Congratulations to those who received grants in September! 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
DRIVER VIGILANCE FRAMEWORK FOR LEVEL 2 AND LEVEL 3 DRIVING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
PI/Department: Carryl Baldwin, Psychology
Sponsor: Westat / Department of Transportation-US
Amount: $9,955
BUILDING TMF CAPACITY FOR SMALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: University of New Mexico / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $300,000
US AIR FORCE COMMERCIAL DERIVATIVE AIRCRAFT NON-RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY TESTING & CERTIFICATION
PI/Department: Nicholas Conquest, NIAR-Environmental Test Lab
Co-PI/Department: Andrew Jonas, NIAR-Shop | Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Alion Science & Technology / Department of Defense
Amount: $957,379
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS PROGRAM
PI/Department: Frances Ervin, ED-Educational Opportunity Centers
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $272,751
FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
PI/Department: Debra Franklin, Strategic Initiatives
Sponsor: Martin Defense Group / Office of Naval Research
Amount: $49,980
MIDWESTERN PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING CENTER YEAR 4
PI/Department: Suzanne Hawley, Public Health Sciences
Sponsor: University of Iowa / Health Resources & Services Admin
Amount: $100,000
THICK ADHEREND LAP SHEAR TESTING OF ADHESIVES
PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Vinsensius Tanoto, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) / Department of Defense
Amount: $40,276
DEEP UNDERGROUND NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT (DUNE)
PI/Department: Mathew Muether, Physics
Sponsor: Fermi Research Alliance LLC / Department of Energy
Amount: $7,400
EFFECTS OF THE USE OF CLEANING AND DISINFECTANTS CHEMICALS/PROCESSES IN THE MECHANICAL AND FLAMMABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF AIRCRAFT INTERIORS MATERIALS
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Co-PI/Department: Alyssa Gonzalez, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $302,740
ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (EVTOL) CRASHWORTHINESS: AN INTEGRATED SAFETY APPROACH
PI/Department: Gerardo Olivares, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $249,883
A MULTISCALE MODELING AND X-RAY CT EXPLORATION OF BEARING FAILURE MECHANISMS IN A COUNTERSUNK BOLTED COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - SBIR - PHASE I
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Caleb Saathoff, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Global Engineering & Materials, Inc. / US Navy
Amount: $42,800
TOOL TO PREDICT TRANSIENT SPATIAL-TEMPORAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR PROCESSING AUTOCLAVE-CURED COMPOSITE PARTS - SBIR - PHASE I
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Caleb Saathoff, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Global Engineering & Materials, Inc. / Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Amount: $15,000
TRIO DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES
PI/Department: Vanessa Souriya-Mnirajd, Ed-Disability Services Student Sup
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $294,725
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING GUIDANCE FOR AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND CERTIFICATION
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $3,000,000
ADVANCED FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS GUIDANCE FOR AIRCRAFT DESIGN, CERTIFICATION AND PROCESS CONTROL
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $550,000
CERAMIC MATRIC COMPOSITE (CMC) MATERIALS GUIDANCE FOR AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND CERTIFICATION
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Matthew Opliger, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $750,000
DEVELOPMENT FOR PROCESS SPECIFICATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF SLIT TAPE FOR AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $400,000
DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE FOR A TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDER (TSO) FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $500,000
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER LEVEL BUILDING BLOCK TESTING STANDARDS
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $900,000
EMERGING MATERIALS FOR HIGH-SPEED MISSILE APPLICATIONS
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Advanced Technology International / Department of Defense
Amount: $264,355
EVALUATION OF AGED STRUCTURAL BONDS ON ROTOR BLADES
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Caleb Saathoff, NIAR-Composites & Structures | Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $650,000
EXTERNAL FLIGHT SAFETY STUDY - SA004A
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $25,000
FAA AVIATION SAFETY HUMAN FACTORS ADMINISTRATIVE LEAD SUPPORT (WISU) TO TECHNICAL LEAD OU IN SUPPORT FOR PROJECT WITH WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY - PM030
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $10,222
HIGH TEMPERATURE UNIVERSAL TEST SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $1,362,729
IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Brian Brown, NIAR-CAD/CAM | Shawn Ehrstein, NIAR-CAD/CAM | Melinda Laubach-Hock, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences / Department of Defense
