Congratulations to those who received grants in February! So far this fiscal year, WSU’s AA researchers proposed $55,523,251 in funding, were awarded $75,863,744, and generated $2,649,766 in indirect cost recovery.
As a sponsoring institution for Oakridge Associated Universities (ORAU), I represented WSU as its Councilor at the annual ORAU Council of Sponsoring Institutions meeting on March 4-5. The program was again stellar, and focused on Redefining the Next Generation STEM Enterprise; the presentation slides are available at https://orau.org/partnerships/annual-meeting.html. As posted in the Funding Opportunities section below, the FY2025 ORAU research and development areas have been defined as: Our Changing Planet, Our Behavioral Health, The Post-Pandemic World, and Implementing Innovative Technologies.
The Office of Research and the WSU Foundation & Alumni Engagement are pleased to co-host an Inaugural Industrial Sponsors Day on April 19, 2024. This is described in both the Education/Training and Announcement sections below, with links to the schedule and to RSVP for the two sessions and for lunch. Our goal for this first event is to promote industry-sponsored, faculty-led research by educating our communities on the opportunities made possible through such collaborations, and by providing current examples of how industry-faculty collaborations have been established. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will simultaneously host a Research Showcase representing all LAS departments, as well as interested departments from the other colleges, with an emphasis on research that is potentially of interest to industry. We look forward to your participation, especially in the roundtable discussions!
In our continued effort to introduce you to those who serve you in the Office of Research, please see the spotlight in the last section of this newsletter on Charity Lowe, who is a Research Grant Administrator on the Post-Award team.
We wish you much success in your research efforts over the next month.
Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research
AWARDS
CITY OF SEDGWICK STRATEGIC PLAN
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City of Sedgwick
Amount: $14,950
KANSAS BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas Business Roundtable
Amount: $44,800
KANSAS OFFICE OF BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONAL RETREAT
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Commerce
Amount: $7,614
WICHITA BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS SUBRECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENT
PI/Department: Troy Bruun, Financial Operations
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services / U.S. Department of Treasury
Amount: $15,000,000
SCC-IRG TRACK 2: CITYGUIDE: SEAMLESS AND INCLUSIVE LOCATION-BASED SERVICES FOR COMMUNITIES
PI/Department: Nils Hakansson, Biomedical Engineering
Sponsor: Lehigh University / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $77,050
LEGAL RESEARCH – CARVCIT
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $3,500
LEGAL RESEARCH – DIEVSCH
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $4,000
LEGAL RESEARCH – MARVAMA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $5,500
LEGAL RESEARCH – TIGVMISMT2
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $5,500
LEGAL RESEARCH – WOLVSTA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $4,000
BUILDING POWER & EQUITY PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY FOR LATINX AND INDIGENOUS KANSANS THROUGH ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION)
PI/Department: Rachel Showstack, Modern & Classical Lang & Lit
Sponsor: Kansas Health Foundation
Amount: $95,968
DEVELOPMENT TESTING FOR A SEGMENTED VOXEL ARRAY SOLAR NEUTRINO SPACE-BASED DETECTOR
PI/Department: Nick Solomey, Physics
Co-PI/Department: Holger Meyer, Mathematics & Statistics
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $166,891
STUDY OF USING GAGG SCINTILLATOR AS A NEUTRON DETECTOR
PI/Department: Nick Solomey, Physics
Co-PI/Department: Holger Meyer, Mathematics & Statistics
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $49,171
TAPPING INTO PDS SUPPORTS FOR SUCCESS IN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PATHWAYS
PI/Department: Julie Thiele, School of Education
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,500
AMERICORPS KANSAS WITH CHILDREN FIRST
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Children First CEO Kansas, Inc.
Amount: $6,500
COMMUNICATING WITH EMPLOYERS ON THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE IVPP
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $34,244
CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEY
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Sedgwick County Division of Finance
Amount: $9,350
GOVERNANCE RETREAT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Trust Women Foundation
Amount: $6,152
KALHD IMMUNIZATION PROJECT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: KS Assn of Local Health Departments / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $19,890
LIAISON COMMUNITY SUPPORT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services
Amount: $149,864
MEETING FACILITATION & STRATEGIC PLANNING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: InterHab, Inc.
Amount: $9,140
MISSION AND VISION PROCESS
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Cedars, Inc.
Amount: $2,900
SAMHSA EXPANSION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN DRUG COURTS GRANT EVALUATION
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: The Mirror, Inc. / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $75,120
SUMMIT PLANNING FACILITATION
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Central Kansas Community Foundation
Amount: $3,881
TOBACCO FREE WYANDOTTE COALITION PLANNING AND SUPPORT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Unified Government of Wyandotte County
Amount: $6,140
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY AMERICORPS KANSAS - AMERICORPS PUBLIC HEALTH WITH KANSAS JUDICIAL BRANCH
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Office of Judicial Administration
Amount: $6,500
MONTHLY AWARDS FOR THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE EQUAL $13,991,507 OF WHICH $13,724,119 BELONGS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AVIATION RESEARCH (NIAR).
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Focused Funding Opportunities
For access to WSU’s Pivot account to search for funding opportunities, please sign up and affiliate with Wichita State University using your WSU email address. To request assistance with a customized search please contact funding@wichita.edu. If any of the following opportunities are of interest to you, please email proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible so that a grant specialist may be assigned to assist. Visit Pre-Award Services to find out more about applying for external funding. COMING SOON: a new proposal intake form that will help expedite the proposal assignment process for WSU faculty and staff!
REMINDER - Funding Agency: Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN)
Title: POCTRN Solicitation 2024
Application Deadlines: Expressions of Interest due March 31, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due June 2, 2024
Purpose: “Do you have a groundbreaking point-of-care technology in need of development? The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s Point-of-Care Technology Research Network is pleased to announce six new funding opportunities from its centers. Advance the development of your transformative point-of-care technology through collaborative efforts that seamlessly blend scientific and technological expertise with clinical needs. Don't miss this chance to propel your innovation forward!”
Amount: $50,000-$100,000 depending on technology center and opportunities
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Institute of Corrections
Title: NIC FY 2024 Leadership Essentials for Sustainability Curriculum Update
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one proposal in response to this opportunity, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by April 1, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is April 15, 2024. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by May 13, 2024.
Purpose: “The following are the primary objectives of this project: 1) Update and revise existing Leadership Sustainability ILT curricula and develop adjunct and support content and material as needed; 2) Develop a one-hour module on emotional intelligence that includes learning objectives and experiential activities; 3) Develop facilitator and participant guides; and 4) Provide instructor-led training on leadership essentials to federal, state, local, and tribal correctional agencies.”
Amount: $175,000
REMINDER - *** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Assessment of Climate at Institutions (ACt) Award (RC2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one proposal in response to this opportunity, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by April 1, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is April 15, 2024. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by July 1, 2024.
Purpose: “The overall objective of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to solicit applications to conduct institutional climate assessments using validated survey instruments and to develop action plans for positive change in the recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty, including those from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research. The plans for self-studies should lead to institutional culture change by identifying perceptions, attitudes, and concerns, about, for example, inequities, micro-aggressions, institutional racism, and bias. The self-studies should provide a foundation for the development of an action plan to enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility outcomes in the recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty.”
Amount: Direct costs limited to $250,000 per year
REMINDER - Funding Agency: Regional Institute on Aging
Title: Request for Proposals
Application Deadline: April 1, 2024
Purpose: “The Regional Institute on Aging (RIA) at Wichita State University is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for graduate student or faculty projects and research that addresses issues related to facilitating well-being in older adults. This funding opportunity is supported by a gift from the estate of Evelyn Cassat. Funding will be provided for projects and research at WSU that contribute to knowledge and practice related to well-being in older adults. Projects of all types will be considered. However, particular attention will be given to proposals containing an intergenerational component and that ally with this year’s focus area of environmental and sustainability efforts.”
Amount: $2,000-$20,000
Funding Agency: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Title: Large Grant
Application Deadline: Letters of Interest due April 1, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due July 15, 2024
Purpose: “The ICRG invites letters of intent for its large grants program, which will award grants of up to $75,000 a year for up to two years in support of research investigating gambling disorder and responsible gambling.”
Amount: $172,000
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title: Fellowships
Application Deadline: April 10, 2024
Purpose: “NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.”
Amount: $60,000
Funding Agency: WITH Foundation
Title: Open Grant Cycle
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent accepted until April 12, 2024
Purpose: “WITH Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities. All grant applications should complement this mission and demonstrate how they will accomplish this overarching goal.”
Amount: $30,000-$50,000
Funding Agency: Scripps Howard Fund
Title: Diversity and Inclusion in Journalism Grants
Application Deadline: April 15, 2024
Purpose: “The Scripps Howard Fund is seeking innovative ideas to get post-secondary students from diverse backgrounds invested in journalism and foster environments where all journalism students can actively participate and feel welcome.”
Amount: $30,000
Funding Agency: Genentech
Title: 2024 Health Equity Innovation Fund Request for Proposals
Application Deadlines: Initial Applications due April 15, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due July 1, 2024
Purpose: “We are looking for applications that bring a systemic lens to this work, cutting across multiple outcomes with a focus on root causes. We are specifically seeking applications that address inequities in patient outcomes and healthcare workforce experiences in the following areas: Neuroscience and brain health, including but not limited to multiple sclerosis; Oncology, including but not limited to breast, lung and hepatocellular carcinoma; Ophthalmology, including but not limited to diabetic macular edema; Cardiovascular and metabolic disease, including but not limited to diabetes, hypertension and obesity.”
Amount: Up to $750,000
Funding Agency: Russell Sage Foundation
Title: Core Research Grants and Special Initiatives
Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry accepted until April 16, 2024
Purpose: “RSF will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under all of its core programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. It will also accept LOIs relevant to its core programs that address the effects of social movements, such as drives for unionization and mass social protests, and the effects of racial/ethnic/gender bias and discrimination on a range of outcomes related to social and living conditions in the U.S.”
Amount: Varies based on opportunity
Funding Agency: Department of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title: i2X Solar and Wind Interconnection for Future Transmission (SWIFTR)
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due April 17, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due June 28, 2024
Purpose: “SWIFTR projects will facilitate the secure and reliable integration of solar energy, wind energy, and energy storage systems into the nation’s electrical grid and the transition to an equitable decarbonized electrical system by 2035.”
Amount: $1,000,000-$2,500,000
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: W.M. Keck Foundation
Title: Research Program
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only request consultations with the Keck Foundation for a limited number of Concept Papers, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by April 18, 2024. At that time, you will receive a list of the requirements for a Limited Submission Concept Paper that is required by the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement (WSUFAE). Limited Submission Concept Papers will be due to proposals@wichita.edu by May 1, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The University Liaison at WSUFAE may choose up to four medical and four science & engineering Concept Papers to present to the Keck Foundation for consultation. You will meet with the WSUFAE University Liaison to discuss your concept and will be informed if your Concept Paper has been chosen to be reviewed by Keck Foundation consultants between July 1 and August 15, 2024. After the consultation, if your Concept Paper is invited to submit a full Phase 1 Proposal, this will be due to the Keck Foundation by November 1, 2024.
Purpose: “The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas: 1) medical research and 2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Past grants have been awarded to major universities, independent research institutions, and medical schools to support pioneering biological and physical science research and engineering, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies.” W.M. Keck Foundation only supports new fundamental science. Applied Research will not be funded. Before deciding to apply, please review abstracts for previous awarded projects here.
Amount: $1,000,000-$2,000,000
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Title: Secondary Analyses of Head Start Data
Application Deadline: April 26, 2024
Purpose: “These awards aim to support researchers conducting secondary analyses of data of relevance to Head Start (HS) programs and policies. This includes research of relevance to HS programs serving families with children 3 to 5 years old, Early HS programs serving pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers, American Indian Alaska Native HS programs serving families in tribal communities, and Migrant and Seasonal HS programs serving families engaged in migrant and seasonal farm work.”
Amount: $90,000-$100,000
Funding Agency: Henry Luce Foundation
Title: American Art: Exhibition Competition and Responsive Grants
Application Deadlines: Concept Notes for Exhibition Competition due by April 26, 2024; Concept Notes for Responsive Grants accepted anytime
Purpose: “We believe in the power of visual art to spark dialogue that celebrates creativity, explores difference, and forges common ground. Through our support for museum projects that foreground diverse experiences and perspectives, the Henry Luce Foundation empowers institutions to challenge accepted histories, elevate underrepresented voices, and promote critical conversations. We embrace the role of American art and art collections in realizing more vibrant and empathetic communities.”
