September 19, 2022
Congratulations to those who received grants in August! Thanks to all of their talents and hard work, as of August 31, 2022, 黑洞社区 researchers under Academic Affairs have submitted proposals budgeting a total of $19,473,717, received $9,089,872 in awards, and generated $771,294 in indirect cost recovery thus far for FY2023.
This month鈥檚 newsletter provides an opportunity to get to know a little about Shelly Magee in her role as the Office Coordinator for the Office of Research in Academic Affairs.
We all wish you much success in your research efforts over the next month.
Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research
AWARDS
MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 500 MHZ NMR FOR EXPANDING RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN THE WICHITA REGION
PI/Department: James Bann, Chemistry
Co-PI/Department: Moriah Beck, Chemistry | William Groutas, Chemistry | Katie Mitchell-Koch, Chemistry | Haifan Wu, Chemistry
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $606,305
SEDGWICK COUNTY CONSULTATION AGREEMENT
PI/Department: Andra Bannister, School of Criminal Justice
Sponsor: Sedgwick County
Amount: $50,926
THE AGING PITUITARY/GONADAL AXIS
PI/Department: George Bousfield, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $344,492
BUILDING BACK OUR NATION鈥橲 WATER INDUSTRY WORKFORCE: INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE WATER LEADERS
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Syracuse University / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $90,000
CONTRACT 100021 O4 BOARD/OWNERS TECHNICAL, MANAGERIAL AND FINANCIAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING/WORKSHOPS TO NEBRASKA'S COMMUNITY AND NON-TRANSIENT NON-COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS (SYSTEM) SERVING POPULATIONS OF 10,000 OR LESS
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: State of Nebraska
Amount: $128,278
KANSAS WASTEWATER RETROSPECTIVE CASE STUDIES
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas
Amount: $34,962
PROVIDING INTEGRATED TECHNICAL, MANAGERIAL, AND FINANCIAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: University of New Mexico / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $282,422
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS FOR NUTRIENT REDUCTIONS
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas
Amount: $415,000
KEEN PARTNER SUPPORT PACKAGE
PI/Department: Gary Brooking, Engineering Technology
Sponsor: Kern Family Foundation, Inc.
Amount: $50,000
FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City of Topeka
Amount: $38,000
MARION KANSAS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROPOSAL
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City Of Marion
Amount: $24,800
THE CITY OF DERBY COMMUNITY SURVEY
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City of Derby Kansas
Amount: $19,880
RACE: RADAR AND COMMUNICATION INTEGRATED EMITTER SYSTEM TO GEOLOCATE SPACE-BASED EMI SOURCES (SBIR PHASE I)
PI/Department: Yanwu Ding, Electrical & Computer Engr
Co-PI/Department: Hyuck Kwon, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc. / Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $40,000
VOICES FROM THE VAULTS: THE 2000S
PI/Department: Jana Erwin, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Co-PI/Department: Ksenya Gurshtein, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Sponsor: Humanities Kansas / Natl Endowment for the Humanities
Amount: $10,000
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS AGAINST 3C-LIKE PROTEASE OF SARS-COV-2 (AMENDMENT 1)
PI/Department: William Groutas, Chemistry
Sponsor: Kansas State University / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $218,910
CRII: CNS: INTEGRATING SECURITY TASKS INTO MULTICORE REAL-TIME SYSTEMS
PI/Department: Monowar Hasan, School of Computing
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $175,000
K-INBRE CAMPUS COORDINATOR AWARD (CCA)
PI/Department: William Hendry, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Univ of KS Medical Ctr Research Inst Inc / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $14,800
K-INBRE STAR TRAINEE AWARD: HOWARD, LIU
PI/Department: William Hendry, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Univ of KS Medical Ctr Research Inst Inc / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $20,720
K-INBRE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OFFICE (URO)
PI/Department: William Hendry, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Univ of KS Medical Ctr Research Inst Inc / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $51,800
WEB-BASED TRAINING APPLICATIONS - FY 2023 RENEWAL
PI/Department: Amy Jones, Training & Technology Team
Sponsor: State of Missouri
Amount: $18,750
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER RISK ASSESSMENT IN PUMP ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS
PI/Department: Michael Jorgensen, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Sponsor: Great Plains Industries, Inc.
Amount: $7,500
COLLEGE CYBERBULLYING VICTIMIZATION AMONG RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND GENDER MINORITIES AND THEIR SUICIDAL ATTEMPTS AND SELF-HARM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
PI/Department: Jeoung Min Lee, School of Social Work
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,454
KANSAS NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 鈥� OPPORTUNITIES IN NASA STEM FY 2020-2024
PI/Department: Leonard Miller, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $800,000
"WATER-LIKE" IONIC LIQUIDS FOR ENZYMATIC CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION
PI/Department: Katie Mitchell-Koch, Chemistry
Sponsor: The Howard University / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $84,120
ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF SUGAR-DERIVED BIOSURFACTANTS USING MULTIFUNCTIONAL IONIC LIQUIDS
PI/Department: Katie Mitchell-Koch, Chemistry
Sponsor: The Howard University / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $20,183
MOCK TRIAL - GROVSPO
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $5,500
MOCK TRIAL - MORVCIT
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Tsongas
Amount: $4,000
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
PI/Department: Jeremy Patterson, Interdisciplinary Innovation
Sponsor: City of Wichita / U.S. Department of Treasury
Amount: $1,013,414
MECHANICAL TESTING OF COMPOSITES COUPONS
PI/Department: Kim-Leng Poon, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $25,490
MECHANICAL TESTING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES
PI/Department: Kim-Leng Poon, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $38,930
MECHANICAL TESTING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES
PI/Department: Kim-Leng Poon, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $6,512
ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED TENSEGRITY ASSISTED INFLATABLE STRUCTURES (GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM)
PI/Department: Coleen Pugh, Graduate School
Award Winner/Department: William Johnston, Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Mentor/Department: Bhisham Sharma, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $46,000
ENABLING VIRTUALLY SCARFED AIRCRAFT NACELLES USING ACOUSTIC METASURFACES (GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM)
PI/Department: Coleen Pugh, Graduate School
Award Winner/Department: Brittany Wojciechowski, Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Mentor/Department: Bhisham Sharma, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $46,000
TRIO TALENT SEARCH
PI/Department: Larry Ramos, Ed - Talent Search Program
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $646,284
TRIO TALENT SEARCH - SOUTH
PI/Department: Larry Ramos, Ed - Talent Search Program
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $277,375
COMPUTER VISION BASED WEIGHT MONITORING FOR OLDER ADULTS USING FACIAL IMAGES FROM SMARTPHONES
PI/Department: Ajita Rattani, School of Computing
Co-PI/Department: Laila Cure Vellojin, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Sponsor: Regional Institute on Aging
Amount: $19,999
EVALUATION OF CRYSTALLINITY AND EFFECTS OF MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ON PERFORMANCE OF THERMOPLASTIC STRUCTURES
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research / Department of Defense
Amount: $1,500,000
INTEGRATED THERMOPLASTIC WELDING SYSTEM WITH IN-PROCESS INSPECTIONS AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLS FOR MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY AND REPAIR
PI/Department: Waruna Seneviratne, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Co-PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research / Department of Defense
Amount: $1,500,000
DEVELOPING OPEN-CELLED METAL FOAMS WITH FUNCTIONALLY-GRADIENT MICROSTRUCTURES (STTR PHASE II)
PI/Department: Bhisham Sharma, Aerospace Engineering
Co-PI/Department: Suresh Keshavanarayana, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: ERG Aerospace Corporation / Air Force Research Laboratory
Amount: $374,152
TRIO DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES
PI/Department: Vanessa Souriya-Mnirajd, Ed - Disability Services Student Sup
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $294,725
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - EL DORADO USD 490 2022-2023
PI/Department: Clay Stoldt, Kansas Mentor Induction Center
Sponsor: USD 490 El Dorado
Amount: $6,350
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR APPLIED HYPERSONICS
PI/Department: John Tomblin, Nat'l Institute for Aviation Res
Co-PI/Department: Rachael Andrulonis, NIAR - Composites & Structures | Royal Lovingfoss, NIAR - Composites & Structures | Matthew Opliger, NIAR - Composites & Structures
Sponsor: Texas A&M University / Department of Defense
Amount: $75,000
DISASTER RELIEF GRANT AKA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATION IN SCHOOL SUPPORT FOR YLINK CONFERENCE GRANT AGREEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services / Substance Abuse - Mntl Health Srv Adm
Amount: $8,203
GRANT ADMINISTRATION - AMENDMENT 2
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $504,167
HUTCHINSON HUMAN RELATIONS STRATEGIC PLANNING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: City of Hutchinson
Amount: $6,486
NACCHO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Ntl Assoc County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $9,561
Abilene Farmer鈥檚 Market Nonprofit Start-up
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Quality of Life Coalition Inc
Amount: $7,529
PROGRAM EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Sedgwick County Division Of Finance / Health Resources & Services Admin
Amount: $50,000
SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE - ESSENCE TRAINING, VIDEO TUTORIALS AND USER MANUAL DEVELOPMENT-AMENDMENT 1
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $2,704
EXAMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF A WEARABLE DEVICE FOR FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
PI/Department: Nicole Woods, Public Health Sciences
Co-PI/Department: Jolynn Dowling, School of Nursing | Jamie Harrington, School of Nursing | Yongkuk Lee, Biomedical Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $432,565
RALPH E. POWE JUNIOR FACULTY ENHANCEMENT AWARD
PI/Department: Haifan Wu, Chemistry
Sponsor: Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc.
Amount: $5,000
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 searches 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: National Institutes of Health (NIH) 鈥� Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Title:
Application Deadlines: September 25, 2022 and January 25, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淧rogram leaders and faculty should be national leaders in the training area being proposed, should have a strong reputation as educators, and, where appropriate, should have current, vibrant research programs. Proposed programs should have clear practical content, with an expectation that participants will leave the program with enhanced research capabilities related to the mission of NICHD.鈥�
Amount: $150,000 direct costs per year
Funding Agency: Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Inquiry due September 30, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淧rogram leaders and faculty should be national leaders in the training area being proposed, should have a strong reputation as educators, and, where appropriate, should have current, vibrant research programs. Proposed programs should have clear practical content, with an expectation that participants will leave the program with enhanced research capabilities related to the mission of NICHD.鈥�
Amount: See website for previously awarded grants.
Funding Agency: Whitehall Foundation
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due October 1, 2022, January 15, 2023, April 15, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭he Whitehall Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that is focused exclusively on assisting basic research in vertebrate (excluding clinical) and invertebrate neurobiology in the United States. Investigations should specifically concern 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.鈥�
Amount: Research Grants typically $100,000 per year; Grants-in-Aid are up to $30,000 for one year period only.
