Congratulations to those who received grants in August! 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, Vice Provost for Research
AWARDS
THE AGING PITUITARY/GONADAL AXIS
PI/Department: George Bousfield, Biological Sciences
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey May, Biological Sciences | Viktor Butnev, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $1,717,046
WICHITA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE: CORE GRANT: YEAR 6
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $60,000
VOICES FROM THE VAULT: THE 1990s
PI/Department: Jana Erwin, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Sponsor: Humanities Kansas
Amount: $10,000
UPWARD BOUND WICHITA PREP
PI/Department: Rhonda Hicks, Ed - Upward Bound/Wichita Prep
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $484,171
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND: FOSTER CARE EMPOWERMENT
PI/Department: Rhonda Hicks, Ed - Upward Bound/Wichita Prep
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $297,600
ACCESSIBILITY-RELATED PREFERENCES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF VISUAL CAPABILITY
PI/Department: Quan Lei, Psychology
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,492
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY VETERANS UPWARD BOUND
PI/Department: Stacia Lyday, ED-Veterans Upward Bound Program
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $297,601
APPENDIX C: SMD EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION - ASSIMILATION OF SATELLITE DATA FOR PREDICTING CYANOHABS IN KANSAS
PI/Department: (Leonard) Scott Miller, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $99,711
APPENDIX E: KSC EXPLORATION SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT: MOON TO MARS - GAS SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR HIGH PURITY METHANE PRODUCTION
PI/Department: (Leonard) Scott Miller, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $99,882
UNRAVELING CONNECTIONS AMONG BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE, INTERFACIAL SOLVENT DYNAMICS, AND CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS
PI/Department: Katie Mitchell-Koch, Chemistry
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $73,598
LONG-TERM CURATION OF RECLAMATION-CONTROLLED COLLECTIONS
PI/Department: Peer Moore-Jansen, Anthropology
Sponsor: Bureau of Reclamation
Amount: $13,868
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF EMR AFFORDANCE ON CLINICIAN BEHAVIOR: A PILOT STUDY
PI/Department: Imran Musaji, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,500
PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ NARRATIVE SENSE-MAKING OF EQUITY
PI/Department: Aubrey Neihaus, School of Education
Sponsor: State of Kansas - ARCS
Amount: $3,000
KANSAS KIDS @ GEAR UP
PI/Department: Corinne Nilsen, Ed-Gear-Up
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $3,500,000
A11L.UAS.91 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (SUAS) TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $200,000
A53 ADVANCED MATERIALS INVESTIGATION - COMPOSITE MATERIAL ANALYSIS FOR UAS
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $161,958
A55 IDENTIFY FLIGHT RECORDER REQUIREMENTS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) INTEGRATION INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS)
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $400,000
WARFIGHTER AS A SYSTEM DIGITAL TWIN RESEARCH
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
Amount: $2,896,000
MOCK TRIAL - DELVSEA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL - DUCVLOW
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL - HEIVPOU
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL - IMVPUN
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL - KINVVIR
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL - MANVSTA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $3,500
MOCK TRIAL – MELVAME
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,000
MOCK TRIAL – RIMVORA 3
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL – STAVMON
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,000
MOCK TRIAL – V5TVSWI
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $7,000
PHONE RECRUITMENT FOR ONLINE INTERVIEWS
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Clear Box Insights, LLC
Amount: $660
ENABLING VIRTUALLY SCARFED AIRCRAFT NACELLES USING ACOUSTIC METASURFACES – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
PI/Department: Coleen Pugh, Chemistry
Award Winner / Department: Brittany Wojciechowski, Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Mentor / Department: Bhisham Sharma, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $138,000
TRIO TALENT SEARCH
PI/Department: Larry Ramos, Ed-Talent Search Program
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $646,284
A TEST BED TO SUPPORT BIOMETRICS AND CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
PI/Department: Ajita Rattani, School of Computing
Co-PI/Department: Sergio Salinas, School of Computing
Sponsor: Airforce Off of Scientific Research
Amount: $136,399
METHODS FOR FIGHTING DEEPFAKES
PI/Department: Ajita Rattani, School of Computing
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,500
SATC: CORE: SMALL: PROBING FAIRNESS OF OCULAR BIOMETRICS METHODS ACROSS DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS
PI/Department: Ajita Rattani, School of Computing
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $200,000
TOOL FOR ANALYSIS TO PREDICT STRENGTH AND DURABILITY OF CURVED AND TAPERED COMPOSITE - SBIR PHASE II
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Caleb Saathoff, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Global Engineering & Materials, Inc. / US Navy
Amount: $30,000
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - HOLCOMB USD 363 2021-2022
PI/Department: Clay Stoldt, Kansas Mentor Induction Center
Sponsor: USD 363 Holcomb School
Amount: $1,800
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - MULVANE USD 263 2021-2022
PI/Department: Clay Stoldt, Kansas Mentor Induction Center
Sponsor: USD 263 Mulvane
Amount: $3,750
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - PRATT USD 382 2021-2022
PI/Department: Clay Stoldt, Kansas Mentor Induction Center
Sponsor: USD 382
Amount: $3,750
FLIGHT TEST RESEARCH CENTER AND MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL EQUIPMENT
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Strategic Initiatives Aerospace
Co-PI/Department: David Jones, NIAR-EDM Lab
Sponsor: Economic Development Administration
Amount: $2,073,938
INSPECTION AND FRACT ANAL TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL TWIN OF A LEGACY AIRCRAFT - PHASE II
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Melinda Laubach-Hock, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences / Department of Defense
Amount: $20,000
INSPECTION AND FRACT ANAL TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL TWIN OF A LEGACY AIRCRAFT - PHASE II
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Melinda Laubach-Hock, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences / Department of Defense
Amount: $118,500
TO2 FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS (MOC3HA)
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Battelle Memorial Institute / Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $200,000
SUPPORTING LITERACY IN WICHITA
PI/Department: Melissa Vagts, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Sponsor: Wal-Mart Foundation
Amount: $1,100
UPWARD BOUND MATH SCIENCE CENTER
PI/Department: Derrick Veasey, Ed-Upward Bound Math & Science
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $369,976
BOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF COLORADO'S INTERGENERATIONAL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Butterfly Effect Theatre Company
Amount: $9,317
CEI SUBCONTRACTOR ROLE OUTLINE WITH DCCCA FOR SOR OPERATION PREVENTION 2021 LETTER OF AGREEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: DCCCA Inc. / Substance Abuse-Mntl Health Srv Adm
Amount: $19,961
DATA MANAGEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Russell Child Development Center
Amount: $2,750
DCF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES WORKSHOPS (STATE)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Department for Children and Families - State
Amount: $1,278
DCF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES WORKSHOPS (FEDERAL)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Department for Children and Families - Federal
Amount: $2,481
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE REDUCTION INSIDE COLEMAN FACILITY, PHASE ONE
PI/Department: Mehmet Yildirim, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Co-PI/Department: Yang-Seon Kim, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: The Coleman Company, Inc.
