Below are internal funding opportunities that have been submitted from centers and institutes across Johns Hopkins University. Please note that this may not be an all-inclusive list of internal opportunities. If you have an opportunity you would like us to publicize here and in the monthly digest email, please fill out this form by the last Wednesday of each month for inclusion in the following digest.
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INTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAY 1, 2024 |
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| Funding Sponsor | Program Title | Max Amount of Award | Due Date | Notification Date |
| Johns Hopkins Office of the President | Johns Hopkins Campus as a Living Lab | $50,000 | Rolling basis through May 31, 2024 | Late Summer |
| The Johns Hopkins Campus as a Living Lab Program provides grants to students, researchers, and course instructors up to 50k, to conduct research and courses which test innovative campus sustainability solutions to advance the JHU Climate Action & Sustainability Plan. The program’s mission is to facilitate collaborations for campus sustainability innovations explored through research and teaching. All grant applicants must have a JHU administrative partner to provide input and access for projects utilizing campuses. Grant applicants must submit an Expression of Interest form by April 10, 2024, to ensure alignment between university stakeholders for mutually beneficial projects. Program staff can assist in matchmaking for university partnerships if applicable and early submissions are encouraged as proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Proposals may research, test or inform innovative sustainability strategies at JHU such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, addressing climate resilience, establishing new zero waste approaches, or influencing consumer purchasing and transportation practices. Eligibility: Student grants up to $10,000 are open to undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any school at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to conduct campus sustainability research projects. For student grants a faculty mentor is also required. Instructor grants up to $12,000 are available to faculty, staff, or doctoral instructors teaching undergraduate or graduate courses in any JHU school to incorporate applied sustainability projects into new or existing courses. Researcher grants up to $50,000 are eligible for tenured, tenure track, non-tenure track, or similar faculty- including assistant and associate professors, research scientists, instructors, and post-doctoral fellows. Applicants can apply individually or in teams and can be based on any JHU campus including Homewood, East Baltimore, Peabody, APL, and DC.
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| Johns Hopkins University Office of the Provost | Digital Education & Learning Technology Acceleration (DELTA) Grants | $75,000 | May 31, 2024 | July 2024 |
| The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce a request for proposals for Digital Education & Learning Technology Acceleration (DELTA) grants to support Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, and students who require additional funding to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative digital education initiatives with potential to enhance the Johns Hopkins online and on-campus teaching and learning enterprise. In keeping with the university’s stated priorities, the Provost’s Office is particularly interested in encouraging work that advances cross-disciplinary and cross-divisional collaboration, pursues individual and collective excellence, translates knowledge into meaningful impact, and promotes economic opportunity in Baltimore and other communities of which we are a part. The review committee will prioritize proposals that combine innovative digital education initiatives with one or more of these goals. Innovation in education can take many forms. This program is intended to surface a wide variety of ideas and fund those deemed the most promising. Potential domains include but are not necessarily limited to: pedagogy, media production, instructional design, assessment, learner engagement, project-based learning. Eligibility: Principal Investigators (PIs) may be either full-time faculty or senior staff. Projects for which a senior staff member serves as PI must be accompanied by a letter of endorsement from their school’s dean’s office. Part-time faculty, support staff, and students may participate on teams under the supervision of the PI.
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| Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute | Strategic Consultation Grants for Baltimore City | $10,000 | Rolling basis through June 30, 2024 | TBD |
| This Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute’s (UHI) funding opportunity is intended to advance health and health equity in Baltimore by supporting faculty working directly with the Baltimore City government. Funds will be awarded to proposals that respond to requests from the city government for specific assistance on significant projects that improve the health of the city. Examples of the types of activities that are eligible for funding include collaborating to draft a grant application on behalf of the city, conducting an evaluation of a city effort, a specific short-term research project to answer a question of interest to the city, a policy review and a memo with recommendations for a specific agency. Eligibility: Faculty from all schools of the Johns Hopkins University are eligible to apply (this includes scientists, research associates, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors). All proposals require a collaborating Baltimore city (e.g., the Health Department) or quasi-city (e.g., The Family League) entity with an individual identified within that agency as the key partner on the project.
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| Johns Hopkins Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration (PNNR) Center | Micro-grants | $20,000 | Rolling basis through July 2, 2024 | Within four weeks of the application |
| The Johns Hopkins Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration (PNNR) Center has been established to advance peripheral neuropathy (PN) and nerve regeneration research, deepen the understanding of the conditions and their causes, and develop viable therapies. As part of the JHU Merkin PNNR Center’s mission to provide support to research, we offer research grants to qualified applicants. Our goal is to help researchers explore novel ideas and answer questions related to peripheral neuropathy and nerve regeneration. We are requesting submissions for single-purpose projects to generate preliminary data or complete an ongoing research activity related to peripheral neuropathies and nerve regeneration. Types of projects that will be supported by this mechanism include generating omics datasets or transgenic mice, purchasing costly reagents for a specific experiment or small equipment. Eligibility: Junior faculty or senior post-doctoral fellows who finished two years of training at Johns Hopkins and are committed to enhancing the science behind peripheral neuropathy and nerve regeneration.
