Congratulations to those who received grants in October! The Office of Research thanks you for your creativity, diligence, and resilience in seeking funding and managing your grants. We wish you a joyous Thanksgiving with friends and family.
Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research
AWARDS
IMPROVING FLAME RETARDANCY OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES VIA MODIFIED FIRE-RESISTANT RESINS AND METALLIC SURFACE FILM COATINGS
PI/Department: Ramazan Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering
Co-PI/Department: Eylem Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: TAI USA, Inc.
Amount: $125,000
MYOPALLADIN鈥橲 ROLE IN CARDIAC MUSCLE FUNCTION AND DISEASE
PI/Department: Moriah Beck, Chemistry
Sponsor: Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $428,473
BUILDING TMF CAPACITY FOR SMALL PUBLIC WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: University of New Mexico / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $95,000
WICHITA STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE CENTER - MOD #D
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $378,500
HEARTLAND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, INC. PROGRAM EVALUATION
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Heartland Workforce Solutions, Inc. / Department of Labor
Amount: $8,978
HEARTLAND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, INC. PROGRAM EVALUATION PROPOSAL
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Heartland Workforce Solutions, Inc. / Department of Labor
Amount: $17,957
AGING STUDIES STUDENT ORGANIZATION: 黑洞社区 BEATS THE VIRUS
PI/Department: Amy Chesser, Public Health Sciences
Sponsor: Kansas Leadership Center
Amount: $1,500
DEFENSE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM
PI/Department: Debra Franklin, Strategic Initiatives
Co-PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: Department of Defense
Amount: $5,000,000
WICHITA ENTREPRENEURSHIP COALITION
PI/Department: Debra Franklin, Strategic Initiatives
Co-PI/Department: Robert Gerlach, Tech Transfer & Commercialization | Jeremy Patterson, Interdisciplinary Innovation
Sponsor: Economic Development Administration
Amount: $750,000
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS AGAINST 3C-LIKE PROTEASE OF SARS-COV-2
PI/Department: William Groutas, Chemistry
Sponsor: Kansas State University / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $218,910
FW-HTF-P: HUMAN-AGENT TEAMING FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK IN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING
PI/Department: Hongsheng He, School of Computing
Co-PI/Department: Enkhsaikhan Boldsaikhan, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng | Saideep Nannapaneni, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng | Gamal Weheba, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng | Yimesker Yihun, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $149,965
MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
PI/Department: Lawanda Holt-Fields, Ed - Ronald E. McNair Program
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $293,316
FAA SAFETY CASE METHODOLOGY - MOD 01
PI/Department: Robert Huculak, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Co-PI/Department: Marcus Pyles, NIAR-Crash Dynamics | Seth Stednitz, NIAR-Crash Dynamics
Sponsor: University of Alabama - Huntsville / Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $11,400
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
PI/Department: Amy Jones, Ennovar/Training & Technology Team
Sponsor: ABI Construction LLC
Amount: $2,000
HICAM (ASTM) MATERIAL TESTING
PI/Department: Matthew Opliger, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $40,397
TRIO TALENT SEARCH - SOUTH
PI/Department: Larry Ramos, Ed - Talent Search Program
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $277,375
AMTC-20-02-053: NEXT GENERATION MATERIALS FOR MISSILE APPLICATIONS - MOD 01
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Advanced Technology International / Department of Defense
Amount: $15,732,546
AMTC-20-02-053; NEXT GENERATION MATERIALS FOR MISSILE APPLICATIONS
PI/Department: John Tomblin, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Andrulonis, NIAR-Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Advanced Technology International / Department of Defense
Amount: $1,306,364
CPO05 HELICOPTER EMERGENCY OIL SYSTEM SORE 26
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Patrick Cyrus, FirePoint Innovations - Aerospace
Sponsor: US Army Research Office
Amount: $1,778,564
INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION PROGRAM, CPO 0005
PI/Department: John Tomblin, FirePoint Innovations - Aerospace
Co-PI/Department: Patrick Cyrus, FirePoint Innovations - Aerospace
Sponsor: US Army Research Office
Amount: $9,230,769
KANSAS SBA FAST INITIATIVE
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Strategic Initiatives Aerospace
Co-PI/Department: Debra Franklin, Strategic Initiatives
Sponsor: Small Business Administration
Amount: $125,000
M113 DIGITAL TWIN
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Shawn Ehrstein, NIAR-CAD/CAM | Melinda Laubach-Hock, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: US Army Contracting Command
Amount: $10,600,000
WISU ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT YEAR 6 - PM027
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $200,000
MULTIMARKET EXIT, MERGER AND COLLUSION: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS
PI/Department: Siyu Wang, Economics
Sponsor: Indiana State University
Amount: $3,940
HYDROPHOBIC CARBON NANOSHEETS AS PASSIVATION LAYER FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY AND STABILITY
PI/Department: Wei Wei, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Amount: $500,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS SECTION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment-Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $10,000
COVID RESPONSE ELC SUPPORT FY22-FY23
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $171,003
GRANT ADMINISTRATION
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $3,251,495
KANSAS TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $39,000
KIDS ARE GOOD BUSINESS SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Childrens Service League
Amount: $4,490
SEDGWICK COUNTY COMMUNITY LEADERS CONVERSATION
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Sedgwick County Division Of Finance
Amount: $7,874
STRATEGIC PLANNING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: InterHab, Inc.