Amount: $25,000
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. The Office of Research has updated its website with more information about the deadlines for receipt of proposals. While mandatory forms must be finalized well in advance of the funder deadline, you may continue to focus on your proposal narrative until closer to the deadline. Please visit Pre-Award Services to find out more!
Funding Agency: American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Application Deadline: Pre-Applications due September 17, 2021 and April 15, 2022 (Repeats twice yearly)
Purpose: “AARP Foundation has specific objectives to achieve increasingly equitable outcomes for the population we serve — namely people over 50 who have low income. These objectives focus on increasing income/earnings and securing benefits for this population and prioritize strategies that increase equitable access and outcomes in our programs and services to address systemic barriers, racial and ethnic disparities and other biases that perpetuate economic instability. With this Request for Applications (RFA), AARP Foundation seeks projects that advance economic opportunity among older adults with low income on a systemic level, to increase income/earnings or secure benefits.”
Amount: $300,000
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: VentureWell
Title: Course and Program Grants
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two applications, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by September 20, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by October 6, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by November 3, 2021.
Purpose: “Course & Program Grants may be used to strengthen existing curricular programs or to build new, inclusive courses and programs that engage student teams in developing and pursuing scalable solutions to real world needs through science and technology innovation and entrepreneurship.”
Amount: $30,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Research Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: September 25, 2021 and January 25, 2022
Purpose: “NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NCI R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Research Experiences. Applications are encouraged that propose innovative, state-of-the-art programs that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, or the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients, in order to advance the NCI mission.”
Amount: The maximum budget is $300,000 direct costs/year for a new application or a resubmission of a new application. The maximum budget is $400,000 direct costs/year for a renewal application or a resubmission of a renewal application. The budget request for a given application needs to be adequately justified and reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. Yearly fluctuations in the project workload should be reflected in the requested budget.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: September 25, 2021 and January 25, 2022
Purpose: “To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on: Courses for Skills Development. Applications are encouraged that propose innovative, state-of-the-art programs that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, or the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients, in order to advance the NCI mission.”
Amount: The maximum budget is $300,000 direct costs/year. The budget request for a given application needs to be adequately justified and reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. Yearly fluctuations in the project workload should be reflected in the requested budget.
Funding Agency: National Ataxia Foundation
Title: Young Investigator Award
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due September 28, 2021
Purpose: “The Young Investigator Award was created to encourage young clinical and scientific investigators to pursue a career in the field of Ataxia research. It is our hope that Ataxia research will be invigorated by the work of young, talented individuals supported by this award.”
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: The Water Research Foundation
Title: Development of Innovative Predictive Control Strategies for Nutrient Removal
Application Deadline: September 28, 2021
Purpose: “Develop one or more artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) predictive tools for nutrient removal. Demonstrate testing of new predictive control strategies, with a focus on Technology Development Level 2 or 3 (Technology Readiness Level 6-8), with field testing at one utility. This field testing will be complemented by desktop analysis comparing predictive and reactive control strategies.”
Amount: $200,000
Funding Agency: American Council of Learned Societies
Title: ACLS Fellowships
Application Deadline: September 29, 2021
Purpose: “ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. Given the disproportionate effect the current economic downturn has had on emerging, independent, and untenured scholars, ACLS will continue in the 2021-22 competition year to offer these fellowships solely to untenured scholars who have earned the PhD within eight years of the application deadline. ACLS welcomes applications from scholars without faculty appointments and scholars off the tenure track.”
Amount: $60,000 Maximum
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I: Development Grants (PIPP Phase I)
Application Deadline: October 1, 2021
Purpose: “This solicitation is for Development Grants as part of NSF’s new Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) initiative. This initiative focuses on fundamental research and capabilities needed to tackle grand challenges in infectious disease pandemics through prediction and prevention. NSF anticipates releasing a Phase II Center Grants solicitation around 2023. Note that submission or award of a Development Grant is not required to participate in the anticipated PIPP Phase II Center Grants competition.”
Amount: Up to a total of $25 million is available in FY 2022 for 25-30 eighteen-month PIPP Phase I Development Grants.
