Congratulations to those who received grants in November! Please help the 黑洞社区 community stay informed by forwarding any notices of funding opportunities and/or training sessions to research@wichita.edu for inclusion in the next newsletter. We in the Office of Research wish all of you a restful break and Happy Holidays. Good luck in your research efforts over the next month and year.
Coleen Pugh, AVP for Research
AWARDS
MSA and Value of Transmission Lines and for fair, effective, and reliable operation
PI/Department: Visvakumar Aravinthan, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
Amount: $60,000
Multiphase Capillary Flow Behaviors of Oil and Water trhough Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Multifunctional Porous Membranes for Effective Separation
PI/Department: Eylem Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund
Amount: $110,000
Smart Management for Small Water Systems- Amendment 2
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, Hws of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $123,536
American Job Center and WIOA Performance Evaluation Services
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City of Lincoln
Amount: $25,300
Kansas Museums Association Proposal for Services 2021- 2024
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas Museums Association
Amount: $28,350
Starch Analysis Keith Phase
PI/Department: Crystal Dozier, Anthropology
Sponsor: Kansas Historical Society
Amount: $ 334
Keith Phase Residue 2020
PI/Department: Crystal Dozier, Anthropology
Sponsor: Robert J Hoard
Amount: $ 370
Phase 1 SOS
PI/Department: Debra Franklin, Strategic Initiatives
Sponsor: Martin Defense Group / Office of Naval Research
Amount: $265,730
FMSG: Electrochemical Upcycling of Waste Nitrates for Eco-Manufacturing of Nitrogen-Based Chemicals
PI/Department: Shuang Gu, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Iowa State University / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $140,000
2020 CAE CySP 黑洞社区
PI/Department: Joseph Jabara, Engineering Technology
Sponsor: Natl Security Agency / Department of Defense
Amount: $450,763
Mock Trial - Agevshi
PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,000
Mock Trial - Burvala
PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $4,500
III: Medium: Collaborative Research: Multi-level Computational Approaches to Protein Function Prediction
PI/Department: Dukka KC, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $38,416
TRIO Student Support Services Program
PI/Department: Linda Rhone, Ed-Student Support Services
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $494,929
Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable Composites (MASC) 鈥� Mod 05
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $13,250,000
Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable Composites (MASC) - Mod 06
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $525,400
Wichita Coalition for Child Abuse Prevention Renewal 2
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Department for Children and Families / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $19,000
Agreement for Supporting the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $31,795
Agreement for Coordinating the Kansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KPQC)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $100,014
Syndromic Surveillance - ESSENCE Training and User Manual Development
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $50,000
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Focused Funding Opportunities
For access to account to search for funding opportunities, please sign up and affiliate with Wichita State University using your 黑洞社区 email address. To request assistance with a customized searching please contact funding@wichita.edu. If any of the following opportunities are of interest to you, please email proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible so that a grant specialist may be assigned to assist.
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due Friday, December 18, 2020; 黑洞社区 is limited to being the lead applicant on one proposal.***LIMITED***
Purpose: 鈥淩II Track-2 FEC builds interjurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in scientific focus areas consistent with NSF priorities. Projects are investigator-driven and must include researchers from at least two EPSCoR eligible jurisdictions with complementary expertise and resources necessary to address challenges, which neither party could address as well or rapidly independently. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) research and education activities should seek to broaden participation through the strategic inclusion and integration of diverse individuals, institutions, and sectors throughout the project. Proposals must describe a comprehensive and integrated vision to drive discovery and build sustainable STEM capacity that exemplifies diversity of all types (individual, institutional, geographic, and disciplinary). The development of diverse early-career faculty is a critical component of this sustainable STEM capacity. For FY 2021, RII Track-2 FEC proposals are invited on a single topic: 鈥淎dvancing research towards Industries of the Future to ensure economic growth for EPSCoR jurisdictions.