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due October 4, 2022; if invited, Full Application due January 10, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭his PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) is intended to promote the targeted implementation and systematic uptake of shared decision making (SDM) in healthcare settings, in line with PCORI鈥檚 goal of supporting patients in making informed decisions about their care. For this PFA, PCORI defines an SDM strategy as an intervention or approach that draws on and presents evidence to inform patients of available treatment options and their risks and benefits, and either engages patients in a decision-making process with their clinician or promotes their ability to engage in such a process.鈥�
Amount: Up to $1,500,000
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due October 4, 2022; if invited, Full Application due January 10, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭he Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is seeking to fund high-quality, comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects that focus on multimodal interventions to prevent fractures in people with osteoporosis and a history of a fracture.鈥�
Amount: Up to $10,000,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: October 5, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this NOSI is to solicit projects on preventive interventions that address cardiometabolic risk factors in populations that experience health disparities.鈥�
Amount: Varies based on funding opportunity.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: October 5, 2022, February 5, 2023 and June 5, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淣IMH seeks applications for innovative research projects to test strategies to increase the reach, efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of digital mental health interventions which may impact mental health outcomes, including suicide behaviors and serious mental illness. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support the development of digital health test beds that leverage well-established digital mental health platforms and infrastructure to rapidly refine and optimize existing evidence-based digital health interventions and to conduct clinical research testing digital mental health interventions that are statistically powered to provide a definitive answer regarding the intervention's effectiveness particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: Herb Block Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due October 6, 2022; If invited, full proposals due December 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his program helps safeguard the basic freedoms guaranteed in our Bill of Rights, to help eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination, and to assist government agencies to be more accountable to the public. The Herb Block Foundation will also consider contemporary societal issues that may arise. Grants are available nationwide.鈥�
Amount: $5,000-$25,000
Funding Agency: 黑洞社区 Internal Grants for 黑洞社区 Faculty
Title: URCA and MURPA
Application Deadline: October 7, 2022 at 5pm
Purpose: The University Research / Creative Award (URCA) provides funding of up to $4,500 for 黑洞社区 faculty to retool or reestablish productive research / creative projects or as seed money to develop pilot data where external funding is available. The Multidisciplinary Research Project Award (MURPA) provides funding of up to $7,500 for 黑洞社区 faculty projects that involve two or more investigators from different disciplines that focus different perspectives and capabilities on complex problems that intersect established areas of study.
Full time current tenured, tenure eligible and probationary faculty members of 黑洞社区 are eligible. Distinguished and endowed professors, as well as temporary and visiting faculty, are ineligible. Proposers must meet all eligibility requirements and work with a Grant Specialist in the Office of Research prior to submission. All applications require an endorsement from faculty members鈥� Chair and Dean. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed nor considered.
Amount: $4,500 (URCA) and $7,500 (MURPA)
Funding Agency: Ascendium
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due October 7, 2022; If invited, Full Applications due December 9, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭hrough this opportunity, Ascendium will invest in applied research that generates actionable knowledge, yields evidence-based insights and helps scale practitioner and policymaker approaches to removing systemic barriers uniquely faced by rural learners from low-income backgrounds, especially first-generation students, incarcerated adults, students of color and veterans.鈥�
Amount: $500,000
Funding Agency: Morris Animal Foundation
Title:
Application Deadlines: October 7, October 14, and October 21, 2022
Purpose: Current proposals sought include Equine Behavior and Welfare, Blue Buffalo Feline, Feline Cancer, Golden Retriever Lifetime Study Data & Samples, and Mitochondrial Function & Chronic Disease.
Amount: Varies based on proposal topic/donor interests.
Funding Agency: March of Dimes
Title:
Application Deadline: October 11, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淢arch of Dimes is committed to advancing the health of all moms and babies and that involves seeking answers through a diverse research portfolio. As such, March of Dimes is actively seeking applications for research grant funding for translational and actionable projects that lead directly to interventions or preventions. The proposed research should focus on one of these priority areas: 1) Late, spontaneous pre-term birth, 2) Racial inequities as they relate to morbidity and mortality outcomes for mothers and babies, 3) Cardiovascular health conditions developed during pregnancy or exacerbated during pregnancy, 4) Maternal stress, its impact on pregnancy outcomes, and how to mitigate the effects.鈥�
Amount: $200,000
Funding Agency: National Geographic Society
Title: Several opportunities related to
Application Deadline: October 12, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淲hether you are an aspiring Explorer or already a luminary in the field, each opportunity has unique criteria and benefits to ensure that our Explorers receive support and funding aligned to their specific needs and goals. Each year, a small number of grants are awarded to individuals who are just beginning their National Geographic journey, as well as those who are working on more advanced projects.鈥�
Amount: $20,000 (Level I and Freshwater proposals) - $100,000 (Level II)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy: Advanced Manufacturing Office
Title:
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due October 12, 2022; if invited, Full Applications due December 20, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities to be funded under this FOA will support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by driving the innovation that can lead to the deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical for climate protection. Specifically, this FOA will fund high-impact, applied research and development and prototype or pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration projects in order to expedite the adoption of transformational industrial technology necessary to increase energy efficiency across industry and in high GHG-emitting industrial subsectors, reducing both energy usage and GHG emissions. This includes cross-sector industrial decarbonization approaches via opportunities in energy efficiency; industrial electrification; low carbon fuels, feedstocks and energy sources; and industrial carbon capture and utilization.鈥�
Amount: $750,000-$1,000,000
Funding Agency: Kansas NASA EPSCoR
Title:
Application Deadline: October 14, 2022 at 12noon
Purpose: The NASA FY2023 NOFO 鈥渟olicits proposals that are expected to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to NASA鈥檚 strategic research and technology development priorities and contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities of higher education, as well as the economic development of the jurisdiction receiving funding.鈥�
Amount: $750,000 over three years; Note, cost match is required.
Funding Agency: American Cancer Society
Title:
Application Deadline: October 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭here is a need for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. Public health policy initiatives such as the federal and state marketplaces that have expanded insurance coverage, as well as Medicaid expansion in some states, create natural experiments ripe for evaluation. Research to be funded by this RFA should focus on the changes in national, state, and/or local policy and the response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.鈥�
Amount: Most awards are for up to 4 years with up to $165,000 a year for direct costs, plus 20% allowable indirect costs.