Amount: $18,175,185
SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION AND WSU
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Sponsor: Texas A&M University / Department of Defense
Amount: $25,000
TEAMS3 - WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY - TASK 01
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Missri-Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. / Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $163,125
EMPOWER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK PLAN
PI/Department: Melissa Walker, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Empower
Amount: $8,000
2021-22 VISTA SUPPORT GRANT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Corp for National & Community Srv
Amount: $105,000
KANSAS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES (KCC)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas
Amount: $12,500
KDHE AOS HEALTH EQUITY
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $235,970
SEDGWICK COUNTY CDDO STRATEGIC PLANNING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Sedgwick County Division Of Finance
Amount: $9,500
THE FOOD TRUST KHFI PROJECT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: The Food Trust
Amount: $6,000
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE
PI/Department: Marci Young, Counseling & Testing Center
Co-PI/Department: Jessica Provines, Counseling & Testing Center
Sponsor: Substance Abuse-Mntl Health Srv Adm
Amount: $102,000
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: VIA Art Fund
Title: Artistic Production Grant: Spring 2022 Award Cycle
Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due October 25, 2021
Purpose: “Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 – $100,000. Often exhibited beyond museum walls in public space, these projects feature high levels of thought leadership, artistic production, and public engagement. VIA Art Fund accepts Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) on a semiannual basis for our Fall and Spring award cycles.”
Amount: $25,000-$100,000
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: American Lung Association
Title: Public Policy Research Award
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by October 26, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by November 16, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by December 16, 2021.
Purpose: “This mechanism is designed to help stimulate and inform important public policy debates around healthy air and lung disease. This award supports research on and evaluation of existing public policy and programs, as well as projects that inject innovative ideas into public policies impacting lung health.”
Amount: $50,000 per year, up to two years
Funding Agency: Downtown Wichita
Title: Front Porch Wichita
Application Deadline: October 29, 2021
Purpose: “Front Porch Wichita is a placemaking project that will extend storefronts and restaurants out into the sidewalk and integrate art and culture into the business. This may include outdoor seating, plantings, retail displays, art installations, elements of sanitization and safety, etc. If the business front does not allow enough room for a front porch, one may be erected on the ground or on a moveable trailer (parklet) and placed in front of the business in one or multiple parking spaces. This project is led by Downtown Wichita in partnership with the City of Wichita and is funded in part by the Our Town Placemaking Grant from the National Endowment from the Arts.”
Amount: $10,000 per artist/team
Funding Agency: The Recording Academy, GRAMMY Museum
Title: 2022 Grants – Scientific Research Projects & Preservation Projects
Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due November 1, 2021
Purpose: “With funding generously provided by The Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Museum Grants Program awards grants each year to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of North America, and research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. Grant funds have been utilized to preserve private collections as well as materials at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian and numerous colleges and universities. Research projects have studied the links between music and early childhood education, treatments for illnesses and injuries common to musicians, and the impact of music therapy on populations from infants to the elderly.”
Amount: $5,000 - $20,000
Funding Agency: Biogen
Title: Grants: Medical Education, Patient Education, or General
Application Deadline: November 1, 2021; February 15, 2022
Purpose: “Funding to an eligible institution or organization to support independent medical educational activities for HCPs and researchers; Funding to an eligible institution or organization to support independent educational activities for patients or caregivers; and Funding to support a project or program that does not fit any of the other defined grant categories. Biogen considers requests across a variety of disease areas, including: Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Spinal Muscular Atrophy.”
Amount: Funding amounts requested must be reasonable for the activities proposed and grant funds must be used for the expenses described in the grant application and the grant approval agreement.