Amount: $1 - 1.5million (depending on number of participating EPSCoR jurisdictions)
Funding Agency: Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Consortium
Title:
Application Deadline: LOI due Monday, December 21, 2020
Purpose: 鈥淢BArC funds translational research projects that have the potential to improve patient and health care. Awards of up to $200,000 for a year are used for product definition studies (e.g. feasibility studies, prototype development, proof-of-concept studies) comprised of critical go/no-go milestones.鈥�
Amount: $100,000 for one year; 1:1 cost match is also required.
Funding Agency: Mars / American Heritage Chocolate
Title:
Application Deadline: December 26, 2020
Purpose: 鈥淟aunched in 2013, the Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Research Grant, named after the company鈥檚 owner and advocate of the history of the Americas, has a special emphasis on uncovering and sharing chocolate鈥檚 role in global history as well as its influence on heritage and culture. Grant funds will be awarded for project(s) that investigate and/or educate the public on the history of chocolate and/or the chocolate making process from a cultural, historic and/or scientific perspective(s). The scholarship process is competitive, and the awards will be made based on merit as judged by a panel of experts. Educational impact will be at the forefront of this decision process.鈥�
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program
Title:
Application Deadline: Pre-Proposals due noon January 5, 2021
Purpose: The Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program (KNEP) is seeking proposals for a unique NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) opportunity entitled the Rapid Response Research (R3) Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN). The R3鈥檚 purpose is to provide a streamlined method to address research issues important to the mission directorates. Proposals must address topics identified by the involved NASA divisions (see Appendices A-I of the NASA Announcement). Kansas can only submit one NASA proposal per technical area.
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Title:
Application Deadline: January 13, 2021 for Human Health & Community Resilience Track
Purpose: 鈥淭he Gulf Research Program鈥檚 Early-Career Research Fellowship supports emerging scientific leaders as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations, and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in improving offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems. Because the early years of a researcher鈥檚 career are a critical time, the relatively unrestricted funds and mentoring this fellowship provides help recipients navigate this period with independence, flexibility, and a built-in support network.鈥� 鈥淭he Early Career Research Fellowship鈥檚 Human Health and Community Resilience track aligns with one of Gulf Research Program鈥檚 five program areas, and narrows the focus of the fellowship to support the most relevant research to the goals and objectives of the Board on Gulf Health and Resilience. For the 2021-2023 Application Cycle, the Human Health and Community Resilience track goal focuses on contributing to the advancement of health equity in the Gulf of Mexico region or Alaska by considering the social determinants of health.鈥� Note, future tracks will include Environmental Protection & Stewardship and Offshore Energy Safety.
Amount: $76,000 for two years
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due January 13, 2021 by 2pm Central
Purpose: 鈥淭he Foundation鈥檚 mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. One way that we pursue this mission is by investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.鈥�
Amount: $100,000-$1,000,000
Funding Agency: Johnson & Johnson Innovation | JLABS
Title:
Application Deadline: January 15, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淲e invite nurses and nursing students worldwide to submit their nurse-led novel concepts, education programs, protocols, prevention or treatment approaches, screening tools, and consumer product ideas with the power to potentially transform mental health care and well-being for their fellow healthcare professionals or the patients they serve amid the current pandemic environment and beyond.
Ideas may include potential solutions for practice in any setting, including inpatient, outpatient, education, private practice, community, military and VA settings and can address health and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health conditions, and care & treatment considerations for persons with psychiatric and/or substance use disorders.鈥�
Amount: $100,00
Funding Agency: , part of NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
Title: Supplemental Requests for Research Experiences for Teachers
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he NSF LTER program is committed to catalyzing enhancement of diversity in the community of scientists and educators participating in LTER activities. To that end, we are pleased to solicit supplemental requests for Research Opportunity Awards (ROA), Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET). Requests that provide research opportunities for members of groups underrepresented in the sciences, including minorities and persons with disabilities (visible or non-visible), veterans, faculty (especially women) at Minority Serving Institutions or Community Colleges, and teachers from schools located in under-served communities, will be prioritized. For purposes of these supplements, first-generation college students are not considered an underrepresented group.
The LTER program recognizes the value of a deep and lasting interaction between LTER scientists and K-12 teachers for the professional development of the teacher, and the creation and implementation of effective curricula to enhance STEM training for their students. To facilitate the success of this interaction, the LTER program will consider RET requests to support a pair of teachers for two summers and the school year in between. Requests for support for teachers from underrepresented groups or from schools located in under-served communities will be prioritized. Budgets should include stipends for teachers and financial support for the implementation of classroom activities or field trips that emerge from the teachers鈥� research experiences. Funds for LTER personnel are not allowed. RET proposals should clearly describe how teachers and LTER personnel (which may include graduate students and postdoctoral researchers) will collaborate on research projects and curriculum development during summers and the intervening school year.鈥�
Amount: Varies by program activity; interested 黑洞社区 researchers should reach out to a Kansas State University Konza Prairie researcher to learn more about the opportunities and how to collaborate. For more information, please reach out to: Dr. Lydia Zeglin, lzeglin@ksu.edu at Kansas State University.
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 19, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program. The purpose of this program is to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds (including ethnic and racial minorities underrepresented among registered nurses) throughout the educational pipeline in becoming registered nurses. This purpose is accomplished by supporting diploma or associate degree registered nurses as they become baccalaureate-prepared registered nurses, and preparing practicing registered nurses for advanced nursing education.鈥�
Amount: Up to $555,000 per year
Funding Agency: Simons Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: January 28, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he Simons Foundation鈥檚 Mathematics and Physical Sciences division invites applications for Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians to stimulate collaboration in the field primarily through the funding of travel and related expenditures. The goal of the program is to substantially increase collaborative contacts between accomplished, active mathematicians in the United States who do not otherwise have access to funding that could provide support for travel and visitors.鈥�
Amount: Each collaboration grant provides $8,400 per year for up to five years: $6,000 per year for collaboration, travel and research funds for the awardee; $1,000 per year in discretionary funds for the awardee鈥檚 department to enhance the research atmosphere of the department; and 20 percent ($1,400) per year in indirect costs. The five-year grant will commence September 1, 2021.
Funding Agency: American Psychological Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he APF Div. 37 Diane J. Willis Early Career Award: Advances public understanding of mental health and improve the well-being of children and families through policy and service. Encourages promising early career psychologists to continue work in this area. Applicants must: Be psychologists with an EdD, PsyD or PhD from an accredited university and be no more than 10 years postdoctoral.鈥�
Amount: $2.000
Funding Agency: K-INBRE
Title:
Application Deadline: February 1, 2021 by 5:00pm
Purpose: The purpose of K-INBRE research support is to further the ability of Kansas researchers to compete successfully for NIH funds. Within our scientific research theme of Cell and Developmental Biology, focus areas include reproductive and embryonic development, organogenesis, developmental neuroscience, and cellular and developmental pathologies. Core Facility Awards provide funds to institutional core facilities that support the research focus of the K-INBRE Cell and Developmental Biology. Proposals are limited to one year of funding and may be used to support maintenance agreements or equipment purchases. Matching funds are not required but will strengthen the application and provide evidence of departmental and institutional support.
Amount: $10,000 maximum in direct costs
Funding Agency: K-INBRE
Title:
Application Deadline: February 1, 2021 by 5:00pm
Purpose: The purpose of K-INBRE research support is to further the ability of Kansas researchers to compete successfully for NIH funds. Within our scientific research theme of Cell and Developmental Biology, focus areas include reproductive and embryonic development, organogenesis, developmental neuroscience, and cellular and developmental pathologies. Recruitment/Start-Up packages are for the purpose of assisting in the process of bringing in new faculty to K-INBRE Undergraduate Partnership Institutions (includes 黑洞社区) and helping in the establishment of their research laboratories. See application instructions for specific eligibility requirements/limitations.
