. Concept papers are due by May 15, 2022 at 4:00 pm EST. Please provide to any faculty in your units that may have interest and let me know if any plan to submit a concept letter and have them let me know if they plan to apply at: wallach@msu.edu. Thanks.

Gerber FOUNDATION: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/

The Foundation’s mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving common, everyday problems or emerging issues within our defined focus area. Projects should focus on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. The board is particularly looking for practical solutions that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application.

RFP—Prediatric Health & Nutrition Research: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/focus-areas/

Gerber’s Pediatric Health & Nutrition Program has three focus areas:

Prediatric Health-- Promoting health and preventing or treating disease is the primary focus of this target area. Of particular interest are applied research projects focused on reducing the incidence of serious neonatal and early childhood illnesses, or improving cognitive, social and emotional aspects of development. Typical projects funded in this area of interest may include projects aimed at:

• Better diagnostic techniques (more rapid, specific, sensitive, or less invasive)
• Better treatment (improved, less stressful or painful, optimal dosing, fewer side effects.
• Symptom relief
• Preventive measures

Recently funded projects: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/pediatric-health/

Pediatric Nutrition-- These programs respond to a long-time interest of the Foundation in assuring adequate nutrition for infants and young children. Projects include applied research that evaluates the provision of specific nutrients and their related outcomes in infants and young children. Typical projects funded in this area of interest may include projects aimed at:

• Benefits or side effects of supplementation of a specific nutrient
• Effects of deficiencies or excesses of a specific nutrient
• Timing and dosing of supplementation
• Issues related to general growth and feeding

Recently funded projects: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/pediatric-nutrition/

Environmental Hazards-- The Foundation is interested in projects that evaluate the effects of environmental hazards on infants and young children. Applied research projects that document the impact of, or ameliorate effects of, environmental hazards on the growth and development of infants and young children are the focus of this area of interest.

Typical projects funded in this area of interest may include projects aimed at:

• Exposures and their effects on infants and toddlers
• Methods to lessen the effects of exposures

Recently Funded Projects: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/environmental-hazards/

**It cannot be emphasized strongly enough that Gerber Foundation is focused on applied research and, specially, is most interested in projects that can lead to direct and effective solutions to major conditions in pediatric health.

(Please carefully review the Gerber Foundation website and the list of recently funded grants under each of the above three areas as well as the Gerber Foundation’s 2020 Annual report at: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Gerber-Foundation-2020-Annual-Report.pdf.)

GRANT AMOUNT

Grants up to $350,000. (NOTE: The Foundation generally receives approximately 130 concept papers for each concept paper deadline. Depending on funding availability and the mix of requests, 10-12 of these are selected for full proposal submission. For full proposals, the selection rate for funding averages 75-90%.)

Application Process: https://www.gerberfoundation.org/how-to-apply/

There is a two-step process: 1. Submission of a concept paper and 2. Full proposal for those invited.

Deadline

• Concept Papers Due: May 15, 2022 by 4pm EST. Decisions usually made within three weeks of submission.
• Proposals (if invited) Due: August 15, 2022 by 4pm EST.

PROJECT CONTACT: Contact 231.924.3175 or tgf@gerberfoundation.org.

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Roles and Responsibilities (tips for understanding roles and responsibilities at each stage of the project)

Description: The first seminar of 2022 will engage individuals from DER, OSP, and CGA to provide an overview of the lifecycle of an award - from proposal development to award close-out. Join us for a clearer understanding of the roles and responsibilities at each stage. You will be better prepared to submit fundable proposals and to effectively and efficiently manage subsequent awards from start to finish with the help of your MSU support system. All researchers are welcome and are encouraged to be prepared with any questions. Watch it now on demand!!!