Congratulations to those who received grants in January! Please help the WSU community stay informed by forwarding any notices of funding opportunities and/or training sessions to research@wichita.edu for inclusion in the next newsletter. Good luck to all of you in your research efforts over the next month.
Coleen Pugh, AVP for Research
AWARDS
IMPROVING THE EFFICACY OF MAGNETIC HYPERTHERMIA-BASED CANCER THERAPY BY QUANTUM-ENHANCED DIRECT NANO-CALORIMETRY OF INDIVIDUAL MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (URCA)
PI/Department: Kapildeb Ambal, Physics
Sponsor: State of Kansas-URCA
Amount: $4,500
STUDYING THE SENSITIVITY OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOFIBER MEMBRANE SYSTEMS INTEGRATED IN 3D PRINTED REUSABLE MASKS AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES
PI/Department: Eylem Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering
Co-PI/Department: Jeremy Patterson, Interdisciplinary Innovation
Sponsor: Wichita Medical Research And Education Foundation
Amount: $15,000
GLYCOFORM A, YEAR 6
PI/Department: George Bousfield, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: GlycoFormA, Ltd.
Amount: $111,478
WICHITA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE CENTER: CORE GRANT: MOD #B
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, Hws of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $46,941
WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Greater Wichita Partnership Inc
Amount: $8,046
CITY OF HALSTEAD SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROPOSAL
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City of Halstead
Amount: $1,575
WICHITA BAR ASSOCIATION
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Wichita Bar Association
Amount: $7,000
COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT (CSG) FY 2021
PI/Department: Debra Fraser, K M U W
Sponsor: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Amount: $126,461
LOW COST 3-D LIDAR DEVELOPMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION
PI/Department: Hongsheng He, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Unive of Kansas Ctr - Research INC / Department of Transportation-US
Amount: $33,777
RII TRACK 1: MICROBIOMES OF AQUATIC, PLANT AND SOIL SYSTEMS (MAPS) MEDIATING SUSTAINABILITY (YEAR 3) AND OBSERVATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NETWORK ACROSS KANSAS
PI/Department: Gregory Houseman, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Unive of Kansas Ctr - Research INC / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $10,000
CLASSIFYING NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS WITH COMPUTER VISION USING BEOSHOCK (URCA)
PI/Department: Mathew Muether, Physics
Sponsor: State of Kansas-URCA
Amount: $4,500
UAS MID-AIR COLLISON (MAC) LIKELIHOOD
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $464,000
VALIDATION OF VISUAL OPERATION STANDARDS FOR SMALL UAS (SUAS)
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $120,000
AIR FORCE - NIAR ESCAPE SYSTEMS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ROADMAP
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Alion Science & Technology / Department of Defense
Amount: $229,544
SEMI-SUPERVISED LEARNING FOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION STTR PHASE I
PI/Department: Ajita Rattani, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Enelect, LLC / US Airforce
Amount: $45,000
COMPOSITE CHARACTERIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: HARP Engineering LLC / Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Amount: $150,000
THERMAL MODELING AND BURNING RIG TESTING - STTR - PHASE I
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Physical Sciences Inc / US Airforce
Amount: $50,000
DEVELOPING OPEN-CELLED METAL FOAMS WITH FUNCTIONALLY-GRADIENT MICROSTRUCTURES STTR PHASE I
PI/Department: Bhisham Sharma, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: ERG Aerospace Corporation / Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $39,435
DEVELOPING OPEN-CELLED TITANIUM AND NICKEL ALLOY FOAMS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS STTR PHASE I
PI/Department: Bhisham Sharma, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: ERG Aerospace Corporation / Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $39,500
KANSAS SBA FAST INITIATIVE
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Strategic Initiatives Aerospace
Co-PI/Department: Debra Franklin, Strategic Initiatives
Sponsor: Small Business Administration
Amount: $125,000
INSPECTION AND FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL TWIN FOR A LEGACY AIRCRAFT - PHASE III (ACCELERATION OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING) - MOD 02
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Shawn Ehrstein, NIAR-CAD/CAM | Melinda Laubach-Hock, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences / Department of Defense
Amount: $2,370,000
HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY PROJECT TESTING - AMENDMENT 01
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Matthew Opliger, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $1,104
TRUST IN INFORMATION SOURCES: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION (URCA)
PI/Department: Siyu Wang, Economics
Sponsor: State of Kansas-URCA
Amount: $4,500
INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES MANUAL
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Department for Children and Families
Amount: $163,488
KANSAS TOBACCO USE PREVENTION PROGRAM
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $8,500
KANSAS CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM (KCPCP)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $20,680
COVID RESPONSE ELC SUPPORT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $177,082
CHILD CARE ACCESS COLLABORTIVE
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: United Way of Greater Kansas City
Amount: $27,705
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 searching 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.
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: Microsoft
Title: Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
Application Deadline: Nominations due February 22, 2021 at 12noon Pacific time (2pm CST); WSU is limited to three nominations; email proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible if you are interested in this opportunity.
Purpose: “The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship recognizes innovative, promising new faculty, whose exceptional talent for research and innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their fields.” “We look at how cutting edge your research is as well as the significance and impact of the research. We carefully read through your two-page statement of research, three letters of recommendation, and your CV to try to gauge this. Best paper and other top awards are not required, but are helpful signals. The two-page statement of research should include your major research initiatives, what makes your approaches especially innovative, and how you would use the funding and the impact it would have on your research.” “A maximum of three nominations per university will be accepted; if more than one is nominated, then the other one or two nominees should help us increase the opportunities for faculty who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability.” NOTE: Letters of nomination are required, and nominees need to have received their terminal degree after May 2016.
Amount: $100,000 per year for two years.
Funding Agency: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Title: North American Wetlands Conservation Act (Act) Grants
Application Deadline: U.S. Standard Grants due February 26 & July 9, 2021 and U.S. Small Grants due October 14, 2021.
Purpose: “The North American Wetlands Conservation Act U.S. Standard Grants Program offers matching grants to support public-private partnerships carrying out projects that further the goals of the Act. Projects must involve long-term protection, restoration, enhancement, or establishment of wetland and associated upland habitats to benefit migratory birds. Applications are due February 26 and July 9, 2021. There are additional grant cycles for Canadian and Mexican projects, as well as U.S. small grants.”
Amount: $100,000 for Small Grants and up to $1,000,000 for Standard Grants; Cost Share is required.
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Title: Offshore Wind Energy Environmental Research and Instrumentation Validation
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due March 1, 2021; Full Applications due May 5, 2021
Purpose: “In conjunction with the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), and in coordination with partnering agencies, the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) is releasing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support regionally focused, coordinated research efforts to increase understanding of the environmental impacts of offshore wind development as well as to advance and validate technical readiness of tools for monitoring and minimizing impacts. This FOA will support work across three Topic Areas: 1) Development of methodologies and evaluation of offshore wind impacts on wildlife in U.S. Atlantic waters; 2) Development of methodologies and evaluation of offshore wind impacts on the ecology of commercially fished species in US Atlantic waters; and 3) Environmental baseline studies and environmental monitoring technology development and validation focused on U.S. waters off of the U.S. West Coast, in preparation for future floating offshore wind development.”
Amount: Varies by opportunity between $750,000 and $7,500,000. Cost Share is required.
Funding Agency: Creative Capital
Title: 2022 Creative Capital Awards
Application Deadline: March 1, 2021
Purpose: “Creative Capital looks for projects that redefine and reimagine what art is and what it can do. Projects should challenge the status quo and provoke conversations about the topics they are engaging. What matters most in the application is the strength, vision and originality of the project idea, capacity of the artist to make it happen, and how the project development fits in with the trajectory of the artist’s overall creative practice.”
Amount: Up to $50,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Point of Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN)
Title: 2021 Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: Expressions of Interest due March 1, 2021
Purpose: “The goal of the Point Of Care Technology Research Network is to develop technologies with clinical applications using a network model that enhances complementary strengths and builds multidisciplinary partnerships. POCTRN 2021 Call for Proposals include: 1) Microfluidics/Lab-on-a-Chip Point-of-Care Technologies, Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies, 2) Development of Point-Of-Care Testing for HIV and Co-Morbidities for Use in Low and Middle Income Countries, The Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS at Northwestern and 3) Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders: Funding Opportunity, Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders.”
Amount: Varies based on opportunity, between $50,000 - $150,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due March 6, 2021; Applications due April 6, 2021
Purpose: “The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for the Artificial Intelligence for Multimodal Data Modeling and Bioinformatics (AIMDMB) Center to join the Nutrition for Precision Health consortium (https://commonfund.nih.gov/nutritionforprecisionhealth). Awards made through this FOA will generate actively learning algorithms to predict human response to different foods, nutrients, food components, and dietary patterns as well as advance understanding, from the individual and population level, of longitudinal dynamics from multimodal data with advanced computer modeling tools (e.g., with in silico human dietary response replicates or user-tailored, high-fidelity models that incorporate demographic, environmental, behavioral, multi-omic, social, cultural, clinical or other data to predict health trajectories).The Center will support the development of robust and artificially intelligent informatics platforms of multimodal, metadata-complete, human data sets from the Nutrition for Precision Health consortium. The proposed Center projects will develop a suite of computational tools to perform data integration, harmonization, analysis and visualization of the multi-modal and multi-fidelity data as well as incorporate an adaptive design for future data incorporation. The proposed Center will be a hub in communicating state of the art for ‘AI-ready' biomedical data to the Nutrition for Precision Health consortium. All Nutrition for Precision Health awardees must work collaboratively to plan and execute a large dietary intervention study to catalyze precision nutrition research in transforming the application of targeted dietary approaches to improve health and reduce chronic diseases. The end products of the Nutrition for Precision Health consortium will be a rich data resource for research use and algorithms to improve the precision of nutrition advice for individuals. The consortium projects will be directly connected with the All of Us Research Program and will enroll existing All of Us participants. All Nutrition for Precision Health data will be shared via the All of Us Researcher Workbench. The All of Us Research Program is guided by a set of core values that will also guide the Nutrition for Precision Health consortium.”
Amount: $2,000,000
Funding Agency: Kansas K-INBRE Program
Title: Administrative Supplement to NIGMS-funded INBRE programs.
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due March 12, 2021.
Purpose: “NIGMS will fund a 1-year, $100,000 Administrative Supplement to NIGMS-funded INBRE programs. These funds are intended for the Kansas INBRE to stimulate collaborations between faculty investigators at Kansas INBRE partner institutions (Fort Hays State Univ., Washburn Univ., Emporia State Univ., Wichita State University, Pittsburg State Univ. Langston Univ., Haskell Indian Nations Univ., Kansas State Univ., University of Kansas-Lawrence, and KU Medical Center) and faculty investigators that are currently supported by one of these programs:
- Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
- IDeA-Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR)
- IDeA co-funded R01s and R15s in their first or second year of awards
- IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) awards
- NCATS-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA).
The goal of this supplement program is to encourage collaborations among investigators in IDeA states that includes research opportunities for undergraduates at our INBRE network institutions. Although in-state collaboration is encouraged, the collaborative projects can be between programs across the IDeA states. The collaborative project should be an expansion of a project currently supported by a COBRE award, IDeA-CTR award, ISPCTN award, CTSA award, or an IDeA co-funded R01s and R15s in their first or second year of awards. The project must not constitute a change in scope of the parent awards. The LOI’s will be used to select a single pair of collaborators to move forward with the final application. The LOI is due March 12th, 2021. We will make our selections immediately after the deadline to allow the collaborators time to put together the final 6-page proposal. The K-INBRE will need the final proposal by mid-April to route through our KU Med Research Institute, and we will submit the final application by April 30th. Please help us identify potential collaborative pairs and contact us ASAP (dwright@kumc.edu; hchapman@kumc.edu) for questions related to this unique funding opportunity.
Amount: $100,000; “Roughly speaking, the budget is set up for the IDeA-funded investigator to receive $40,000, and the network collaborator to receive $60,000.”
Funding Agency: National Park Service
Title: 2021 Preservation Technology and Training Grants
Application Deadline: March 15, 2021
Purpose: “2021 Preservation Technology and Training Grants (PTT Grants) are intended to create better tools, better materials, and better approaches to conserving buildings, landscapes, sites, and collections. The PTT Grants are administered by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), the National Park Service’s innovation center for the preservation community. The competitive grants program will provide funding to federal agencies, states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. PTT Grants will support the following activities: • Innovative research that develops new technologies or adapts existing technologies to preserve cultural resources (typically $20,000), • Specialized workshops or symposia that identify and address national preservation needs (typically $15,000 to $20,000), • How-to videos, mobile applications, podcasts, best practices publications, or webinars that disseminate practical preservation methods or provide better tools for preservation practice (typically $5,000 to $15,000).”
Amount: Up to $20,000
Funding Agency: American Psychological Foundation
Application Deadline: March 15, 2021
Purpose: “The John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant supports early career psychologists conducting research in the area of early intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children. The John and Polly Sparks Foundation partnered with APF to empower early career psychologists to produce scientifically-based research and programs that could provide models for broad-based applications across the country.”
