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2026 NSF CAREER Series: Getting Started Get ready to kickstart your proposal writing with the first infosession in our 20265 NSF CAREER series!

Our team is getting ready to support early career investigators at @ucdavis.bsky.social prepare NSF CAREER proposals!

Join us March 18 from 1-2 pm to learn more about eligibility, key components of an NSF CAREER, and how to get started.

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@departmentofenergy.bsky.social Early Career Research Program has been posted! Pre-applications due March 24, full proposals due June 2.

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💡 Grant Writing Tip: Reviewing The Review Criteria Reading an RFP (request for proposals) can sometimes seem daunting – especially if you’re new to grant writing or it’s for a funding agency that you’re not as familiar with. RFP’s contain key details ...

This #tiptuesday we are revisiting one of our grant writing tips on the importance of clearly addressing an RFP's review criteria - the rubric reviewers use to evaluate your proposal!

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Water connects us — marsh to ocean, coast to community.

So does public science. Federally funded research protects lives in emergencies, strengthens fisheries, and builds the long-term knowledge we depend on every day.
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Good impact narratives must connect to our everyday lives - LSE Impact Research impact is often communicated in abstract and bureaucratic language. To be meaningful it needs to connect to peoples' everyday lives.

Sharing this great piece on moving the bar for discussing research impact from an abstract concept to concrete changes in people's everyday lives.

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💡 Grant Writing Tip: How to demonstrate feasibility One of the most critical questions grant reviewers ask is, “Is the work feasible?” Feasibility hinges on three primary factors: 1) investigator skills and experience, 2) logistics of project scope, bu...

Grant writers need to be able to justify not just why the work should be done, but also that the work CAN be done. In this week's #tiptuesday, we discuss how to demonstrate feasibility in your next grant proposal.

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Early Career: Planning for concurrent proposal deadlines In 2026, disruptions in federal grant programs have led to an unusual convergence of early career proposal deadlines that were previously more staggered. In many cases proposal preparation time – the ...

@ucdavis.bsky.social al A shift in deadlines this past year resulted in many EC funding opportunities due concurrent with NSF CAREER. Read on for how careful planning can help you successfully apply for multiple opportunities this year. #academicsky

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@ucdavis.bsky.social If you're wondering how @orcid.org data can help you out, check out this "day in the life" of an ORCiD account for #lovedata week.

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In 2025, we were reminded of the value of UC Davis and its profound impact on lives. Our commitment to research, teaching and public service continued to drive progress and create opportunities for the next generation of leaders, scientists, engineers, athletes, artists, doctors and veterinarians.

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A slide that reads: Research shows that sauerkraut could be good for your gut. Researchers found that fermentation creates natural compounds, like lactic acid and other nutrients, that help digestion, support healthy gut cells and make the digestive system more resilient.

A slide that reads: This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, helping turn lab discoveries into insights that could improve everyday diets.

UC Davis research shows that sauerkraut could be good for your gut. Researchers found that fermentation changes cabbage in ways that support digestion and help the gut stay strong. This work was supported in part by the USDA,.
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How to write even when the words won’t come Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements. Here, Catherine De Vries explains how to develop ‘skill pow...

"How can we keep writing when we don’t have the spark (which, truthfully, is most of the time)?"

This @timeshighered.bsky.social article discusses skill power for academic writers - to make progress even when inspiration is missing.

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UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. Open to all @uofcalifornia.bsky.social campuses. @ucdavis.bsky.social #academicsky

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How to write for skim-readers - Richard Berks In this blog, we’ll look at ways to make sure your content works for people in a hurry, and how to write easy-to-navigate and digestible copy.  First thing: please could you count 15 seconds? (humour ...

Reviewers faced with high proposal volume and limited time may not be able to read every word of every grant. This post discusses that the question isn’t 'how do we write for skim-readers?', but 'how do make writing easier for everyone to read?'”

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@ucdavis.bsky.social @usdagov.bsky.social Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Strengthening Agricultural Systems (SAS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

LOI due Feb 26
Applications due March 26

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MRPI competition is now open! Required LOIs are due March 19th!

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Zhaodan Kong Awarded CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship to Advance Early Wildfire Detection Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Zhaodan Kong has earned a CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship to pilot FireFly, an AI-powered sensor and drone system designed to detect wildf...

Congratulations to @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social
Professor Zhaodon Kong, who will bring a sensor network for early wildfire detection from the lab to the wildlands thanks to the 2025 CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship and AIC Award. Learn more.
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UC Davis Delivers progress toward better nutrition & health for all. At the Western Human Nutrition Research Center, researchers study how people respond differently to foods & nutrients, so dietary guidance is not one-size-fits-all advice. #UCDavisDelivers #FromLabsToLives https://bit.ly/4kdhmqQ

Attendees at our weekly Grant Writing Power Hours have been making great progress towards their grant writing! Having dedicated co-writing time is very powerful!

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Managing Federally Sponsored Projects in the Face of a Possible Federal Government Shutdown UPDATE: As of January 30, 2026 we are anticipating a partial federal government shutdown starting at midnight Friday Jan 30th. If it happens, this partial shutdown will impact only Dept of Health and ...

With another shutdown looming, some key info for the @ucdavis.bsky.social research community! #academicsky

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Another tip for @ucdavis.bsky.social investigators preparing their new NIH Common Form biosketch!

You can arrange your Products by clicking them in the reverse order you'd like them listed (first one clicked is at the bottom of the list, last one clicked will be listed at the top). #academicsky

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@ucdavis.bsky.social Another tip for the new NIH biosketches. Up to 10 TOTAL products allowed in the whole biosketch (5 in each of two parts). Part 1 (circled in red) are referenced in the Personal Statement. Part 2 (circled in green) are referenced in the Contributions to Science. #academicsky

Debby Stegura, Class of '79, advocates for continued funding for land-grant universities such as UC Davis because of the significant return on investment for the public good.

Discover how UC Davis’ federally-funded research transforms lives at ucdav.is/FLTL.

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@ucdavis.bsky.social For those who don't want to write HTML code to format their NIH biosketch Personal Statement and Contributions to Science, use a Canvas page to format, click the </> button, then copy and paste everything into SciENcv. Just remember the tags count as characters! #academicsky

Yes! SciENcv definitely does not like Safari.

Quick tip for those working on new NIH biosketchs: When importing positions from ORCiD, SciENcv doesn't recognize your current position. To correct this and update your Position Title under identifying info, edit your current position and click the button - this will fix both at once. #academicsky

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Graphic with a blue background and text discussing how your favorite pizza sauce and ketchup might be made from tomatoes grown in California, analyzing their digestion and impact due to climate change. The text highlights UC Davis's research on climate change efficiency, with the logo 'UCDavisDelivers' at the bottom.

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Chances are your favorite pizza sauce was made from tomatoes grown in California. Researchers analyzed how intensifying heat & traffic could affect losses. The climate bright spot? Efficient transport = minimal losses.
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