The Office of Foundations Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Please forward the call to interested faculty in your departments and divisions.
UCSC Contact: forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Opportunity: Advancing Imaging Through Collaborative Projects
Application Deadline: September 8, 2022
Funding: Up to $350,000
Overview
Imaging ecosystems are highly fragmented, which slows the spread and adoption of imaging hardware and software technologies, methods, and data. The imaging community is beginning to collaborate to develop new technologies and resources that can benefit the broader ecosystem, however many of these projects are supported by volunteers and operated without dedicated funding.
Funds can be requested in one or more of the categories below:
- Validation and dissemination of new imaging technologies: Collaboration between technology developers and imaging scientists to test and validate new imaging systems and/or to adopt new imaging platforms at imaging cores.
- Building capacity: Developing frameworks (e.g. websites or coordinating organizations) that enable collaborations in the imaging community and online platforms to exchange methods, tools, and protocols.
- Training and education: Organizing in-person or online courses on imaging for biomedical researchers and train-the-trainers programs, implementing and adapting new media for training and education, and developing teaching materials or courses for researchers who are starting their careers as imaging scientists.
Please refer to the full RFA for details about eligibility, the composition of collaborations, and award amounts and terms.
Eligibility
- Each application should designate one Principal Investigator (PI) as the Coordinating
Principal Investigator (Coordinating PI). The Coordinating PI will act as the administrative
contact between CZI and all PIs on the grant (Co-PIs). - The Coordinating PI must be an Imaging Scientist. “Imaging Scientists” can be
engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, or biologists who have
focused on technology development in either light or electron microscopy, medical
imaging, or data analysis fields, or work at the interface of biology, microscopy hardware,
and imaging software at an imaging core facility. - The Coordinating PI must have a faculty appointment (research or tenure track).
- Each application should have at least one Co-PI and a maximum of ten Co-PIs.
Award Amount & Terms
- Awards will be two years (24 months) in duration with an expected start date of March 1, 2023.
- Cost varies by category: i.e. validation and dissemination of new imaging technologies generally requires more funds than organizing meetings and workshops.
- Typical award requests: $350,000 (inclusive of 15% indirect costs), two years.
Timeline
September 8, 2022 Applications due by 5 p.m. Pacific Time (PT)
January 2023 Earliest notification of decisions (subject to change)
March 1, 2023 Expected start date
Special Instructions:
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (cfr@ucsc.edu). Please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Relations. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits.
For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding