Congratulations to those who received grants in November! So far this fiscal year, 黑洞社区鈥檚 AA researchers proposed $37,290,503 in funding, were awarded $55,117,436 and generated $1,872,331 in indirect cost recovery.
You will find a spotlight on Angela Van Valkenburg in the announcements section. Angela is a Contracts and Grants Specialist on the Pre-Award team. Please also note in the announcements section a new opportunity called The Delfin, to mentor an undergraduate student from Mexico, Central America, or South America on one of your research projects over seven weeks during the summer. Finally, we will again host monthly workshops to prepare and submit NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) proposals for the August 2024 deadline, as well as a separate monthly series of workshops to prepare NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program proposals to train graduate students in a convergent field for the September 2024 deadline.
We wish you a restful and joyous Holiday season, and much success in your research efforts over the next month.
Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research
AWARDS
RII TRACK-1: ADAPTIVE AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURES DRIVEN BY SOCIAL EQUITY (ARISE)
PI/Department: Visvakumar Aravinthan, Electrical & Computer Engr
Co-PI/Department: Xiaoheng Wang, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Univ of Kansas Ctr - Research, Inc. / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $322,409
BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN EPA REGION 7 THROUGH MULTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE CENTER AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (MOD #1)
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $55,000
FY 23 FEDERAL PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Office of Justice Programs
Amount: $177,100
DEI COMMITTEE
PI/Department: Delores Craig-Moreland, School of Criminal Justice
Co-PI/Department: Rhonda Lewis, Psychology
Sponsor: Sedgwick County
Amount: $4,000
NO CHOICE BUT ACTION: A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT UNITING LITERATURE AND MUSIC
PI/Department: Darren DeFrain, English
Co-PI/Department: Joshua Smith, School of Art & Design
Sponsor: State of Kansas - MURPA
Amount: $7,500
UNDERSTANDING VICTIM EXPERIENCES WITH ALTERNATIVE REPORTING OPTIONS AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF ANONYMOUS CONSULTATION CALLS WITH POLICE
PI/Department: Rachael Goodman-Williams, Psychology
Sponsor: Department of Justice
Amount: $411,943
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RII TRACK-2 FEC: PROMOTING N2O- AND CO2-RELIEVED NITROGEN FERTILIZERS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE-THREATENED MIDWEST FARMING AND RANCHING
PI/Department: Shuang Gu, Mechanical Engineering
Co-PI/Department: Mark Schneegurt, Biological Sciences | Ruowen Shen, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs | Janet Twomey, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $1,010,735
RII TRACK 1: MICROBIOMES OF AQUATIC, PLANT AND SOIL SYSTEMS (MAPS) MEDIATING SUSTAINABILITY: AN OBSERVATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NETWORK ACROSS KANSAS
PI/Department: Gregory Houseman, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Univ of Kansas Ctr - Research, Inc. / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $2,772
THE HEARTLAND CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RESEARCH CENTER
PI/Department: Michael Jorgensen, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Sponsor: Heartland Center University of Iowa / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $20,000
LEGAL RESEARCH 鈥� SCOVCOO
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Sound Jury Consulting
Amount: $5,000
CHW LEARNING MODULES
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Amount: $53,734
CHWS FOR COVID RESPONSE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $222,879
COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS CHANGE MANAGEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $42,900
JOHNSON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Johnson County
Amount: $9,950
KDHE AOS HEALTH EQUITY-EXTENDED
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $111,699
PROGRAM EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES RENEWAL
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Sedgwick County Division of Finance / Health Resources & Services Admin
Amount: $50,000
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY AMERICORPS KANSAS PROGRAM
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Sedgwick County
Amount: $9,500
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY AMERICORPS KANSAS PROGRAM - THE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: The Kansas African American Museum, Inc.
Amount: $6,500
YLINK - 黑洞社区 CONFERENCE GRANT AGREEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services
Amount: $24,343
SUSPENDERS4HOPE COMMUNITY SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION
PI/Department: Marci Young, HOPE Services
Sponsor: Sunflower Foundation
Amount: $119,038
MONTHLY AWARDS FOR THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE EQUAL $32,698,002, OF WHICH THE ENTIRE AMOUNT BELONGS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AVIATION RESEARCH (NIAR).
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 search 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. Visit to find out more about applying for external funding. COMING SOON: a new proposal intake form that will help expedite the proposal assignment process for 黑洞社区 faculty and staff!
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by January 5, 2024 at 12noon in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is January 19, 2024. Full Applications to the sponsor will be due February 14, 2024.
Purpose: 鈥淭he Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program aims to support a more holistic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) in the modern world through the creation of new humanities research centers on artificial intelligence at eligible institutions. Centers must focus their scholarly activities on exploring the ethical, legal, or societal implications of AI.鈥�
Amount: Up to $750,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due January 5, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due March 22, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淓ERE issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to fund Critical Materials Accelerator R&D projects. Projects funded under this FOA will prototype and mature technologies or processes to address critical material challenges in high impact areas.鈥�
Amount: $500,000-$1,000,000 depending on topic; Note, cost match is required.
REMINDER - Funding Agency: 黑洞社区 Innovation and New Ventures
Title:
Application Deadline: January 12, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淓stablished by John A. See to support prototype development; may include development of products in engineering and science, development of life-enhancing therapeutic products, creation of application of new knowledge and artistic ventures.鈥�
Amount: $1,000-$20,000
REMINDER - Funding Agency: NCAA
Title:
Application Deadline: January 12, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant Program supports research and data-driven pilot projects designed to enhance student-athlete psychosocial well-being and mental health. Research topics may include, but are not limited to, managing transitions (e.g., from recruit to first-year student; transferring between universities; adapting from youth sports to college sports environment; developing independence from parents), identity development, stress management, substance use, bystander intervention, cultivating healthy relationships, career exploration and sport exit strategies. Funded projects must demonstrate potential to result in campus-level programming that can positively impact the well-being of NCAA student-athletes at a range of member institutions.鈥�
Amount: Up to $35,000
Funding Agency: Stranahan Foundation
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due January 16, 2024 at 12noon; If invited, Full Applications due March 20, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he Stranahan Foundation鈥檚 Early Childhood Education Strategy focuses on increasing access to high-quality early care and education for low-income children (birth to five) by investing in developing and retaining a high-quality, thriving early educator workforce. The spring 2024 funding cycle will support organizations and projects that advance our Innovation and Proven Professional Development strategies.鈥�
Amount: Up to $300,000
Funding Agency: American Institute for Cancer Research
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due January 19, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due May 17, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he research that we fund is vital to our mission of understanding the role of diet, nutrition, body composition and physical activity in reducing cancer risk and improving outcomes for cancer patients and survivors.鈥�
Amount: Most investigator-initiated grants are for a maximum of $150,000.
REMINDER - Funding Agency: The American Athletic Conference
Title: 2024-2025 Research Grants
Application Deadline: January 21, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on college athletics designed to promote student-athlete welfare; and (2) to assist The American鈥檚 member institutions and intercollegiate athletics programs in evidence-based practice for student-athletes.鈥� Please emailproposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the solicitation.
Amount: $15,000
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Title:
Application Deadlines: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent toproposals@wichita.edu by January 22, 2024 at 12noon in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is February 5, 2024. Full Applications to the sponsor will be due March 11, 2024.
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this program is to develop and advance national, state, and local/community-level frameworks that support successful transition from child to adult serving systems for youth with autism and/or epilepsy who have complex health and social needs and require a higher level of family support and coordination.鈥�
Amount: Up to $450,000 for Demonstration Projects; $735,000 for Coordinating Center
Funding Agency: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 22, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he ICRG invites investigators to apply for a two-year grant in support of research on the impact of gambling on under-served groups in the U.S. or Canada.鈥�
Amount: $75,000 per year
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Title:
Application Deadlines: Intent to Apply due January 24, 2024; Full applications due February 27, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived鈥his program is 鈥渇ield-initiated鈥� in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education.鈥�
Amount: Minimum $125,000-$500,000
Funding Agency: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Title:
Application Deadlines: January 25, April 25, and July 25, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change鈥檚 impact on human health.鈥�
Amount: $2,500-$50,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Mandatory Concept Papers due January 26, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due March 22, 2024
Purpose: The DOE released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for up to $59 million to accelerate the research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) of affordable clean-hydrogen technologies. Projects supported by this funding will reduce the cost and improve the performance of critical elements of hydrogen infrastructure, demonstrate innovative end-use applications for clean hydrogen, and streamline and improve processes essential to the efficient, timely, and equitable deployment of clean hydrogen technologies.鈥�
Amount: $250,000-$10,000,000; Note, cost match is required.
Funding Agency: Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Title:
Application Deadline: January 29, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to invest in early career scholars whose research agendas are policy relevant, related to how inequality affects economic growth, and who are interested in engaging with nonacademic audiences. We are interested in research that will generate actionable insights. This includes research that illuminates the policies that help or hinder more equitable growth in the United States, as well as research that illuminates the need for a policy response. Equitable Growth takes an expansive view of policy, encompassing legislation, investments, regulations, standards, and oversight, among others.鈥�
Amount: $15,000 for graduate students or postdoctoral scholars; $30,000 for early career scholars
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy: Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Mandatory Concept Papers due January 30, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due March 14, 2024
Purpose: 鈥溾�ocial science research that generates actionable insights that can improve large-scale solar siting processes and outcomes for host communities鈥攑articularly those that are disadvantaged鈥攁s well as the solar industry and other stakeholders.鈥�
Amount: $1,000,000-$2,500,000; Note, cost match is required.