Amount: Up to $20,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Education & Training Administration
Title: Pathway Home 2
Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
Purpose: “The purpose of this pilot program is to provide eligible, incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities or local or county jails with workforce services prior to release and to continue services after release by transitioning the participants into reentry programs in the communities to which they will return. These grants are job-driven and build connections to local employers that will enable transitioning offenders to secure employment. These projects ensure that transitioning offenders are prepared to meet the needs of their local labor markets with the skills valued by employers. Applicants must ensure that occupational training provided has no federal, state, or local regulations that restrict individuals with criminal records from obtaining licenses or other necessary credentials in that career. Therefore, applicants will need to research existing barriers for individuals with criminal records in relation to specific industries. Employer connections will inform specific program curricula and ensure relevance to the needs of local businesses and jobs. Teaching transitioning offenders foundational skills, such as job readiness, employability, and job search strategies, in addition to providing apprenticeships and occupational training leading to industry-recognized credentials, can provide access to employment and reduce the likelihood of reoffending.”
Amount: Up to $4,000,000
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: Henry Luce Foundation
Title: 2021 American Art Exhibition Competition
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by at 12noon on March 26, 2021 in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by April 9, 2021. Letters of Inquiry to the funder (if selected) will be due by April 30, 2021 and you will be required to work with the WSU Foundation on your submission.
Purpose: “The American Art Program supports scholarly loan exhibitions that significantly advance the study and understanding of art of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. Proposals for loan exhibitions are considered once each year, and grants are awarded on a competitive basis. An external panel of advisors, including academic art historians, curators, and art journalists, participates in the final stages of the competition. They are selected for the aesthetic and historical merit of the art as well as on the intellectual rigor and originality of the exhibition’s conceptual framework.”
Amount: Varies; see list of previously funded exhibitions on the website.
Funding Agency: Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Title: Hillman Innovations in Care Program: 2021 Focus on Racism and Health
Application Deadline: March 30, 2021
Purpose: “The Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC) Program was established in 2014 to advance innovative, nursing-driven models of care that target the health and healthcare needs of groups and communities who have historically struggled against oppression, discrimination and indifference. These populations include Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), the economically disadvantaged, LGBTQ+ people, people experiencing homelessness, low-income rural populations, and others. This year the HIC program is issuing a special call for submissions that address racism and its impact on health. Racism has been, and remains, the root cause of serious health inequities that unjustly affect communities of color. These disparities include increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, obesity and mental illness; inequitable access to high quality care; inordinately negative outcomes such as infant and maternal mortality rates for Black mothers and babies that are twice as high as those for white populations, and life expectancy that can be as much as ten years shorter than white counterparts living a short drive away.”
Amount: The program will award two (2) grants of up to $600,000 each, distributed over a 36-month period.
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Title: Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by April 14, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by May 28, 2021.
Purpose: “This FOA seeks to support programs that include innovative approaches to enhance biomedical engineering design education to ensure a future workforce that can meet the nation’s needs in biomedical research and healthcare technologies. Applications are encouraged from institutions that propose to establish new or to enhance existing team-based design courses or programs in undergraduate biomedical engineering departments or other degree-granting programs with biomedical engineering tracks/minors. This FOA targets the education of undergraduate biomedical engineering/bioengineering students in a team-based environment. While current best practices such as multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary education, introduction to the regulatory pathway and other issues related to the commercialization of medical devices, and clinical immersion remain encouraged components of a strong BME program, this FOA also challenges institutions to propose other novel, innovative and/or ground-breaking activities that can form the basis of the next generation of biomedical engineering design education.”
Amount: Direct costs of up to $20,000 per year may be requested. Programs that include a clinical immersion program outside the academic year and lasting 6 to 10 weeks may request an additional $20,000 to cover participant costs (see Participant Costs section below), yielding a total of $40,000 in direct costs.
Funding Agency: American Psychological Foundation
Title: Visionary Grants
Application Deadline: April 1, 2021
Purpose: “The APF Visionary Grants seek to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas: Applying psychology to at-risk, vulnerable populations (e.g., serious mental illness, returning military, those who are incarcerated or economically disadvantaged); Preventing violence; Understanding the connection between behavior and health (e.g. wellness, diabetes, obesity); Understanding and eliminating stigma and prejudice (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability and socioeconomic status).”
Amount: $20,000
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Application Deadline: April 6, 2021
Purpose: “PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network is intended to serve as a national resource for conducting rapid, efficient, patient-centered observational and interventional randomized research that improves healthcare delivery and health outcomes. This announcement describes the scope of work for PCORnet Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) for Phase 3 and available funding to allow for Phase 3’s execution. CRNs are system-based networks that include hospitals and community based-practices, and that may include health plans, all of which routinely and securely collect individual patient-level data. A list of currently funded PCORnet Network Partners can be found at www.pcornet.org. In Phase 3 of PCORnet, CRNs will ensure the continuity and optimization of critical CRN resources and operations developed in prior phases to facilitate implementation of definitive research studies that are national in scope. Phase 3 will focus on optimizing infrastructure to increase diversity of populations and care settings, efficiently implement research studies addressing PCORI’s Strategic Research Priorities, strengthen patient and stakeholder engagement, and deliver high-fidelity, high integrity data.”
Amount: $6.5 million for Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) with up to 7 data contributing sites; $7.5 million for CRNs with greater than 7 sites.
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS)
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by at 12noon April 9, 2021, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by April 23, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by June 16, 2021.
Purpose: “The national research cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem is essential to computational- and data-intensive research across all of 21st-century science and engineering (S&E), driven by rapid advances in a wide range of technologies; increasing volumes of highly heterogeneous data; and escalating demand by the research community. Research CI is a key catalyst for discovery and innovation and plays a critical role in ensuring US leadership in S&E, economic competitiveness, and national security, consistent with NSF's mission. NSF, through the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC), has published a vision that calls for the broad availability and innovative use of an agile, integrated, robust, trustworthy and sustainable CI ecosystem that can drive new thinking and transformative discoveries in all areas of S&E research and education. In support of this vision, NSF is releasing two solicitations in parallel: this solicitation, Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS), and Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support - Coordination Office (ACCESS-ACO). This solicitation (ACCESS) aims to establish a suite of CI coordination services - meant to support a broad and diverse set of requirements, users, and usage modes from all areas of S&E research and education - and calls for proposals for five independently-managed yet tightly-cooperative service tracks. The second solicitation (ACCESS-ACO) focuses on the creation of a coordination office to support the collective and coordinated operation of the ACCESS service tracks.” Note – A webinar about this NSF program will be held on March 9, 2021: NSF ACCESS webinar registration
Amount: Between $7.5 - $20 million over five years depending on track chosen.
Funding Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory
Application Deadline: White Papers due by April 18, 2021
Purpose: “Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate is soliciting White Papers and potentially technical and cost proposals under this two-step Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that is open for a period of five (5) years. Functional Materials technologies that are of interest to the Air Force range from materials and scientific discovery through technology development and transition, and support the needs of the Functional Materials and Applications mission. Descriptors of Materials and Manufacturing Directorate technology interests are presented in the context of functional materials core technical competencies and applications. Applicable NAICS codes are 541711 and 541712.”
Amount: $100,000-$5,000,000
Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Title: Bridging the Word Gap Research Network (BWG)
Application Deadline: April 22, 2021
Purpose: “This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding for the Bridging the Word Gap Research Network (BWG). Previous research has found that on average, by age three, children from low-income families knew less than half of the amount of words compared to children from more economically advantaged families (i.e., 500 words versus 1100 words).1 This word gap negatively impacts early language learning, educational attainment, health care-seeking, and socioeconomic outcomes in later years. The purpose of this program is to establish and maintain a national, multi-site, collaborative Research Network to develop, test, and promote effective interventions for supporting the enrichment of the early home learning environments of children from underserved families for whom there are limited interventions or existing interventions are ineffective.”
Amount: $300,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences
Application Deadline: April 30, 2021
Purpose: “Conferences provide opportunities to disseminate scholarly work widely, to reveal and plan new directions for research, and to engage and encourage students and junior scientists early in their careers, all of which help deepen connections among the mathematical sciences community. DMS priorities for the support of conferences include: Breadth and diversity of participation, in order to help more mathematical scientists stay abreast of developments in the discipline; Involvement of students and junior investigators and of individuals from groups under-represented in the mathematical sciences, in order to contribute to the development of the nation's science personnel base; Connection to frontiers in the mathematical sciences, in order to advance the mathematical sciences and to strengthen the interchanges between the mathematical sciences and other science and engineering disciplines.”
Amount: $35,000 over one year
Funding Agency: Russell Sage Foundation
Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due May 4, 2021
Purpose: “Leveraging a legacy of catalytic grant-making at the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the prize seeks out visionary nonprofit and mission-driven for-profit organizations that work within, across, or in a manner related to one or more of the fund’s three program areas: Social justice — buttressing democracy, voter education, and reforms to the criminal justice and immigration systems; The environment — slowing the pace of climate change and mitigating climate impacts; Heritage conservation — conserving the places that communities care about most.”
Amount: Varies based on opportunity
Funding Agency: J.M. Kaplan Fund
Title: The J.M.K. Innovation Prize
Application Deadline: First Round applications due April 30, 2021
Purpose: “Leveraging a legacy of catalytic grant-making at the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the prize seeks out visionary nonprofit and mission-driven for-profit organizations that work within, across, or in a manner related to one or more of the fund’s three program areas: Social justice — buttressing democracy, voter education, and reforms to the criminal justice and immigration systems; The environment — slowing the pace of climate change and mitigating climate impacts; Heritage conservation — conserving the places that communities care about most.”