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
Title: Technology Innovation to Increase Hydropower Flexibility
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due November 2, 2021
Purpose: “The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) through its HydroWIRES Initiative, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Technology Innovation to Increase Hydropower Flexibility.” The FOA seeks next-generation technologies from manufacturers, equipment vendors, and research organizations to improve the flexible capabilities of the U.S. hydropower fleet. The development of technical solutions to improve hydropower flexibility – either by improving performance across various dimensions of unit-level flexibility, or by reducing potential negative impacts of flexible operations – can improve hydropower’s ability to integrate additional variable renewable resources and support power system decarbonization.”
Amount: Between $1,000,000-$4,000,000
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Taking Action: COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenge
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit one application per category, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by November 2, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by November 23, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by December 31, 2021
Purpose: “The National Science Foundation is announcing the TAKING ACTION: COVID-19 DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION Challenge to U.S. non-profit Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). IHEs are asked to submit entries that describe the systemic strategies that the institution has implemented, and/or will implement, to address the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM undergraduate and graduate education programs, postdoctoral training, and STEM academic careers. Entries will be judged by NSF and three cash winners in each of four categories will be made.”
Amount: Up to $25,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Title: Innovation Award: COVID-19 and Health Equity (U01) Clinical Trials Optional
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due November 2, 2021
Purpose: “The FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) serves to promote and protect the health of diverse populations through research and communication of science that addresses health disparities. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support innovative research that will strengthen and advance COVID-19 health equity research.”
Amount: $1,000,000
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: W.M. Keck Foundation
Title: Research Program
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two applications, Limited Submission Applications must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by November 8, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by November 23, 2021. Concept Papers to the funder (if selected) will be due by December 18, 2021.
Please email proposals@wichita.edu for a list of requirements for the internal WSU limited submission application. Additionally, a webinar about this funder will be held via Zoom on October 29, 2021 – please email proposals@wichita.edu if you wish to attend.
Purpose: “The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas: 1) medical research and 2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Past grants have been awarded to major universities, independent research institutions, and medical schools to support pioneering biological and physical science research and engineering, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies.”
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
*** 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). New Research Category: As a result of ORAU’s partnership with The MITRE Corporation, a new research discipline has been added to the list for you to select from: Health Disparities/Equity. MITRE is interested in promoting multi-disciplinary research that focuses on understanding and addressing health disparities and promoting health equity.
Amount: $5,000 with $5,000 in cost match required.
Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows
Application Deadline: November 9, 2021
Purpose: “Fellows will attain and use leadership experience to improve health, health care, health policy, and health equity. The fellowship requires a full-time commitment with a minimum 12-month residence in Washington, D.C., which prepares individuals to influence the future of health and health care in the nation.”
Amount: Up to six awards of up to $165,000 each will be made in 2021
Funding Agency: Sunflower Foundation
Title: Request for Proposals: Trail Builders
Application Deadline: November 9, 2021
Purpose: “The Trail Builders opportunity will help improve the health and well-being of Kansans by supporting the development of public trails. Proposals from communities of all sizes, locations and backgrounds are welcome. Priority will be given to underserved areas with no existing trails and projects with an explicit intention of increasing diversity among trail users.”
Amount: Up to $55,000; requires matching funds.
Funding Agency: Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation
Title: Firehouse Subs Grant
Application Deadline: November 10, 2021
Purpose: “Our Mission is to impact the lifesaving capabilities, and the lives of local heroes and their communities by providing lifesaving equipment and prevention education tools to first responders, non-profits and public safety organizations. All requests must fall within our funding guidelines via firehousesubsfoundation.org/about-us/funding-areas.”
Amount: $15,000-$25,000 is a guideline. Requests exceeding $50,000 will be denied
Funding Agency: Gerber Foundation
Title: Research Award
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due November 15, 2021, May 15, 2022
Purpose: “The Foundation’s mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving common, everyday problems or emerging issues within our defined focus area. Projects should focus on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. The board is particularly looking for practical solutions that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application.”
Amount: Up to $350,000
Funding Agency: Cancer Research Institute
Title: Technology Impact Award
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due November 15, 2021
Purpose: “The Cancer Research Institute Technology Impact Award provides seed funding of up to $200,000 to be used over 12-24 months to address the gap between technology development and clinical application of cancer immunotherapies. These grants aim to encourage collaboration between technology developers and clinical cancer immunologists and to generate the proof-of-principle of a novel platform technology in bioinformatics, ex vivo or in silico modeling systems, immunological or tumor profiling instrumentation, methods, reagents and assays, or other relevant technologies that can enable clinician scientists to generate deeper insights into the mechanisms of action of effective or ineffective cancer immunotherapies.”
