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The National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
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Demonstrate Broader Impacts at Girls Researching Our World on April 2 |
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K-State faculty, staff and students are invited to design and facilitate a hands-on science, technology, engineering, and/or math activity for middle school students at the Girls Researching Our World, or GROW, workshop on Saturday, April 2 on the K-State campus in Manhattan.
Activities should incorporate the workshop theme, “All in for Innovation.” In this Saturday Workshop, we investigate how STEM professionals develop new ideas and inventions that make our lives healthier, happier, safer and easier. Activity proposals should relate to this theme. The K-State office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering, or KAWSE, program coordinator, Morgan Greene, is available to help brainstorm activity ideas and relate facilitators’ area of expertise to the event theme. KAWSE can also help find student volunteers to assist with the activity.
Activity sessions are 45 minutes long and attended by 8-12 middle school students at a time. Sessions begin at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Facilitators may choose to host the morning sessions, afternoon sessions, or all sessions. The session should be hands-on; any presentations should be less than 10 minutes long. A GROW student employee will chaperone each group to and from sessions and will be present during the activity to help facilitate as necessary. A free lunch is provided at noon for those facilitators who request one. Activity proposals are due by March 18, 2022.
An information guide and activity proposal guide is available on the KAWSE website to help with activity development.
The KAWSE office is happy to provide letters of support to grant agencies for those who collaborate with us.
Event capacity is limited to 100 middle school students, grades 6-8. The GROW program is organized by KAWSE. Event registration information is available on the GROW website. Office staff can be reached at kawse@k-state.edu, at 785-532-6088 or at 1011 Seaton Hall to answer any questions.
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Your expertise and technical knowledge are critical to the mission of the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, or FFAR, to build unique partnerships that advance innovative research to address challenges in agricultural sustainability and food supply.
FFAR is recruiting external peer reviewers for their 2022 grant programs, including the New Innovator Award in Food and Agriculture Research and Seeding Solutions. Please consider supporting FFAR's efforts by indicating your availability to review up to four proposals through this 2-minute survey.
Selected experts will review proposals against criteria established by FFAR to inform funding decisions. The following provide links to the program descriptions, along with timeframes for each review period:
FFAR GRANT PROGRAM: EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW PERIOD:
As always, FFAR is grateful for your contributions. Please contact program administrator, Cordelia Hiers, with any additional questions.
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Global Food Systems Seed Grant Program
Submissions for the Global Food Systems seed grant program are now open.
The fiscal year 2023 GFS Seed Grants will be made for a two-year period for funding levels up to $100,000 per year or $200,000 total award. The second year of funding will be contingent upon continued state funding and sufficient progress in the first year. Two requirements for all projects are:
- The potential for the project to impact job growth and job creation, as well as retain and attract talent in the state of Kansas.
- Specific plans to attract new externally sponsored funding to solve GFS grand challenges.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
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Spring 2022 FDA and USRG Request for Proposals |
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Deadline: 5 p.m., Monday, March 7
The Office of Research Development announces the Spring 2022 Faculty Development Award, or FDA, and University Small Research Grant, or USRG, call for proposals for Kansas State University tenured or tenure-track faculty who are interested in receiving assistance in their scholarly activities and professional development. Note: faculty must have at least some percentage of their appointment devoted to research.
The Faculty Development Awards program provides support for travel to international meetings — primarily at international locations — or to meet with program officers from potential external sponsors. Due to travel constraints caused by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA program will, for the current funding round cover either:
- Registration expenses to present at a virtual professional meeting.
- Travel and registration costs to present at an in-person professional meeting. These awards will be contingent on the in-person meetings occurring as planned with funds not being released until this can be confirmed.
The University Small Research Grants program is a seed grant program to support early research, scholarly activity, and other creative efforts.