Funding Agency: 100,000 Strong in the Americas
Title:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund uses the principle of leveraged innovation with higher education institutions (HEIs) that demonstrate the greatest commitment and innovation toward increasing study abroad opportunities between the United States and countriesin the Western Hemisphere. In applying for the Innovation Fund grants, HEIs will be asked to demonstrate how they will assert leadership in implementing the innovations proposed, how they will address on-campus barriers to student mobility, how they will maintain student engagement, and how they will commit to making concrete changes to expand access to study abroad as sending and/or hosting institutions.鈥�
Amount: $27,174 for Student/Faculty exchanges; $50,000 for Climate Action Projects and Student/Faculty exchanges and training programs
Funding Agency: American Vineyard Foundation
Title:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he foundation invites research proposals for the 2024-2025 cycle for efforts that address the industry鈥檚 top research priorities. The industry research priority themes are broad, interdisciplinary, and oriented toward fostering the development of industry deliverables from theresearch effort.鈥�
Amount: Varies by topic
Funding Agency: Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 1, 2024 at 5pm
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of the K-INBRE is to promote multidisciplinary research networks with a focus on Cell and Developmental Biology; increase the research base and capacity through research support; provide a range of basic science and clinical research opportunities for student trainees; serve as a pipeline for students to continue in health research careers in IDeA states; and enhance science and technology knowledge of the state鈥檚 workforce.鈥�
Amount: $10,000 in direct costs for Core Facility Support; $40,000 in direct costs for Recruitment Packages
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health (ORWH)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 2, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淥RWH is offering a Science Policy Scholar Travel Award to support the development of one junior investigator who is focused on women鈥檚 health or sex and gender differences and is also interested in research policy. The travel award will provide $6,000 to support the juniorinvestigator鈥檚 attendance at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) Annual Meeting on May 6鈥�9, 2024, in Bergen, Norway.鈥�
Amount: $6,000 travel award
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 5, 2024; June 5, 2024; October 5, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to support multidisciplinary and innovative intervention research to understand and address maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States, particularly but not exclusively among racial and ethnic minority, socioeconomicallydisadvantaged, and underserved rural populations, with a focus on understudied healthcare factors.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 5, 2024; June 5, 2024; October 5, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to advance system-level approaches to improve patient safety by improving healthcare worker safety and well-being. Patient safety cannot be fully achieved without healthcare worker safety and well-being.鈥�
Amount: $500,000 per year
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due February 7, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due April 19, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭his BIL section is focused on research, development, and demonstration of second-life applications for electric drive vehicle batteries that have been used to power electric drive vehicles; and technologies and processes for final recycling and disposal of electric drive vehicle batteries.鈥�
Amount: $1,000,000-$8,000,000 depending on topic; Note, cost match is required.
Funding Agency: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Gulf Research Program (GRP)
Title: and
Application Deadlines: February 7, 2024 for Science Policy Fellowship, March 6, 2024 and May 22, 2024 for Early-Career Research Fellowships
Purpose: 鈥淭he Gulf Research Program鈥檚 Science Policy Fellowship program helps scientists hone their skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Fellows gain first-hand experience as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local,or non-governmental environmental, natural resource, oil and gas, and public health agencies in the Gulf of Mexico region. The Gulf Research Program鈥檚 Early-Career Research Fellowship supports emerging scientific leaders as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations, and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in improving offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems.鈥�
Amount: Annual Stipend, Health Allowance, Relocation Costs, and Professional Development Expenses
Funding Agency: National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 12, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淣KF established the Young Investigator Research Grant program to support clinical research studies addressing important issues for patients with kidney disease. Projects must be patient oriented. NKF seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity related to kidneyhealth at a community level. The application must seek to improve access to kidney care, kidney disease management, and patient outcomes.鈥�
Amount: $35,000 for Young Investigator; $75,000 for Health Equity
Funding Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 12, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淣IJ seeks proposals from accredited research universities to study law enforcement鈥檚 responses to opioid overdoses. The study shall take into account law enforcement鈥檚 responses with linked community agencies and also include specific practices utilized to ensure the well-being, assessment, and protection of children in these situations. Linked community agencies may include public and private agencies that do or could have a role in reducing or responding to opioid misuse and overdoses.鈥�
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit four proposals in response to this opportunity, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by February 13, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is February 27, 2024. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by April 9, 2024.