Funding Agency: National Art Education Foundation
Title: Research Grants
Application Deadline: October 1, 2021
Purpose: “The National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) invests in innovative initiatives to support instructional practice, research, and leadership in visual arts education. NAEF invites proposals to support research in art education that advances knowledge in the field of art education and that promulgate research surrounding scholarly research topics and themes. NAEF encourages the submissions of proposals to conduct research that investigates the impact and importance of arts education in student learning and provides hard data to support the findings of the research. While it is anticipated the research will be substantially completed within the year the award is made, additional funding may be provided upon application to enable a recipient to bring a research project to completion. NAEA and/or NAEF retains first rights to publish and disseminate results of the research.”
Amount: $10,500
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Title: Engagement Award: Capacity Building
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due October 1, 2021
Purpose: “These awards are for research support projects. This program does not fund research studies. The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards support projects that encourage active, meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders as integral members of the patient-centered outcomes research/comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) enterprise.”
Amount: $250,000
Funding Agency: Whitehall Foundation
Title: Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due October 1, 2021, January 15, 2022, April 15, 2022
Purpose: “The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. In order to respond to the changing environment, the Whitehall Foundation periodically reassesses the need for financial support by the various fields of biological research. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. The Foundation does not support research focused primarily on disease(s) unless it will also provide insights into normal functioning.”
Amount: Research Grants typically $75,000 per year; Grants-in-Aid are up to $30,000 for one year period only.
Funding Agency: Clif Family Foundation
Title: Small Grants
Application Deadlines: October 1, 2021, February 1, 2022, June 1, 2022
Purpose: “Priority is given to applicants that: Address two or more of our funding priorities at the same time: a) Strengthen our food system, b) Enhance equitable community health outcomes, c) Safeguard our environment and natural resources; Demonstrate strong community ties; and Operate within viable and clearly defined plans for positive change.”
Amount: Not Specified
Funding Agency: Center for Craft-Windgate Foundation
Title: Craft Research Fund: Project Grants, Exhibition Grants, Artist Fellowships
Application Deadline: October 4, 2021
Purpose: “Grants awarded to support projects that encourage, expand, and support scholarly craft research in the United States.”
Amount: $20,000 for Fellowships, $15,000 for exhibitions and projects
Funding Agency: Herb Block Foundation
Title: Defending Basic Freedoms
Application Deadline: October 6, 2021
Purpose: “This program helps safeguard the basic freedoms guaranteed in our Bill of Rights, to help eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination, and to assist government agencies to be more accountable to the public. The Herb Block Foundation will also consider contemporary societal issues that may arise. Grants are available nationwide.”
Amount: $5,000-$25,000
Funding Agency: Amazon Research Awards
Title: Open Calls for Proposals
Application Deadline: October 8, 2021
Purpose: “Awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to the principal investigator's academic institution or organization and as such, Amazon retains no intellectual property rights to the resulting work. Recipients are encouraged to publish outcomes and commit related code to open-source repositories. Recipients are assigned an Amazon research contact who offers consultation and advice along with opportunities to participate in Amazon events and training sessions.”
Amount: See topic list
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce
Title: FY 2021 STEM Talent Challenge Grant
Application Deadline: October 12, 2021
Purpose: “EDA is seeking applications from eligible applicants to create and implement innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) apprenticeship models that complement their respective region’s innovation economy. The STEM Talent Challenge seeks to develop or expand regional workforce capacity to support high-growth, high-wage entrepreneurial ventures, industries of the future (which usually includes industries that leverage emerging technologies), and other innovation-driven businesses that have a high likelihood of accelerating economic competitiveness and job creation in their respective regions and in the United States.”
Amount: $250,000
Funding Agency: American Cancer Society
Application Deadline: October 15, 2021
Purpose: “A call for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. New health public policy initiatives such as the new federal and state marketplaces that have expanded insurance coverage, as well as Medicaid expansion in some states, create natural experiments ripe for evaluation. Research to be funded by this RFA should focus on the changes in national, state, and/or local policy and the response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.”
Amount: Up to $200,000 per year
Funding Agency: Johnson & Johnson Innovation Labs
Title: Packaging Design QuickFire Challenge: Unit Dose Technologies
Application Deadline: October 15, 2021
Purpose: “To inspire innovators to bring potentially groundbreaking unit dose packaging options to the market – with a focus on child-resistant, user-friendly, non-reclosable designs - Johnson & Johnson Innovation together with the packaging innovation team within Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. is launching the Packaging Design QuickFire Challenge: Unit Dose Technologies. Potential innovations can include both solids (tablets, capsules and powders) and liquids (solutions and suspensions) in unit-dose formats (e.g. blisters, sachets and stick packs). Primary and secondary packaging or combination of the two are in scope of the challenge. The innovator(s) with the best idea, potential technology, or potential solution will receive grant funding from a total pool of up to $100,000, access to the global Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS network and mentorship from experts across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.”
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: Tremaine Foundation
Title: Peer Network Grants and Innovation Grants
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due October 15, 2021
Purpose: “Peer Network Grant requests support peer network opportunities that advance curatorial knowledge and strengthen U.S. curatorial practices. We encourage curators to think beyond conferences and consider connections that will best advance their practice. These networks can be in-person or online, meet once or multiple times, require travel or be in the curator’s community. Innovation Grants are designed to support a project, initiative or opportunity not previously explored in the curatorial space, or an emerging trend that is under-resourced. Ideas are encouraged to disrupt 'business as usual' and aim to further discourse in contemporary art in the United States. Requests can be for specific projects or new ways of doing business. They can also be public facing or internal to an institution. The Foundation's focus is contemporary art.”
Amount: $500-$15,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) – NIDDK, NHGRI
Application Deadline: October 16, 2021, February 16, 2022
Purpose: “The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide 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 (NIDDK) or the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). New investigators at the time of award under this FOA will have had less than $125,000 direct costs of combined research funding (excluding NIH training and NIH career awards). This R21 will support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources and seeks to facilitate transition to research independence. The R21 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.”