Amount: $3,200
WEST WICHITA GEAR UP (YEAR 5)
PI/Department: Janice Wright, Ed-GEAR-UP
Sponsor: Department of Education-US
Amount: $740,000
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. 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!
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: U.S. HHS: Health Resources & Services Administration
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 at 12noon on November 19, 2021, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by December 8, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by January 5, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淭his notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HICs) Program. The purpose of this program is to provide information, education, technical assistance, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and the professionals who serve them. This program will fund one F2F HIC in each of the 50 states.鈥�
Amount: $96,750
Funding Agency: Trusted CI: The NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Title:
Application Deadline: November 19, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he vision for the Fellows program is to identify members of the scientific community, empower them with basic knowledge of cybersecurity and an understanding of Trusted CI鈥檚 services, and then have them serve as cybersecurity liaisons to their respective communities. They then assist members of the community with basic cybersecurity challenges and connect them with Trusted CI for advanced challenges.鈥�
Amount: Trusted CI selects six fellows each year. Fellows will receive recognition, cybersecurity professional development consisting of training and travel funding. The Fellows鈥� training consists of a Virtual Institute, providing 20 hours of basic cybersecurity training over six months.
Funding Agency: Kansas NSF EPSCoR
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due November 22, 2021; Full proposals (by invitation only) will be due January 13, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淜ansas NSF EPSCoR helps Kansas build its research capacity and competitiveness in science and technology. The First Award program helps early career faculty become competitive for funding from the research directorates at the National Science Foundation by: 1) encouraging early career faculty to submit proposals to the NSF (or other federal funding agency) as soon as possible after their first faculty appointment, and 2) by accelerating the pace of their research and the quality of their subsequent proposals. First Awards are intended to be single-investigator awards to support the PI鈥檚 research program at their institution. The inclusion of Co-PIs, other senior personnel and subawards to other institutions is prohibited.鈥�
Amount: $100,000 in direct costs
Funding Agency: American Diabetes Association
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due November 22, 2021; Full Application due March 7, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he goal of this RFA is to identify person-centered, yet scalable, dietary and lifestyle interventions with the greatest potential for adoption and maintenance of diabetes-preventing or diabetes-mitigating lifestyles by individuals at greatest risk. The breakdown of targeted grant types is: Innovative Clinical or Translational Science, Junior Faculty Development, and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards.鈥�
Amount: $138,000/year - $200,000/year
***LIMITED*** Funding Agency: Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: ***LIMITED*** Because 黑洞社区 may only nominate one faculty member per year, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent by November 24, 2021 at 12noon in case an internal competition is needed. You will be notified if you have been chosen to apply by December 17, 2021. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by February 2, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淭he program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences in departments that grant a doctoral degree.鈥�
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: Environmental Research & Education Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Pre-Proposals due December 1, 2021 and May 1, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he sustainability movement has reached the business models of nearly every industry in the United States, and many companies, municipalities and states have set aggressive sustainability goals that include how waste streams are being managed. The EREF Board of Directors has set an initiative to ensure research funded reflects EREF鈥檚 long-term strategic plan to address all areas of integrated solid waste management, with a strong focus towards research that increased sustainable solid waste management practices.鈥�
Amount: Previously awarded grants have ranged from $15,000 to over $500,000 with the average grant amount in recent years being $160,000. Typical project durations are about 2 years.