Amount: Up to $200,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Application Deadline: November 16, 2021
Purpose: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing transdisciplinary research with approaches that explore and analyze environmental problems at the intersection of climate change, environmental justice (EJ), and vulnerable populations/lifestages. Specifically, proposed projects should address all of the following research questions: (1) What may be the most influential community-, population- or lifestage-specific vulnerabilities caused by ongoing climate change that would elevate exposure to pollutants or contaminants and further exacerbate the health effects from exposure to pollutants or contaminants in underserved communities? (2) What are the cumulative health impacts of climate change related stressors on vulnerable groups or susceptible lifestages in underserved communities? (3) How can community-based scientific research results be translated and/or applied to provide effective solutions to reduce climate change impacts on human health in underserved communities?”
Amount: The EPA anticipates funding approximately six awards under this RFA. Requests for amounts in excess of a total of $1,350,000, including direct and indirect costs, will not be considered. The total project period requested in an application submitted for this RFA may not exceed 3 years.
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two preliminary proposals, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by November 16, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by December 14, 2021. Preliminary applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by January 14, 2022.
Purpose: “Building upon the network established by the first 18 AI Research Institutes, this National AI Research Institutes program solicitation will fund Institutes comprised of scientists, engineers, and educators united by a common focus on advancing the research frontiers in AI. The program seeks to build a broader nationwide network to pursue transformational advances in a range of economic sectors, and science and engineering fields. AI Research Institutes will have as their primary focus the advancement of multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder research on larger-scale, longer-time-horizon challenges in AI research than are supported in typical research grants. They will accelerate the development of transformational technologies by grounding that research in critical application sectors that can serve as motivation for foundational research advances and provide opportunities for the effective fielding of AI-powered innovation.”
Amount: $4,000,000 per year
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: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Healthy Eating Research (HER)
Title: Healthy Eating Research Special Solicitation: COVID-19 and Socioeconomic Recovery Efforts
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due November 17, 2021
Purpose: “This CFP aims to fund research on how COVID-19-related relief and recovery policies and programs impact child health and well-being. HER is interested in understanding how social and economic programs and policies related to poverty reduction—such as financial payments to families, income assistance programs, housing assistance or housing security programs, and increased access to social services—impact child obesity, diet quality, food security, and other relevant child and family health outcomes among lower-income and families of color.”
Amount: $250,000
Funding Agency: Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE)
Application Deadline: December 1, 2021
Purpose: “The purpose of the Kansas INBRE (K-INBRE) is to strengthen the ability of Kansas researchers to compete effectively for NIH funds by building a “critical mass” of junior and senior investigators, as well as undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows supported with cutting edge technology within a scientific research theme. The scientific research theme chosen for the K-INBRE is Cell and Developmental Biology. The program brings together NIH-funded mentors, trainees, and promising new investigators from each of the three Scientific Partner Institutions to drive forward a major statewide initiative to build Kansas strength in this critical life sciences research area.”
Amount: Budgets for Bridging Grants- R01 -$40,000/direct costs, R21 -$25,000/direct costs; Partnerships for Translational Research Training-$50,000/direct costs; Postdoctoral Awards -$25,000/direct costs for one period of funding
Funding Agency: Brady Education Foundation
Title: Proposals for Program Evaluations
Application Deadline: 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: See website
Funding Agency: Environmental Research and Education Foundation
Title: General Requests for Proposals
Application Deadline: Pre-Proposals due December 1, 2021
Purpose: “Pre-proposal topics must relate to sustainable solid waste management practices and pertain to the following topic areas: Waste minimization; Recycling; Waste conversion to energy, biofuels, chemicals or other useful products. This includes, but is not limited to, the following technologies: Waste-to-energy; Anaerobic digestion; Composting; Other thermal or biological conversion technologies; Strategies to promote diversion to higher and better uses (e.g. organics diversion, market analysis, optimized material management, logistics, etc.); Landfilling.”