Amount: $125,000 in direct costs/year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Cancer Institute
Title: Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: October 16, 2021, February 16, 2022
Purpose: “This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages grant applications from investigators interested in conducting basic research studies into the biological/genetic causes and mechanisms of cancer health disparities. These awards will support pilot and feasibility studies designed to investigate biological/genetic bases of cancer health disparities, such as (1) mechanistic studies of biological factors associated with cancer health disparities, (2) the development and testing of new methodologies and models, and (3) secondary data analyses. This FOA is also designed to aid and facilitate the growth of a nationwide cohort of scientists with a high level of basic research expertise in cancer health disparities research who can expand available resources and tools, such as biospecimens, patient derived models and methods that are necessary to conduct basic research in cancer health disparities. In addition, the FOA will further the development of scientific areas, providing support for early-stage exploratory projects that lead to future in-depth mechanistic studies (such as R01 projects) of the biology of cancer health disparities.”
Amount: $275,000 in direct costs over two years
Funding Agency: American Nurses Foundation
Title: The Reimagining Nursing Initiative
Application Deadline: October 25, 2021
Purpose: “The Foundation seeks proposals from nurses, academicians, informaticists, computer scientists, developers, and organizations working to transform nursing education, technology and direct reimbursement care models. We are seeking bold, innovative, and risky (but not reckless) ideas that will ensure that nurses have access to the knowledge and tools to deliver exemplary care, and the environments in which they can do that important work.”
Amount: $500,000-$1,500,000 over three years
Funding Agency: Collins Aerospace
Title: Redefining Futures
Application Deadline: October 31, 2021
Purpose: “Collins Aerospace is changing the way we approach corporate social responsibility to look not only at what we can do here and now, but to consider the impact we can make on future generations around the world. We call it Redefining Futures. This bold new approach embodies our company’s commitment to solving some of society’s toughest challenges. To increase our impact locally and globally, we are aligning our volunteer activities, civic leadership and corporate giving around three pillars: 1) Inspiring our youth to pursue careers in engineering and technology, 2) Investing in our current and future workforce, 3) Developing inclusive & sustainable communities. To further our mission, we partner with organizations around the world who align with these pillars and our focus on STEM Education, Workforce Development, and Collins' Community Vitality. If your organization’s mission aligns to our focus, we welcome you to submit a request for support.”
Amount: $10,000-$20,000
Funding Agency: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Title: Southern Great Plains Grassland Program 2022 Request for Proposals
Application Deadline: November 4, 2021
Purpose: “The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is soliciting proposals to conserve and restore grasslands and wildlife species in the Southern Great Plains. The Southern Plains Grassland Program seeks to work closely with nonprofit and government partners and the ranching community to bring important financial and technical resources to improve grassland ecosystem health and resilience to climate change in the Southern Great Plains. These actions will boost the vitality of this often-overlooked ecosystem, providing benefits to wildlife and to rural, ranching based communities. These actions increase the ability of grasslands to store carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and provide key benefits to address climate change. The Southern Plains Grassland Program anticipates awarding approximately $1.5 million in grants. Major funding partners include Sysco, Cargill and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Projects in the following areas are eligible for Southern Plains Grasslands support: Eastern Colorado, Kansas, southern Nebraska, Northeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle.”
Amount: The Southern Plains Grassland Program will award approximately $1.5 million this cycle to 10-15 grants. Grants may be up to three years in length. A minimum match requirement of 1:1 is required and will be considered in application review.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Autism Centers of Excellence: Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: November 9, 2021
Purpose: “The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and partnering Institutes invite applications for the Autism Centers of Excellence: Centers Program, hereafter termed “ACE Centers”. The P50 mechanism allows for integrative, multi-disciplinary, coordinated programs of research that demonstrate cohesion and synergy across research projects and cores. A companion FOA (RFA-HD-22-007) invites applications for ACE Networks supported by the R01 mechanism.”
Amount: Applications may request up to $1.5 million in direct costs per year (excluding subaward F & A costs) and need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Title: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two nominations, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by November 9, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by December 7, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by January 7, 2022.
Purpose: Our commitment to enriching the research skills and professional growth of young faculty members at ORAU member institutions is embodied in the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Program. These competitive research awards provide seed money for junior faculty members that often result in additional funding from other sources. The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000. The applicant’s institution is required to match the award with at least an additional $5,000. This is a one-year grant (June 1 to May 31).
Amount: $5,000 with $5,000 in cost match required.
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Title: Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change
Application Deadline: Intent to Apply due November 10, 2021; Full Proposals due December 8, 2021
Purpose: “The Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) Grants Program is intended to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. We accept Intent to Apply forms once a year in this program. We view partnerships as an important approach to knowledge generation and the improvement of education, broadly construed. Over the long term, we anticipate that research conducted by RPPs will result in new insights into the processes, practices, and policies that improve education for learners, educators, families, communities, and institutions where learning and teaching happen (e.g., schools, universities, museums, other workplaces).”
Amount: $400,000
Funding Agency: Russell Sage Foundation
Title: Social, Political and Economic Inequality
Application Deadline: Letter of Inquiry due November 10, 2021
Purpose: “The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality supports innovative research on the factors that contribute to social, political and economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect social, psychological, political, and economic outcomes, including educational access, job opportunities, social mobility, civic participation and representation, and the transmission of advantage and disadvantage within and across generations.”
Amount: $175,000
Funding Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Title: National Leadership Grants for Museums
Application Deadline: November 15, 2021
Purpose: “National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the American public.”
