The UC Research Conference Internal Funding Program provides supplemental support to UC researchers who wish to host national research conferences, focused symposia, or other forms of convenings around strategic research areas at UC. The event must be held at UC or in Cincinnati to be eligible for support. This funding program is intended to enhance our faculty’s ability to bring together researchers, community members, practitioners, policymakers, and other important collaborators whose expertise, substantive knowledge and practice, theoretical insight, or methodological expertise can be engaged in ways that help to build upon and advance research at UC. 

A maximum of $5000 may be requested.

The Office of Research is pleased to share the 2022 FOA for the URC Faculty Research Pivot Awards Program. Building upon the rich legacy of the University Research Council (URC), UC’s oldest and most prestigious internal funding program, the URC Faculty Research Pivot Grants are targeted to mid-career and beyond faculty who are proposing transformative new ideas and directions for their research, scholarship and creative activities. This program is for individual faculty and may be discipline-focused or interdisciplinary in nature. All areas of research, scholarship, and creative activities across UC are eligible.

This program will follow a two-stage application/evaluation process. The first stage involves submission of a Letter of Intent (LOI). Up to 10 finalists will then be invited to submit a full proposal and agree to a 15-minute presentation/Q&A to discuss their proposed activities.

Grants: All grants will be for $15,000 and for a period of 18 months. Funds are expected to support the proposed activities and can include course relief, as necessary. Budgets will only be required from grantees and will be created in collaboration with the Office of Research. Up to five grants will be supported by this program.

Unit Head Support: All applicants must provide a letter of support from their unit head documenting the proposed activities are a departure from the current, the availability of resources to conduct the proposed activities, and any necessary unit-level support for the faculty member should they be selected for a grant.

KEY DATES

03/10/22 FOA released

04/11/22, 5:00 pm EST LOI Deadline

05/04/22 Finalists Notified (anticipated)

05/30/22, 5:00 pm EST Final Proposal Deadline (for finalists only)

06/03/22 Finalist Presentations: Week of June 3, 2022 (anticipated)

06/27/22 Grantees Announced: Week of June 27 2022 (anticipated)

08/01/22 - 01/31/24 Grant Project Period: August 1, 2022 – January 31, 2024

Courtesy of the generous contributions of the Dr. John S. Michelman Fund for the Advancement of Sustainable Technology, the Office of Research is pleased to share the 2022 FOA for the inaugural offering of the Michelman Green, Clean and Sustainable Technology Research Innovation Program. This program supports applied R&D and use-inspired research with the potential to meaningfully contribute to improvements in environmental health, environmental stewardship and sustainability by demonstrating new and marketable scientific and technical (S&T) innovations intended to address real-world problems in the Green-tech and Clean-tech fields.

KEY DATES

FOA released February 9, 2022
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Proposal Deadline: March 24, 2022, 5:00 pm EST
Grantees Announced: Week of April 18, 2022 (anticipated)
Earliest Grant Project Start Date: May 16, 2022 (anticipated)

* Multi-investigator teams as defined here must consist of no fewer than two UC faculty with a preference for faculty from across different departments/colleges.

Background and Purpose

The UC Office of Research (OoR) understands that sustaining and refreshing core facilities is critical for future success of the research enterprise. As part of the Research2030 program strategy to Invest for Impact and Invest in Success, we are issuing this core development opportunity.  For this internal grant program, a research core facility is defined to be inclusive of shared research facilities with government approved recharge rates. This program offers funding support to existing research core facilities to update equipment or software to expand their capabilities and impact to support current customers and to attract new customers.

Funding Priorities, Eligibility, and Process

• The program is open to research cores in all UC Colleges except for the College of Medicine. 
• The key priorities will include: 1) equipment/software that increases use of a facility by a broader range of UC investigators and/or external parties; 2) evidence that a lack of investment will result in loss of customer base and/or the ability to support grant-funded research projects.
• Software/hardware upgrades to meet UCIT network requirements are eligible for this award provided that the instrumentation involved has a significant customer base to justify the investment.
• Matching funds from other sources will be viewed favorably in the application.
• Applications will be reviewed by a panel of experts who will make recommendations for funding to the Vice President for Research.
• The number of proposals funded will be a function of funds available and the number of meritorious, qualified applications received.  Awards of up to $40,000 are available, but requests should be limited to the minimal amount needed so that the impact of the overall funding pool can be maximized.
• Funds cannot be used for faculty/staff salaries or travel.
• Applications are limited to one proposal per core facility.     

Applications must be submitted via email to the Office or Research with the subject “core enhancement grant” by 5:00 pm on February 23, 2022.  Email: research@uc.edu.