Amount: $140,000 is the median grant size
Funding Agency: Department of Defense: Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Title: FY25 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Application Deadline: April 30, 2024
Purpose: “ONR's Young Investigator Program seeks to identify and support academic scientists and engineers who are in their first or second full-time tenure-track or tenure-track-equivalent academic appointment, who have received their PhD or equivalent degree on or after 01 January 2017, and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research.”
Amount: $750,000
Funding Agency: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Title: New Treatments or Cures for Cancer
Application Deadlines: April 30, August 31 and December 15, 2024
Purpose: “The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation funds research to investigators in United States non-profit institutions proposing research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. The Foundation funds projects for a one-year period that will allow the establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers.”
Amount: By design, there are no limits set on the grant amount that can be requested.
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two Track 1 proposals, one Track 2 proposal and one Track 3 proposal, Notices of Intent to apply, as well as answers to the required limited submission questions (found here), must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by May 1, 2024 at 12noon. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is June 12, 2024. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by November 15, 2024.
Purpose: “The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific / engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports the acquisition of a multi-user research instrument that is commercially available through direct purchase from a vendor, or for the personnel costs and equipment that are required for the development of an instrument with new capabilities, thereby advancing instrumentation capabilities and enhancing expertise for instrument design and fabrication at academic institutions. MRI instruments are, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.”
Amount: Track 1: Greater than $100,000 and less than $1,400,000; Track 2: $1,400,000 - $4,000,000; Track 3: $100,000-$4,000,000
Funding Agency: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Title: 2024 Seed Grant
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Purpose: “The ICRG offers Seed Grants in support of a variety of research activities, exploring the etiology, prevention and treatment of gambling disorder, and the development and evaluation of responsible gambling strategies.”
Amount: $46,000
Funding Agency: Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF)
Title: Research Grants
Application Deadlines: Pre-Proposals due May 1 or December 1, 2024
Purpose: “The sustainability movement has reached the business models of nearly every industry in the United States, and many companies, municipalities and states have set aggressive sustainability goals that include how waste streams are being managed. The EREF Board of Directors has set an initiative to ensure research funding reflects EREF’s long-term strategic plan to address all areas of integrated solid waste management, with a strong focus towards research that increases sustainable solid waste management practices.”
Amount: Previously awarded grants have ranged from $15,000 to over $500,000 with the average grant amount in recent years being $160,000.
Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Title: Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
Purpose: “This program’s purpose is to support training programs that enhance and expand paraprofessionals knowledge and expertise, and to increase the number of peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals who work on integrated, interprofessional teams in providing services to families impacted by Opioid Use Disorders and other Substance Use Disorders. A special focus is on supporting children and adolescents in high need and high demand areas who have experienced trauma and are at risk for mental health disorders.”
Amount: $600,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for a Resilient Planet (CHIRRP)
Application Deadline: Concept Outlines due May 6, 2024; Full Applications due June 6, 2024 (target date)
Purpose: “…projects focusing on innovative and transformative research that advances Earth system hazard knowledge and risk mitigation in partnership with affected communities. Hazards compounded by changing climates, rising populations, expanding demands for resources, aging infrastructure, and increasing reliance on technology are putting our economy, well-being, and national security at risk.”
Amount: Varies based on application type (planning, conferences, EAGER, RAISE)
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title: Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities
Application Deadline: May 7, 2024
Purpose: “Humanities Initiatives grants can help strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at colleges and universities by supporting the development of new or enhancement of existing programs, educational resources, or courses that explore, interpret, and preserve the diversity of human cultures, ideas, and practices, past and present.”
Amount: $150,000
Funding Agency: Kansas NASA EPSCoR (KNEP)
Title: Seed Research Initiation (SRI) and Partnership Development Grant (PDG)
Application Deadline: May 10, 2024 at 12noon
Purpose: “A successful SRI grant leads to productive collaborations, joint publications, and additional grant awards. A direct impact on state economic development is also extremely desirable. Ultimately, the goal is to form long-term self-sustaining nationally competitive capabilities that meet both NASA and Kansas’ research infrastructure development goals.” For PDG, “the PDG recipient is expected to initiate, develop, and formalize a meaningful professional relationship with a NASA researcher. Given this expectation, it is vital that investigators and students travel to a NASA center if selected for an award.”
Amount: $158,365 for SRI; $21,850 for PDG; Note, both the SRI and PDG requires cost match.
Funding Agency: Gerber Foundation
Title: Research Grants
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due May 15, 2024 or November 15, 2024
Purpose: “The mission of The Gerber Foundation (to enhance the quality of life of infants and young children in nutrition, care, and development) has remained the guiding beacon for Foundation giving throughout its history. Accordingly, priority is given to projects whose primary beneficiaries are young children from birth to three years of age.”
Amount: $30,000-$350,000
Funding Agency: Simons Foundation
Title: Pivot Fellowship Request for Applications
Application Deadlines: May 15, 2024
Purpose: “…to support researchers who have a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, and a deep interest, curiosity and drive to make contributions to a new discipline. The fellowship will enable today’s brightest minds to apply their talent and expertise to a new field and will consist of one training year where the fellow will be embedded in a lab of a mentor to learn the new discipline and its culture.”
Amount: A Pivot Fellowship provides one year of salary support of the fellow’s academic-year salary, whether normally paid over 9 or 12 months and a $10,000 research, travel and professional development allowance during the fellowship training year. Mentors will receive a $50,000 research fund during the fellowship year.
Funding Agency: Department of Justice (DOJ): Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Title: FY24 Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program
Application Deadlines: May 15, 2024
Purpose: “…to support law enforcement, correctional officers, probation and parole, and sheriff’s departments in effectively partnering with mental health, substance use, community service professionals and agencies to promote public safety and make sure that appropriate responses are provided to individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries.”
Amount: Up to $250,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: NSF 24-541: ACED: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery
Application Deadline: May 13, 2024 for Track 1: Emerging Ideas Proposals
Purpose: “The ACED program seeks to harness computing to accelerate scientific discovery, while driving new computing advancements. The intent is to catalyze advancements on both sides of a virtuous cycle that: (a) benefit scientific disciplines through computational technologies and (b) foster novel computing technologies that will enable advances beyond the specific use cases or domains originally targeted. The program seeks continuous collaborations between at least two groups of researchers.”
Amount: $500,000 for Emerging Ideas Proposals
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Application Deadlines: White Papers strongly recommended and due May 17, 2024; If encouraged, Full Applications due September 6, 2024
Purpose: “The MURI program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD.” Note, 26 topics are listed in the solicitation and reflect the interests of the Air Force, Army and Navy.
Amount: Up to $1,500,000
Funding Agency: Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Title: Request for Proposals: How Effective Was the Fiscal Response to the COVID-19 Recession for Workers?
Application Deadlines: May 20, 2024
Purpose: “The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. Through our grantmaking, we aim to support research that will generate actionable insights for policymakers. We are currently requesting proposals for research that will equip federal policymakers with evidence of the effectiveness of the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession in generating better macroeconomic outcomes and in generating better and more equitable outcomes for working-age individuals in the United States.”
Amount: $25,000-$80,000
Funding Agency: Department of Justice (DOJ): National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Title: NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices
Application Deadlines: May 20, 2024
Purpose: “NIJ seeks rigorous, applied evaluative research on: (1) police training; (2) police accountability policies and practices; (3) investigative practices to enhance clearance rates; and (4) police officer health and wellness programs.”
Amount: Up to $3,500,000
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title: Cultural and Community Resilience
Application Deadline: May 21, 2024 (anticipated)
Purpose: “The Cultural and Community Resilience program supports community-based efforts to mitigate climate change and COVID-19 pandemic impacts, safeguard cultural resources, and foster cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experience.”
Amount: $150,000
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title: Research and Development
Application Deadline: May 21, 2024
Purpose: “The Research and Development program supports projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of organizing, searching, discovering, and using such materials.”
Amount: $100,000 for Tier 1; $350,000 for Tier 2
Funding Agency: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Gulf Research Program (GRP)
Title: 2024 Early-Career Research Fellowships
Application Deadlines: May 22, 2024 for Early-Career Research Fellowships (Environmental Protection & Stewardship and Education Research Tracks)
Purpose: “The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship program helps scientists hone their skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Fellows gain first-hand experience as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local, or non-governmental environmental, natural resource, oil and gas, and public health agencies in the Gulf of Mexico region. The Gulf Research Program’s Early-Career Research Fellowship supports emerging scientific leaders as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations, and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in improving offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems.”
Amount: Annual Stipend, Health Allowance, Relocation Costs, and Professional Development Expenses
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Title: Research Grants on Education: Large
Application Deadlines: Intent to Apply due May 22, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due June 18, 2024
Purpose: “The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.”
Amount: $125,000-$500,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Application Deadlines: May 25, 2024 and January 25, 2025
Purpose: “The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this Notice of Funding Opportunity will support educational activities with a primary focus on: Courses for Skills Development; Research Experiences; and Mentoring Activities.”
Amount: $351,000 in direct costs per year
Funding Agency: Dana Foundation
Title: 2024 Neuroscience & Society Pilot Projects
Application Deadlines: Letters of Interest due May 31, 2024
Purpose: “The Dana Foundation is leading efforts to build the emerging and critical field of neuroscience and society, which bridges the gap between research in the lab and the interdisciplinary skills needed to use it to improve people’s lives. Through our work, we strive to foster collaboration between students, neuroscience and society scholars, funders, policymakers, professionals, and communities in pursuit of advancing knowledge and co-creating neuroscience-informed solutions to complex societal problems.” Visit the Dana Foundation website for more information about their three grant program areas (Dana Education, Dana NextGen, Data Frontiers).
Amount: Up to $150,000
Funding Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Title: Conference and Workshop Grants
Application Deadlines: June 1 or December 1, 2024
Purpose: “This grant program supports meetings and events that promote the development of inclusive communities of anthropologists and advance significant and innovative research. Conferences that we support are public events directed at large audiences of anthropologists. We prioritize scholarly gatherings that bring together members of large, international anthropological organizations. Workshops that we support are closed meetings focused on pressing topics in anthropology.”
Amount: $20,000
Funding Agency: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Application Deadline: June 3, 2024
Purpose: “The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) invites investigators to apply for a three-year grant to study the impact of safer gambling messaging including its impact on gambling behavior and use of responsible gambling tools. The field of addictions has long recognized the power of language in treatment, public discourse and public health policy and has advocated for removal of negative, stigmatizing messaging to people struggling with addiction. At the same time, it is important that messages promoting safer gambling have the intended impact at reducing gambling-related harm.”
Amount: $402,500
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: June 3, 2024
Purpose: “…funding to conduct efficacy studies in an established rare disease preclinical model to demonstrate that a proposed therapeutic agent warrants further development. In addition to preclinical efficacy, accompanying pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic studies would be supported. Therapeutic agents include small molecules, biologics or biotechnology-derived products.”
Amount: $275,000
Funding Agency: Fulbright Scholar Program
Title: Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program
Application Deadline: June 3, 2024
Purpose: “Through the S-I-R Program, institutions host a scholar from outside of the United States for a semester or full academic year to teach courses, assist in curriculum development, guest lecture, develop study abroad/exchange partnerships and engage with the campus and the local community.”
Amount: Grant benefits for the Fulbright S-I-R include round-trip international air travel, a monthly stipend, an allowance for up to two dependents and initial settling-in and professional allowances and a local activity allowance.
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Application Deadline: June 5, 2024
Purpose: “…to advance system-level approaches to improve patient safety by improving healthcare worker safety and well-being. Patient safety cannot be fully achieved without healthcare worker safety and well-being.”
Amount: $500,000 per year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 5, 2024
Purpose: “…multidisciplinary and innovative intervention research to understand and address maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States, particularly but not exclusively among racial and ethnic minority, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and underserved rural populations, with a focus on understudied healthcare factors.”
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Title: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Sustainable Agriculture Systems
Application Deadline: June 6, 2024
Purpose: “must focus on approaches that promote transformational changes in the U.S. food and agriculture system. NIFA seeks creative and visionary applications that take a systems approach for projects that are expected to significantly improve the supply of affordable, safe, nutritious, and accessible agricultural products, while fostering economic development and rural prosperity in America. These approaches must demonstrate current needs and anticipate future social, cultural, behavioral, economic, health, and environmental impacts. Additionally, the outcomes of the work being proposed should result in societal benefits, including promotion of rural prosperity and enhancement of quality of life for all those involved in food and agricultural value chains from production to utilization and consumption.”