Purpose: 鈥淓PSCoR RII Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows directly aligns with NSF EPSCoR strategic goal of establishing sustainable Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professional development pathways that advance workforce development in STEM and effectsengagement in STEM at national and global levels. EPSCoR RII Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation鈥檚 premier private, governmental, or academic research centers. The fellowship provides opportunities to establish strong collaborations through extended or periodic collaborative visits to a selected host site. Through collaborative research activities with the host site, Fellows will be able to learn new techniques, develop new collaborations, advance existing partnerships, benefit from access to unique equipment and facilities, and/or shift their research toward potentially transformative new directions. The experiences gained through the fellowships are intended to have lasting impacts that will enhance the Fellows鈥� research trajectories well beyond the award period. The benefits to the Fellows are also expected to improve the research capacity of their institutions and jurisdictions more broadly.鈥�
Amount: Costs may not exceed $300,000; Note, 黑洞社区 is not eligible for the @NASA track.
Funding Agency: Jacobs Research Funds (JRF)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 15, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he JRF supports projects involving fieldwork with living aboriginal peoples of North and South America. Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, and to research on the Pacific Northwest鈥攖hat is, the Pacific Ocean coast from Northern California to Alaska, plus the Columbia Plateau in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.鈥�
Amount: $3,000-$9,000
Funding Agency: UL Research Institutes (ULRI)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due February 16, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due May 10, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淯LRI Discoveries in Safety Grants Program funds research that aligns with our mission of building a safer and more sustainable world. Through an open and competitive process, ULRI funds scientific discovery across focus areas that align with our institutes and offices and address our three grand challenges: (1) Building resilience for a sustainable future, (2) Advancing individual and societal health in the 21st century, and (3) Promoting safety at the human-digital interface.鈥� Current topic titles include: Persistence and Effectiveness in Safety and Sustainability Science Education; Innovative Research Leading to the Reduction of Thermal and Chemical Fire Exposures to Firefighters; Independent Digital Risk Assessment; Increased Safety for Large-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Systems; Emerging Chemical Threats to Human and Environmental Health; and Eco-Remediation and Energy Storage.
Amount: $200,000 per year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16 and June 16, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to provide support for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, including from groups nationally underrepresented in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research, to conduct small research projects in the scientific mission areas of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Human Genome Research Institute or the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. This R21 will support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources and seeks to facilitate transition to research independence. The R21 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.鈥�
Amount: Direct costs are limited to $125,000 per year.
REMINDER - Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Title: Fiscal Year 2025 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) 鈥� | |
Application Deadline: February 16, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淒URIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation.鈥�
Amount: $50,000-$3,000,000
Funding Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 22, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he DARPA YFA program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to Department of Defense needs and DARPA鈥檚 mission to create and prevent technological surprise. The YFA program will provide high-impact funding to elite researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research that enables transformative DoD capabilities. Ultimately, the YFA program is developing the next generations of researchers focused on national security issues.鈥�
Amount: $250,000
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 26, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of the GWEP is to educate and train the health care and supportive care workforces to care for older adults by collaborating with community partners. Applicants must maximize patient and family engagement to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework.鈥�
Amount: $1,000,000
Funding Agency: Hearing Health Foundation (HHF)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 29, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭hrough ERG, 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
ONGOING - Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: On a rolling basis only until March 1, 2024 (previous deadline of November 2, 2023 was extended)
Purpose: 鈥淭his Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) establishes an accelerated review/award process to support research to understand health outcomes related to an unexpected and/or time-sensitive event (e.g., emergent environmental threat; pandemic; change in local, state, or national policy; natural disaster). Applications in response to this FOA must demonstrate that the research proposed is time-sensitive and must be initiated with minimum delay due to a limited window of opportunity to collect baseline data, answer key research questions, and/or prospectively evaluate a new policy or program.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 11, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淪upports institutions of higher education to fund scholarships for academically talented low-income students and to study and implement a program of activities that support their recruitment, retention and graduation in STEM.鈥�
Amount: $1,000,000 for Capacity-Building; $2,000,000 for Implementation
Funding Agency: American-Made Challenges (U.S. Department of Energy)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 12, 2024 (Phase 1)
Purpose: 鈥淭oday, the U.S. manufacturing sector predominantly follows a linear model of production in which raw materials are mined, transformed into manufactured goods, used, and discarded. To fully decarbonize the U.S. economy, the country must create new, circular supply chains to keep materials in use beyond a single life cycle. And while recycling plays an important role in this circular economy, approaches that extend the lifetimes of goods could save more energy and emissions over time than recycling alone.鈥�
Amount: $50,000-$500,000 per winner depending on phase ($50,000 prize per winner in Phase 1)
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 13, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he NEA Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.鈥�
Amount: $25,000
ONGOING - Funding Agency: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
Title:
Application Deadline: Abstracts accepted now through March 14, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淎RPA-H鈥檚 mission is to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems. Awardees will develop groundbreaking new ways to tackle health-related challenges through high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research. With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H seeks proposals that aim to rapidly achieve better health outcomes across patient populations, communities, diseases, and health conditions, including in support of the Cancer Moonshot. Proposals are expected to use innovative approaches to enable revolutionary advances in science, technology, or systems. The four initial focus areas are:(1) Health Science Futures; (2) Scalable Solutions; (3) Proactive Health; and (4) Resilient Systems.鈥�
Amount: TBD (contracting opportunity)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淲hen firearms are involved with violent events (including suicide, intimate partner violence, child or elder maltreatment, youth and gang related violence, sexual assault, and hate crimes), the risk for injury and mortality increases. Firearm related injury and mortality constitute an urgent public health crisis with firearms being involved in almost 80% of homicides and over half of all suicides. In addition to preparing the awardee to apply for independent funding to conduct research on firearm injury and mortality prevention, it is expected that this initiative will also lead to new research collaborations that could lead to future NIH funding.鈥�
Amount: NIH will contribute $50,000 per year toward the research development costs of the award recipient.
Funding Agency: The Eppley Foundation for Research
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Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due March 15, 2024; If invited, full applications due April 15, 2023.
Purpose: 鈥淭he Eppley Foundation for Research was incorporated in 1947 for the purpose of 鈥渋ncreasing knowledge in pure or applied science鈥n chemistry, physics and biology through study, research and publication.鈥� The Foundation does not support work in the social sciences, education or computer science, and only rarely funds research into diseases that have considerable financial support available, such as AIDS, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Particular areas of interest include innovative medical investigations, climate change, whole ecosystem studies, as well as research on single species if they are of particular significance in their environments, in the U.S. and abroad.鈥�
Amount: The Eppley Foundation for Research is a small, family foundation that disburses up to $460,000 a year. Review website for recent past grants and amounts.
Funding Agency: Thrasher Research Fund
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Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due March 19, 2024 or September 5, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due May 7, 2024 or October 29, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he purpose of this program is to encourage the development of researchers in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. We do not focus on a particular 鈥媎isease, but all our funded projects deal directly with children's health. In the Early Career Award Program, the Fund is particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children's health through medical research.鈥�
Amount: $26,750
Funding Agency: Foundation for Health Environments Research
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Application Deadlines: April 1, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭his fellowship supports graduate students, junior faculty, and emerging professionals in healthcare facility planning and design. The specific goals of this fellowship include encouraging research related to healthcare programming and planning as well as to the general practice of healthcare architecture.鈥�
Amount: $2,000-$9,000
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
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Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due April 4, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due July 10, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program supports projects that encourage active, meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers, clinicians and other healthcare stakeholders as integral members of the patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research enterprise. This program is not a research funding opportunity.鈥�
Amount: $300,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Application Deadlines: May 6 and September 6, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭his program solicits R01 grant applications that propose independent research projects that are within the scientific mission areas of the participating NIH Institutes or Centers. This program is intended to support New Investigators and At-Risk Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the health-related sciences. Investigators from diverse backgrounds, includingthose from underrepresented groups.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
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Application Deadline: May 17, 2024
Purpose: 鈥淭he goals of the initiative are to enable local communities to play a more active role in increasing outdoor recreation opportunities on refuge lands and waters, to be more focused and deliberate in using partnerships to help FWS address infrastructure repair and improvement needs such as proactive maintenance and the maintenance backlog, and to enhance wildlife habitat. Additionally, this initiative can help address multiple FWS priorities as a catalyst for: Economic and Conservation Enhancement; Career Training and Mentoring Opportunities for Youth and Adults; Equity and Inclusion in Conservation and Recreation; Climate and Wildlife Resilience; and Community Health.鈥�
Amount: Expected Award Funding is $25,000 per award; Note, cost match is required.
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Application Deadlines: ***Limited*** Because 黑洞社区 may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by July 10, 2024 at 12noon in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is July 24, 2024. Full Applications to the sponsor will be due September 18, 2024.