Amount: $25,000 maximum in direct costs
Funding Agency: Motorola Solutions Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: February 1, 2021 Required Inquiry Form due
Purpose: 鈥淥ur grant program has three primary areas of focus: 鈥echnology and engineering education: Engaging students in innovative, hands-on activities, such as coding, programming, computer science and robotics to prepare the next generation of innovators. 鈥ublic safety education: Providing resources to first responders and the communities they serve and supporting fallen first responders鈥� families; Investing in key policing initiatives 鈥� specifically, preparing youth for public safety careers, conducting school safety training, supporting mental wellness and providing leadership training for women and people of color. 鈥lended programs: Programs that combine both technology and engineering education and public safety education.鈥�
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: February 2, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淥rganizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds.
SoO funds research that advances our fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form and operate. Successful SoO research proposals use scientific methods to develop and refine theories, to empirically test theories and frameworks, and to develop new measures and methods. Funded research is aimed at yielding generalizable insights that are of value to the business practitioner, policy-maker and research communities.鈥�
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
Funding Agency: Global Warming Mitigation Project
Title:
Application Deadline: February 10, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淓ach year, we locate and fund the best climate solutions the world has to offer. To that end, our team is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. We鈥檝e developed five categories, each one addressing a specific sector of climate innovation. Capture & Utilization: Projects in this category are advancing technological and nature-based strategies for capturing and/or utilizing heat-trapping gases from the air or oceans. Energy: Projects in this category decarbonize energy, support zero-carbon energy innovations, and lead the way in improving the supply, distribution, and access of low or zero-emissions energy systems worldwide. Finance: Projects in this category are making financial mechanisms and economics work for greenhouse gas reduction and/or reversal ventures. Social & Cultural Pathways: Projects in this category are changing the way people consider, understand, and act concerning human impacts on planet Earth. They are trying to answer the question: what does it take, socially and culturally, to develop beyond fossil fuels? Transport & Mobility: Projects that apply in this category are reimagining and reinventing all types of vehicles, fuels, and mobility options for both people and products. These projects will confront the carbon footprint of the vehicles themselves and the routes traveled.鈥�
Amount: $25,000
Funding Agency: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Title:
Application Deadline: February 17, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) seeks to support 2.5-year challenge grants in the field of visual proteomics. The ability to view protein molecules in cells and monitor changes in their structure, quantity, distribution, and interactions is key to understanding what causes diseases and finding treatments and cures. This grant program will advance technology development for the field of visual proteomics and aim to obtain near-atomic resolution readouts inside the cell. The funding mechanism will be targeted investments in the form of challenge grants with specified proof-of-concept milestones.鈥�
Amount: 鈥淏ecause hardware, software, and protocol development projects that may be supported by this RFA likely require different resourcing levels, a budget limit has not been set on a per project basis. Proposed budgets should reflect the project scope.鈥�
Funding Agency: US Department of Defense (Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Health Agency)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 18, 2021 鈥� NOTE, only Small Businesses may apply
Purpose: The US Department of Defense releases Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for the SBIR / STTR program three times a year. The most recent BAA opened for pre-release on December 8, 2020. Only Small Businesses are eligible to apply. 黑洞社区 researchers may wish to review the list of topics issued by each of the Department of Defense departments here: .
Amount: STTR/SBIR funding limits apply
Funding Agency: National Institute of Justice
Title:
Application Deadline: February 25, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淲ith this solicitation, NIJ requests proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to examine reentry initiatives that incorporate promising practices, strategies, or programs. NIJ is interested in supporting multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluations of innovative reentry initiatives that: 1) Are specifically designed to address violent, habitual recidivism, 2) Are initiated during an individual鈥檚 incarceration and continue in the community and 3) Address multiple criminogenic needs that can be assessed incrementally.鈥�
Amount: $1,200,000 over five years
Funding Agency: National Institute of Justice
Title:
Application Deadline: February 25, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淲ith this solicitation, NIJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), seeks proposals for rigorous research projects that inform policy and practice in the field of juvenile justice. Specifically, this solicitation seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: (1) juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or (2) deinstitutionalization of status offenders. Applications proposing research outside of these two research areas will not be considered.鈥�
Amount: $600,000 over five years
Funding Agency: NASA in Kansas
Title:
Application Deadline: SRI due February 26, 2021; PDG due March 12, 2021
Purpose: PDG 鈥済rants are intended to facilitate the development of beneficial and promising NASA collaborations.鈥� 鈥淪RI grants are designed to assist investigators in starting research projects having a high probability for sustained growth and value to NASA and Kansas.鈥�
Amount: Three PDG Grants expected for $18,346 each; One single SRI award is anticipated for $152,642. Cost Match is a requirement of both.