Amount: $150,000 over three years
Funding Agency: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Title: Early Career Research Fellowship: Environmental Protection and Stewardship Track
Application Deadline: May 5, 2021 (applications open March 24, 2021)
Purpose: “The Early Career Research Fellowship’s Environmental Protection and Stewardship track aligns with one of Gulf Research Program’s five program areas, and narrows the focus of the fellowship to support the most relevant research to the goals and objectives of the Gulf Environmental Protection and Stewardship Board. For the 2021-2023 Application Cycle, the Environmental Protection and Stewardship track goal focuses advancing understanding of the changing ecosystems of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and its coastal zones as it applies to environmental protection and stewardship, including natural resource management and decision making.”
Amount: An award of $76,000 is paid to each fellow’s institution in the form of a two-year grant.
Funding Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Title: Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires Challenge
Application Deadline: May 17, 2021
Purpose: “EPA is partnering with 10 federal, state, tribal and local organizations to stimulate the development of new technologies to clean indoor air. The first step in this effort is the development and launch of a competition called a Challenge, which offers a cash prize for the best technology design for cleaning indoor air during wildfire smoke events and high pollution days. Through this challenge, EPA and its partners encourage the development of new approaches, technologies, or technology combinations (termed "solutions") for keeping indoor air as clean as possible during periods when outdoor PM2.5 concentrations are elevated.” Register to attend the webinar on March 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM Central Time to see how you can participate.
Amount: Prizes of up to $10,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Title: Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34)
Application Deadline: May 21, 2021
Purpose: “The goal of the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program is to develop a diverse pool of undergraduates who complete their baccalaureate degree, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements to prepare trainees for the completion of research-focused higher degree programs in biomedical fields. This program is limited to applications from training programs at baccalaureate degree-granting research-active institutions (i.e., those with an average of NIH Research Project Grant funding less than $7.5 million total costs over the last 3 fiscal years)).”
Amount: “Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.” Project Period is five years.
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Title: Broad PCORI Funding Announcements -- Cycle 2 2021
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 1, 2021
Purpose: “The Broad PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) seek investigator-initiated applications for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects aligned with our priority areas for research. This PFA covers the following four priority areas outlined in PCORI’s National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda: Addressing Disparities; Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options; Communication and Dissemination Research, and Improving Healthcare Systems. These broad areas encompass the patient-centered comparative CER we support.”
Amount: Addressing Disparities; Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options; and Improving Healthcare Systems: up to $3 million (Small) - up to $5 million (Large) — Communication & Dissemination Research: up to $2 million
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Application Deadline: June 16, 2021.
Purpose: “This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for research projects that test promising digital healthcare interventions aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services delivery at the point of care. This FOA will use the Phased Innovation Award (R21/R33) mechanism to provide up to 2 years of R21 support for initial developmental activities, and up to 3 years of R33 support for expanded activities. Transition to the R33 phase is not guaranteed for all grants awarded under this FOA. Continuation from the R21 phase to the R33 phase will be determined by AHRQ staff based on progress achieved in the R21 phase and factors such as program priorities and availability of funds.”
Amount: In the R21 phase, the combined budget for total costs (direct and indirect) for the two-year period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 total costs may be budgeted in either year of the R21 phase. In the R33 phase, the combined budget for total costs (direct and indirect) for the three-year period may not exceed $750,000. No more than $300,000 total costs may be budgeted in any given year.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Application Deadline: June 25, 2021
Purpose: “The purpose of this Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions 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 undergraduate students, and enhancing the research environment at these applicant institutions. Eligible institutions must award baccalaureate science degrees, and have received less than 6 million dollars per year of NIH support (total costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years.”
Amount: “Applicants may request up to $300,000 in direct costs for the entire project period of up to 3 years.”
Funding Agency: John and Maria Laffin Trust
Title: John and Maria Laffin Trust
Application Deadline: July 31, 2021
Purpose: “Grants are made to educational institutions at the college and university level, animal welfare organizations, medical research organizations, and humanitarian organizations. Grants for education and animal welfare are restricted to Los Angeles City or Los Angeles County, California. There are no geographic limitations for medical research and human services grants. Grants are reviewed in September. 25% Medical Research Funds shall be granted to medical research organizations that do not exclude from consideration any alternative or seemingly radical and/or controversial treatment that the American Medical Association may currently oppose. 25% Human Services Funds shall be granted to humanitarian organizations to alleviate human misery, suffering, and starvation in any part of the world.”