Purpose: 鈥淭he STRONG-RLI program will support research capacity needs assessments by eligible Resource-Limited Institutions (RLIs). The program will also support the recipient institutions to use the results of the assessments to develop action plans for how to meet the identified needs. RLIs are defined as institutions with a mission to serve historically underrepresented populations in biomedical research that award degrees in the health professions (and in STEM fields and social and behavioral sciences) and have received an average of $0 to $25 million per year (total costs) of NIH Research Project Grant (RPG) support for the past three fiscal years.鈥�
Amount: Application budgets for direct costs should not exceed $250,000/year.
REMINDER - Funding Agency: ORAU
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Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: 鈥淥RAU Events Sponsorship Grant Program has now been restructured and is now called the ORAU Innovation Partnerships Grant Program. The goal of this grant program change is to drive new opportunities for university consortium members and ORAU experts to formulate meaningful collaborations. The program will focus on research and education topics that align well with ORAU鈥檚 expertise and current research priorities (Climate & Environment, Health Equity, and Future of the STEM Workforce.)鈥�
Amount: $4,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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鈥� Sep 30, 2024 for CAT, CSDM-B, and SYN; Oct 31, 2024 for CMI, ECS and MSN
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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.
黑洞社区 Office of Research Workshops on National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates () Proposals: January through August (due August 21, 2024)
A common first step in establishing an NSF research center is to demonstrate success with an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Site in the field of interest. REU Sites are also helpful in recruiting graduate students. Vice Provost Coleen Pugh and any interested teams will coordinate and work on their proposals for submission in 2024, following a similar approach used in 2023, to separate NSF divisions according to the following tentative schedule:
January: informational meeting, and debriefing from the teams of the three REU proposals submitted in 2023 (decisions will be announced by Spring 2024)
February: discuss research areas and appropriate NSF divisions, proposal outline, budgets, and target students
March: discuss section (b) Nature of Student Activities (training activities, including research/field-specific activities, professional development activities, industry / research field trips; social activities)
April: peer review of written section (b); discuss section (c) The Research Environment
May: peer review of written sections (b) & (c); discuss potential faculty contributors and leadership teams, housing and other logistics
June: request possible undergraduate research projects from faculty contributors; discuss reference section; section (d) Student Recruitment and Selection; section (e) Student and Mentor Professional Development & Expectations of Behavior; and section (f) Project Evaluation and Reporting
July: peer review of proposal components. Discuss section (g) Results from Prior NSF Support
August: complete any remaining sections and polish proposals
Email funding@wichita.edu to register for this NSF REU Workshop series.
Hanover Research Grants Workshops: December 21, 2023 and January 18, 2024
Hanover Research offers a series of webinars on a variety of topics 鈥渄esigned to help grant-seekers develop their skills and plan for upcoming competitions.鈥� The webinar on December 21, 2023 is titled 鈥淕rant-seeker鈥檚 Guide to Training and Fellowships鈥� and the webinar on January 18, 2024 is titled 鈥�2023-24 Superintendents Leadership Council.鈥�
黑洞社区 Information Security: Privacy & Security Training: January 9, 2024; 4:00-5:00pm in RSC Room 256 (Edmiston)
Gina Riggs and Mark Rodee offer 黑洞社区 Privacy and Security Training monthly on the second Tuesday of every month during the academic year. Learn how to prevent, detect and respond to information security and privacy concerns. If you have a question before the next scheduled training, please reach out to Gina and Mark at the email address below.
Email informationsecurity@wichita.edu with questions.
Air Force Research Laboratory Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Proposer鈥檚 Webinar: January 10, 2024
鈥淭he aim of this webinar is to familiarize potential proposers with the DURIP program and to provide them with a forum to ask questions of DURIP program managers and contracting staff from the tri-services (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research) in preparation for proposing to the FY25 DURIP call (open until 16 Feb 2024).
National Association of Counties (NACo): Boosting Career Opportunities in Coal and Manufacturing Communities Webinar January 18, 2024
鈥淭he flexibility of a county鈥檚 workforce is crucial for success. Learn how county initiatives promote professional growth and career transitions to strengthen the local job market. Join NACo鈥檚 Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities National Network and Counties for Career Success initiatives for this collaborative webinar that showcases successful programs in coal and manufacturing communities.鈥�
Office of Research Workshop: Using Pivot to Find Funding: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 2pm
Looking for external sponsored project funding? Join Fran Cook, CRA, Trainer from the Wichita State Office of Research, who will host a virtual workshop demonstrating tips and tricks for using Pivot to search for funding opportunities. We will also discuss how to find potential funding opportunities that might not be listed in Pivot.
Participants should sign up for a Pivot account before the workshop to practice searching Pivot during the workshop. For more information or to receive a link to the virtual workshop, contact funding@wichita.edu. You may also register directly on MyTraining.