Funding Agency: ACI Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: December 1, 2021 (repeats yearly)
Purpose: 鈥淭he CRC mission is to advance the knowledge and sustainable aspects of concrete materials, construction, and structures by soliciting and selecting research proposals, assisting in financing them, and publishing results, in coordination with ACI technical committees.鈥�
Amount: $50,000 in direct costs
Funding Agency: Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE)
Title:
Application Deadline: December 1, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he 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. 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.鈥�
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
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: Mary Kay Ash Foundation
Title: Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant
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 December 3, 2021 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by January 7, 2022. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by February 4, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淭he Mary Kay Ash Foundation, a funding source for cancer research, is currently accepting applications for innovative grants for translational research for cancers affecting women, including but not limited to ovarian, uterine, breast and/or cervical cancer.鈥� Contact proposals@wichita.edu to receive a copy of the solicitation for review.
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title:
Application Deadline: Optional Draft due December 9, 2021; Full Application due January 13, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience: the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity.鈥�
Amount: Planning: $50,000; Implementation: $350,000
Funding Agency: Autism Speaks
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due December 14, 2021; Full (if invited) due February 16, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淎utism Speaks, with generous support from the Royal Arch Research Assistance, anticipates funding one pilot research award, at up to US $60,000 (one year), one predoctoral fellowship award, at up to US $40,000/yr (two years), and one postdoctoral award, at up to US $55,000/yr (two years) focused on understanding, evaluating and/or treating individuals with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), particularly as it relates to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Final funding decisions will be based on the scientific merit and fidelity to the RFA of reviewed applications.鈥�
Amount: $60,000 for Pilot Research Awards; Request for applications .
Funding Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Title:
Application Deadline: December 15, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for effective tools to monitor the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications proposing innovative research to inform effective wastewater sampling network designs which allow for early detection and can provide evidence of spread of infection from national to local levels in a form that can be readily used by public health agencies nationwide to address current and future epidemics/pandemics. Wastewater sampling has been widely deployed during the pandemic as a cost-effective, screening-level approach to assess infection levels in the community. In addition to improved analytical detection methods and understanding of pathogen fate and transport in sewer systems, advancing wastewater-based monitoring will require well-designed sampling networks and public health data integration approaches.鈥�
Amount: $1,000,000
Funding Agency: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Title:
Application Deadline: December 15, 2021
Purpose: 鈥淭he National Trust for Historic Preservation鈥檚 Telling the Full History Preservation Fund is a one-time grant program to interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities across states and territories of the United States. This program is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities鈥� American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations and, as such, is subject to federal rules for award selection and reporting.鈥�
Amount: $25,000-$50,000
Funding Agency: National Institute of Justice
Title:
Application Deadline: December 30, 2021 (Note, because of holiday shutdown, final applications will be due to the office of research no later than 9am December 15, 2021.)
Purpose: 鈥淭he W.E.B. Du Bois Program supports quantitative and qualitative research that furthers the Department鈥檚 mission by advancing knowledge regarding the intersections of race, crime, violence, and the administration of justice within the United States. In FY 2021 under the W.E.B. Program, NIJ seeks applications for funding of investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy interventions at any point during the administration of justice.鈥�
Amount: To be determined by the number of applications received and their merit 鈥� up to $3,000,000 in total funding available.
