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🚨 @ucdavis.bsky.social investigators applying for @departmentofenergy.bsky.social funding! Effective immediately, you will need to use SciENcv to prepare Common Form personnel documents. Please reach out to our team at pds@ucdavis.edu for assistance. #academicsky

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Common Forms Required for all NIH Submissions Starting January 2026 This week, NIH announced that for all submissions due January 25 and after, all personnel documents must be completed using the Common Form in SciENcv (NOT-OD-26-018). This affects proposals, RPPRs an...

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Major changes to NIH personnel documents for all submissions due Jan 25, 2026 and beyond! See our post for key changes, actions to take now, and resources to help the transition to the Common Form. #academicsky

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How to keep writing during the holiday season How to stay motivated with your writing during the holiday season.

As we head into the holidays, plan ahead for 2026 deadlines. Brianne Hogan discusses how to write while still enjoying the season.

➜ Redefine goals
➜ Keep boundaries
➜ Work with the time you do have
➜ Use your support system
➜ Don’t forget self-care

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💡 Grant Writing Tip: Reading an RFP There are many names for the document that informs applicants how to apply for specific funding opportunities: Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Applications (RFA), Notice of Funding Opportunit...

Being able to read and assess a funding solicitation is key to evaluating the fit of an opportunity for you and your work, as well as preparing a competitive proposal. Read on for info and resources to help you strategically evaluate an RFP.

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❗@ucdavis.bsky.social We added four more NIH's Shift to the Common Form office hours to the calendar❗If you missed out on the last ones (they filled fast!), sign up for a session on 12/4, 12/5, 12/8, or 12/9.

Links to all of these sessions on our events page.

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🚨USDA Update: Deadlines for multiple AFRI FAS programs have been extended to December. See the notice for more details.

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🚨NIH UPDATE: Oct and Nov grant submission deadlines will be rescheduled! Read the full notice for details.

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🚨AFRI FAS deadline extended due to shutdown. @ucdavis.bsky.social, if you're thinking of applying, reach out to us so that we can help.

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Effective grant proposals, Part 2: Feasibility Today, the second part in my series on writing effective grant proposals. I’ve pointed out the importance of careful thought about what a grant proposal is for. In brief, the function of any grant …

One of the primary questions reviewers ask when reading a proposal is "Can the work be done?" In this post, @stephenbheard.bsky.social discusses eight key areas to address the feasibility question in your next proposal.

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UC Davis Mathematician Awarded $400K National Science Foundation CAREER Grant to Study Complexity of Fluid Flows Sameer Iyer, an associate professor of mathematics at the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, recently received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program to advance his theoretical work on t...

With an NSF grant, UC Davis mathematician Sameer Iyer is refining Navier-Stokes equations and studying turbulence and boundary layers. His work has applications in multiple disciplines and includes initiatives to make these fields more accessible to students.

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A slide that reads: Drought takes a toll on rice crops, but now farmers have help deciding what to plant. UC Davis and partners developed a tool that explains the cost of transitioning to less thirsty crops like dry beans, sunflower or tomato. This helps farmers adapt to drought and other environmental issues while feeding a growing population.

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Drought takes a toll on rice crops, but now farmers have help deciding what to plant. #UCDavis & partners developed a tool that calculates the cost of transitioning to less thirsty crops like dry beans, sunflower or tomato.
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The PDS team is getting ready for NIH's shift to the Common Form. To help @ucdavis.bsky.social faculty and administrative staff navigate the change, we are going to start holding office hours sessions. The first two have just been posted. More info here: proposaldev.ucdavis.edu/events

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The Art of Finishing: Moving Projects Over the Line — Academic Coach There’s a particular energy in beginnings. The rush of ideas, the novelty, the feeling that this time, this project, will be different. But finishing — really finishing — is a different art form alto...

"There’s a particular energy in beginnings... But finishing...is a different art form altogether." Read on for how finishing requires a mental shift in:

1️⃣ Definition – What does done mean?
2️⃣ Containment – Boundaries for what's left.
3️⃣ Momentum – Sustained focus.

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Also, @darpa.mil has an upcoming session about how they use the Heilmeier Catechism in their funding process.

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💡 Grant Writing Tip: Heilmeier Catechism During his tenure as director of DARPA, George Heilmeier developed a set of questions to help reviewers evaluate proposed research—criteria that get at the heart of what a strong grant proposal should...

On this #tiptuesday, we are sharing a tip on the Heilmeier Catechism! If you're not sure what it is or what it has to do with grant writing, be sure to read on!

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"What Grant Reviewers Actually Look For (and What They Ignore)" A close colleague of mine at a major US research university begins the process of preparing a grant proposal by creating something he calls a “storyboard”.

Former head of NSF bio, provides invaluable insight into what reviewers are really looking for (and what they're not), how storyboarding helps develop a clear and cohesive proposal, key questions reviewers seek to answer, and what drives funding decisions.

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Every year, TIME magazine highlights inventions that change how we live, work, play and think about what's possible. 13 of them have UC ties. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-facu...

YouTube video by Sarah Dobson - NIH grant writing tips Boost Your Grant Success: Harness the Power of Strategic Storytelling

How can storytelling be used for #grantwriting? This video by @sarahdobson.co discusses how storytelling helps address the three components reviewers will be looking for:

1️⃣ Importance of the research
2️⃣ Fit of the team
3️⃣ Feasibility of the project

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@ucdavis.bsky.social - if you're preparing an NSF proposal, the @arisimpacts.bsky.social resources are invaluable. Visit their site for updated tools for creating a BI plan that fits with your goals and aligns with NSF priorities.

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Federal research funding is crucial.

More funding means faster treatments, cleaner air and water, and safer communities. But when funding freezes, progress stalls and costs soar.

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