The Office of Foundations Relations is pleased to share this open call for letters of intent from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
UCSC Contact: Samantha Forde | forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
Program: Deep Tissue Imaging (Phase 2)
Overview
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) invites letters of intent for four-year projects in the field of deep tissue imaging. The program seeks to drive development of imaging technology focused on obtaining cellular resolution readouts within complex living organisms.
Examples of research themes for this program include (but are not limited to):
- Adaptive optics for deep tissue imaging
- Bioacoustic probe, hardware, and/or method development
- Biomagnetic probe, hardware, and/or method development
- Biochemical probe or method development
- Multi-photon hardware or method development
- Quantum technologies for deep tissue imaging
- Deep tissue imaging techniques with potential applicability to the human body
Funding Levels
A detailed budget is not required at the LOI stage. If invited for a full proposal, budgets should reflect the project scope. Indirect costs cannot exceed 15 percent of direct costs. More details about funding can be found here.
Eligibility
- Each application should have a minimum of one PI (Coordinating PI), but may designate up to six total PIs (one Coordinating PI and up to five Co-PIs).
- PIs may only serve as the Coordinating PI on one application, but may serve as a Co-PI on applications different from the one they submitted.
- Co-PIs may serve as a Co-PI on multiple applications.
- PIs/Co-PIs on one application may be employed at the same or at different institutions.
- PIs and Co-PIs must each run laboratories in which they control their budget, their space, and their research.
Timeline
- July 11, 2023 Letters of Intent due by 5 p.m. Pacific Time
- By August 15, 2023 Notification for invitation to submit full applications
- September 26, 2023 Full applications due by 5 p.m. Pacific Time
- January 2024 Earliest notification of decisions (subject to change)
- March 1, 2024 Expected start date (subject to change)
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (cfr@ucsc.edu). 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 and corporations 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