Amount: $15,000-$500,000
Funding Agency: Paralyzed Veterans of America
Title: Education Foundation Grant Application
Application Deadline: December 3, 2021
Purpose: “The Education Foundation is focused on funding educational projects that benefit and serve individuals with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease (SCI/D), their families and caregivers. The Education Foundation has six topic categories for funding consideration: Consumer, Caregiver, and Community Education; Professional Development and Education; Research Utilization and Dissemination; Assistive Technology; Consumer Guides; and Conferences and Symposia. These projects should be designed to improve the quality of life for individuals with SCI/D, educate consumers about the consequences of and complications associated with SCI/D, improve the knowledge and skills of SCI/D health care professionals and to prevent the occurrence and complications of new SCI/D.”
Amount: $10,000-$50,000 depending on type of project
Funding Agency: National Academies
Title: Reducing the Burden of Disaster-Related Mental Health
Application Deadline: December 6, 2021
Purpose: “This funding opportunity will support efforts that reduce the burden of disaster-related mental health (DRMH) with a focus on the mental health consequences of acute disasters. Specifically, the outcomes of this opportunity will fill knowledge gaps on culturally appropriate interventions that address (e.g., treat, reduce, prevent) adverse DRMH for at-risk communities that are disproportionately affected by acute disasters.” Note – evidence-based interventions must be focused on the Gulf Research Program’s geographic focus areas.
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Title: Environmental Education Local Grants Program for Region 7
Application Deadline: December 6, 2021
Purpose: “The purpose of the Environmental Education Local Grants Program in Region 7 is to support locally-focused environmental education projects that increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues and provide the skills that participants in its funded projects need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions toward the environment.”
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Title: Sustaining Public Engagement Grants
Application Deadline: December 7, 2021
Purpose: “The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to invite applications for ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants, a responsive funding program made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative. These grants are designed to repair the damage done to publicly engaged humanities projects and programs by the social and economic disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. The proposal must explain how grant funding will repair the negative impact of the pandemic, for example through the retention of displaced or furloughed faculty and staff; remuneration for community collaborators, staff, students, and faculty to engage with the work of the project; and the rebuilding of closed or reduced projects and programming.”
Amount: $50,000-$225,000
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Title: Public Humanities Projects
Application Deadline: Optional Draft due December 8, 2021; Full applications due January 12, 2022
Purpose: “The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Awards support projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Projects should engage with ideas that are accessible to the general public and employ appealing interpretive formats.”
Amount: Planning $75,000; Implementation $400,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Title: Development of Innovative Approaches to Assess the Toxicity of Chemical Mixtures
Application Deadline: December 8, 2021
Purpose: “This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits research focused on the development and evaluation of innovative methods and approaches to inform human health risk assessment of environmental chemical mixtures. Because most of the human chemical body burden involves concurrent or sequential exposures to mixtures of chemicals, methods to make better-informed, timelier evaluations of chemical mixtures of known, or partially-known, composition have long been needed. A challenge in conducting mixtures assessment is the lack of useful hazard and dose response data and other information on chemical mixtures. Potential chemical mixtures exposures of public health concern typically encountered in environmental media may include classes or subclasses of compounds (for example, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances [PFAS], phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs], disinfection by-products [DBPs]), or any other well-characterized mixtures. Applications are being sought that propose approaches and strategies that integrate in vitro, in silico, and/or non-mammalian in vivo methods that can contribute to decision-making science associated with toxicity evaluation and human health assessment of chemical mixtures.”
Amount: $750,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)
Application Deadline: December 8, 2021
Purpose: “The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) umbrella program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). This solicitation expands the CSSI program by adding a new project class: Transition to Sustainability. The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation.”
Amount: Between $200,000-$1,000,000 per year depending on type of project
Funding Agency: Mid-America Arts Alliance
Title: Creative Forces: Connecting Communities and Military
Application Deadline: December 15, 2021
Purpose: “The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). This grant program aims to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma as well as their families and caregivers through experiences of art or art-making.”