Application Materials

The following documentation must be submitted with the application:

• A description of the proposed project and justification on how this investment significantly enhances the core in terms of the funding priorities given above and the scope of investigators who will be supported by the upgrade. (Do not exceed 2 pages)
• An itemized budget and budget justification (Do not exceed 1 page)

Deliverables

Awardees will provide an update via a progress report to the OOR internal grant portal by September 30, 2022 with the initial impact on the core facility.  A more detailed report will be due June 30, 2023 summarizing the use and return on investment (ROI).  The ROI analysis should consider the following: increased usage of the facility, new proposals, and collaborations generated, and all forms of scholarly activity that are the direct result of the investment.

If you have any questions, please contact Ken Greis at greiskd@ucmail.uc.edu; 513-558-7102.

Consistent with Office of Research goals to spur interdisciplinary research and establish new partnerships within and beyond the institution, this program is designed to seed collaborative research endeavors to help develop research to the point where external funding can be obtained. The expected outcomes for this program: 1) Support interdisciplinary teams for achievement of greater success and prominence; 2) Advance high-potential, team research and creative activities in emergent areas; and 3) Increase teams’ competitiveness and capacity for major extramural awards and funding.

This program follows a two-stage application/evaluation process. The first stage involves submission of a 2-page letter of interest (LOI). Up to fifteen finalists will then be invited to submit a full proposal and pitch at a pitch event that will be held from 10am-3pm on March 28, 2022.

IMPORTANT DATES

RFP Released/Web Portal Open: 12/09/21             
LOI Due: 02/01/22             
Review Period: 2/7-28/22
Finalist Notification: 03/7/22              
Full Proposal Due (Finalist Only): 03/21/22             
Pitch Event: 03/28/22            
Review Period: 3/31-4/1/22        
Notify Awardees: 4/11/22               
Awardees Announced: 04/18/22             
Earliest Program Start Date: 05/10/22             

Expanding upon previous investments in arts, humanities and social sciences (AHSS), the Office of Research seeks to incentivize novel research, exceptional scholarship, and the production of creative and performing art works that address issues of increasing societal significance. This program will follow a one-stage, full proposal/application process. This program is open to UC faculty whose proposed activities fall within the areas of the arts, humanities and social sciences. Application budget limit: $10,000. Total Program Budget: $100,000; Up to 10 awards will be made. RFP Released: October 28, 2021

KEY DATES 
RFP Released: 10/28/21 
Proposals Due: 12/15/21 by 11:59PM EST 
Review Period: 12/20 - 2/21/22  
Finalists Notified: 3/1/22  
Awardees Announced: 03/21/22  
Program Start Date: 05/10/22  

The Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 RFP for the University Research Council (URC) Graduate Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty—Student Collaboration. 

The URC funding program is UC’s oldest and most prestigious internal funding mechanism. Since 1971, the URC has worked in partnership with the Vice President for Research to advance high-potential research, scholarship and creative work, including that conducted by our graduate students. Following in the Teacher-Scholar model of graduate education, this URC program provides summer stipend support to outstanding graduate students plus funds to support related research costs working in collaboration with a UC faculty member. A total award of up to $7,500 is available to each applicant. Stipend support of up to $6,500 will be provided to the graduate student plus up to $1,000 for research costs payable to the department. 

Funding is available to support up to 6-7 awards in the Arts & Humanities. 

KEY DATES 
RFP Released/Web Portal Open: 10/28/2021
Proposal Due by 5pm EST: 12/02/21
Awardees Announced (anticipated): 02/21/22
Summer Semester Start Date: 05/09/22

The Office of Research is pleased to share the 2021-2022 FOA for the URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards Program. Building upon the rich legacy of the University Research Council (URC), UC’s oldest and most prestigious internal funding program, the URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards are meant to recognize promising UC early career faculty who are proposing transformative ideas that will shape our future. This program is for individual faculty and may be discipline-focused or interdisciplinary in nature. 

This program will follow a two-stage application/evaluation process. The first stage involves submission of a Letter of Intent (LOI). Up to five finalists in each area will then be invited to submit a full proposal and agree to a 15-minute presentation/Q&A to discuss their proposed activities.
 
Two URC Faculty Scholars Research Awardees will be designated annually in the areas of: 

• Arts & Humanities
• Behavioral & Social Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Physical Science & Engineering

Awards: All awards will be for $25,000 and for a period of 24 months. Budgets will only be required from awardees and will be created in collaboration with the Office of Research. 

KEY DATES 

FOA Released: October 28, 2021 
LOI Due: November 30, 2021 by 5:00 pm EST 
Finalists Notified: December 20, 2021 (anticipated) 
Final Proposal Deadline: January 17, 2022 by 5:00 pm EST (for finalists only) 
Finalist Presentations: Week of 01/21/22 (anticipated) 
Awardees Announced: Week of March 11, 2022 (anticipated) 
Award Project Period: May 2022 – April 2024 : All awards will be for $25,000 and for a period of 24 months. Budgets will only be required from awardees and will be created in collaboration with the Office of Research.