Funding Agency: Amazon Research Awards
Title:
Application Deadline: October 19, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淎wards are structured as unrestricted gifts to the principal investigator's academic institution or organization and as such, Amazon retains no intellectual property rights to the resulting work. Recipients are encouraged to publish outcomes and commit related code to open-source repositories. Recipients are assigned an Amazon research contact who offers consultation and advice along with opportunities to participate in Amazon events and training sessions. Currently Open Calls for Proposals include AWS AI, AWS Automated Reasoning, Prime Video and Sustainability.鈥�
Amount: $50,000-$80,000 in unrestricted funds, AWS Promotional Credits, and/or Training Resources (depending on topic)
Funding Agency: Bright Focus Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: October 25, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淏rightFocus provides research funds for U.S. and international researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of glaucoma.鈥�
Amount: $150,000 (Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards) - $200,000 (Standard Awards)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: October 27, 2022 and June 27, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭he overarching goal of this Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health (ORWH) R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a diverse workforce to meet the nation鈥檚 biomedical, behavioral and clinical research. To accomplish the stated overarching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on: Courses for Skills Development: For example, advanced undergraduate courses in a specific discipline or research area, courses on clinical procedures or specialized research techniques, or community-based courses on topics of relevance to sex and/or gender and health. Specifically, this FOA aims to support courses that develop skills in multidimensional and intersectional health-related research and healthcare delivery. The format of the courses may involve a traditional in-person approach, online activities, a hybrid of both approaches, or other methods.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are limited to $150,000 in direct costs per year.
Funding Agency: Honda USA Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: October 31, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Honda USA Foundation supports society in the areas of education, mobility, the environment, and traffic safety by strategically collaborating with like-minded organizations to drive sustainable change in marginalized communities throughout the nation where Honda operations are located. Eligible organizations seeking support between April 2023 and April 2024 are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to programs that support marginalized communities and have the potential for the participation of Honda associates as volunteers.鈥�
Amount: $25,000-$100,000
Funding Agency: Templeton, Simons, Sloan & Moore Foundations
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due October 31, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he John Templeton Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Simons Foundation invite applications to a one-time call aimed at advancing fundamental physics by funding small scale experiments that explore physics that has typically been explored at large-scale facilities (e.g., CERN, LIGO). The program is intended to support high-risk and potentially high-return small-scale experimental projects aimed at new ambitious discoveries beyond the current frontier of fundamental physics. 鈥淪mall scale鈥� refers to table-top size experiments or to ones that could fit in a typical university physics research lab. Examples of such projects include, but are not limited to, tests of basic principles of quantum physics, tests of interaction laws and established symmetry principles, and searches for new particles.鈥�
Amount: The funding level and duration of each proposal should be appropriate to the proposed research goals. There is no recommended funding level for this program, but we expect typical annual project budgets to fall between $300,000 and $1,000,000.
*** LIMITED *** Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
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 October 26, 2022 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by November 16, 2022. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by December 14, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淭he Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Infant, Child, and Adolescent Preventive Services (ICAPS) Program. The purpose of this program is to help care providers1 and care teams provide optimal health promotion and preventive services to infants, children, adolescents, young adults and their families. This Program accomplishes this purpose through two sets of program expectations and requirements: 1) Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation: Reviews evidence to support recommendations for updated evidence-based preventive services guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents, as well as advancement of innovations in health promotion and preventive services for these populations. Included in this activity is evidence review and recommendations to HRSA for evidence-informed preventive care and screening for infants, children, and adolescents for which, upon HRSA鈥檚 approval, under 搂 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 搂 300gg-13, certain insurance companies are required to provide insurance coverage without cost-sharing. 2) Advancing Systems/Technical Assistance (TA) for Healthy Tomorrows, Healthy Tomorrows Resource Center: Provides technical assistance to entities receiving HRSA grant funding under the Healthy Tomorrows program (HRSA-17-008, HRSA-19-055, and HRSA-21-031) to assist such entities in carrying out such grant awards. Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI): Provides training and educates providers caring for infants and children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as state/territory Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs, on evidence-based practice to ensure that these infants, children and their families have timely access to early intervention and comprehensive care.鈥�
Amount: $1,566,000
*** LIMITED *** National Science Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit two preliminary proposals, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by October 28, 2022 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by November 18, 2022. Preliminary proposals to the funder (if selected) will be due by December 16, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淭he Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QuSeC-TAQS) program supports interdisciplinary teams of three (3) or more investigators to explore highly innovative, original, and potentially transformative research on quantum sensing. The QuSeC-TAQS program supports coordinated efforts to develop and apply quantum sensor systems, with demonstrations resulting in proof of principle or field-testing of concepts and platforms that can benefit society. The QuSeC-TAQS program aligns with recommendations articulated in the strategy report, Bringing Quantum Sensors to Fruition, that was produced by the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science, under the auspices of the National Quantum Initiative.鈥�
Amount: $2,500,000
Funding Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: November 1, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.鈥�
Amount: $20,000
Funding Agency: Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Title:
Application Deadline: November 1, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation is accepting applications for the Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution鈥檚 National Museum of American History (NMAH). We seek to appoint an experienced author or senior scholar (at the associate/full/emeritus professor level or equivalent) from the history of technology, science and technology studies, business history, museum studies, STEAM education, or an allied field.鈥�
Amount: $35,000 stipend and residency. Funds may be used flexibly to support teaching buyouts, travel for several short-term visits, living expenses for longer residences up to six months, and related research expenses. Dates are flexible.
*** LIMITED *** National Science Foundation
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 November 1, 2022 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by November 22, 2022. Letters of Intent to the funder (if selected) will be due by December 20, 2022.