Amount: $50,000-$10,000,000; Note, cost match is required.
Funding Agency: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Title: Request for Applications on Research on Sex and Gender and Gambling
Application Deadline: June 10, 2024
Purpose: “The ICRG invites investigators to apply for a two-year Large Grant to study the relationship between sex, gender identities, gender roles and/or sexual orientation as factors in gambling and problematic gambling.”
Amount: $172,500
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title: Digital Projects for the Public
Application Deadline: June 12, 2024 (anticipated)
Purpose: “The Digital Projects for the Public program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments.”
Amount: $30,000 for Discovery grants; $100,000 for Prototyping grants; and $400,000 for Production grants
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 13, 2024 or October 11, 2024
Purpose: “…to support promising, late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds, for example those from underrepresented groups to transition into and succeed in mentored postdoctoral research positions. It is anticipated that successful completion of this phased award program will position ARC scholars to advance in impactful careers in the biomedical research workforce that typically require postdoctoral training (e.g., academic research and teaching at a range of institution types, industry or government research). This two-phase award will provide support for late-stage graduate students pursuing research related to the mission areas of participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices to facilitate the completion of doctoral dissertation projects and research training (F99 phase), and to transition into and succeed in postdoctoral biomedical research and career development opportunities (K00 phase). ARC F99 fellows/K00 scholars will be part of organized cohorts and will be expected to participate in mentoring, networking, and professional development activities coordinated by ARC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity recipients.”
Amount: Stipends, Tuition and Fees, and Institutional Allowance, then Salaries and Fringe Benefits, Research and Career Development Support and Indirect Costs
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: June 16, 2024
Purpose: “…to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies. Studies that promote equitable dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions among underrepresented communities are encouraged. Conversely, there is a benefit in understanding circumstances that create a need to stop or reduce the use of practices that are ineffective, unproven, low-value, or harmful. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged. Applications that focus on re-implementation of evidence-based health services (e.g. cancer screening) that may have dropped off amidst the ongoing COVID pandemic are encouraged.”
Amount: $275,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Application Deadlines: June 16, 2024 or October 16, 2024
Purpose: “…grant applications that propose exploratory/developmental research projects that are consistent with the research framework detailed in the 2022-2026 National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Strategic Plan. This research will be rooted in nursing's holistic, contextualized approach to understanding people and their health, address the nation's most pressing and persistent health challenges with a solutions orientation, and employ innovative and rigorous study designs to inform practice and policy.”
Amount: $275,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 16, 2024
Purpose: “…support for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, including from groups nationally underrepresented in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research, to conduct small research projects in the scientific mission areas of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Human Genome Research Institute or the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.”
Amount: $125,000 in direct costs per year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 18, 2024
Purpose: “…applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods, that break new ground, extend previous discoveries in new directions, or develop preliminary data in preparation for larger studies. Approaches may include but are not limited to empirical qualitative and quantitative methods, and conceptual, legal, and normative analyses. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other stakeholders is encouraged, but not required.”
Amount: $275,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 20, 2024
Purpose: “…support proof-of-concept feasibility trials guided by the NIH Music-based Interventions (MBI) Toolkit for research on brain disorders of aging. These early phase clinical trials will generate evidence supporting the validity of the NIH MBI Toolkit’s guiding principles as well as the necessary pilot data to design a subsequent clinical efficacy or effectiveness study (or pragmatic clinical trial) using music-based interventions in the context of brain disorders of aging, including but not limited to Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke. The data collected should address gaps in scientific knowledge in order to facilitate development of a competitive large-scale clinical trial.”
Amount: $450,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 20, 2024
Purpose: “…encourages research grant applications to develop in vitro and/or ex vivo assays and conduct iterative screening efforts to identify and characterize potential therapeutic agents for neurological or neuromuscular disorders.”
Amount: $750,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: June 20, 2024
Purpose: “…applications on chronic conditions understudied among women and/or that disproportionately affect populations of women who are understudied, underrepresented, and underreported in biomedical research.”
Amount: $275,000
Funding Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Title: Air Force Fiscal Year 2025 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Application Deadline: June 21, 2024
Purpose: “…to support individual early in career scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 01 April 2017 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.”
Amount: Up to $450,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 21, 2024
Purpose: “…research projects that seek to model the underlying mechanisms, processes, and trajectories of social relationships and how these factors affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall wellbeing. Both animal model and human subjects research projects are welcome; however, clinical trials are not allowed.”
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Title: Request for Applications for Research on Gambling Industry Employees
Application Deadline: June 24, 2024
Purpose: “Gambling industry employees are exposed on a daily basis to gambling, alcohol use and smoking. Out of a concern for the health and well-being of gambling employees, both land-based and online, the ICRG invites investigators to propose research projects that will study the possible gambling-related harms and other potential risks to health, of working in the gambling industry.”
Amount: $172,500
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadlines: June 25, 2024, and October 25, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for health professional, undergraduate and graduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.”
Amount: Applicants may request up to $300,000 in direct costs for the entire project period of up to 3 years.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
Application Deadlines: August 19, 2024 and January 21, 2025
Purpose: “…supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations and society. DRMS supports research with solid foundations in theories and methods of the social and behavioral sciences. This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts.” Note, the DRMS program has several upcoming office hours to discuss this opportunity – register here.
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
Funding Agency: American Heart Association
Title: 2025 Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training
Application Deadlines: September 11, 204
Purpose: This is an institutional award, made to qualified institutions that can offer a meaningful research experience that supports the mission of the American Heart Association to undergraduate college students.”
Amount: Up to $165,000 for trainee stipends, travel and administrative coordination
REMINDER - Funding Agency: Cisco
Title: Research Gifts
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: “Cisco Research engages with academia to share knowledge and experience from the ground and we collaborate with research labs across many domains to pave the way for our future innovations. We are funding both sponsored research agreements and research gifts. With sponsored research agreements, we work directly with universities to come to an agreement on a contracted research project that aligns with our areas of interest. For research gifts, universities and non-profits are eligible to apply to one of our open Request for Proposals for gift funding.”
Amount: “We do not provide a budget range as budgets vary depending on the institution and geography.”
REMINDER - Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities (EPS-WO)
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: “EPSCoR welcomes proposals for workshops only from institutions within EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions. These workshops must focus on innovative ways to address multi-jurisdictional efforts on themes of regional or national importance with relevance to the goals and mission of NSF and EPSCoR.”
Amount: Up to $200,000
Funding Agency: ORAU
Title: Innovation Partnerships Grant Program
Application Deadline: Closed – FY25 will open in September 2024
Purpose: “The goal of this grant program change is to drive new opportunities for university consortium members and ORAU experts to formulate meaningful collaborations. The program will focus on research and education topics that align well with ORAU’s expertise and current research priorities. FY 2025 Grant Focus Areas will include: Improving Our Behavioral Health, The Post-Pandemic World, Implementing Innovative Technologies; and Our Changing Planet.”
Amount: $4,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: NSF Individual and Small Team Proposals
Application Deadline: Varies by topic.
Advanced Manufacturing – proposals accepted anytime
Applied Mathematics – Nov 1-15, 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics – Oct 1-Nov 15, 2024
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) – proposals accepted anytime
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology – proposals accepted anytime
Biosensing – proposals accepted anytime
Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs – Sep & Oct - varies based on discipline
Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards –Aug 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) Core Research (EHR: Core) – Oct 3, 2024
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR-TMRP) – proposals accepted anytime
Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
– proposals accepted anytime
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB) - proposals accepted anytime
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases – Nov 20, 2024
Energy, Power, Control, and Networks – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Biology – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Engineering – proposals accepted anytime
Foundational Research in Robotics (FFR) – proposals accepted anytime
Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics – proposals accepted anytime
Geophysics – proposals accepted anytime
Linguistics –Jul 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Manufacturing Systems Integration - proposals accepted anytime
Mathematical Biology – proposals accepted anytime
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics –Aug 29, 2024 & Jan 30, 2025
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences – proposals accepted anytime
Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Nov & Dec – varies by topic
Science of Learning & Augmented Intelligence – Aug 7, 2024 & Feb 12, 2025
Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace – proposals accepted anytime
Security and Preparedness –Aug 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Smart & Connected Communities – proposals accepted anytime until Apr 1, 2024
Social Psychology –Jul 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Sociology – proposals accepted anytime
Statistics – Dec 1-16, 2024
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: NSF Special Programs
Application Deadline: Varies by topic – click each topic to learn more about these special program opportunities.
Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) –Track 1 & 2 proposals accepted anytime; Tracks 3 & 4 Nov 20, 2024 (LOI strongly encouraged for Track 4 – due Sep 18, 2024)
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs – Varies by size of application (Small, Medium, Large)
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) – Various funding mechanisms available
Computer Science for All (CS for All) – Jun 4, 2024 & Feb 12, 2025
Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) – Sep 30, 2024 for CAT, CSDM-B, and SYN; Oct 31, 2024 for CMI, ECS and MSN
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Program – Accepted anytime
Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Varies by topic
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities Program – Accepted anytime
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) – Jan 23, 2025
Expeditions in Computing – Preliminary Proposal due Jun 20, 2024
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) –Aug 20, 2024 & Jan 21, 2025
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC) – Preliminary Proposal due Sep 11, 2024 or Mar 12, 2025
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program – Aug 6, 2024 & Feb 4, 2025
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT) – Sep 6, 2024
Research and Mentoring for Post-baccalaureates in Biological Sciences (RaMP) –Jan 16, 2025
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) –Aug 21, 2024
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science –Oct 9, 2024
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Biological Sciences (BIORETS) – Jul 31, 2024
Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) – Accepted anytime
EDUCATION/TRAINING
WSU Office of Research Workshops
Topics include an Introduction to the WSU Office of Research with resources and contacts, WSU policies and procedures related to research, finding funding utilizing Pivot, project budgeting and general grant-writing tips. Previously recorded workshops can also be found on the Office of Research website.
WSU Office of Research Workshops on National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Proposals: January through August (due August 21, 2024)
A common first step in establishing an NSF research center is to demonstrate success with an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Site in the field of interest. REU Sites are also helpful in recruiting graduate students. Vice Provost Coleen Pugh and any interested teams will coordinate and work on their proposals for submission in 2024, following a similar approach used in 2023, to separate NSF divisions.
Email funding@wichita.edu to express interest in attending this NSF REU Workshop series and to craft a proposal to NSF due in August.
Hanover Research Upcoming Grants Workshops: April 25, and May 23, 2024
Hanover Research offers a series of webinars on a variety of topics “designed to help grant-seekers develop their skills and plan for upcoming competitions.” The webinar on April 25, 2024 is titled “Responding to NSF Dear Colleague Letters;” and the webinar on May 23, 2024 is titled “Engaging Collaborators to Enhance Your Proposal.”
Register for Upcoming Hanover Workshops
National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center (NASERC) Webinar: Monitoring the U.S. Arts Ecosystem: Announcing a New Federal Data Resource: April 2, 2024
The NEA has established a National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center (NASERC) that will release statistical indicators about the arts in the United States. NASERC also will produce field scans, literature reviews, topical reports, and practitioner guides designed to benefit cultural workers, funders, and policy-makers. For this release event, Sunil Iyengar, director of the NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis (ORA), will host two panel discussions—one with measurement and data experts from the federal, academic, and nonprofit sectors—and the other with arts and cultural researchers and practitioners.
PCORI Workshop: Updating PCORI's Engagement in Research Guidance: Foundational Expectations for Partnership: April 4, 2024
Get your first glimpse into PCORI’s Foundational Expectations for Partnerships in Research. This must-know resource is an update to the 2014 PCORI Engagement Rubric that outlines six foundational expectations for meaningful engagement to advance patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
Read More and Register for PCORI Partnership Workshop
National Science Foundation (NSF) CISE Webcast: The Design of Socially Responsible AI: April 4, 2024
Abstract from Speaker Jodi Forlizzi: “What we design is changing; therefore, how we design is also changing. In this talk, I will set the context for the role of design in creating purposeful and pragmatic technology, both historically and today. I will then highlight some of our research showing the impact of design in creating, developing, and deploying AI and autonomous systems, with the goal of creating better social systems, better economic relations, and a better world in which to live.”