Amount: $5,000-$750,000
Funding Agency: American Council of Learned Societies
Title: Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism and International Affairs Collaborative Programming Grants
Application Deadline: November 15, 2021
Purpose: “ACLS invites proposals for Collaborative Programming Grants offered by the Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs, made possible by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation. The program aims to deepen public understanding of religion by advancing innovative scholarship on religion in international contexts and equipping individual scholars and institutions of higher education with the capacities to connect their work to journalism and the media and to engage audiences beyond the academy.”
Amount: $45,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
Application Deadline: November 16, 2021
Purpose: “The Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science program is providing information on the newly revised Solicitation: NSF 21-606 via a webinar on September 17th, 2021 starting at 3:00 pm ET. The Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science program supports authentic summer research experiences for K-14 educators to foster long-term collaborations between universities, community colleges, school districts, and industry partners. With this solicitation, the Directorates for Engineering (ENG) and Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) focus on a reciprocal exchange of expertise between K-14 educators and research faculty and (when applicable) industry mentors.”
Amount: The maximum total request for a Site is $600,000 for a duration of up to three years. Supplements are limited to a maximum of $10,000 per teacher and/or community college faculty for a duration of one year, subject to the availability of funds.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: November 18, 2021
Purpose: “The NIH Research Education Program (U25/UE5) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. The overarching goals of the NIH U25/UE5 program are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (2) encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research; (3) help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and (4) foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. The overarching goal of the MOSAIC UE5 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, for example those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, to pursue independent, tenure-track or equivalent, research-intensive faculty positions. To accomplish the stated overarching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development and Mentoring Activities (as described below). The program provides support for well-designed courses for skills development and mentoring activities to prepare cohorts of postdoctoral and early-career faculty scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent, tenure-track or equivalent, research-intensive faculty careers.”
Amount: $250,000 in direct costs/year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: November 29, 2021
Purpose: “This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites submission of Program Project (P01) applications to support integrated, multi-project research programs examining the pathways by which technology and digital media (TDM) exposure and usage impact developmental trajectories and health outcomes in early childhood (ages birth-8) and adolescence (ages 9-17).”
Amount: Application budgets need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project and are limited to no more than $1 Million/year in direct costs excluding consortium/contractual F&A costs.
Funding Agency: Brady Education Foundation
Title: Proposals for Program Evaluations
Application Deadline: Phase 1 Inquiries due December 1, 2021
Purpose: “The Foundation is currently accepting proposals focused on evaluating programs that have the potential of helping to close the opportunity and resulting achievement gaps associated with race and family income.”
Amount: not specified
Funding Agency: American Heart Association
Title: Career Development Award
Application Deadline: December 6, 2021
Purpose: “Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals in the early years of first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease research.”
Amount: $231,000 over three years
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: December 15, 2021
Purpose: “The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support Implementation Science for Cancer Control in People Living with HIV (PLWH) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) to accelerate the integration of evidence-based cancer control interventions for PLWH by leveraging existing HIV treatment and prevention infrastructure. Specifically, this FOA solicits applications that will identify, understand, and develop strategies to address barriers to the adoption, integration, and sustainability of evidence-based cancer control interventions among PLWH in LMICs and generate data in LMICs that can inform effective and equitable implementation of evidence-based cancer control for PLWH worldwide. Responsive applications should include multi-disciplinary teams of researchers with expertise in HIV, cancer, and implementation science to address the cancer control needs of PLWH populations specific to the proposed LMIC context.”
Amount: Application budgets are limited to $500,000 in direct costs per year.
Funding Agency: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Title: Cancer Research Grants
Application Deadline: December 31, 2021
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 which will allow establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers, or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers. It is anticipated that this early stage funding by the Foundation may lead to subsequent and expanded support using government agency funding. Project relevance to cancer detection, treatment, or cure should be clearly identified.”
Amount: By design, there are no limits set on the amount that can be requested. It must be reasonably supported by the scope of the project outlined in the application.
Funding Agency: The American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium
Title: 2022-2023 Research Grants – please email proposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the solicitation.
Application Deadline: January 3, 2022
Purpose: “The American Athletic Conference (The American) Academic Consortium is pleased to announce the 2022-23 American Athletic Conference Research Grant Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on college athletics designed to promote student-athlete welfare; and (2) to assist The American member institutions and intercollegiate athletics programs in evidence-based practice for student athletes.”
Amount: $15,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Title: Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: January 11, 2022
Purpose: “This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support pilot, feasibility or exploratory research in priority areas in substance use epidemiology, prevention, and health services, including: 1) responses to sudden and severe emerging drug issues (e.g. the ability to look into a large and sudden spike in opioid or synthetic cannabinoid use/overdoses in a particular community); 2) responses to emerging marijuana trends and topics related to the shifting policy landscape, related to imminent policy change; 3) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive prescription drug abuse research opportunities (e.g., new state or local efforts); 4) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive medical system issues (e.g. opportunities to understand addiction services in the evolving health care system); 5) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal or juvenile justice opportunities (e.g. new system and/or structural level changes) that relate to drug abuse and access and provision of health care service; 6) partnerships between researchers and state or local organizations to support the evaluation of new local policies, programs, or practices in response to public health emergencies (e.g., the opioid crisis); 7) research examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted drug markets and overdose risk.”
Amount: $275,000 in direct costs over two years
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy: American Made Challenges
Title: Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize
Application Deadline: TBD
Purpose: “Through the Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize, DOE aims to create an inclusive and just innovation ecosystem in climate and energy technologies. Funds will support underrepresented groups and organizations with ongoing or proposed incubation, acceleration, and other community-based innovation services, as well as boost first-time applicants, people, and organizations from underrepresented communities, underserved and frontline communities, and individuals from other nontraditional backgrounds.”