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by Monday, January 11th at 12 noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed by January 26 if your application was chosen to proceed. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by February 26, 2021.
Purpose: 鈥淭he goal of the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) program is to develop a diverse pool of scientists earning a Ph.D., who have the skills to successfully transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical graduate training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program is limited to applications from training programs at research-active institutions (i.e., those with NIH Research Project Grant funding averaging less than $7.5 million in total costs (direct and F&A/indirect) per year over the last three fiscal years).鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: NIH 鈥� National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 10, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies to better understand the underlying mechanisms and interplay of biological, psychosocial and structural factors contributing to mood disorders in people living with HIV. Exploratory and high-risk research projects are appropriate for this FOA. Applications testing a fully conceptualized and hypothesis-based solid premise founded with adequate preliminary data should consider applying to the companion R01 announcement RFA-MH-21-116. Basic and preclinical research in domestic and international settings are of interest. Multidisciplinary research teams and collaborative alliances are encouraged but not required.鈥�
Amount: Direct Costs may not exceed $275,000 over two years
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 1, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he Broad PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) seek investigator-initiated applications for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects aligned with our priority areas for research. This PFA covers the following four priority areas: Addressing Disparities; Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options; Communication and Dissemination Research, and Improving Health Systems. Applications should address needs of patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders in making personalized clinical decisions across a wide range of conditions, populations, and treatments.鈥�
Amount: Addressing Disparities; Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options; and Improving Healthcare Systems: up to $3 million (Small) - up to $5 million (Large) 鈥� Communication & Dissemination Research: up to $2 million
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Varies by topic.
Advanced Manufacturing 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Applied Mathematics 鈥� Nov 1-15, 2021
Archaeology and Archaeometry 鈥� July 1 and December 20 annually
Astronomy and Astrophysics 鈥� Oct 1-Nov 15, 2021
Biological Anthropology 鈥� July 20 and Jan 20 annually
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Biophotonics 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Biosensing 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Cellular and Biochemical Engineering 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs 鈥� varies based on discipline
Computational & Data-Enabled Science and Engineering - Varies
Cultural Anthropology 鈥� Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 鈥� Nov 17, 2021
Economics 鈥� Aug 18 and Jan 18 annually
Energy, Power, Control, and Networks 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Engineering of Biomedical Systems 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Biology 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Engineering 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Sustainability 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Geophysics 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Mathematical Biology 鈥� Aug 20-Sept 6, 2021
Division of Materials Research 鈥� Oct 1-Nov 1, 2021
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics 鈥揓an 28, 2021
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Physics 鈥� Varies by topic
Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace 鈥� proposals accepted anytime
Security and Preparedness 鈥� Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
Smart and Connected Health 鈥� Dec 11 annually
Social Psychology 鈥� July 15 and Jan 15 annually
Sociology 鈥� Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
Statistics 鈥� Dec 1-15 annually
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Varies by topic 鈥� click each topic to learn more about these special program opportunities.
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鈥� October 31, 2021 for CMI, CLP, ECS and MSN; September 30, 2021 for CAT, CSDM-A, CSDM-B, CTMC, SYN
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鈥� Feb 22 annually
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鈥� Preliminary Proposals due Mar 10, 2021
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EDUCATION/TRAINING
NIH鈥檚 National Cancer Institute Pre-Application Webinar: January 8, 2021
The National Institutes of Health鈥檚 National Cancer Institute will host a pre-application webinar for those interested in applying to NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Outstanding Early Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00).