Purpose: 鈥淩II Track-2 FEC builds interjurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) focus areas consistent with the National Science Foundation 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. 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. RII Track-2 FEC projects have a comprehensive and integrated vision to drive discovery and build sustainable STEM capacity that exemplifies individual, institutional, geographic, and disciplinary diversity. Additionally, the projects鈥� STEM research and education activities seek to broaden participation through the strategic inclusion and integration of diverse individuals, institutions, and sectors. In addition, NSF EPSCoR recognizes that the development of early-career faculty from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields is critical to sustaining and advancing research capacity.鈥�
Amount: Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the quality of proposals and availability of funds.
Funding Agency: Kansas NASA EPSCoR
Title:
Application Deadline: November 7, 2022 at 12noon
Purpose: 鈥淭he Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program (KNEP) is seeking proposals for a unique NASA grant opportunity entitled Rapid Response Research (R3). The R3鈥檚 purpose is to provide a streamlined method to address research issues important to the mission directorates.鈥�
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: Kansas Corn Commission
Title: Sponsored Research / Education Opportunity 鈥� email proposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the RFP
Application Deadline: November 7, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淜ansas Corn Commissioners have established three priority areas for FY2024: 1) Value-Added Projects. 2) Market Education & Transportation, and 3) Production & Environmental Programs.鈥�
Amount: Not Specified
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Title:
Application Deadline: November 7, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Administration for Children and Families (ACF) solicits applications for a National Early Care and Education Workforce Center (the Center). The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to fund a research and technical assistance center that will work to increase recruitment and retainment of a diverse, qualified, and effective workforce across all Early Care and Education (ECE) settings and programs through the provision of technical assistance (TA) at state and local levels and a program of rigorous research that builds the knowledge base and informs TA efforts. The Center will specifically focus on establishing and enhancing career advancement systems and strategies for ECE professionals to pursue credentials and degrees and identifying and encouraging sustainable strategies to increase compensation, provide an adequate compensation, and improve workplace policies (wages, benefits, wellness) in alignment with career advancement.鈥�
Amount: $6,000,000
Funding Agency: NASA: Research Opportunities in Space & Earth Sciences 2022 (ROSES-2022)
Title:
Application Deadline: Notices of Intent due November 10, 2022; Full Proposals due December 8, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his program element solicits proposals for (1) the development of science discipline specific curriculum (ScienceCore) to advance open science adoption, and institutional capacity building through (2) summer schools and (3) virtual cohorts. The training materials, as well as the design of the learning activities, must be targeted to audiences from undergraduate students to established scientists and managers from all science disciplines supported by NASA鈥檚 Science Mission Directorate (SMD).鈥�
Amount: The ScienceCore Curriculum topic will have a total budget of $1.3 million per
year, with awards having a maximum duration of two years. It is estimated that 6-
12 projects will be selected. The Summer Schools topic will have a total budget of $1.2 million per year, with awards being a maximum of three years. It is estimated that 3-4 projects will be selected. The Virtual Cohorts topic will have a total budget of $400,000 per year, with awards being a maximum of three years. It is estimated that 2-3 projects will be
selected.
Funding Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: November 11, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his grant program funds individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.鈥�
Amount: $25,000
Funding Agency: National Academies Gulf Research Program
Title:
Application Deadline: November 11, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his funding opportunity seeks to advance the understanding of climate hazard (e.g. extreme heat, sea level rise, flooding and extreme weather events) effects on communities that are overburdened by environmental hazards (e.g., heat-related stress, air and water contaminants).鈥�
Amount: $1,000,000-$1,500,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: November 13, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this initiative is to support research that seeks to (1) understand the underlying mechanisms and (2) test interventions to address and mitigate the impact of health-related misinformation and disinformation on health disparities and the populations that experience health disparities.鈥�
Amount: $500,000 in direct costs over five years
Funding Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Title:
Application Deadline: November 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淣ational Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the American public.鈥�
Amount: $5,000-$750,000; Cost Share is Required.
Funding Agency: The Retirement Research Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent required by November 15, 2022; If invited, Full Proposals due February 5, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淩RF Foundation for Aging focuses on improving the quality of life for older people. In an effort to strengthen the Foundation鈥檚 impact, RRF has established Priority Areas. These Priority Areas are specific topics in aging that will be given higher priority within the Foundation鈥檚 grantmaking program. Priority Areas include: 1) Caregiving, 2) Economic Security in Later Life, 3) Housing, 4) Social and Intergenerational Connectedness, 5) Organizational Capacity Building, and 6) Other Promising Projects.鈥�
Amount: $100,000 - $250,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Title:
Application Deadline: November 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his announcement is purposely broad in scope and will cover a wide range of topics to encourage the submission of the most innovative and unconventional ideas in energy technology. The objective of this solicitation is to support high-risk R&D leading to the development of potentially disruptive new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications. Topics under this FOA will explore new areas of technology development that, if successful, could establish new program areas for ARPA-E, or complement the current portfolio of ARPA-E programs: Targeted Topics: Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions.鈥�
Amount: $10,000,000 over 5-8 awards
Funding Agency: The Gerber Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due November 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he mission of The Gerber Foundation, to enhance the quality of life of infants and young children in nutrition, care, and development, has remained the guiding beacon for Foundation giving throughout its history. Accordingly, priority is given to projects whose primary beneficiaries are young children from birth to three years of age.鈥�
Amount: $30,000 for Novice Researchers; up to $350,000 all others
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) 鈥� National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Title:
Application Deadline: November 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his FOA invites applications to the Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI) Award program. The program promotes the development of entrepreneurial education programs that are designed to broaden the skillset of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as early-career master's, Ph.D., and Dr.P.H. scientists, in fields relevant to the mission of NIA, including aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) research. The goal of the program is to prepare trainees for a wide-range of career paths, including those that are outside the traditional research environment.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets should not exceed $250,000 in direct costs per year and need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Title:
Application Deadline: November 16, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭his notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding for the National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Center (DRC). The purpose of the DRC is to support Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant programs, hereafter referred to as Title V programs, and other MCH partners in accessing and effectively utilizing national and state-level National Survey of Children鈥檚 Health (NSCH) data to inform policy and practice. Additionally, the purpose of the DRC is to support broad access to and utilization of the NSCH data through an easy-to-use web platform that provides a user-defined query system for point-and-click access to state and national estimates, curated data files for analyses, maps, and methodological documents designed for a wide audience. These resources are complemented by technical assistance (TA) as requested by Title V programs 1 and other MCH partners.鈥�
Amount: $900,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Title:
Application Deadlines: November 21, 2022, February 16, 2023 and June 16, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭his funding announcement solicits R21 grant applications that propose exploratory/developmental research projects that are consistent with the research framework detailed in the 2022-2026 National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Strategic Plan. This research will be rooted in nursing's holistic, contextualized approach to understanding people and their health, address the nation's most pressing and persistent health challenges with a solutions orientation, and employ innovative and rigorous study designs to inform practice and policy.鈥�
Amount: Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over a two-year project period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Title:
Application Deadline: November 30, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Public Scholars program offers grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to the creation and publication of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public. Writers with or without an academic affiliation may apply, and no advanced degree is required.鈥�
Amount: $5,000 per month
Funding Agency: Brady Education Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: December 1, 2022 for Stage One Proposals
Purpose: 鈥淭he 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.鈥�
Amount: The website does not specify a limit
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title:
Application Deadline: December 1, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will award National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible domestic institutions to enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training and ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available and committed to the generation, translation and dissemination of new scientific evidence and analytical tools that will be used to improve health care delivery in the United States. AHRQ expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research and career development elements to prepare individuals for careers that will have a significant impact on the health care needs of the Nation.鈥� Note 鈥� a technical assistance webinar will be held on this opportunity on October 5, 2022.
Amount: Application budget requests are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed program and need to follow the maximum trainee slot allowances stated here. New T32 Training Programs that are pre-doctoral only or post-doctoral only may request up to 4 trainee slots. New T32 Training Programs that propose a combined program (including both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral) may request up to a total of 6 trainee slots.
Funding Agency: The Teagle Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Concept Papers due December 1, 2022, March 1, 2023, and August 1, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭hrough Education for American Civic Life, the Foundation seeks to elevate the civic objectives of liberal arts education by partnering with institutions offering bold and coherent initiatives that endow students with the content, skills, and sensibility to participate in a political system designed for self-governance. While progress has been made at many institutions of higher education to promote civic action and various forms of community service as part of the undergraduate experience, the Foundation is especially concerned with grounding such action and service in comprehensive civic knowledge through teaching, reading, debate, and discussion centered in the curriculum.鈥�
Amount: $100,000-$300,000
Funding Agency: Paralyzed Veterans of America Education Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: December 2, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淔rom coordinating workshops for health professionals to producing educational materials to sponsoring fellowships in spinal cord medicine, the Paralyzed Veterans of America Education Foundation helps develop tools that share spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) knowledge and improve the lives of those with SCI/D. 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.鈥�
Amount: The maximum PVA Education Foundation project grant is $50,000. The maximum
conference or symposium grant is $15,000. The minimum PVA Education Foundation project, conference or symposium grant is $10,000.
*** LIMITED *** The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit one nomination, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by December 7, 2022 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. You will be informed if you have been chosen to proceed by December 14, 2022. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by February 1, 2023.
Purpose: 鈥淭he Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. Criteria for selection include an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of their appointment, and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.鈥�
Amount: Research Grant of $100,000
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Title:
Application Deadline: December 12, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces its interest in supporting conferences through the AHRQ Single-Year and Multiple-Year Conference grant programs (R13). AHRQ seeks to support conferences that help further its mission to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable and affordable, and to work with HHS and other partners to make sure the evidence is understood and used.鈥�
Amount: Direct costs for a project awarded under this NOFO will not exceed $50,000 annually.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: December 15, 2022
Purpose: 鈥淭he National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is continuing its support for dental practice-based research by soliciting research to be conducted in the dental school predoctoral/postdoctoral clinic setting. The purpose of the Practice-Based Research Integrating Multidisciplinary Experiences in Dental Schools (PRIMED) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide clinical faculty and predoctoral/postdoctoral students/residents with skills development opportunities and patient-oriented clinical research experiences through intra/inter-institutional collaborations and peer and student mentoring partnerships. Additionally, this FOA will support developmental and/or small-scale practice-based research studies that involve prospective enrollment of study participants, and in which clinical faculty and predoctoral/postdoctoral dental students/residents collect data from their consenting patients, conducted in the predoctoral/postdoctoral dental school clinic and/or affiliated extramural clinic setting.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: December 15, 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 that 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.鈥�
Amount: By design, there are no set limits on the grant amount that can be requested.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) 鈥� Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Title:
Application Deadlines: March 29, 2023
Purpose: 鈥淭his Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications to develop physiomimetic platforms and organoid culture systems for studies of the female reproductive tract and gametogenesis (both male and female) that can be used to uncover factors responsible for gynecological conditions and infertility. The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. High risk/high reward projects that lack preliminary data may be most appropriate for this FOA.鈥�
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: Varies by topic.