If you seek support for travel/projects occurring between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 apply in this competition. For travel/ projects occurring between January 1, 2023 and June 30, 2023, apply in the fall competition, due October 3, 2022
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The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, or NIGMS, offers co-funding to support new or competing continuation — R01 and R15 — research projects from investigators in Institutional Development Award, or IDeA, states whose proposals received meritorious scores, but fell short of the pay line. If you feel you have an appropriate grant, please know that the NIH Institute that has the primary assignment for your application determines which applications it will nominate for IDeA co-funding. PIs wishing to be nominated by NIH ICs for IDeA co-funding consideration should first contact the IDeA Co-Funding Coordinator at their NIH Institute. Please note that the window for nominations from the various institutes closes in early April.
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Global Food Systems Seed Grant training
Industry Perspectives: Steps toward achieving successful industry collaborations
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1-2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 8
2-3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9
This mandatory training for this year’s GFS Seed Grant applications will help researchers better understand the challenges in intellectual property protection, the legal ins and outs of industry interaction and how to build relationships with industry colleagues.
Graduate students are welcome to attend, but the PI of the project must attend.
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Curious to see where Fulbright can take you? Join a webinar to learn more!
Our first webinars of the year will share details about the U.S. Scholar Program, awards and the application process. Register for these events here:
Visit the webinar schedule for details about events throughout the competition, featuring specific countries, regions and disciplines.
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Securing DOD Research Funding to Fight Infectious Disease Threats |
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Noon
Thursday, March 10
One of the many long-standing truths COVID-19 underscored: the more we know about infectious diseases and how to detect, prevent, and treat them, the safer our world will be. On March 10, Research!America will host a free workshop exploring Department of Defense, or DOD, research funding opportunities in the infectious disease arena.
Drawing on extensive experience as a DOD funding consultant, Elizabeth Barrows will guide audience members through the DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program and other DOD research funding opportunities.
It is likely that the fiscal year 2022 budget will be signed into law soon, and that DOD will kick off their FY22 grants cycle soon thereafter. Liz will discuss the nature of current funding opportunities, the timing, the application process, and key “dos and don’ts” to increase the odds of securing support through a grant or other funding mechanisms. The presentation will be followed by a live Q&A.
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Noon-2 p.m.
Thursday, March 10
The presenters will discuss program scope, eligibility, application elements, and frequently asked questions. A Q&A session will conclude the webinar. A recording will be available after the event on the NIJ website.
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NSF: Smart and Connected Communities Program Webinar |
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1-2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16
The National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Communities program recently released an updated solicitation. The program is now “No-deadline” and is accepting proposals at any time. Teams are encouraged to submit their proposals as soon as they are ready and are welcome to set up a time to speak with a program director to discuss questions.
For teams new to the S&CC program, this 90-minute informational webinar will provide:
- An overview of the S&CC program
- Details of the updated solicitation and important submission information for potential proposers across academia, community organizations, and state and local government
- Q&A with S&CC Program Directors
S&CC supports fundamental research that integrates technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities. Researchers are required to work with community stakeholders to identify local challenges and to co-develop and pilot solutions addressing these challenges. The program accelerates the creation of the scientific and engineering foundations that synergistically integrate intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments, including infrastructure, to improve the social, economic, and environmental well-being of communities.
The program supports projects in the following categories:
- S&CC Integrative Research Grants (SCC-IRG) Tracks 1 and 2. Awards in this category support fundamental integrative research that addresses technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Track 1 proposals may request budgets ranging between $1,500,001 and $2,500,000, with durations of up to four years. Track 2 proposals may request budgets up to $1,500,000, with durations of up to three years.
- S&CC Planning Grants (SCC-PG). Awards in this category are for capacity building to prepare project teams to propose future well-developed SCC-IRG proposals. Each of these awards will provide support for a period of one year and up to $150,000.
To learn more about the program and its supported projects, visit the S&CC website.
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CISE IIS Office Hours: Meet Your Information Integration and Informatics Program Directors |
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Noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, March 17
The IIS Office Hours are for researchers interested in learning about programs and policies in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, or IIS, in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, or CISE, at NSF. Office Hours are designed to give current and potential investigators a window into IIS. Each session will feature a topic of interest to a diverse group of researchers. Attendance at office hours is voluntary and designed to help investigators gain information that can help them strengthen their proposals. Short summaries will be posted after each session. Sessions will be closed-captioned.