NIH鈥檚 National Cancer Institute Pre-Application Webinar: January 12, 2021
NCI announced a new partnership with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to co-fund Cancer Grand Challenges (CGC), an international research initiative to address major, unresolved questions in cancer research. The Challenges are developed through engagement with the scientific community to identify urgent research questions for which progress would have a transformative impact on cancer research. The program is designed to support international, multidisciplinary teams proposing bold initiatives with awards of up to 拢20 million (~$25M) over 5 years. As this is a new funding opportunity from both NCI and CRUK that involves new award and program management approaches, a pre-application webinar will be conducted to provide clarity around the following: Unique program features and requirements, Unique application and review process, Joint NCI and CRUK management of active awards.
Kansas K-INBRE 19th Annual Symposium: January 14 & 15, 2021
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 鈥渃ritical mass鈥� 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.
GrantStation Free Webinar: Proposal Writing-What the Pros Know: January 19, 2020
鈥淭his free webinar will give you a comprehensive introduction to proposal writing, outline what should be included in each proposal component, and help you steer clear of the most common pitfalls. This fast-paced online event will provide an overview of the building blocks necessary for a strong grant proposal.鈥� Geared toward nonprofit professionals.
Hanover Research: January 22, 2021
黑洞社区 is partnering with Hanover Research to provide faculty with opportunities designed to increase your grant-writing success and research competitiveness. These webinars build upon our in-house workshop series, and attendance therefore requires participation in one or more previous 黑洞社区 Office of Research workshops or with prior approval from Fran Cook, Training Manager.
- Good vs Fundable Proposals Webinar - Friday, January 22, 2021, 10am - 12pm. This training will explore the difference between a good project and a fundable one, with particular emphasis on how to speak to funders鈥� expectations around innovation. A panel of grant consultants from a range of backgrounds will follow.
- Faculty Consultations - Friday, January 22, 2021 - If you register and attend one or more of the Hanover webinars on October 30th or January 22nd, you will have a chance to receive a one-on-one consultation with a grant consultant expert from Hanover Research, who specializes in your area of research. Only eight slots are available and faculty (or groups of faculty with similar interests) must provide a white paper in advance of the Faculty Consultation to be considered for this opportunity.
Email proposals@wichita.edu to Register for Hanover Workshops
黑洞社区 Office of Research Workshop: NIH R15: January 27, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Please join the Office of Research at a virtual webinar to hear from 黑洞社区 researcher experts who will discuss the National Institutes of Health鈥檚 R15 funding mechanism and applying to NIH overall. The R15 is now known as a Research Enhancement Award. 黑洞社区 is eligible to receive Research Enhancement Awards, which support small-scale research projects at institutions that have not received major NIH support. NIH R15 funding goals include: 1) supporting meritorious research, 2) exposing students to research and 3) strengthening the research environment of the institution. Dr. Moriah Beck, Associate Professor of Chemistry, will discuss her experience in receiving an NIH R15 award at 黑洞社区, and her service as a reviewer on three NIH review panels. Dr. George Bousfield, Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, will discuss his research success, having received large multi-year, and multi-project PO1 (Research Program Project Grant) grants from NIH.
Email proposals@wichita.edu or register through MyTraining
CITI Program Free COVID-19 Training Courses
Participating in Vaccine Research is now available as part of CITI鈥檚 COVID-19 training which already includes Remote Contact Tracing and COVID-19: Back to Campus courses. There are over 200 vaccines under development to combat COVID-19 and a need for thousands of volunteers to participate in trials in upcoming months. The Participating in Vaccine Research webinar covers the basics of what individuals should expect while participating in vaccine trials, their rights, essential questions they should ask before agreeing to participate, and how to find COVID-19 vaccine trials that are recruiting. -
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