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鈥� Nov 1-15, 2022
鈥� July 1 and Dec 20 annually
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鈥� July 20 and Jan 20 annually
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鈥� Sept 1-30, 2022
鈥� Aug 15 and Jan 15 annually
鈥� Nov 16, 2022
鈥� Aug 18 and Jan 18 annually
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鈥� Nov & Dec 鈥� varies by topic
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鈥� proposals accepted anytime
鈥� Jan 15 and Aug 15 annually
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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 8, 2023
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 21 and 23, 2022
鈥� accepted anytime
鈥� Jan 21, 2023
鈥� Varies by topic
鈥� Jan 17, 2023
鈥� Preliminary Proposals due Sep 14, 2022
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鈥� Jan 11, 2023
鈥� Aug 29, 2023
鈥� TBD for 2023
鈥� Oct 12, 2022
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EDUCATION / TRAINING
黑洞社区 Office of Research Workshops
Topics include an Introduction to the 黑洞社区 Office of Research with resources and contacts, 黑洞社区 policies and procedures related to research, finding funding utilizing Pivot, project budgeting and general grant-writing tips. Previously recorded workshops can also be found on the Office of Research website.
Hanover Research Grants Workshops: September 22, 2022
Hanover Research is offering a series of webinars on a variety of topics 鈥渄esigned to help grant-seekers to develop their skills and plan for upcoming competitions.鈥� The webinar on September 22, 2022 is titled 鈥淧reparing to Lead Center-Level Proposals.鈥�
Reminder - NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy Webinar Part 2: September 22, 2022
Make sure you鈥檙e prepared for the new NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy, coming January 25, 2023! NIH invites you to join experts from the NIH Office of Science Policy and the NIH Office of Extramural Research for an informative and interactive webinar series focused on what the DMS policy means for applicants, awardees and institutions.
Reminder - NIH Grant Writing Webinar Series for Institutions Building Research and Research Training Capacity: September 26 and November 1, 2022
Join NIH for a webinar series designed for faculty and sponsored programs/ research development personnel at institutions building research and research training capacity. During the webinars, NIH will share suggestions for navigating the process of seeking NIH funding. You will also learn considerations for determining research idea and grant writing readiness, selecting opportunities to apply for, effectively writing your grant application and seeking appropriate feedback. The webinar on September 26, 2022 is 鈥淒etermining Whether a Funding Opportunity is Right for You鈥� and the webinar on November 1, 2022 is 鈥淲riting a Competitive Application.鈥� Registration is required to attend. The webinars will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing after the event. You may also register if you cannot attend but would like to be notified when the recordings are posted.
National Science Foundation Webinar: Concept Outlines at NSF: September 27, 2022
As part of the draft Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (23-1), NSF is introducing the Concept Outline as a new submission type. The primary purpose of the concept outline is to ensure that the concept being proposed by the prospective Principal Investigator (PI) is appropriate for the proposal type or funding opportunity, and to help reduce the administrative burden associated with the submission of a full proposal. Attendees also will learn about Program Suitability and Proposal Concept (ProSPCT) tool which will be used for submitting and tracking Concept Outlines.
National Science Foundation Webinar: Introduction to NSF鈥檚 Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships: September 27, 2022
The webinar, hosted by Dr. Erwin Gianchandani, Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, introduces TIP鈥檚 vision, programs, and funding opportunities. TIP advances use-inspired and translational research in all fields of science and engineering, promoting breakthrough technologies that give rise to new industries, create high-wage jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and empower all Americans, regardless of background or location, to drive tomorrow鈥檚 solutions.
University of Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium 2022: September 28, 2022
The University of Oklahoma 21st annual conference will be held via Zoom. The symposium will be Wednesday, September 28 from 8:00am-5:00pm. The keynote speaker will be Bronson Messer, Director of Science, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, whose keynote is titled, 鈥淔rontier: Breaking the Exascale Barrier with the Fastest Supercomputer Ever.鈥�
EPA Green Challenge Awards Webinar: September 28, 2022
Come learn about the and the nomination process. This year the program will recognize winners in six categories, including: Greener Synthetic Pathways; Greener Reaction Conditions; The Design of Greener Chemicals; Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change; Small Business; and Academic.
AHRQ Pre-Application Technical Assistance Webinar for RFA-HS-22-010 AHRQ National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32): October 5, 2022
This Notice is to inform potential applicants that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will convene a technical assistance webinar to provide potential applicants with background information and respond to questions about the preparation of an application in response to this funding opportunity.
Oklahoma State University High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) Workshops: October 5, 2022, October 26, 2022 and November 29, 2022
Oklahoma State University HPCC upcoming workshops include such topics as Intermediate Linux for Scientists and Researchers, Beginning and Intermediate Bioinformatics, and Introduction to Machine Learning for Research.
These Workshops and More Posted at 黑洞社区鈥檚 High Performance Computing Webpage
黑洞社区 Information Security: Privacy & Security Training: October 11, 2022; 4:00-5:00pm in RSC Room 203 (Lancelot)
Gina Riggs and Mark Rodee offer 黑洞社区 Privacy and Security Training monthly on the second Tuesday of every month. Learn how to prevent, detect and respond to information security and privacy concerns.
Email informationsecurity@wichita.edu with questions.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emergency Response Research Webinar Series: October 12, 2022, November 9, 2022, and December 14, 2022
EPA's Office of Research and Development hosts this webinar series to share current research activities and results. This webinar series covers the latest information on research supporting EPA's response to chemical, biological, and radiological incidents, as well as natural disasters. This forum allows EPA to communicate directly with partners and stakeholders to foster collaboration and dissemination of information. October 12, 2022 webinar topic is 鈥淐lean or Replace? PFAS Decontamination Framework for Firefighting Equipment and Hangars.鈥� Previous session recordings are available.