Amount: Up to 10 organizations will share a total prize pool of up to $2.5 million.
Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
Application Deadline: Rolling
Purpose: “Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders—anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health and improve health equity and well-being for generations to come. The changes we seek require diverse perspectives and cannot be accomplished by any one person, organization or sector.”
Amount: Not an explicit range for budget requests
Funding Agency: Simons Foundation
Title: Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Application Deadline: Rolling; Letters of Intent accept anytime
Purpose: “The program is intended to support high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis.”
Amount: There is no recommended or assumed funding level for this program.
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 – Sept & Oct - varies based on discipline
Computational & Data-Enabled Science and Engineering – Sept & Oct – 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
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics – August 26, 2021
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences – proposals accepted anytime
Physics – Nov & Dec – varies by topic
Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace – Sept 30, 2021
Security and Preparedness – Jan 15 and Aug 15 annually
Social Psychology – Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
Sociology – Jan 15 and Aug 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
Computer Science for All (CS for All) – Feb 9, 2022
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
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Program – Proposals accepted anytime after Oct 16, 2021
Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Nov/Dec 2021
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities Program –accepted anytime
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) – Feb 22 annually
Expeditions in Computing – Varies by topic
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC) – Preliminary Proposals due Sept 8, 2021
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program –May 10, 2022
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) – Jan 12, 2022 and July 13, 2022
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 –November 16, 2021
Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science – Nov 10, 2021
EDUCATION / TRAINING
WSU Office of Research Workshop: Applying to the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund: September 30, 2021
Dr. Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, will present on the topic of applying to the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund (PRF). The next grant application window for PRF is September 20, 2021 - October 15, 2021. Plan to attend this workshop to learn more about this funding opportunity, refine your research ideas and to have more success in applying to the ACS-PRF grant program. Dr. Pugh has over thirty years of experience in the research field of Polymer Science and serves on the Board Standing Committee of the ACS PRF, making funding recommendations for this program related to Committee 7: Polymer Science.
The Office of Research ACS Petroleum Research Fund Workshop will be held online via Zoom on Friday, September 30, 2021 from 12:30 - 2pm.
Please sign up on myTraining or by emailing proposals@wichita.edu
Introduction to the WSU Office of Research Workshops
Topics include WSU Office of Research resources and contact, WSU policies and procedures related to research, finding funding, project budgeting and grant-writing tips. Previously recorded workshops can also be found on the Office of Research website.
See the list of upcoming workshops and sign up to attend
Free NCURA Recording: Developing Compelling Budget Justifications
The WSU Office of Research has purchased this webinar for viewing by WSU Faculty and Staff. “Budget justifications have taken on increasing significance in recent years, moving from explaining to reviewers the basis of cost calculations to persuading them that the items are critical to the success of the project. In this webinar, you will learn how to craft a budget justification that not only conforms to Uniform Guidance expectations but also effectively establishes the credibility of the proposed project. Infrastructure supports will also be explored, including sample questions, templates, and automation. Inserting a few more specific details in targeted places in the narrative and budget justification can earn the essential benefit of the doubt points that elevate your projects into the “Funded” category.”
View the NCURA Budget Justifications Webinar
Environmental Protection Agency: 20 Years of EPA Homeland Security Research – Looking Back and Moving Forward Webinar: September 16, 2021
The U.S. EPA played a key role in the nation’s response to the events of September 11th and the Amerithrax incident shortly thereafter. This webinar will provide an account of EPA’s emergency personnel responsibilities and expertise during the 2001 Amerithrax incident, where letters containing anthrax spores contaminated the Brentwood post office in Washington, DC as well as the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. It will discuss how this incident and the events of September 11th necessitated the establishment of a Homeland Security Research Program at the U.S. EPA. Through the years, the program has built up capability through a foundation of research to assist emergency responders and decision-makers on a number of incidents, such as ricin, water contamination, Fukushima, and Ebola. As the program fulfills its mission by responding to current events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, fentanyl contaminations, and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, it also looks to the future to apply what we know now to what’s potentially to come and ensure the United States is able to prepare for, respond to, and recover from those events.
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Chronicle of Higher Education Virtual Forum: High-Impact Research in a Post-Pandemic World: September 20, 2021
Research universities play a profound role in helping navigate many of the world’s challenges. One prime example is the University of Birmingham, a global research university that has made a contribution to battling the pandemic. Yet, as Covid-19 eventually loosens its grip on the world, how will the University of Birmingham strengthen and develop the impact of its research amid the “new normal”? The university’s vice chancellor, Sir David Eastwood, joins The Chronicle to discuss the university’s research vision, share its research success, and review examples from the last 18 months.
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National Science Foundation: Proposal and Award Policy Update Webinar: September 21, 2021
The PAPPG details NSF’s proposal preparation and submission guidelines, and provides guidance on managing and monitoring the award and administration of grants and cooperative agreements made by the Foundation. The webinar will provide an overview of significant changes and clarifications to the PAPPG that will take effect on October 4, 2021.
Register for 2021 NSF PAPPG Webinar
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: Talent Forward Virtual Series: September 21, 2021 and October 26, 2021
Join us each month as we bring together leading minds to discuss the most pressing issues in education and workforce, focusing on talent recovery. We will dive into topics ranging from the “She-cession” to learning loss and share solutions needed to ensure learners and workers are able to rise from this public health crisis to build more education and workforce pathways for all Americans.