America鈥檚 Seed Fund (SBIR-STTR) 2024 Virtual Road Tour: January 23-25, 2024
America鈥檚 Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through America鈥檚 Seed Fund.
黑洞社区 Office of Research Workshops on National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship () Program Proposals: January through August
The NSF seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master鈥檚 and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas, through a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. Proposals are requested that address anyinterdisciplinary or convergent research theme of national priority, as noted above.鈥� In addition to providing exceptional graduate training, the NSF NRT can be a useful step in establishing an NSF research center in a convergent field. Beginning on January 25, 2024, with an informational session, Vice Provost Coleen Pugh and interested teams will coordinate and work on their proposals for the submission deadline of September 6, 2024.
Email funding@wichita.edu to register for this NSF NRT Workshop series.
SAVE THE DATE: National Endowment for the Arts National Convening: Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities: January 30, 2024
Arts and culture enrich our lives, our communities, and our nation. In this pivotal moment in our history, there is a growing recognition that the arts reveal new ideas, unlock opportunities, and help us confront the many challenges before us. This first-of-its-kind national convening will bring together leaders from across sectors, including government officials; policymakers; artists; arts advocates; academics; philanthropic, labor, and community leaders; and the public. Together we will consider the ideas, policies, and actions we can take to better integrate and elevate the arts and humanities throughout our country.
Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission: Artists INC Express Kansas Statewide Virtual Workshops February 2 鈥� February 4, 2024
鈥淎rtist INC Express helps artists, of any discipline, develop the building blocks for a thriving and enduring arts practice. Led by a team of experienced, working artists, this nine-hour, hands-on workshop helps artists like you address specific needs and challenges that you鈥檒l face throughout your career. Through discussions, activities, and hands-on exercises, your artist-facilitators, and your new network of peer artists, will help you set goals for your practice, write about your work, and build a personal brand.鈥�
鈥� Preferred Registration is due by January 25, 2024
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) STEM Hub: 2023-2024 Grant Training Webinar Series: February 2, 2024 and March 1, 2024
The NSF HSI STEM Resource Hub Spring 2024 webinar series focuses on celebrating and learning from successful NSF HSI awardees. The HSI STEM Hub recommends participation in these webinars to learn from successful awardees, particularly if you are currently writing a proposal or are interested in grant writing. The February 2, 2024 topic is 鈥淧romoting Success in Student Transitions from Lower to Upper Division Coursework鈥� and the March 1, 2024 topic is 鈥淚mproving Undergraduate Student Success through Summer Research Experiences.鈥�
Office of Research Workshop: Large Center Proposals: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 9:30am
Following a Chemistry seminar entitled 鈥�Pulsatile Drug Delivery via Photothermal Modulation of Dynamic Covalent Poly(ethylene glycol)/PEDOT Hydrogels鈥� at 3:30pm on February 14, guest speaker Dr. Tania Betancourt of Texas State University will discuss applying for funding for, and directing, a large research center. Specifically, Dr. Betancourt will discuss the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program as an example of a large research center. Dr. Betancourt is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, a faculty member of the Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program, and Director of the NSF PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly at Texas State University. There will be opportunities for questions with 黑洞社区 researchers. Dr. Betancourt will also participate in a discussion of Latin-X and Women in STEM on February 15 (time and location TBA).
This will be a hybrid session. For more information or to receive a link to the virtual workshop, contact funding@wichita.edu. You may also register directly on MyTraining. The workshop will take place in RSC Room 262 (Herrman).
REMINDER - Hanover Grants Learning Center Available
黑洞社区 Faculty and Staff may now access course content through the Hanover Research Grants Learning Center by registering and using a referral code. Courses are designed for on-demand grantsmanship training.
Email proposals@wichita.edu to request the referral code to register for access to the Hanover Research Grants Learning Center.
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 and access the
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office of Research EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT 鈥� Angela Van Valkenburg
Angela joined the Office of Research in October 2022. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Political Science from the University of Kansas and a master鈥檚 degree in Public Administration from the University of Washington. Angela was born in Kansas but also lived in the states of Washington, Northern Virginia, Missouri and Minnesota before returning to Kansas. Prior to the birth of her son, Cameron, Angela worked for the University of Washington and the American Diabetes Association in Washington, D.C. Angela has been married to Chuck for 22 years. She enjoys trying new restaurants, traveling, reading, cooking and spending time with her family.