Funding Agency: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: December 31, 2021; April 30, 2022; August 31, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he 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. By design, there are no limits set on the grant amount that can be requested. It must be reasonably and clearly supported by the scope of the project outlined in the application. Applications requesting more than 5% overhead are usually not considered. Papers verifying nonprofit status and relevant human subject and experimental animal treatment approvals from the recipient institution will be requested prior to project initiation. A final report summarizing financial expenditure and research achievement is required. Recently funded grants: .鈥�
Amount: $90,000-$200,000; no set limits
Funding Agency: NVIDIA
Title:
Application Deadline: TBD 鈥� January 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he NVIDIA Academic Hardware Grant Program endeavors to advance education and research by: Enabling groundbreaking, innovative, and unique academic research projects with world-class computing resources, and Providing educators with a hands-on platform to teach AI, deep learning, and data science to students in any discipline.鈥�
Amount: n/a - Hardware Grant
Funding Agency: The American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium
Title: 2022-2023 Research Grants 鈥� please email proposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the solicitation.
Application Deadline: January 3, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he 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.鈥�
Amount: $15,000
Funding Agency: Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Title:
Application Deadline: January 4, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support for an intensive, supervised (mentored) career development experience in violence prevention research leading to research independence. NCIPC supports K01 grants to help ensure the availability of an adequate number of trained scientists to address critical public health research questions to prevent violence and injury. Applicants must propose a research project that addresses at least one of the research priorities in the interpersonal violence prevention section of the NCIPC Research Priorities () as they relate to violence impacting children or youth (from birth through age 17). These research priorities include: Cross-cutting violence prevention, Child abuse and neglect, Youth violence, Intimate partner violence (teen dating violence), Sexual violence. Applicants are also encouraged to address the following: Multiple forms of violence impacting children or youth, Firearm-related behavior, crime, injuries and deaths among children and youth, Other adverse childhood experiences and related constructs as secondary outcomes, The social or structural conditions that contribute to violence and health inequities across population groups.鈥�
Amount: $150,000
Funding Agency: Department of Commerce: National Institutes of Standards and Technology
Title:
Application Deadline: January 11, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he NIST Metals-based Additive Manufacturing Grant Program is seeking applications from eligible applicants to support significant measurement science research in addressing current and future barriers to wide-spread adoption of metals-based additive manufacturing, such as feedstock, machine, and process characterization; real-time process monitoring and control; increasing process optimization and throughput; rapid qualification methodologies for processes and parts via characterization of surface quality, part accuracy, material properties as well as model-based approaches; and computational requirements for systems integration in advanced additive manufacturing systems including multi-material and multi-laser systems.鈥�
Amount: $957,850
Funding Agency: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Title:
Application Deadline: January 12, 2022
Purpose: 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 2022-2024 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 effects of climate change on social determinants of health.鈥�
Amount: $76,000
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: January 12, 2022
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: Kansas NASA EPSCoR
Title:
Application Deadline: January 14, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program (KNEP) is seeking proposals for eventual submission to a NASA FY 2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). This research opportunity, previously a CAN, includes up to $750,000 in funding for three years. All NASA EPSCoR monies must be cost-shared at a level of at least 50% with non-federal monies. In-kind cost sharing is allowable, but NASA encourages proposers 鈥榯o consider methods that add value to the jurisdiction's existing research capabilities.鈥欌��
Amount: $750,000 with 50% cost share required
Funding Agency: Third Floor Research at the Kansas Leadership Center
Title:
Application Deadline: January 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭hird Floor Research is seeking partners to conduct research on leadership and/or civic engagement activities. Organizations with a leadership or civic engagement effort that are ripe to analyze with research are encouraged to apply.鈥� You are strongly encouraged to first reach out to the Kansas Leadership Center to discuss your project before applying.