Amount: $2,000-$40,000
Funding Agency: Department of Defense – Air Force Research Laboratory
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent are required. If invited to submit a full application, dates to submit are ongoing through July 22, 2024.
Purpose: “The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is seeking innovative applications for Future Scholars under Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Development Programs. AFRL intends to award multiple grants and cooperative agreements, subject to the availability of funds. This FOA supports STEM Workforce Development programs or projects that align with the Federal STEM Strategy and the DoD STEM Mission. This announcement encourages programs or projects that improve the capacity of education systems and communities to create impactful STEM educational experiences for students and teachers, and prepare the 21st century STEM workforce. AFRL’s Workforce Development programs or projects include, but are not limited to:
- Internships (High School through Doctoral)
- Fellowship Apprentice/Residency Programs
- College or University project-based learning programs
- Formal or informal workforce development programs or projects that align with the Federal STEM Strategy and DOD STEM Mission
Before submitting an application, Recipients are highly encouraged to read the Federal STEM Education Strategy and the DoD STEM’s Mission.”
Amount: Varies over five years; $50,000,000 to be available overall
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: NSF Individual and Small Team Proposals
Application Deadline: Varies by topic.
Advanced Manufacturing – proposals accepted anytime
Applied Mathematics – Nov 1-15, 2021
Archaeology and Archaeometry – July 1 and December 20 annually
Astronomy and Astrophysics – Oct 1-Nov 15, 2021
Biological Anthropology – July 20 and Jan 20 annually
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology – proposals accepted anytime
Biophotonics – proposals accepted anytime
Biosensing – proposals accepted anytime
Cellular and Biochemical Engineering – proposals accepted anytime
Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs – varies based on discipline
Computational & Data-Enabled Science and Engineering - Varies
Cultural Anthropology – Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases – Nov 17, 2021
Economics – Aug 18 and Jan 18 annually
Energy, Power, Control, and Networks – proposals accepted anytime
Engineering of Biomedical Systems – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Biology – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Engineering – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Sustainability – proposals accepted anytime
Geophysics – proposals accepted anytime
Mathematical Biology – Aug 20-Sept 6, 2021
Division of Materials Research – Oct 1-Nov 1, 2021
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics – August 26, 2021
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences – proposals accepted anytime
Physics – Varies by topic
Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace – proposals accepted anytime
Security and Preparedness – Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
Smart and Connected Health – Dec 11 annually
Social Psychology – July 15 and Jan 15 annually
Sociology – Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
Statistics – Dec 1-15 annually
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
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) –accepted anytime
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs – Varies by size of application (Small, Medium, Large)
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) –accepted anytime
Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) – October 31, 2021 for CMI, CLP, ECS and MSN; September 30, 2021 for CAT, CSDM-A, CSDM-B, CTMC, SYN
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities Program –accepted anytime
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) – Feb 22 annually
Expeditions in Computing – Varies by topic
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program –Dec 15 annually
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program – Aug 31, 2021
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – Aug 25, 2021
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science – Sept 15, 2021
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC) – Preliminary Proposals due Mar 10, 2021
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) – Jan 13, 2021
Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) – Jun 1, 2021
EDUCATION / TRAINING
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Webinar: Spill Response Planning and Preparedness from a Regulator Perspective: February 23, 2021
The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe caused significant environmental, ecological, and economic damage to the Gulf of Mexico region. Lessons learned from this and other spill incidents in the past decade have spurred a variety of initiatives and improvements to oil spill prevention, preparedness, and response. During this information-sharing webinar, our panelists will discuss, from their perspectives, a look back at where we have come in the last decade, and where we need to go in the next decade to be ready for a response to any offshore incident.
Register for The National Academies of Science Engineering Medicine Webinar
National Science Foundation: Directorate of Biological Sciences: Distinguished Lecture Series: February 26, March 19, April 23, May 6, 2021
Please join the Directorate for Biological Sciences for the 2021 lecture series. Topics vary; February 26, 2021 lecture is “Ants, Plants, and Bacteria: Symbiosis as a Driver of Evolution” for example.
Register for National Science Foundation BIO Distinguished Lecture Series
National Science Foundation: Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Webinars: February 22, February 25, March 22, 2021
The Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO); Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Engineering (ENG); Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE); and the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) are jointly supporting a series of interdisciplinary workshops to engage research communities around the topic of Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention. This topic arises both from fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal needs. Consequently, NSF is holding a series of virtual workshops that bring together interdisciplinary experts in the biological, engineering, computer, and social and behavioral sciences to start conversations and catalyze ideas on how to advance scientific understanding beyond state-of-the-art in pre-emergence and emergence forecasting, real-time monitoring, and detection of inflection point events in order to prevent and mitigate the occurrence of future pandemics.