NSF CISE Webcast Description and Registration
National Institutes of Health (NIH) OHSRP Education Series: IRB Review of Research Involving AI: April 4, 2024
“Objectives for this session: 1) Discuss ethical considerations raised by AI; 2) Discuss IRB considerations for the review of research involving AI; 3) Consider different approaches to AI governance.”
WSU Information Security: Privacy & Security Training: April 9, 2024; 4:00-5:00pm in RSC Room 256 (Edmiston)
Gina Riggs and Mark Rodee offer WSU Privacy and Security Training monthly on the second Tuesday of every month during the academic year. Learn how to prevent, detect and respond to information security and privacy concerns. If you have a question before the next scheduled training, please reach out to Gina and Mark at the email address below.
Email informationsecurity@wichita.edu with questions.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Emergency Response Research Webinar Series: Oil Spill Monitoring Tools: April 10, 2024
EPA's Office of Research and Development hosts this webinar series to share current research activities and results. This webinar series covers the latest information on research supporting EPA's response to chemical, biological, and radiological incidents, as well as natural disasters. This forum allows EPA to communicate directly with partners and stakeholders to foster collaboration and dissemination of information.
EPA Emergency Response Research Webinar Series Website; Register for Oil Spill Monitoring Tools Webinar
National Science Foundation EPSCoR Program Exploring EPSCoR Research Ecosystems Series: April 17 & 18, May 22 & 23, and June 20, 2024
EPSCoR jurisdictions have an opportunity to greatly expand their research ecosystems in order to further develop their jurisdictional research capacity and broaden the participation of all individuals within the research ecosystems. To continue enhancements in EPSCoR jurisdictions’ research competitiveness in both NSF funding opportunities and those across the Federal funding landscape, NSF EPSCoR is committed to providing EPSCoR jurisdictions with a unique opportunity to develop and implement supporting novel best practices.
Read More and Register for NSF EPSCoR Series
WSU Inaugural Industrial Sponsors Day and Research Showcase: April 19, 2024
Join Wichita State University’s Office of Research and WSU Foundation & Alumni Engagement to learn about how industry and academia can work together to advance both fundamental and applied research.
The event includes presentations on the basics of establishing and benefiting from both industry-sponsored research projects and SBIR/STTR grants, with current examples of such collaborations from seven WSU faculty members. Two WSU faculty members will also describe start-up businesses that they established while employed at WSU. WSU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host poster presentations about the research taking place within the departments of LAS and additional academic colleges.
The event will take place at Wichita State University in the NetApp building from 9am – 4pm on Friday, April 19, 2024. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
RSVP here. Agenda can be found here.
National Science Foundation (NSF) 2024 CAREER Workshops: April 29-30, 2024 (for CISE) and May 15, 2024 (for EDU)
“The NSF CISE CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop is sponsored by the NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). This workshop is specifically designed to offer guidance and support to early-career faculty members preparing to submit proposals for the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. The primary objectives of the workshop are to assist participants in crafting compelling research and education plans. Additionally, the event serves as a valuable platform for early-career faculty to engage with NSF program directors, fostering opportunities for networking and the exchange of ideas among peers within the CISE community.” Alternately, the NSF Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) will also hold a workshop geared to proposers to this directorate on May 15, 2024.
NSF CISE CAREER Workshop Registration (April 29-30, 2024) or NSF EDU CAREER Workshop Registration (May 15, 2024)
Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science: Mentoring Students in Research Virtual Workshop: May 3, 2024
“Our goal with this event is to provide a variety of perspectives on how to effectively mentor students in research, primarily for early-career scholars in cognitive science.”
Register for Mentoring Workshop.
3rd Annual OAK Supercomputing Conference Will Be Held at Wichita State University: May 20-23, 2024
This is the third conference in a series of semi-annual conferences for the Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas (OAK) region, bringing together supercomputing experts, researchers, and students from across the region for a discussion and exploration of the latest trends and technologies in the field of high-performance computing. Topics will include the relevance of machine learning & artificial intelligence and data-driven applications in scientific research. The program includes scientific talks, poster presentations and hands-on workshops. OAK Supercomputing Conference Workshops (FREE) will include Deep Learning by NVIDIA and MATLAB by MathWorks. Limited travel assistance funding is available; participants from emerging/smaller institutions and under-represented groups are specially encouraged to apply.
The OAK Conference at WSU is being co-organized with the 4th National High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Workshop, May 20-21, 2024. The OAK conference and the HPC Security Workshop are open to all levels of participants (faculty, researchers, HPC/IT admins, and students, and industry). The goal is to bring together HPC users to promote accessibility to HPC resources. Topics will include High Performance and High Throughput Computing, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics and Data Visualization, and Internet of Things.
Register for the 3rd Annual OAK Supercomputing Conference at WSU
REMINDER - National Science Foundation Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference: June 3 - 5, 2024
The NSF Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF staff will provide up-to-date information about policies and procedures, specific funding opportunities, and answer attendee questions.
Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference
Save the Date - National Science Foundation 28th NSF EPSCoR Annual Conference: October 13-16, 2024
“…welcoming project researchers, students, and staff from 28 EPSCoR jurisdictions -- plus leaders with the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.”
28th NSF EPSCoR Annual Conference Website
Free PCORI Online, Self-Paced Training: Research Fundamentals: Preparing You to Successfully Contribute to Research
This free comprehensive training package offers different ways to learn about the health research process and be involved in patient-centered outcomes research.
REMINDER - National Science Foundation Free Research Security Training Modules
“The U.S. National Science Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of four interactive online research security training modules, now available to researchers and institutions across the U.S. These modules are designed to facilitate principled international collaboration in an open, transparent and secure environment that safeguards the nation's research ecosystem.” The modules include Introduction to Research Security; The Importance of Disclosure; Manage and Mitigate Risk; and The Importance of International Collaboration.
Access NSF Research Security Training Modules
REMINDER - Hanover Grants Learning Center Available
WSU Faculty and Staff may now access course content through the Hanover Research Grants Learning Center by registering and using a referral code. Courses are designed for on-demand grantsmanship training.
Email proposals@wichita.edu to request the referral code to register for access to the Hanover Research Grants Learning Center.