Virtual NIH Grants Pre-Conference Events: October 14, 2022, November 9, 2022, December 6-7, 2022 and January 12, 2023 and Virtual NIH Grants Conference: February 1-2, 2023
It鈥檚 time to begin creating your 2022-2023 NIH Grants Conference experience! Sign up for a series of monthly PreCon Events which build up to the 2-day conference in February 2023. 鈥淲ho Should Attend? Research Administrators, Researchers, Grant Writers, PostDocs, Trainees, and others in the research community. Are you new to working with the NIH Grants Process? If so, these events are perfect for you! More experienced with the NIH? We鈥檙e providing valuable resources, contacts, and special events for you too!鈥�
Virtual NeurIPS 2022 Workshop: The Symbiosis of Deep Learning and Differential Equations (DLDE) 鈥� II: December 14, 2022
This workshop will aim to bring together researchers with backgrounds in computational science and deep learning to encourage intellectual exchanges, cultivate relationships and accelerate research in this area. The scope of the workshop spans topics at the intersection of DL and DEs, including theory of DL and DEs, neural differential equations, solving DEs with neural networks, and more.
Learn to Use BeoShock for your Advanced Research Computing Needs
黑洞社区 continues to host Beoshock, a High-performance Computing Cluster (HPC). This HPC is available and free to faculty members, researchers and students engaged in course work or research activities. BeoShock runs the CentOS Linux operating system and features approximately 720 processor cores, two high memory compute nodes with 1.5 terabytes of memory, and four graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerators. BeoShock also has a variety of software tools that may be helpful in your research endeavors, such as Matlab, Mathematica, R, Python and many more.
Learn more about BeoShock High-Performance Computing and access the BeoShock High Performance Computing User Guides
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office of Research EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT 鈥� SHELLY MAGEE
Hello fellow Shockers! I joined the Office of Research as the Office Coordinator in January 2022. My job is so diverse, and never boring! I manage the inboxes, so if you send emails to our Proposals, Research, or Research Contracts emails you will often see my name at the bottom of responses. I also help provide backup administrative support for the Faculty Support Committee, Institutional Review Board and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Updating our various pages on the website is another area that I am working. Our office is always busy, and I am always learning!
I enjoy meeting and helping others and make every effort to get people connected to the appropriate individuals who can assist. I started at 黑洞社区 in Math, Stats & Physics in June 2021. I am so grateful for my time in the Math office, which gave me the opportunity to learn a lot of the systems as well as acclimate to the 黑洞社区 campus, and to meet some fantastic people. Outside of work I enjoy traveling, spending time with my family, and putting together puzzles with my husband. I鈥檓 proud to be part of Shocker Nation! Read more about the Office of Research staff鈥�
Two Sedgwick County Requests for Information (RFI): Electric Wait Line Management System and Maintenance Support due October 10, 2022 and Legacy Document Scanning Systems due November 1, 2022
Electric Wait Line Management System 鈥� 鈥淒ue to inaccurate and unacceptable wait time forecasts, the Treasurer is requesting information regarding what other virtual wait line systems are available that have experience with daily, high customer volume in the auto license field.鈥�
Legacy Document Scanning System 鈥� 鈥淭he Sedgwick County Register of Deeds (RoD) is responsible for recording all real estate transactions in Sedgwick County. The mission is to provide timely, secure, accurate, archival accessible services to those that have entrusted us with these duties. The RoD is responsible for storing, maintaining, and preserving all land records and other official documents with the highest level of integrity and professional conduct. Currently, indexed information for records dating back to January 1, 1969 are available for public viewing in the county鈥檚 online document search. In an effort to make all documents available for online viewing, the RoD is looking for a service to scan and digitize records back to the 1800鈥檚. In the future, the Register of Deeds will be collectively evaluating the technology needs within all areas of the department for its records management system (RMS). The RoD will be looking for potential opportunities to increase efficiency and collectively share data with other land records departments. It is anticipated that the scanned and digitized images will be incorporate into the RMS in order to allow for online viewing and/or ordering of images.鈥�
Department of Energy (DOE) Request for Information (RFI) about Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling due October 14, 2022
鈥淒OE is requesting feedback on how federal investments can accelerate the collection, transportation, processing, and recycling of batteries and scrap materials, enable second-life applications of lithium-ion batteries previously used to power electric vehicles, and support high-quality jobs for American workers.鈥�
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Impact of Policy Changes and Emerging and Evolving Public Health Crises on NICHD Populations of Interest
鈥淭he Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to announce that research on the effects of emerging and evolving public health crises; and/or policy changes on the health, development, and well-being of populations of interest to the NICHD is of high program priority. The NICHD populations of interest are neonates, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults, pregnant and post-partum and nursing people, individuals of reproductive age, and individuals with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities, as well as the families of these individuals.鈥�
Reminder - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice New NIH "FORMS-H" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022
鈥淭his notice informs the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2023. The following application forms include substantive form changes (i.e., new/deleted/modified fields). All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change. 1) PHS 398 Research Plan Form, 2) PHS 398 Career Development Award Supplemental Form, 3) PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan, 4) PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form.鈥� Please note, PHS 398 Research Plan Form will include an attachment field for the implementation of NIH DMS Policy (see notice below).
Reminder - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice with Implementation Details for the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy
鈥淭he purpose of this notice is to inform the extramural research community of implementation details for the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS Policy) affecting grant and cooperative agreement applications submitted for receipt dates on or after January 25, 2023. The DMS Policy applies to all NIH research, funded or conducted in whole or in part by NIH, that results in the generation of scientific data. The DMS Policy does not apply to research and other activities that do not generate scientific data.鈥� A is available.
Reminder - National Science Foundation discontinuing Fastlane submissions as of January 2023
Beginning in January 2023, all new proposals must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov or Grants.gov. FastLane will no longer be a preparation and submission option. The National Science Foundation strongly urges proposers to prepare and submit all eligible proposals in Research.gov now, to support a smooth transition from FastLane proposal preparation and submission to Research.gov in January 2023.
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