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The National Science Foundation’s Plant Biotic Interactions program supports research on the processes that mediate beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial, oomycete, fungal, plant, and invertebrate symbionts, pathogens and pests. This joint NSF/NIFA program supports projects focused on current and emerging model and non-model systems, and agriculturally relevant plants.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Science & Technology Policy Fellowships provide opportunities to outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policymaking and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the policy realm. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in the federal government and represent a broad range of backgrounds, disciplines, and career stages.
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Noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Topic: Public Health Service / Other Support Documents
NIH has recently begun requesting information beyond current/pending research funding to be included in the Other Support section of NIH proposals. This includes all financial and in-kind support, as well as consulting agreements that pertain to the research. PreAward Services has developed a fillable form to assist researchers in meeting this requirement. Learn more at this session.
Please register to attend by 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29 using your K-State email address.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please add this information to your calendar.
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NSF Proposal and Award Policy Update Webinar
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The National Science Foundation will offer an NSF Proposal and Award Policy Update Webinar to the research community from 1-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. There is no cost to participate.
The Webinar will provide an overview of significant changes and clarifications to the PAPPG that will take effect on October 4, 2021. The PAPPG Webinar details NSF's proposal preparation and submission guidelines and provides guidance on managing and monitoring the award and administration of grants and cooperative agreements made by the Foundation.
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Writing teaching, research and diversity statements |
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2-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 23
Graduate students and post-docs going on the market for academic jobs are encouraged to attend this session to learn effective strategies for preparing three key documents of your job application: a teaching philosophy, research statement, and diversity statement. Refreshments will be provided.
Please register by noon on Sept. 17 to attend in person.
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Scientists and startups: Funding opportunities with industry partners |
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8 a.m., noon and 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Join Halo for a live, interactive webinar with Baxter, a Fortune 500 healthcare and medical device company.
Baxter scientists will be discussing two new partnering opportunities on Halo, each providing $150,000 to $300,000 in funding.
Following a presentation, the Baxter team will answer questions directly from researchers.
Who should attend:
- PIs, postdocs and graduate students.
- Startups.
Relevant departments and expertise:
- Microbiology/molecular biology.
- Pharmacology.
- Biomedical engineering.
- Environmental engineering/water.
Here's what you'll learn:
- Why microbial and endotoxin detection is important to Baxter.
- What technologies and approaches are of interest.
- How Baxter engages with researchers around the world.
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NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference |
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Save the Date! Join the National Science Foundation, or NSF, for the Fall 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference, to be held during the week of October 4-8, 2021.
Registration will be free of charge and opens at 11 am. on Wednesday, September 8. Sessions are anticipated to reach capacity very quickly, so you are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Be on the lookout for the Registration is Open email from the NSF, which will provide the registration links and details for this event.
In the meantime, please feel free to check nsfpolicyoutreach.com for the most up-to-date information and view recordings of sessions from previous conferences. You may also view the Spring 2021 Virtual Grants Conference recordings on the NSF YouTube page. For those who cannot attend the live conference, all recorded conference sessions will be available on-demand shortly after the event and posted on the NSF website and YouTube page.
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3-5 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 26
Everyone engaged in research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery at K-State are invited to attend and exhibit at this internal event.
- Explore interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Find resources.
- Promote your work.
Exhibitors will have a table and display space for posters, banners, signs, handouts and some limited equipment or other items. Exhibitors must register no later than Tuesday, Oct. 12. Attendees can register through Monday, Oct. 25.
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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 coronavirus continues to surge across the United States, hospitals are again filling up with ill COVID-19 patients. And the vast majority of those patients are unvaccinated, as two new charts help make exceedingly clear. sciencenews.org
The National Institutes of Health is providing approximately $185 million over five years to the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) consortium, initiated and funded by NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). NHGRI will fund 25 awards across 30 U.S. research sites. IGVF consortium investigators will work to understand how genomic variation alters human genome function, and how such variation influences human health and disease. nih.gov
When I stumbled on the research paper from one of my former labs, related to a project I had contributed to, I was taken by surprise. No one had told me our work was going to be published! A quick glance showed I was acknowledged, which was gratifying. However, when I looked at the figures, my surprise turned to shock. I had generated two of the figures, as well as the underlying data, a couple years earlier, when I was a research fellow in the lab after finishing my master’s degree. Based on my contribution, I should have been included as an author. Then I discovered the group had published other papers about our work without even acknowledging me. I had become a ghost author, my contributions used without credit. science.org
Women’s share of international prizes rewarding research excellence is increasing, but still lags behind the proportion of professorial positions held by women, according to an analysis of 141 top science prizes awarded over the past two decades. nature.com
Physicist Stephan Reuter of Polytechnique Montréal spends most days using his expertise in energy and matter to improve medical technologies. Recently though, he stood in a sea of green to consider how a shower of charged particles might affect lettuce. sciencenews.org
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