Learn to Use BeoShock for your Advanced Research Computing Needs
Wichita State University continues to host Beoshock, a High-Performance Computing Cluster (HPC). This HPC is available and free to faculty members, researchers and students engaged in course work or research activities. BeoShock runs the CentOS Linux operating system and features approximately 720 processor cores, two high memory compute nodes with 1.5 terabytes of memory, and four graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerators. BeoShock also has a variety of software tools that may be helpful in your research endeavors, such as Matlab, Mathematica, R, Python and many more.
Learn more about BeoShock High-Performance Computing and access the BeoShock High Performance Computing User Guides
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office of Research EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Charity Lowe
Charity joined the Office of Research in October 2023 as a Research Grant Administrator on the Post-Award team. She began her dedicated service at Wichita State University in 2010 serving for a total of 11 years on two federal grants. Charity also spent two years in Albuquerque, NM where she gained new skills at the University of New Mexico. She obtained a bachelor’s in business administration degree from WSU in 2012 with minors in accounting, finance, and management. In her down time, Charity enjoys spending quality time with her six children and two grandchildren, and being outdoors gardening, running, and playing tennis. She is both happy and excited to be starting a new adventure with the WSU Office of Research. Read more about the Office of Research staff…
Submit a Collaboration Request for the FY25 ORAU-Directed Research and Development Program (ODRD) Program by March 31, 2024
ODRD projects are joint collaborations between ORAU and university researchers, designed as seed projects to attract ongoing research funding. ORAU researchers lead the effort as Principal Investigator and are responsible for initiating and proposing the project. Funding for awarded projects is shared between both parties, and projects must be completed in one year. The period of performance is October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. The FY25 research areas are Our Changing Planet, Our Behavioral Health, The Post-Pandemic World, and Implementing Innovative Technologies
Submit a ORAU Collaboration Request by March 31 ,2024
Register for 17th Annual Innovations in Design Analysis and Dissemination Frontiers in Biostatistics & Data Science (IDAD) Meeting by April 15, 2024
The University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, Kansas Western-Missouri Chapter of the American Statistical Association, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Quantitative Omics Core that supports the Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine, and EMB Statistical Solutions, LLC are pleased to announce the 17th annual Innovations in Design, Analysis and Dissemination: Frontiers in Biostatistics & Data Science (IDAD) conference, to be held on April 25th - 26th, 2024. The conference will be held entirely in-person. The deadline for meeting registration April 15th, 2024, and the deadline for abstract submission for a poster/oral presentation is Monday, April 8th, 2024. Registrants submitting abstracts will be notified by April 15th, 2024, regarding the status of their submission.
ORAU Member Virtual Dialogue Call: April 17, 2024 from 12:00-1:00pm Central
The second ORAU Member Virtual Dialogue call will be held April 17th, from 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time (12:00-1:00pm Central). The agenda will feature a presentation from Mark Sage, Executive Director, Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA), who will provide an overview of AREA and activities under way to close the AR skills gap by promoting continuing education and research priorities. These quarterly calls are intended to foster collaboration and connection between our ORAU consortium members and highlight new and exciting initiatives in the world of research. They are also intended to help you get to know your fellow members!
Click Here to Join the ORAU Teams Virtual Dialogue Call on April 17, 2024 at 12noon
Register for Inaugural Industrial Sponsors Day and Research Showcase: April 19, 2024
Join Wichita State University’s Office of Research and WSU Foundation & Alumni Engagement to learn about how industry and academia can work together to advance both fundamental and applied research.
The event includes presentations on the basics of establishing and benefiting from both industry-sponsored research projects and SBIR/STTR grants, with current examples of such collaborations from seven WSU faculty members. Two WSU faculty members will also describe start-up businesses that they established while employed at WSU. WSU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host poster presentations about the research taking place within the departments of LAS and additional academic colleges.
The event will take place at Wichita State University in the NetApp building from 9am – 4pm on Friday, April 19, 2024. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
RSVP here. Agenda can be found here.
Register for PCORI Town Halls on Upcoming Research Opportunities and Topics: May 9 through May 17, 2024
PCORI will be hosting several virtual applicant town halls for prospective applicants to learn more about the new Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) opening on May 7, 2024. New PCORI topics include rare diseases and substance use.
Register for an upcoming PCORI Town Hall
ORAU Council 2024 Annual Meeting Presentations Available
In March, ORAU convened in Knoxville for the Annual Meeting of the ORAU Council of Sponsoring Institutions focused on “Redefining the Next Generation STEM Enterprise”. Speaker presentations can be found on the ORAU website under the Past Meeting Archive tab.
ORAU 2024 Annual Meeting Webpage
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Women’s Health Research
The purpose of the NOSI is “…to highlight interest in receiving research applications focused on diseases and health conditions that predominantly affect women (e.g., autoimmune diseases, depressive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias, gender-based violence), present and progress differently in women (e.g., cardiovascular disease, HIV, reproductive aging and its implications), or are female specific (e.g., uterine fibroids, endometriosis, menopause).”
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NIST Notice of Intent for Manufacturing USA Institute Competition: AI for Resilient Manufacturing
The Office of Advanced Manufacturing within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, intends to announce an open competition for a new Manufacturing USA institute. The expected competition will seek to establish a Manufacturing USA institute focused on the use of Artificial Intelligence to improve resilience of U.S. manufacturing.
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DARPA and ARPA-H Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC)
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is joining forces with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to expand the Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). Cyber and ransomware attacks on America’s health care systems have increased significantly in recent years, often preventing patients from receiving care and compromising their personal information1. By collaborating with DARPA on the AIxCC, ARPA-H aims to spur the development of AI-enabled technology to safeguard hospitals, pharmacies, and medical devices from cyberattacks. AIxCC is a two-year competition that asks competitors to design novel AI tools and capabilities to find and fix vulnerabilities in software used in critical infrastructure. This software runs everything from transportation to water and wastewater systems, emergency services, and energy sources. At the center of this infrastructure are the health care and public health sectors uniquely sensitive to disruptions in these areas.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Funding Opportunities for Science and Engineering Research with Impact on Women's Health
NSF encourages the submission of fundamental research and education proposals related to women's health topics…
National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide 24-1
The Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) is comprised of documents relating to the Foundation's proposal and award process for the assistance programs of NSF. The PAPPG, in conjunction with the applicable standard award conditions incorporated by reference in the award, serve as the Foundation’s implementation of 2 CFR §200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. NSF PAPPG 24-1 is in effect for all proposals submitted on or after May 20, 2024.
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