New Research Project / Mentor Opportunity: The Delfin: Participate in the Directory of Research Advisors of The Delfin Program to Mentor Summer Research Students from Mexico, Central America, and South America
If you are willing to receive, advise and work with an undergraduate student(s) on a summer research project, either in person or virtually, please contact Vice Provost for Research, Dr. Coleen Pugh, for further instructions and to apply to be added to the directory. The potential faculty mentor will then receive an invitation from the General Coordinator of the Delfin Program, with instructions for entering their contact information, research lines, and research projects to the platform. Students interested in participating in the 2024 Summer of Scientific Research and Tecnol贸gica of the Pacific will then be able to see this information, communicate with the potential mentor, and select their project. Visas, housing, and cultural and networking experiences for students who choose research mentors at 黑洞社区 will be coordinated centrally, and involve the International Office, the office of Hispanic Initiatives, the McNair Scholars Program, and the Office of Research. The Office of Research will use research incentive funds to supplement research costs with $500 for each student鈥檚 project. Summer research projects will run from June 19 to August 4, 2024 (7 weeks). Research projects can be in almost any field, including STEM, Health, and the Arts.
The deadline to add new faculty is January 19, 2024. Email coleen.pugh@wichita.edu for further instructions about the research mentor application process.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Issues Notice to the Research Community: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technology in the NSF Merit Review Process
鈥淣SF will update the 2025 Proposals and Award Policies and Procedures Guide to align with the requirements stipulated in this memorandum or with additional guidance and requirements as necessary. NSF will also continuously evaluate future applications of generative AI technology for use by staff and the research community.鈥�
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Seeking Input on Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan Templates
NIH has 鈥渆ngaged with the Federal demonstration Partnership to pilot test two DMS plan templates. These templates were developed in close collaboration with staff and leadership from offices across NIH, and we seek your input on them. The feedback obtained in this phase will inform possible revisions to the current NIH DMS Plan format page. Our aim is to encourage greater consistency in DMS Plan requirements across NIH Institutes and Centers and mitigate the administrative burden associated with DMS Plan development and implementation for researchers.鈥�
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Interventions to Promote Mental Well-being in Populations that Experience Health Disparities through Social, Cultural, and Environmental Connectedness
鈥淭his NOSI encourages research aimed at developing, refining, and/or testing interventions and programs that promote mental well-being and/or prevent mental health problems by fostering connectedness in one or more populations that experience health disparities. The proposed research should test approaches that are both scalable and sustainable in real world contexts, either in person or online, where individuals, groups, or communities are likely to establish and maintain connections.鈥�
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Data Informed, Place-Based Community-Engaged Research to Advance Health Equity
鈥淭he purpose of this NOSI is to stimulate community-engaged research that leverages geospatial data to probe the influence of geographic factors on disease development and health outcomes. Our goal is to use place-based research to help advance health equity in different communities.鈥�
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Clinical-Community Linkages to Address Unmet Social Needs and Adverse Social Determinants of Health to Advance Health Equity among Populations Experiencing Health Disparities (R01)
鈥淭his initiative focuses on populations that experience health disparities, including racial and ethnic minority populations, people with lower socioeconomic status, underserved rural populations, sexual and gender minority populations, people with disabilities, and any subpopulations that can be characterized by the intersection of two or more of these descriptors.鈥�
National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine: Countering Misinformation and Sharing Science Effectively
In today鈥檚 complex and fast-moving information environment, it can be challenging to determine what is reliable and credible. The National Academies are exploring what drives the spread of misinformation and disinformation and ways to counter it, while also advancing ways to communicate about science effectively.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Incubators and Conferences for STEM Education Research with a Focus on Education Equity
鈥淲ith this DCL, the NSF鈥檚 Directorate for STEM Education notifies the community of the continuing collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, and the Walton Family Foundation to offer Incubator Research Coordination Network proposal opportunities that support the development of mid-scale research infrastructure efforts, especially those that enable research on the assets and needs of those historically underrepresented in STEM and that lead to greater education equity.鈥�
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Issues Action Guide for Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools
This CDC Action Guide 鈥渄escribes six in-school strategies that are proven to promote and support mental health and well-being.鈥�
White House Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Playbook Available
The social and economic conditions of the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes.
REMINDER - National Science Foundation (NSF) Now Requires Use of SciENcv
The mandate to use SciENcv only for preparation of the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support has gone into effect for new proposals submitted or due on or after October 23, 2023. Proposers should refer to Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide as well as the for more information.鈥� 黑洞社区 faculty and staff: please contact funding@wichita.edu if you would like assistance with setting up your profile in SciENcv.
REMINDER - PCORI Engagement Award Opportunities Open January 16, 2024
鈥淧CORI's Online System will open on Jan. 16, 2024, for the submission of Letters of Intent for three PCORI Engagement Award Program funding announcements under the April 2024 Cycle.鈥�
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