Amount: $10,000 - $50,000 in matching grant funds
Funding Agency: Else U. Pardee Foundation
Title: New Treatments or Cures for Cancer 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 grant amount that can be requested.
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 Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS)
Application Deadline: January 7, 2022
Purpose: “The Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) call has an emphasis to help launch the careers of pre-tenure faculty in Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) fields at institutions that do not traditionally receive significant amounts of NSF-MPS funding, such as some minority-serving institutions (MSIs), predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), and Carnegie Research 2 (R2) universities. LEAPS-MPS has the additional goal of achieving excellence through diversity and aims to broaden participation to include members from groups underrepresented in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences, including Blacks and African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders.”
Amount: Up to $250,000 over two years
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)
Application Deadline: January 18, 2022
Purpose: “The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales. Contemporary geographical research is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field's contributions to science, the HEGS Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated, generalizable research in all sub-fields of geographical and spatial sciences.”
Amount: Up to $400,000
Funding Agency: U.S. National Science Foundation
Title: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE:EHR)
Application Deadline: January 19, 2022, July 20, 2022
Purpose: “The National Science Foundation (NSF) plays a leadership role in developing and implementing efforts to enhance and improve STEM education in the United States. Through the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, the agency continues to make a substantial commitment to the highest caliber undergraduate STEM education through a Foundation-wide framework of investments. The IUSE: EHR is a core NSF STEM education program that seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. The program is open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations.”
Amount: Depending on track, up to $2,000,000
Funding Agency: U.S. National Science Foundation
Title: Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences (RaMP)
Application Deadline: January 20, 2022
Purpose: “The Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP) in Biological Sciences program invites the submission of proposals to establish networks to support full-time research, mentoring, and training for recent college graduates who have had few or no research or training opportunities during college in research fields typically supported by the Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO). Fostering the growth of a globally competitive and diverse research workforce and advancing the innovative scientific skills of the U.S. is a strategic objective of the National Science Foundation (NSF). To that end, proposals submitted to this program are expected to create strong evidence-based and inclusive mentorship programs that will advance the goal of creating a competitive and highly representative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the U.S. Transitions into the STEM workforce could include pathways into research-focused M.S. or Ph.D. programs, industry, federal or state agencies, education and research centers, and other STEM careers.”
Amount: The solicitation will support RaMP networks to engage 8-12 postbaccalaureate participants per year for 3 years (each award is expected to support a total of approximately 30 postbaccalaureate participants). Each participant will be supported by a stipend of at least $32,500 per year.
Funding Agency: NIH – National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Title: NIA Career Transition Award (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: February 12, 2022
Purpose: “The purpose of the NIA Career Transition Award (CTA) is to facilitate the transition of mentored researchers to tenure-track faculty positions conducting research that advances the mission of NIA. This award will provide three years of protected time through salary and research support to conduct biomedical research at an extramural sponsoring institution/organization to which the individual has been recruited, been offered, and has accepted a tenure-track full-time assistant professor position (or equivalent). NIA recognizes the active work required to build, develop, and diversify the scientific workforce in aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD) research. The expansion of this pipeline to retain and train promising early-career scientists is necessary.”
Amount: $100,000 per year toward the salary of the career award recipient, plus fringe benefits.
Funding Agency: Hearing Health Foundation
Title: Emerging Research Grant
Application Deadline: February 25, 2022
Purpose: “Through the Emerging Research Grants (ERG) program, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) provides seed money to researchers with innovative approaches to hearing and balance science. HHF now welcomes applications for the 2022–2023 grant cycle.”
Amount: $50,000 per year for up to two years
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy: American Made Challenges
Title: Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize
Application Deadline: February 25, 2022
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: National Science Foundation
Title: NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)
Application Deadline: March 16, 2022
Purpose: “The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable low-income, talented domestic students to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program wants to increase the number of low-income students who graduate and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to fund scholarships and to adapt, implement, and study effective evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities that support recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM.”