Amount: $25,000
Funding Agency: Whitehall Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due January 15, 2022; April 15, 2022 and October 1, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. The Foundation does not support research focused primarily on disease(s) unless it will also provide insights into normal functioning.鈥�
Amount: $30,000-$75,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 18, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments. The AISL program supports six types of projects: (1) Pilots and Feasibility Studies, (2) Research in Service to Practice, (3) Innovations in Development, (4) Broad Implementation, (5) Literature Reviews, Syntheses, or Meta-Analyses, and (6) Conferences.鈥�
Amount: $250,000-$3 million
Funding Agency: American Educational Research Association
Title:
Application Deadline: January 25, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淲ith support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program seeks proposals for Research Grants. The AERA Grants Program provides Research Grants to faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral颅level scholars. The program supports highly competitive studies using rigorous quantitative methods to examine large-scale, education-related data. This research and training program is designed to advance knowledge and build research capacity in education and STEM education and learning. Since 1991, this AERA Program has been vital to both research and training at early career stages.鈥�
Amount: $35,000
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 25, May 25, September 25, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grant (R18) is an award made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R18 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and priority research interests of AHRQ.鈥�
Amount: $400,000/year
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit one application per each college that awards S-STEM eligible degrees, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by January 26, 2022 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to apply by February 16, 2022. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by March 16, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淭he 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.鈥�
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)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 26, May 26, September 27, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to provide a new pathway for Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who wish to propose research projects in a new direction for which preliminary data do not exist. The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant, named in honor of the late National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Director, Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., is open to a broad range of scientific research relevant to the mission of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). Proposed projects must represent a change in research direction for the ESI and should be innovative and unique. A distinct feature for this FOA is that applications must not include preliminary data.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 26, May 26, September 27, 2022
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: Biogen
Title: Grants:
Application Deadline: February 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淔unding 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.鈥�
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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 16, June 16, October 16, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his FOA encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications, and expresses AHRQ priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.鈥�
Amount: $100,000 for a maximum of two years
Funding Agency: Hearing Health Foundation
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Application Deadline: February 25, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭hrough the Emerging Research Grants (ERG) program, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) provides seed money to researchers working on the entire spectrum of hearing research and balance research, including many underfunded areas of otology.鈥�
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health NICHD
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Application Deadline: March 30, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to request applications to develop/adapt and test physical activity interventions for individuals who use wheelchairs due to physical disability. The goal of the proposed interventions should be to safely prevent, or reverse chronic conditions associated with low physical activity such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Inclusion criteria and stratification must be based on functional status rather than the primary condition leading to disability. Interventions that could be applied or easily adapted to large populations of wheelchair users and used in multiple settings are a priority.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. Note, NICHD intends to commit $1.5 million in FY 2023 to fund three awards. The maximum project period is 5 years.
Funding Agency: Gerber Foundation
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Application Deadline: Concept Papers due May 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Foundation鈥檚 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.鈥�
Amount: Up to $350,000
Funding Agency: HALO
Title:
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: Halo is a marketplace and network that moves science forward by connecting scientists directly with companies for research collaborations and funding opportunities. For example, two (of 18) current opportunities include 鈥淩emoving organics from coconut water to improve flavor - PepsiCo鈥� and 鈥淣ovel methods for detecting microbial contamination in aqueous solutions 鈥� Baxter.鈥�
Amount: Varies based on opportunity
Funding Agency: Adobe
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Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: 鈥淓very year, Adobe funds a university faculty research program to promote the understanding and use of data science in the area of marketing. Our goal is to encourage both the theoretical and empirical development of solutions to problems in marketing. Each proposal will address an area of interest relative to Adobe Experience Cloud.鈥�
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
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Application Deadline: Ongoing until new BAA issued
Purpose: 鈥淎FOSR plans, coordinates, and executes the Air Force Research Laboratory鈥檚 (AFRL) basic research program in response to technical guidance from AFRL and requirements of the Air Force. Additionally, the office fosters, supports, and conducts research within Air Force, university, and industry laboratories; and ensures transition of research results to support U.S. Air Force needs. The focus of AFOSR is on research areas that offer significant and comprehensive benefits to our national war fighting and peacekeeping capabilities. These areas are organized and managed in two scientific Departments: Engineering and Information Science (RTA), Physical and Biological Sciences (RTB), and our international offices (EAORD, SOARD, and AOARD).鈥� The 39 Research Interests listed in the BAA include but are not limited to: Dynamic Materials & Interactions, Unsteady Aerodynamics & Turbulent Flows, Aerospace Composite Materials; Computational Mathematics; Information Assurance and Cybersecurity; Mathematical Optimization; Complex Networks; Laser and Optical Physics; Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments; Physics of Sensing; Human Performance & Biosystems; Organic Materials Chemistry.
Amount: $100,000-$300,000 per year is encouraged
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
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Application Deadline: Varies by topic.