Each of these workshops is expected to have up to 50 invited active participants. The community can participate in a listen-only mode and interact through chat and Q&A functions. Register Here.
National Institutes of Health: Rare Disease Day: March 1, 2021
Rare Disease Day at NIH will be held virtually on Monday, March 1, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST. This year’s event will feature interactive panel discussions, rare stories through TED-style talks and more. The event is free and open to the public, including patients, patient advocates, health care providers, researchers, trainees, students, industry representatives and government employees. Rare Disease Day at NIH aims to raise awareness about rare diseases, the people they affect, and NIH research collaborations underway to address scientific challenges and to advance new treatments.
Register to Attend Rare Disease Day at NIH Free Virtual Conference
NIH: National Institute of Nursing Research: Director’s Lecture - Leveraging Strengths to Achieve Health Equity: From Clinical Insight to Program of Research: March 4, 2021
On March 4, 2021, Dr. Sarah Szanton will virtually present “Leveraging Strengths to Achieve Health Equity: From Clinical Insight to Program of Research” from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET). In this NINR Director's Lecture, Dr. Szanton will discuss the role of the environment and stressors on health disparities in older adults, particularly those trying to “age in place.” This event will be broadcast live and archived at: https://videocast.nih.gov/.
Register to attend NINR Health Equity and Aging Lecture on March 4, 2021
Kansas NSF EPSCoR: 2021 Annual MAPS Symposium: March 8-9, 2021
We are excited to announce that the 2021 Kansas NSF EPSCoR/MAPS Annual Research Symposium will be held virtually (over Zoom) on March 8-9, 2021. Exact times and content of the virtual sessions are still being worked out but please tentatively plan on the following: 1:30 – 4:00 PM CST, Monday, March 8, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST Tuesday, March 9, 1:30 – 3:30 PM CST Tuesday, March 9. These sessions will include updates from the MAPS team’s research, education and workforce development initiatives as well as lightning talks from students and faculty members.
More Information and Registration
BRAIN Initiative: Transformative Non-Invasive Imaging Technologies: March 9 – 11, 2021
Non-invasive brain functional imaging with high sensitivity and specificity is a central aim of the BRAIN Initiative. With the latest engineering advances, new imaging tools that could make a long-lasting, transformative impact on human neuroscience likely to emerge in the near future. The goal of this workshop is to bring together neuroscientists, tool developers/engineers, and industry partners to discuss what new non-invasive functional imaging tools could be realized in the next five to ten years, their potential impact on human neuroscience research, and possible pathways forward for broader dissemination.
BRAIN Initiative Workshop Details Here
U.S. Department of Justice: Just Grants Application Submission Webinars: Through March 22, 2021
To provide targeted assistance to applicants applying for Department of Justice (DOJ) funding opportunities, DOJ’s JustGrants team is offering 10 webinar sessions on the application submission process. Applicants should consider attending one of the sessions between February 11 – March 22, 2021. The upcoming “Application Mechanics: Submitting an Application” webinar sessions will explain: Steps to take prior to applying for funding, How to find open DOJ funding opportunities in Grants.gov, How to apply for funding using JustGrants, The JustGrants roles and their responsibilities and required actions, How to navigate and use JustGrants to submit your application, and Where to find training materials, job aids, and other resources.
Register for DOJ Just Grants Application Submission Webinar
National Science Foundation Engineering CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop: April 21, 22, 23, 2021
The 2021 NSF Engineering CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop will be held VIRTUALLY April 21-23, 2021, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM ET each day. The workshop aims to provide junior faculty who plan to submit a CAREER proposal to a program in the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) with a CAREER proposal review experience and a forum in which they can interact with NSF Program Directors and recent NSF CAREER awardees. Note: All activities for the 2021 NSF ENG CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop will be conducted virtually. The Mock Panel Review session is limited to 300 participants; however, all other sessions will be open. Mock Panel participants will be selected from those who submit completed applications. The deadline for applications is February 19, 2021.
More Information and Apply for NSF Engineering CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop
National Institutes of Health: Writing an Effective “K” Application: A Video Guide
Do you need some guidance on preparing a K Award application for the NIH? Dr. Kay Lund, Director of Division of Biomedical Research Workforce, gives some great tips in a 25-minute YouTube video, “Writing an Effective ‘K’ Application,” originally presented at the Fall 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration.