CSDE Affiliate Isabelle Cohen (Public Policy & Governance) is continuing to present her work in high-impact places. On Thursday, Nov 2, she will be presenting at the National Tax Association Annual Conference, “E-Invoicing and Tax Compliance: Evidence from Pakistan” and on Saturday, Nov 4, she will be presenting at the North East Universities Development Consortium Annual Conference (at Harvard),“Pathways to Choice: Delaying Marriage and Increasing Education via Safe Spaces”. 

The National Science Foundation’s newest environmental synthesis center, the Environmental Data Innovation and Inclusion Lab at UC Boulder, seeks proposals for interdisciplinary working groups blending diverse forms of environmental and social data to advance basic scientific understanding and enable informed environmental decision and policy making. A description of the ESIIL working group program can be found here, and the request for proposals can be found here.

Working groups are funded to meet in Boulder, CO, and virtually for several years, and are provided with world-class logistical and computational and analytic support. Proposals are short – 5 pages or fewer.

Please pass this opportunity on to anyone that you believe might benefit from it. The deadline is Nov 1, 2023.

The Office of Research Central has opened up their submission portal for The Bridge Funding Program, which provides funding to support faculty to span a temporary funding gap in critical research programs. A maximum of $50,000 may be applied for through the Provost. All funding requests must be matched 1:1 by the applicant’s college/school.

Eligibility Criteria

• Faculty with a track record of extramural funding who have lost all of their research support at the time of the Bridge application, or who will lose all of their research support within six months of the Bridge application deadline. Exceptions will be made for faculty who have lost or will lose 50% or more of their salary support. Such faculty are eligible for Bridge Funding even though they have existing funding. In addition, faculty members who have a grant that is restricted to pay only their salary (such as some NIH K awards) are eligible if they have no other research funding.
• Junior faculty with a record of productivity who have exhausted their startup funds, but who have not yet obtained their first research funding (including an RRF award) either as a PI or as a co-investigator.
• A facility providing a key resource to multiple faculty that has lost extramural support. One faculty member should submit the proposal on behalf of the team.
• Faculty who hold an RRF award are eligible if the amount of the award remaining at the time of Bridge Funding application is less than $30,000. Please note that applicants who apply to both programs (Bridge and RRF) simultaneously will only be given one award. If an individual holds a Bridge Funding award and subsequently receives an RRF award of $30,000 or more, any remaining Bridge monies must be returned.

At the time funding is established or re-established, unspent funds will be returned to the Bridge program so that others can benefit. These programs are not intended to initiate new research projects. For those needs, researchers should apply to the Royalty Research Fund.

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Luetjen or visit our web site for guidance and FAQs.