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U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Electricity: Long Duration Storage Shot Summit: September 23, 2021
Long duration energy storage systems – defined as technologies that can store energy for more than 10 hours at a time – are a critical component of a low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electric grid. In alignment with DOE’s Energy Earthshot Initiative, the recently announced Long Duration Storage Shot sets a bold target to reduce the cost of grid-scale energy storage by 90% within the decade. Join thousands of stakeholders for the Long Duration Storage Shot Summit on Thursday, September 23, 2021 to learn more about how we can work together to achieve this goal and create affordable grid storage for clean power – anytime, anywhere.
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Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium 2021: September 29, 2021
Now in its 19th year, the Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium is the oldest annual event of its kind in an EPSCoR jurisdiction. Free event via zoom. Speakers include David Horton, Senior Associate VP for Information & Technology & Chief Information Officer and Henry Neeman, Director OU Supercomputing Center for Education and Research (University of Oklahoma), Margaret Martonosi (National Science Foundation) and Dan Stanzione (Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin).
Register for University of Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium
National Science Foundation: CISE Distinguished Lecture Series: John A. Stankovic: Towards Ambient Intelligence in Smart Healthcare: September 30, 2021
Talk Abstract: Is the Internet of Healthcare Things (IOHT) hype or on the cusp of a healthcare revolution? We believe that wearables, in-situ sensors, machine learning, natural language processing, and the Internet are providing the technological backbone to achieve a true revolution in healthcare. Many challenges remain due to numerous factors including the complexities of human health and the realism of deployment of the technology especially for the elderly. This talk describes our progress towards establishing an ambient intelligence for healthcare. Descriptions of several wearables and conversational-based solutions that support taking medications, exercising, and quality of handwashing will be presented. Voice will be a major modality for this coming revolution. We present a solution for detecting emotion via speech even at significant distances from a microphone and in realistic settings. We also present a novel bi-directional LSTM with Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) for detecting anxiety from speech. We conclude with several observations concerning multi-disciplinary research that requires in-home deployments.
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HSI Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM Hub: Fall & Winter 2021-2022 Grant Writer Webinar Series: October 1, 2021
The NSF HSI STEM Resource Hub hosts grantsmanship webinars to support grant writing efforts for those planning on writing their first grant or engaged in writing a grant for submission. The Fall 2021 Grant Writer Webinar Series features speakers and panelists from the National Science Foundation for sharing important information for writing a competitive NSF grant. Dr. Martha Desmond and Dr. Delia Valles are the hosts for this series. The HSI STEM Hub recommends participation in these webinars if you are currently writing a proposal or are interested in grant writing. Several topics will be presented through the semester; the topic on October 1st is Multifaceted, Transformative Geoscience: NSF Support for the Interconnectivity of Research, Research Infrastructure, People and Societal Resilience.
Register for Upcoming HSI STEM Hub Webinars
High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Virtual Event: October 1, 2021
Hosted by DOE’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, this virtual event will include a plenary session in which DOE will discuss advances in world-class Exascale computers and in emerging Artificial Intelligence capabilities. The event will also highlight how this program develops next-generation computational scientists as we work with industry to meet their technical and business objectives while saving energy for the nation.
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National Science Foundation Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference: October 4 – 8, 2021
The Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF program officers will be providing up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answering attendee questions.
NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference Website
Wichita Startup Week Powered by Koch: October 4 – 8, 2021
In partnership with Techstars, a worldwide network to help entrepreneurs succeed, Wichita Startup Week is 5 days made up of 40 free sessions to help you turn your idea into an item, your app into an investment, or your segment into a star. Comprised of four different tracks, you’ll learn the appropriate skills and strategies relevant to the stage you’re in. Plus, there’s a Hackathon, a Trade Show, a Pitch Competition, and tons of networking and fun to go along with this awesome event.
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XSEDE HPC Workshop: BIG DATA and Machine Learning: October 5-6, 2021
XSEDE, along with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, is pleased to present a two day (virtual, zoom) Big Data and Machine Learning workshop. This workshop will focus on topics such as Hadoop and Spark and will be presented using the Wide Area Classroom (WAC) training platform.
42nd Annual Kansas Economic Outlook Conference: October 7, 2021
For a glimpse into Kansas' economic future, over 700 business leaders turn to Wichita State University, the W. Frank Barton School of Business, and the Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), founders of the Kansas Economic Outlook Conference. The purpose of the conference is to provide insight into current local, state, and national economies, addressing topics of interest to the community. A combination of nationally known speakers and local experts will be on hand to provide perspectives on issues affecting business, industry, education and government.
KS Economic Outlook Conference Website / Registration
2021 NSF Cybersecurity Summit: October 11-13, 2021
The NSF cyberinfrastructure ecosystem presents an aggregate of complex cybersecurity needs (e.g., scientific data and instruments, unique computational and storage resources, complex collaborations) as compared to other organizations and sectors. This community has a unique opportunity to develop information security practices tailored to these needs as well as break new ground on efficient, effective ways to protect information assets while supporting science.
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The National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Communities, Climate Change and Health Equity – A New Vision: October 12 – 14, 2021
As the climate crisis intensifies extreme weather events, increases global temperatures, and accelerates sea level rise, communities least able to respond are bearing the largest burden. This two-day virtual workshop will bring together people with lived experience, environmental health experts, resilience practitioners, and climate scientists to outline the disproportionate impact that climate change has on communities experiencing health disparities and environmental injustice. The workshop will address three critical questions: Where are we now? How did we get here? Where do we want to go? Speakers and participants will share their visions for the future and suggest specific policies decision-makers can implement today to address the intersecting crises of climate change and health inequity.
Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism: October 18, 2021
The Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism will be held at the KU Lawrence Campus on October 18, 2021.