Please note that the office hours are designed to answer questions for a broad range of researchers and not inquiries about specific proposals. If you would like to talk about a specific proposal you are considering submitting or which was already reviewed, please send an email to one of the programs below. This will connect you with program officers with whom you can ask questions.
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NSF: IOS Virtual Office Hour |
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Noon-1 p.m.
Thursday, March 17
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NSF: Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering Webinar |
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11 a.m.-noon
Thursday, March 17
The goal of the BRITE solicitation is to enable and create opportunities to advance scientific discoveries and new research using a variety of approaches that harness the national talent ecosystem of experienced faculty.
Program directors will describe and answer questions about BRITE program eligibility, submission instructions, and the four funding tracks -- Synergy, Pivot, Relaunch, and Fellow.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing event details. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to attend, please email rarequest@nsf.gov in advance.
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NSF: Leading Cultural Change Through Professional Societies of Biology to host webinar
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1-2 p.m.
Monday, March 21
2-3 p.m.
Friday, April 22
The program aims to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in biology at scale through culture change by leveraging the leadership, broad reach, and unique ability of professional societies. Professional societies are uniquely positioned to help facilitate culture change in their disciplines through: publishing journals, fostering scientific discussion and debate, broad membership — including membership from academia, government agencies, and private businesses — hosting large scientific meetings that can serve as networking and professional development opportunities for people at many professional levels, and electing leaders that greatly influence views and norms within a discipline.
As we recognize that disciplines and societies may be at different points in assessing and addressing their culture, the program has three tracks — Evaluation, Design and Plan, and Implementation. The Evaluation Track is for projects focused on assessment and research of the values, norms, priorities, and practices associated with the culture of the discipline or sub-discipline. The Design Track is for projects to develop an evidence-based plan to address broad-scale culture change within a discipline or sub-discipline. The Implementation Track is for projects to implement evidence-based cultural change strategies that leverage the influence of biological professional societies.
Proposals are due on July 1, 2022.
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CAREER Nuts & Bolts Session |
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3:30 pm
Wednesday, March 23
Via Zoom
The National Science Foundation, or NSF, Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, Program is NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars. This session will start with presentations on the requirements for submission, review criteria, submission protocol and evaluation resources. These will be followed by a panel of recent Kansas State University CAREER awardees who will provide tips on submitting to and receiving an award under this program. Session attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a CAREER Writing Clinic that will start after the session and end in July when the proposals are due.
Zoom information will be sent to registered attendees on March 22.
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K-State research in the news |
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Agency news and trending topics |
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As the nation confronts the most pressing societal, scientific and technological challenges it has faced in decades, NSF is directing U.S. research toward finding solutions and forging an inclusive, innovative workforce that will be necessary to deliver those solutions. NSF will present information on some of this research in a number of sessions at the upcoming SXSW. NSF
The U.S. Department of Justice is ending a Trump-era investigation of national-security threats from China following several failed prosecutions of American university researchers for their ties to China. The Chronicle of High Education
Scientists have released three studies that reveal intriguing new clues about how the COVID-19 pandemic started. Two of the reports trace the outbreak back to a massive market that sold live animals, among other goods, in Wuhan, China and a third suggests that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spilled over from animals — possibly those sold at the market — to humans at least twice in November or December 2019. Nature
The future of a €1.3-billion programme to explore Mars has been thrown into doubt by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after the European Space Agency (ESA) said that launch of its rover this year is now “very unlikely”. Nature
What if your computer decided not to blare out a notification jingle because it noticed you weren't sitting at your desk? What if your TV saw you leave the couch to answer the front door and paused Netflix automatically, then resumed playback when you sat back down? What if our computers took more social cues from our movements and learned to be more considerate companions? Wired
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