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| Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Developmental and Hyperactive Ras Tumor (DHART) SPORE: Developmental Research Program (DRP) | $75,000 | July 15, 2024 | August 15, 2024 |
| The DRP funds innovative pilot projects led by established investigators that will advance the overall goal of the DHART SPORE, which is to implement better treatments for neoplasms and cancers with germline and somatic NF1 mutations or related to Rasopathies in general. The DRP supports innovative pilot projects focused on tumors characterized by germline and somatic NF1mutations through rigorous translational research in the areas of population science, therapeutics, and mechanisms of disease and by facilitating collaborative interactions between DRP-funded scientists and other SPORE investigators. Advancing this area of cancer science has important implications beyond NF1-associated tumors as it is also relevant to understanding both the relationship between normal human development and cancer and the fundamental therapeutic problem of therapeutically targeting hyperactive Ras signaling in a range of human cancers. An essential component of the DRP is to attract and support underrepresented minority (URM) investigators. Eligibility: Proposals are accepted from clinical or basic science investigators at any DHART SPORE institution as well as from other academic institutions. Application is limited to faculty who are scientifically independent by the criteria of eligibility to apply for NIH R01 awards, but who do not currently hold R01 or equivalent funding for NF1-related research. Faculty members with NIH career development awards (K08; K23 or similar) are not eligible to apply for DRP funds.
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| Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Developmental and Hyperactive Ras Tumor (DHART) SPORE: Career Enhancement Program (CEP) | $75,000 | July 15, 2024 | August 15, 2024 |
| The Career Enhancement Program (CEP) supports early-stage investigators (ESIs) who engage in translational research focused on NF1- and Ras-associated tumors as well as sporadic cancers characterized by somatic NF1 mutations. An essential component of the DHART SPORE CEP is an emphasis on recruiting and supporting ESIs from historically disenfranchised racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and disability groups that are under-represented in health sciences. Identifying, recruiting, and mentoring ESIs who will work to implement more effective and less toxic therapies for neoplasms and cancers characterized by NF1 mutations is intrinsic to the discovery and clinical missions of each collaborating institution. Eligibility: CEP Proposals are accepted from clinical or basic science investigators at any DHART SPORE institution as well as from other academic institutions. Application is limited to faculty who are scientifically independent by the criteria of eligibility to apply for NIH R01 awards, but who do not currently hold R01 or equivalent funding for NF1-related research. Faculty members with NIH career development awards (K08; K23) are encouraged to apply for CEP funds. Faculty members from under-represented in medicine (URM) groups are strongly encouraged to apply. All applicants for a CEP award must identify a mentor who can assist with their NF1 or Rasopathy focused project. Mentors can be identified from within the DHART SPORE. Mentors can be from outside of the DHART SPORE, but must have expertise in NF1 or Rasopathy focused translational research.
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| Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Tilghman Traveling Fellowship | $15,000 | Rolling basis | Rolling basis |
| Established in 1976 by Dr. and Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman, this traveling fellowship is to be awarded annually to young members of the Medical Faculty to assist them during a sabbatical leave of up to one year to travel outside the Baltimore area to pursue new theories, methods and techniques in their chosen discipline. The funds are to be used toward travel, living expenses, and tuition costs for up to a one year period. No salary or research costs may be paid by these funds. Applications can be submitted at any time, but should be submitted at least 60 days prior to the proposed travel. Eligibility: Both full and part time members of the Medical Faculty are eligible for consideration. The recipient must be a native-born citizen of the United States and those applicants proposing studies which have a clinical application will be given the strongest consideration.
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| The Ignite Fund | The Ignite Fund | Typically $1,000 | Rolling basis | TBD |
| The Ignite Fund offers Hopkins student entrepreneurs access to funding throughout the academic year. The fund’s purpose is to support discrete tasks that will help move a venture forward. In focusing funding this way, we hope to provide student ventures access to capital at key moments. Applications must identify a single discrete task to be funded. Applicant(s) must clearly demonstrate how the task to be achieved by the funding will impact their venture’s next steps. All proposals will be considered, but, in light of limited funding, successful applications will emphasize how to make the most out of minor amounts. Eligibility: All ventures with at least one current JHU student founder. Ventures who have won Ignite Fund awards previously may apply again if they have completed the closing process (provision of final progress report and receipts) prior to their newest application.
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