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� Nov 1-15, 2022
鈥� July 1 and December 20 annually
鈥� Oct 1-Nov 15, 2022
鈥� July 20 and Jan 20 annually
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� Sept & Oct - varies based on discipline
鈥� Sept 1-30, 2022
鈥� Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
鈥� Nov 24, 2021
鈥� Aug 18 and Jan 18 annually
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� Aug 20-Sept 5, 2022
鈥� Jan 27 & Aug 25, 2022
鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� Nov & Dec 鈥� varies by topic
鈥� Sept 30, 2022
鈥� Jan 15 and Aug 15 annually
鈥� Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
鈥� Jan 15 and Aug 15 annually
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.
鈥� accepted anytime
鈥� Varies by size of application (Small, Medium, Large)
) 鈥� accepted anytime
鈥� Feb 9, 2022
鈥� Oct 31, 2022 for CMI, CLP, ECS and MSN; Sept 30, 2022 for CAT, CSDM-A, CSDM-B, CTMC, SYN
鈥� accepted anytime
鈥� Nov/Dec 2021
鈥� accepted anytime
鈥� Feb 22 annually
鈥� Varies by topic
鈥� Preliminary Proposals due Mar 9, 2022
鈥� May 10, 2022
鈥� Jan 12, 2022 and July 13, 2022
鈥� Aug 30, 2022
鈥� Aug 24, 2022
鈥� Oct 12, 2022
鈥� Nov 10, 2022
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Introduction to the 黑洞社区 Office of Research Workshops
Topics include 黑洞社区 Office of Research resources and contact, 黑洞社区 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.
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Distinguished Lecture on Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment: November 18, 2021
The NSF Directorate for Engineering presents a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Pedro Alvarez of Rice University on "Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment." This virtual event will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 11:00 AM Eastern. This presentation will address emerging opportunities for nanotechnology to meet a growing need for safer and more affordable decentralized water treatment and reuse. Through control over material size, morphology and chemical structure, nanotechnology offers novel materials that are nearly 鈥渁ll surface鈥� and hence can be more reactive per atom than bulk materials. The vision is that these enabling technologies will be leveraged to develop compact modular water treatment systems that are easy to deploy and can treat challenging waters to protect human lives and support economic development.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation Webinar Series: November 30, 2021; December 7, 2021; December 14, 2021; January 4, 2022
Scientists and engineers increase the impact of their NSF-funded research discoveries by developing their technology into a prototype or proof-of-concept through the one of NSF's technology translation programs. The next proposal submission deadline is in early January 2022. Learn more about the program and how to apply by joining an upcoming webinar.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Webinar: Finding EPA Resilience Resources with the Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard: December 1, 2021
This webinar will provide an overview of the Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard and will walk through examples of how to conduct searches and evaluate the results. The wizard was created to help state and local emergency managers, environmental and health agencies, and other users who may not be familiar with EPA resources that help build community resilience to disasters. It may also be useful to tribes, cities and counties implementing resilience or hazard mitigation plans, researchers, drinking water and wastewater utilities, and community or environmental organizations. The Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard is a curated, online repository of EPA tools and resources designed to build community resilience to disasters. The wizard is designed to be used by state, tribal, and local environmental and emergency management agencies. It contains publicly available resources produced by EPA that address how to reduce disaster risks to the environment and human health. The wizard is 鈥渁ll-hazards鈥� as resources may be used for homeland security incidents, other environmental or health emergencies, geophysical disasters, and/or extreme weather. The resources it contains may be used as part of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The wizard lets users use keywords and filters to find the EPA resilience tools that best meet their needs.
HSI Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM Hub: Fall & Winter 2021-2022 Grant Writer Webinar Series: December 3, 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 December 3, 2021 is on Demystifying NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) funding.
Kansas INBRE (K-INBRE) Virtual Symposium: January 13 鈥� 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 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.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference On-Demand Workshops
The NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference recordings are now available online and on demand through the NSF Policy Office Outreach webpage. Recordings are available on Proposal Preparation, Merit Review, Award Management, and for each Directorate (Biological Sciences; Social Behavioral & Economic Sciences; Education & Human Resources, Computer & Information Science & Engineering; Mathematical & Physical Sciences; Geosciences; Engineering).
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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. Upcoming events include 鈥淧arallel Computing Concepts鈥� on January 20, 2022.
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