The information below is from the 2019 request for proposals. Please see the opportunity website for updated information.
The University of California (UC) has announced a research funding opportunity to better understand Valley Fever, made possible with $3 million designated for this purpose in the California State Budget Act of 2018. The UC Valley Fever Research Funding Opportunity is intended to support meritorious, multicampus collaborative research that directly addresses any aspect of Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) and has the potential to make significant advances towards alleviating its impact on the people and communities of California. Proposed projects should leverage and enhance UC expertise in Valley Fever research and enhance research capacity and collaboration across UC to address Valley Fever. This competition is open to all scholarly disciplines and topics directly related to Valley Fever research, including (but not limited to) basic, clinical, epidemiological, environmental, ecological, translational, social science, and humanistic approaches.
Award Amount and Details
- Applicants may request up to three years of funding.
- The number of awards will be determined by the merit, scope, and requested budgets of the submitted proposals within the limitations of the total funding available for this funding opportunity.
Deadlines and Date Information
The due dates listed below are the most recent due dates our office is aware of. Please see the opportunity home page for information about potential upcoming deadlines or other opportunities.
- Letters of Intent (LOI) Due (required): Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 12:00pm Pacific Time
- Notification of LOI Decision: Friday, January 18, 2019
- Invited Full Proposals Due: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:00pm Pacific Time
Eligibility Information
- All proposals must be submitted through the Contracts and Grants or Sponsored Projects Office of the Applicant/Lead PI’s home UC campus. The host campus must be one of the ten UC campuses. The host campus is responsible for award administration and research compliance.
- Proposals must include collaborators from at least three UC campuses (the host campus plus two additional UC campuses), but may also include additional collaborating sites within the UC system. These additional sites may include: other UC campuses and any of the UC medical centers, one or more UC-affiliated national laboratories, the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or other UC research entities.
- Each proposal must identify one Lead PI who holds principal investigator (PI) status at the host campus. The Lead PI is responsible for the overall coordination and research oversight, and may serve as Lead PI on only one application in this cycle.
- Please see the RFP for additional eligbility criteria.