Amount: Track 1: $750,000; Track 2: $1.5 million; Track 3: $5 million; Collaborative Planning: $150,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: June 21, 2022
Purpose: “This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites research projects that seek to model the underlying mechanisms, processes, and trajectories of social relationships and how these factors affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall wellbeing. Both animal model and human subjects research projects are welcome; however, clinical trials are not allowed.”
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: n/a
Purpose: “This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) seeks to support new and ongoing basic research that provides a deeper understanding of the biology and molecular mechanisms that determine the outcome of key diet/nutrient/cell interactions during early tumor development. Specifically, studies that examine the tumor preventive or tumor-promoting effects of dietary modulation of nutrient sensor signaling pathways during early tumor formation (initiation and malignant progression from early lesions) in preclinical cell, organoid, and animal models, with the goal of identifying and testing potential molecular intervention targets.”
Amount: n/a
Funding Agency: David Rockefeller Fund
Title: Grants
Application Deadline: letters of inquiry accepted on a rolling basis
Purpose: “The Fund provides support to U.S.-based, tax-exempt non-profit organizations working in Arts, Justice, and Climate.”
Amount: See website for previous grant awards and amounts
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 5, 2022
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics – Jan 27 & Aug 25, 2022
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences – proposals accepted anytime
Physics – Nov & Dec – varies by topic
Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace – Sept 30, 2022
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) – Oct 31, 2021 for CMI, CLP, ECS and MSN; Sept 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 Mar 9, 2022
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program –May 10, 2022
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) – Jan 12, 2022 and July 13, 2022
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program – Aug 30, 2022
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – Aug 24, 2022
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science –Nov 16, 2021
Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science – Nov 10, 2021
EDUCATION / TRAINING
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
NIH Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Listening Session: October 20, 2021
On August 11, 2021, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) participated in a listening session with stakeholders on the proposed Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H). NIBIB Director Dr. Bruce Tromberg was joined by leaders of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research, and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine to discuss the benefits of ARPA-H to advances in bioengineering and biomedical imaging. The session also included the Directors and stakeholders of the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Library of Medicine. A listening session to provide the community a forum for responding to the summary report by OSTP, including what may be missing or need modification, and provide input on how ARPA-H can engage effectively with stakeholders will be held on October 20, 2021.
NIH ARPA-H Recording and Upcoming Listening Session
Library of Congress Informational Webinar for Three Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Grants: October 25, 2021
The Library of Congress will be hosting webinars to share information about the three open grant programs in the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative. During this webinar, Library of Congress staff will discuss the program, describe the application process and address questions about the grant opportunity.
Register for Library of Congress Webinar
Preparing Successful NSF S-STEM Proposals – an NSF Online Proposal-Writing Workshop: applications due October 25, 2021
An online workshop and webinar series to develop competitive NSF S-STEM proposals. The workshops are designed to occur biweekly beginning on Friday 5 November 2021, with one-on-one mentoring of proposal development teams available through the program deadline of 16 March 2022. Preference is given to workshop applications received by 25 October 2021.
Email proposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the workshop flyer
Heartland Federal Partners’ Grant Writing Virtual Workshop Series: October 26, October 28 and November 3, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 (IA, MO, KS, NE), in partnership with the Kansas State Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program, the EPA Region 7 States, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the United States Department of Agriculture – Rural Development (USDA-RD), and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) invites you to attend a free virtual grant-writing workshop series to learn about the fundamentals of applying for federal grants.
Register for Grant Writing Series
From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality Virtual Webinar: October 28, 2021
Social science excels at advancing our understanding of how much inequality exists, what its sources are, and what consequences ensue. But comparatively little research aims to build understanding of policies or programs that can reduce inequality. In this dynamic virtual forum, From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality, co-sponsored by the Institute of Human Development and Social Change at New York University (NYU), the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), the Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality at Columbia University, and the William T. Grant Foundation, Special Collection authors and discussants will examine the potential of research to help build and strengthen efforts to address inequality, as well as delineate pathways through which research may lead to large-scale social change.
