IDSC’s “Expanding the Use of Collaborative Data Science at UM” grants program is designed to increase the use of data science to foster breakthroughs in disciplinary pursuits making the research team more competitive for external funding. <\/p>\n
Applications are required to include at least one data scientist from the Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) and one researcher from a specific discipline. Typically, the disciplinary researcher initiates and leads the project. The IDSC data scientist acts as a high-level consultant to ensure the proposal has enough data science.<\/p>\n
The awards include $20K discretionary funds[1]<\/sup><\/a> and 1M Service Units (SUs) to be used for high performance computing (HPC). It is anticipated that five awards will be made.<\/p>\n IDSC seeks proposals that address the following: Using data science to improve access to healthcare, and accelerate services and improve healthcare efficiency <\/strong><\/p>\n Other topics and issues are also welcome. Pre-submission inquiries are encouraged.<\/p>\n In terms of this grant opportunity, data science is defined as utilizing state-of-the-art\u00a0approaches such as Machine Learning (ML) or Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable scientific discovery that is data driven. Simply, proposing to analyze large data sets with traditional techniques (e.g., linear regression) is not responsive to this opportunity. Proposals that use AI\/ML to develop new understanding are strongly encouraged.<\/p>\n The application process includes two steps:<\/p>\n Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The disciplinary researcher provides a\u00a0one-page letter of intent to IDSC<\/strong> outlining the discipline specific research and where data science fits in. Based on the letter of intent, the IDSC review team will identify an IDSC data scientist for collaboration, if the research team has not already identified an IDSC partner.<\/p>\n The deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 30, 2025, by 5:00 PM EST.\u00a0 Apply Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Upon invitation to advance to Step 2, the research team with assistance from the IDSC data scientist will prepare a\u00a0two-page proposal<\/strong> that outlines the research and the data science plan. The proposal should also include a short discussion of potential external funding mechanisms that the proposed work can be used to enhance the competitive position of the\u00a0research team. The application should include an abbreviated one-page biosketch<\/strong><\/a> and a budget with justification<\/strong><\/a> using the templates included in this announcement. All documents should be combined into a single .pdf.<\/p>\n This funding opportunity is open to UM Faculty with an active IDSC membership.\u00a0 For more information on IDSC memberships and to apply, visit https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/membership\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The research team is required to submit an interim report<\/strong> midway through the performance period.\u00a0 The one-page report should include a brief description of the project\u2019s progress and an overview of the financial situation. Upon project completion, the research team will submit a one-page final report<\/strong> detailing any accomplishments attributed to the work of this project (publications, proposal submission(s) for extramural funding, data sets generated, etc.) and give an oral presentation<\/strong> describing the research and results as part of IDSC\u2019s seminar series. Scheduling of the oral presentation will be coordinated by IDSC\u2019s Engagement Office.<\/p>\n Applications will be reviewed by an evaluation committee to determine feasibility, relevance to IDSC programs and in terms of how the proposed research will put the team in a more competitive position for external funding.<\/p>\n Kaan Inal\u00a0 |\u00a0 Benjamin Kirtman\u00a0 |\u00a0 Daniel Messinger\u00a0 |\u00a0 Mairead Moloney\u00a0 |\u00a0 Anna Carolina Queiroz<\/p>\n Important Information and Deadlines<\/strong><\/p>\nTheme<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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