Register for the Tilford Conference
SBIR/STTR Spring Innovation Conference: October 18-20, 2021
Connect with program managers representing America's Seed Fund of over $3.5 billion annually. Learn how to compete for funding and create successful commercialization strategies and partnerships. Network with global industry scouts, early-stage investors, and key federal agency buyers and funders.
SBIR/STTR Spring Innovation Conference Website
Science Gateways Community Institute: Gateways 2021 Conference: October 19-20, 2021
Science gateways allow science & engineering communities to access shared data, software, computing services, instruments, educational materials, and other resources specific to their disciplines. Gateways 2021 will give you diverse options for interaction, a place to share your work, and opportunities to influence the future of SGCI, the gateways community, and the Gateways Conference series.
Science Gateways Community Institute website
Bureau of Justice Assistance: Taking the Call: A National Conference Exploring Innovative Community Responder Models: October 20, 2021
Communities across the U.S. are launching new responses to emergency calls. They are redefining who answers calls for service involving mental health or substance use crises, homelessness, “quality-of-life” issues, and other low-level situations. This event will bring people together from across the U.S. to explore how jurisdictions are serving as laboratories for innovation to ensure that emergency calls receive the appropriate response. The conference will explore the opportunities and challenges of these community responder models and whether or how the approach may improve community health, lessen the burden on law enforcement, and reduce unnecessary justice system contact.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference: October 20, 2021
In response to a congressional request to address NIH efforts related to women’s health research, the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), in conjunction with the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH), will be hosting an event titled “Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference.” The key topics to be discussed, as identified by Congress, are (1) clinical practices related to rising maternal morbidity and mortality rates; (2) increasing rates of chronic debilitating conditions in women; and (3) stagnant cervical cancer survival rates.
Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women Conference Website
NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration: November 1 – 4, 2021
The National Institutes of Health invites you to take part in a unique opportunity to learn more about working with the NIH grants process, programs, policies, and staff at the 2021 NIH Virtual Seminar on Grants Administration and Program Funding.
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2021 PCORI Virtual Annual Meeting: November 17 – 19, 2021
Join us and your colleagues from across the healthcare community November 17-19 for this free event as we highlight our National Priorities for Health, share lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and explore opportunities to help advance PCORI's mission to improve health outcomes for patients and their families. #PCORI2021.
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Free CITI Course: COVID-19: Mental Health for Higher Ed & HealthCare
This two-webinar course provides learners with an opportunity to select a webinar that best meets their needs depending on their setting (hospital/healthcare facility or college/university campus). The remainder of this year will see many settings continue to return to pre-pandemic operations and the challenges and stressors these transitions present can be challenging. In both webinars, learners explore ways to work through those challenges.
CITI Course: COVID-19 Mental Health for Higher Ed and Healthcare
National Cybersecurity Alliance: Cybersecurity Education & Career Resources
Built alongside key public and private partners, including Palo Alto Networks, the National Cyber Security Alliance Cybersecurity Education and Career Resource Library is designed to grow the diversity of the cybersecurity industry and combat the critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals available today. Through the resource library, individuals, educators and public and private organizations will have access to an expansive repository of assets, including in-depth K-12 cybersecurity curriculum overviews, higher education program guides, job training information for career changers and veterans, and more, to help bolster cybersecurity diversity and inclusion throughout the industry, and further expand the cyber workforce.
Check out the Cybersecurity Resource Library
NIH-Wide Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2021-2025
In order to advance its mission and fulfill requirements of the 21st Century Cures Act, NIH will update its Strategic Plan every 5 years. The Strategic Plan outlines NIH’s vision for biomedical research direction, capacity, and stewardship, by articulating the highest priorities of NIH over the next 5 years. In addition, it provides illustrative examples of accomplishments under the last plan and new initiatives under this one. The Strategic Plan was developed through collaboration between leadership and staff across NIH and key stakeholders, including the research community, professional societies, advocacy groups, and the public.
Read more about the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025
New NIH "FORMS-G" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022
This notice informs the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2022.
Read more about the changes - NIH Notice on Forms-G and NIH Blog: Goodbye FORMS-F, Hello FORMS-G
XSEDE Courses
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is a virtual collaboration funded by the National Science Foundation that facilitates free, customized access to advanced digital resources, consulting, training, and mentorship. XSEDE helps the nation's most creative minds discover breakthroughs and solutions for some of the world's greatest scientific challenges.
Check for upcoming courses on the XSEDE Course Calendar
PCORI’s National Priorities for Health
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute occupies a unique place in health care and health research. PCORI funds patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research to assist patients, clinicians, purchasers, policymakers, and the broader healthcare community in making informed health decisions. Guidance from a wide range of health stakeholders ensures that the research and initiatives PCORI funds are relevant and that our stakeholders are engaged throughout the research lifecycle, from developing research topics to ensuring the use and uptake of study findings.
Read More and Watch Webinars on PCORI’s Current National Priorities for Health
Have you received this invite for expensive training that is not sanctioned by WSU?
Live Online Professional Grant Development Workshop
Master the techniques of writing superior winning proposals
Sponsored by the Grant Training Center
Have you been wondering if this training is worth it or how to talk to your supervisor about finding funds for you to attend? No worries, we have some alternative options for you to consider. The WSU Office of Research offers several tailored training opportunities for WSU Faculty and Staff that will meet your budget (because they are FREE!) and that will help you develop your grant and proposal writing skills.
FREE WSU Office of Research Services
Email funding@wichita.edu to:
- Request an individual Research Orientation with the WSU Office of Research team;
- Set up a Pivot account and receive guidance on how to search the database to find funding opportunities;
- Attend Research Workshops that will help you with finding funding, budgeting and writing effective proposals (and much more)!
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