WSU Office of Research Presents a Workshop about the W.M. Keck Foundation: October 29, 2021, 10am
Dr. Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, will present on the topic of applying to the W.M. Keck Foundation. The next internal WSU due date to submit a concept paper is November 8, 2021. The W.M. Keck Foundation research program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas: 1) medical research and 2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Please attend the workshop to find out more about this funding opportunity!
Email proposals@wichita.edu to attend.
Committee on the Future of NSF EPSCoR: Online Public Comments due October 29, 2021
NSF has embarked on a year-long visioning activity to guide the future of NSF's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), led by an external committee of national experts. The states, territories, and commonwealths served by NSF EPSCoR have made impressive advances in their efforts to achieve sustainable competitiveness in STEM research. The program continues to employ several investment strategies to advance its mission, helping to build a culture of research excellence across institutions and disciplines among its jurisdictional partners. Consideration will be given to all comments submitted online by October 29, 2021. Stakeholders can submit comments anonymously. Stakeholders who include their contact information may receive an email to follow up on their input and/or an invitation to participate in a future opportunity through the Future of NSF EPSCoR visioning activity. Comments can be submitted without providing contact information. Name and email entries are optional.
Submit Comments to Committee on the Future of NSF EPSCoR
U.S. Department of Energy: Advanced Manufacturing Office Webinars: October 2021
October is Energy Awareness Month, the annual national effort to highlight the importance of energy to our national prosperity and security. To celebrate, the Advanced Manufacturing Office is hosting a series of free webinars. In partnership with DOE’s Better Plants program, these webinars will help attendees understand strategies to master their energy use, learn best practices from energy efficiency goal achievers, and learn more about the latest developments in AMO’s work to help support manufacturers across the industrial sector.
Register for Energy Awareness Month webinars
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.
Register for NIH Virtual Seminar
NAE-GRP Colloquium: Opportunities and Challenges in Offshore Wind: November 5, 2021
Interest in the development of offshore wind is continuing to grow, as more governments and industries are committing to net-zero goals. This trend is gaining momentum in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) as well. Energy generated by offshore wind will be an important component of reaching net-zero emissions. In order to ensure that offshore wind is best integrated into the U.S. energy landscape, the complex technical and political frameworks must be understood. During this colloquium, our panel of experts in research, policy, and technology will discuss the value of offshore wind energy in the United States, highlighting opportunities and challenges in the sector as it aims to meet the nation’s clean energy goals.
HSI Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM Hub: Fall & Winter 2021-2022 Grant Writer Webinar Series: November 5, 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 November 5, 2021 is Opportunities with HSI and IUSE. Program Officers from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) will describe opportunities in the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program and the IUSE: Hispanic Serving Institutions program.
Register for Upcoming HSI STEM Hub Webinars
NSF LEAPS-MPS Webinar: November 9, 2021
The Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) (NSF 22-503) program supports tenure-track (or equivalent) but non-tenured faculty members at institutions of higher education in MPS who have not previously served as principal investigators, co-principal investigators, on an NSF-funded research award. We particularly encourage submissions from applicants at R2 institutions, as defined in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), as well as minority-serving institutions (MSIs), including historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions (AANAPISIs). As part of the proposal, applicants should include a discussion of how the proposed research activities will facilitate development of a subsequent research proposal, and present a plan that demonstrates the way in which the proposed activities will increase the participation of scientists who are underrepresented minorities, ultimately helping to create role models for the scientific workforce of the future. Please join us on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM CST for information on the LEAPS-MPS program.
Register for NSF LEAPS-MPS Webinar
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.
Register for PCORI Virtual Annual Meeting
Kansas INBRE (K-INBRE) Virtual Symposium: January 13 – 14, 2022
The purpose of the Kansas INBRE (K-INBRE) is to strengthen the ability of Kansas researchers to compete effectively for NIH funds by building a “critical mass” of junior and senior investigators, as well as undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows supported with cutting edge technology within a scientific research theme. The scientific research theme chosen for the K-INBRE is Cell and Developmental Biology.
Register for K-INBRE Virtual Symposium
ICYMI: U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Electricity: Long Duration Storage Shot Summit Recording Available
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.
View Recording here: Dept of Energy Long Duration Storage Shot Summit
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
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
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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