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Congratulations to those who received grants in March! So far this fiscal year, WSU’s AA researchers proposed $61,598,073 in funding, were awarded $78,770,981, and generated $2,951,412 in indirect cost recovery.
Thank you to all who participated in our Inaugural Industrial Sponsors Day on April 19. We heard many positive comments about the usefulness of the presentations and discussions, and the need for more opportunities for WSU academic researchers to gather and communicate with each other and company representatives; those who participated will have the opportunity to provide additional feedback through an anonymous survey. We will continue with this event next year, along with the Research Showcase hosted by the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Thank you also to NetApp for allowing us to use their exceptional facilities.
In our continued effort to introduce you to those who serve you in the Office of Research, please see the spotlight on Amanda Tucker, who is a Grant and Contract Specialist on the Pre-Award team, transferred from Industry and Defense Programs.
We wish you much success in your research efforts over the next month.
Coleen Pugh, Vice Provost for Research
AWARDS
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR RESEARCH - HELM PROJECT
PI/Department: Sina Aghaie, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Sponsor: Helm, Inc.
Amount: $33,850
PEPTIDE AND T-CELL LOADED PCL NANOFIBERS WITH CONTROLLED RELEASE MECHANISMS FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
PI/Department: Eylem Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering
Co-PI/Department: Shruti Kshirsagar, School of Computing | David Long, Biomedical Engineering
Sponsor: Flossie E West Memorial Trust
Amount: $41,000
ABILENE PRIORITIES FACILITATION
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: City of Abilene
Amount: $7,954
CPB COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT (CSG) FY 2024
PI/Department: Debra Fraser, KMUW
Sponsor: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Amount: $144,725
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: $9,418
GRAZING INTENSITY ASSESSMENT - SUPPLEMENT
PI/Department: Gregory Houseman, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture
Amount: $302,434
THE KANSAS NASA EPSCOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (RID) PROGRAM
PI/Department: Linda Kliment, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $200,000
SBIR PHASE I: INTELLIGENT REPEATERS FOR PERVASIVE MILLIMETER-WAVE WIRELESS BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY (SBIR PHASE I)
PI/Department: Hyuck Kwon, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Tiami, LLC. / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $50,910
KLC - ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Kansas Leadership Center
Amount: $14,000
LEGAL RESEARCH - RUIVSHA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $4,500
FY24 KANSAS NURSING INITIATIVE GRANT
PI/Department: Debra Pile, School of Nursing
Sponsor: Kansas Board of Regents
Amount: $76,150
MITIGATING FAILURES IN BATTERY-POWERED FLIGHTS: BATTERY MANAGEMENT THROUGH SAFETY-CRITICAL CONTROL
PI/Department: Davi Marcelo Soares, Electrical & Computer Engr
Co-PI/Department: Tamas Molnar, Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: State of Kansas - MURPA
Amount: $7,498
AMERICORPS KANSAS WITH NAMI - WICHITA
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: National Alliance on Mental Illness - Wichita
Amount: $3,750
BOARD MEETING FACILITATION
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Hesston College
Amount: $3,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN FACILITATION SERVICES
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Unified Government of Wyandotte County
Amount: $24,036
FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH COURSE (AMENDMENT 1)
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $124,018
KDHE AOS EXTENDED
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $1,125,526
LEADERSHIP RETREAT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Ellis County, Kansas
Amount: $4,507
NALHD - 2023-24 NEBRASKA COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors
Amount: $248,457
NATIONAL AOS CONFERENCE PLANNING SUPPORT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: LHD Academy of Science
Amount: $12,269
NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Health Institute / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $25,904
NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT DEVELOPMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Assoc of Comm Mental Health Centers KS
Amount: $18,800
PLAINVILLE WELLNESS COALITION/ROOKS COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Rooks County Healthcare Foundation
Amount: $16,750
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: USD 460 Hesston
Amount: $14,334
SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATION BOARD CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: City Of Wichita
Amount: $11,017
WSU TRAINING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas
Amount: $232,288
YOUTH FATALITY REVIEW BOARD
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Unified Government of Wyandotte County
Amount: $6,640
THE REGULATION OF MATRIX COLLAGEN FIBERS ON GLIOMA MALIGNANCY
PI/Department: Li Yao, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Flossie E West Memorial Trust
Amount: $41,000
“FULLY DIMENSIONAL: ARTISTS OF THE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE COLLECTION” (CHALLENGE AMERICA)
PI/Department: Vivian Zavataro, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Sponsor: Natl Endowment for the Arts
Amount: $10,000
MONTHLY AWARDS FOR THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE EQUAL $9,871,092 OF WHICH $9,848,472 BELONGS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AVIATION RESEARCH (NIAR).
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Focused Funding Opportunities
Please reach out early and as soon as you have found a potential opportunity that you wish to apply for. Early notifications allow the Office of Research to minimize the risk of missing agency deadlines, to fix potential errors, to ensure compliance with WSU policies and procedures, and to ensure the best service from our office. For access to WSU’s Pivot account to search for funding opportunities, please sign up and affiliate with Wichita State University using your WSU email address. To request assistance with a customized search please contact funding@wichita.edu. Again, 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 Pre-Award Services to find out more about applying for external funding.
FINAL NOTICE LIMITED Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit two Track 1 proposals, one Track 2 proposal and one Track 3 proposal, Notices of Intent to apply, as well as answers to the required limited submission questions (found here), must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by May 1, 2024 at 12noon. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is June 12, 2024. Applications to the funder (if selected) will be due by November 15, 2024.
Purpose: “The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific / engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports the acquisition of a multi-user research instrument that is commercially available through direct purchase from a vendor, or for the personnel costs and equipment that are required for the development of an instrument with new capabilities, thereby advancing instrumentation capabilities and enhancing expertise for instrument design and fabrication at academic institutions. MRI instruments are, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.”
Amount: Track 1: Greater than $100,000 and less than $1,400,000; Track 2: $1,400,000 - $4,000,000; Track 3: $100,000-$4,000,000
LIMITED Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Title: Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) – Capacity Building
Application Deadlines: Limited Because WSU may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by May 6, 2024 at 12noon. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is May 20, 2024. Mandatory White Paper (if selected) will be due by June 24, 2024; If invited by DOD, a Full Application will be due November 25, 2024.
Purpose: “DEPSCoR's objectives are to: (1) increase the number of university researchers in eligible States/Territories capable of performing science and engineering (S&E) research responsive to the needs of the DoD; (2) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education in eligible States/Territories (Note, Kansas is eligible) to develop, plan, and execute S&E research that is relevant to the mission of the DoD, and competitive under the peer review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; and (3) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that IHEs in eligible States/Territories receive from the Federal Government for S&E research.”
Amount: $1,500,000
LIMITED Funding Agency: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Title: Highway Construction Training Project (HCTP) Grants
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit one nomination, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by May 6, 2024 at 12noon. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is May 20, 2024. Letter of Intent to the funder (if selected) will be due by June 17, 2024.
Purpose: “The purposes of the HCTP are to 1) Develop, test, and review new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce; and 2) to implement the new curricula and education programs to provide for hands-on career opportunities to meet current and future needs.”
Amount: Up to $300,000
LIMITED Funding Agency: Brain Research Foundation
Title: Scientific Innovations Award
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit one nomination, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by May 7, 2024 at 12noon. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is May 21, 2024. Letter of Intent to the funder (if selected) will be due by June 25, 2024.
Purpose: “The objective of the program is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high impact journals. To be eligible, the nominee must be a full-time associate professor/full professor working in the area of neuroscience and brain function in health and disease. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential.”
Amount: $150,000
REMINDER - Funding Agency: Kansas NASA EPSCoR (KNEP)
Title: Seed Research Initiation (SRI) and Partnership Development Grant (PDG)
Application Deadline: May 10, 2024 at 12noon
Purpose: “A successful SRI grant leads to productive collaborations, joint publications, and additional grant awards. A direct impact on state economic development is also extremely desirable. Ultimately, the goal is to form long-term self-sustaining nationally competitive capabilities that meet both NASA and Kansas’ research infrastructure development goals.” For PDG, “the PDG recipient is expected to initiate, develop, and formalize a meaningful professional relationship with a NASA researcher. Given this expectation, it is vital that investigators and students travel to a NASA center if selected for an award.”
Amount: $158,365 for SRI; $21,850 for PDG; Note, both the SRI and PDG require cost match.
Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title: MACRO: Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity
Application Deadlines: Required Concept Paper due May 10, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due June 27, 2024
Purpose: “…to address R&D challenges in utilizing algae to produce biofuels and bioproducts. Topic 1 is specifically focused on utilizing readily available algae; Topic 2 is specifically focused on utilizing direct industrial CO2 emissions in algae systems.”
Amount: Up to $1,500,000 for Topic 1; Up to $3,000,000 for Topic 2; Note, cost share is required.
Funding Agency: Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)
Title: Prevention Request for Proposals and Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker Program
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due May 13, 2024 or September 30, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due July 22, 2024 or December 9, 2024
Purpose: “For the Prevention RFP, the ADDF seeks to support studies of cognitive symptoms due to health conditions, comparative effectiveness research, and epidemiological studies that probe whether the use or choice of drugs alters the risk for dementia or cognitive decline. For the Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker Program, the aim is to further develop and validate established biomarkers for which there is a clear clinical need in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. This RFP prioritizes biomarkers with a defined context of use, a clear advantage over other relevant biomarkers, and a path to commercialization and/or clinical use.”
Amount: Up to $5,000,000 for clinical trails based on stage and scope of research for the Prevention RFP and up to $600,000 for the Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker Program
Funding Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Title: FY24 Internet of Things National Training and Technical Assistance Program
Application Deadline: May 15, 2024
Purpose: “BJA seeks to provide training and technical assistance to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement officials; intelligence analysts; prosecutors; judges; fusion center staff; and other criminal justice entities who prevent, investigate, and respond to crimes that use wireless devices.”
Amount: $440,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: May 16, 2024
Purpose: “The Advancing Health Research through Ethical, Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Initiative aims to develop ethically focused and data-driven multimodal AI approaches to more closely model, interpret, and predict complex biological, behavioral, and health systems and enhance our understanding of health and the ability to detect and treat human diseases.”
Amount: $1,000,000-$2,000,000 annually
Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE): Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Title: Concentrating Solar Flux to Heat and Power
Application Deadlines: Concept Paper due May 16, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due August 8, 2024
Purpose: “…research, development, and demonstration projects that accelerate the large-scale development of Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power technology.”
Amount: $750,000-$10,000,000
REMINDER - Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Application Deadlines: White Papers strongly recommended and due May 17, 2024; If encouraged, Full Applications due September 6, 2024
Purpose: “The MURI program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD.” Note, 26 topics are listed in the solicitation and reflect the interests of the Air Force, Army and Navy.
Amount: Up to $1,500,000
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
Title: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Family Support
Application Deadlines: Optional notices of intent due May 17, 2024; Full Applications due June 11, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the RRTCs is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical areas as specified by NIDILRR. These activities are designed to benefit people with disabilities, family members, rehabilitation service providers, policymakers and other research stakeholders. The purpose of this particular RRTC is to conduct research, training, technical assistance, and related activities on the family support of people with disabilities across the life course in order to improve the community living and participation, health and function, or employment outcomes of people with disabilities.”
Amount: $875,000
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
Title: Pension Counseling and Information Projects
Application Deadline: May 20, 2024
Purpose: “The goal of the Pension Counseling & Information Program is to reduce the risk of financial insecurity by empowering individuals through information, resources, and tools. The regional counseling projects promote an understanding of pension rights and seeks to assist older adults in maintaining or achieving financial stability. This program strives to maximize the independence of older individuals and empower them to make informed choices so that they can live well in retirement. Successful applicants will demonstrate a proven track record of advising and representing individuals who have been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions or other retirement savings plan benefits and will have the capacity to deliver services on a regional basis. Successful applicants will also have a recognized history of serving older people who may be economically marginalized, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Amount: $200,000; Note, cost match is required.
Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE): Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Application Deadlines: Concept Paper due May 20, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due July 16, 2024
Purpose: “…research, development, and demonstration projects that accelerate the large-scale development of Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power technology.”
Amount: $250,000-$4,000,000; Note, depending on topic, cost match may be required.
Funding Agency: Kansas Water Institute with funding from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Title: Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) 104(b) Proposals
Application Deadline: May 22, 2024 at 5pm, to Kansas Water Institute
Purpose: “USGS provides WRRA 104(g) funding for projects addressing regional or national water issues. USGS selects the successful 104(g) projects; however, all proposals must be directed through the Kansas Water Institute. Topics covered by the funding announcement include 1) Aquatic Invasive Species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 2) PFAs and 3) General which includes regional water resource concerns including water budgets, assessment of socioeconomic and ecological variability to compounding extreme events and development of new hydrological models.” Questions should be directed to smetzger@ksu.edu.
Amount: $310,000-$348,000 based on opportunity
Funding Agency: Department of Commerce (DOC): National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Title: Accelerating Federal Technology Transfer (AFTT) Program
Application Deadline: May 28, 2024
Purpose: “NIST, on behalf of the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Executive Board, is soliciting applications for a cooperative agreement for the AFTT Program in which the FLC's Executive Board, including NIST, collaborate with the awardee on the development of outreach and educational programs, tools, and best practices that will enhance the ability of the private sector to engage with FLC members in technology transfer and research commercialization.”
Amount: $4,000,000 per year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Stephen I. Katz Early-Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadlines: May 29, 2024 or September 26, 2024
Purpose: “The Stephen I. Katz Early-Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early-stage investigator and for which no preliminary data exists. Applications submitted to this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) must not include preliminary data. Applications must include a separate attachment describing the change in research direction.”
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadlines: May 30, 2024 or January 29, 2025
Purpose: “Applications are encouraged from institutions that propose to establish new or to enhance existing team-based design courses or programs in undergraduate biomedical engineering departments or other degree-granting programs with biomedical engineering tracks/minors. This FOA targets the education of undergraduate biomedical engineering/bioengineering students in a team-based environment. Health equity and universal design topics must be integrated throughout the educational activities. While current best practices such as multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary education, introduction to the regulatory pathway and other issues related to the commercialization of medical devices, and clinical immersion remain encouraged components of a strong BME program, this FOA also challenges institutions to propose other novel, innovative and/or ground-breaking activities that can form the basis of the next generation of biomedical engineering design education.”
Amount: Direct costs of up to $20,000 per year may be requested. Programs that include a clinical immersion program outside the academic year and lasting 6 to 10 weeks (at least 30 hours per week) may request an additional $20,000 to cover participant costs, yielding a total of $40,000 in direct costs.
Funding Agency: HALO (Kraft Heinz)
Title: Aluminum Foil Alternatives for Sustainable Food Packaging
Application Deadline: May 31, 2024
Purpose: “Kraft Heinz aims to achieve 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by 2025. However, finding sustainable materials that maintain the structural integrity required for our manufacturing requirements and food products presents a significant challenge. Many sustainable alternatives either fall short on performance or are not fully compatible with recycling/composting processes, hindering our progress towards this goal. For example, conventional replacements for aluminum foil do not possess the required structural properties such as dead fold and stiffness at higher temperatures to effectively form, fill and seal in a manufacture environment.”
Amount: Sponsored Research Funding is proposal-dependent starting with proof-of-concept, typically ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 for a six-month length project with the potential for expansion based on results and opportunities.
Funding Agency: HALO (Bayer Crop Science)
Title: Automated Solutions for Open-Field Plot Grid Creation (Hi-Res UAV Imagery)
Application Deadline: May 31, 2024
Purpose: “We are looking for an innovative and efficient automated workflow or technology that can rapidly generate a geospatially accurate grid for the entire field with minimal manual labor. The proposed solution should eliminate the need for manual GPS measurements and ensure the creation of a precise and complete as-planted grid, integrating seamlessly with the existing UAV image processing workflow.”
Amount: Sponsored Research: Up to $100,000 for a proof-of-concept, with additional potential funding for further development. Postdoctoral funding over one to two years within salary ranges consistent with the current market for further evaluation of potential leads, along with possible license of researcher's patented materials.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: June 3, 2024
Purpose: “This notice of funding opportunity provides funding to conduct efficacy studies in an established rare disease preclinical model to demonstrate that a proposed therapeutic agent warrants further development. In addition to preclinical efficacy, accompanying pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic studies would be supported. Therapeutic agents include small molecules, biologics or biotechnology-derived products.”
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year.
Funding Agency: Herb Block Foundation
Title: Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 4, 2024; If invited, Full Proposals due August 6, 2024
Purpose: “The Herb Block Foundation seeks to help ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Proposals may focus on citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral process. All projects must be nonpartisan and may not involve lobbying for specific legislation or candidates.”
Amount: $5,000-$25,000
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title: Research to Advance the Science of Primary Care (R01)
Application Deadlines: June 5, 2024, and October 5, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose is to build evidence about the characteristics and value of primary care that influence patient outcomes and advance health equity, such as care coordination, continuity of care, and comprehensiveness of care, person-centered, whole healthcare, and trust, and how these can be improved and effectively delivered to strengthen primary healthcare.”
Amount: Up to $2,500,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadlines: June 5, 2024, and October 5, 2024
Purpose: “…to support collaborative research focused on understanding the long-term effects of natural and/or human-made disasters on healthcare systems serving populations that experience health disparities living in the U.S. and its territories.”
Amount: As a general rule, R01 application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS): Administration for Community Living (ACL): National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
Application Deadline: June 7, 2024
Purpose: “Applicants must propose to conduct development and knowledge translation activities to facilitate the efficient development and distribution of mobile applications for use by people with disabilities. Mobile applications developed and distributed under this priority must be used to improve outcomes among people with disabilities in one or more of NIDILRR’s outcome domains: (1) community living and participation, (2) health and function, and (3) employment.”
Amount: $600,000
Funding Agency: American Psychological Foundation (APF) Division 1
Title: Division 1 Society for General Psychology: Mary Whiton Calkins Grant
Application Deadline: June 12, 2024
Purpose: “…encourages research that fits into the broad category of general psychology with a particular interest in research that combines multiple subfields within the discipline or addresses overarching themes.”
Amount: $4,000
Funding Agency: Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)
Title: Pilot Award
Application Deadline: June 13, 2024
Purpose: “The goal of the Pilot Award is to provide early support for exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses. Appropriate projects for this mechanism include those considered higher risk but with the potential for transformative results, including work in human subjects. This funding mechanism is particularly suitable for investigators who are new to the autism field, though we encourage those new to the field to consult with experts in autism research to ensure their projects are relevant to the human condition. In particular, we encourage applications that propose research to link genetic or other ASD risk factors to molecular, cellular, circuit or behavioral mechanisms and set the stage for development of novel interventions.”
Amount: $300,000 or less; $500,000 or less if proposing research in human subjects
Funding Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Application Deadline: June 13, 2024
Purpose: “BJA will award one cooperative agreement to fund an organization to administer a competitive microgrant program and provide training and technical assistance to agencies working to protect vulnerable people in prisons, jails, and other confinement settings, and to reduce reliance on restrictive or punitive approaches. Vulnerable people include, but are not limited to, those with one or more physical disability, severe/persistent mental illness, or who are LGBTQ+, youthful inmates in adult facilities, blind, deaf, or non-English speaking.”
Amount: $2,500,000 (at least 50% must be awarded as microgrants)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Application Deadline: June 16, 2024
Purpose: “…to encourage innovative pilot research that will inform and support the delivery of high-quality, continuously improving mental health services to benefit the greatest number of individuals with, or at risk for developing, a mental illness.”
Amount: Direct costs are limited to $450,000 over the R34 project period, with no more than $225,000 in direct costs allowed in any one year.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Application Deadline: June 16, 2024
Purpose: This funding announcement solicits R21 grant applications that propose exploratory/developmental research projects that are consistent with the research framework detailed in the 2022-2026 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.”
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 Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Title: Co-infection and Cancer (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: June 16, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of this funding announcement is to enhance mechanistic and epidemiologic investigations addressing the roles of co-infection and cancer to shed light on presently unestablished pathways in carcinogenesis that may inform prevention and treatment strategies for infection-related cancers. Co-infection is defined as the occurrence of infections by two or more infectious (pathogenic or non-pathogenic) agents – either concurrently or sequentially – and includes both acute and chronic infections by viruses, bacteria, parasites, and/or other microorganisms. Preference will be given to investigations of co-infections with known oncogenic agents (excluding human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) and of co-infections that engender novel opportunities for prevention and treatment.”
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 Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadlines: June 16, 2024 and October 16, 2024
Purpose: “…encourages pilot and preliminary research in preparation for larger-scale services research effectiveness trials. Relevant trials may test a wide range of approaches, including interventions, practices, and policies designed to optimize access to, and the quality, effectiveness, affordability and utilization of drug, tobacco, or alcohol use disorder treatments and related services, as well as services for comorbid medical and mental disorder conditions. Relevant approaches may include both those that are novel, and those that are commonly used in practice but lack an evidence base.”
Amount: Direct costs are limited to $450,000 over the 3-year project period.
Funding Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Title: NIJ FY24 Field-Initiated Action Research Partnerships
Application Deadline: June 17, 2024
Purpose: “NIJ seeks research partnership proposals that meet the needs and missions of local justice and service provider entities — including police, corrections, courts, victim services, forensic science service providers, and community safety and adult and juvenile justice entities — and the communities they serve. These partnerships should apply a data-driven, problem-solving approach to challenges prioritized by agency partners; identify actionable and measurable responses; implement changes; and employ an action research evaluation approach to assessing the impact of interventions on desired outcomes that emphasizes scientific rigor and meaningful stakeholder engagement.”
Amount: $250,000-$400,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD): USAMRAA
Title: DOD Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Concept Award
Application Deadline: June 17, 2024
Purpose: “The intent of the FY24 LCRP Concept Award is to support innovative, non-incremental, high-risk/potentially high-reward research that will provide new insights, paradigms, technologies, or applications in lung cancer.”
Amount: $120,000
Funding Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Application Deadline: June 18, 2024
Purpose: “NIJ seeks applications for funding for rigorous, independent evaluation projects funded under the OJP Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.”
Amount: Applicants are encouraged to propose budgets that match the research activities proposed, up to the full dollar amount anticipated to be awarded under this solicitation ($5,000,000).
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
Title: FY2024 Elder Justice Innovation Grants (EJIG) – Option 1
Application Deadline: June 18, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the EJIG program is to support the development and advancement of new and emerging issues related to elder justice. Funded projects will contribute to the improvement of the field of elder abuse prevention and intervention at large, such as by developing materials, programs, etc. that can be widely disseminated and/or replicated, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence-base of knowledge.”
Amount: $350,000-$500,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Foundations for Digital Twins as Catalyzers of Biomedical Technological Innovation (FDT-BioTech)
Application Deadline: June 21, 2024
Purpose: “Supports interdisciplinary research projects that explore the mathematical and engineering foundations behind the development and use of digital twins in biomedical and healthcare applications.”
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Application Deadlines: Mandatory White Paper due by June 24, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due November 25, 2024
Purpose: “This funding opportunity aims to create basic research collaborations between a pair of researchers, namely 1) Applicant/Principal Investigator - a full-time faculty member who has never served as a PI on a prior DoD directly funded research Prime award and 2) Collaborator/co-Principal Investigator - an investigator who will provide mentorship to the Applicant and has served as a PI on a DoD directly funded research Prime award actively between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2023.”
Amount: $600,000
REMINDER - Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadlines: June 25, 2024, and October 25, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for health professional, undergraduate and graduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.”
Amount: Applicants may request up to $300,000 in direct costs for the entire project period of up to 3 years.
Funding Agency: National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM)
Title: Research Grants
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due June 28, 2024; If invited, Full Applications will be due in September of 2024
Purpose: “Projects that advance the evidence-base in areas such as health care financing, affordability, delivery, management and/or policy.”
Amount: Varies, see funder website for previous awards; up to $500,000 total is available for this funding cycle
Funding Agency: Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
Title: Research Grants and Fellowships
Application Deadline: July 1, 2024
Purpose: “Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation supports innovative research and fellowships that improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury and disease.”
Amount: $150,000 for Fellowships; $200,000 for Research Grants
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Investigator-Initiated Research in Genomics and Health Equity (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: July 8, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of this initiative is to support investigator-initiated research in genomics and health equity, with the ultimate goal of developing approaches, generating and disseminating data, and implementing metrics or interventions that will advance the equitable use of genomics to improve health in U.S. populations.”
Amount: Application budgets cannot exceed $200,000 in direct costs per year and must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Application Deadline: July 8, 2024
Purpose: “…to support innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive integrated employment as defined in Section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for youth and other individuals with disabilities.”
Amount: $8,000,000-$10,000,000
Funding Agency: Leakey Foundation
Title: Research Grants
Application Deadline: July 15, 2024
Purpose: “The Leakey Foundation exclusively funds research into human origins, including paleoanthropology, genetics, primate behavior and the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Other areas of study are generally not considered.”
Amount: Up to $30,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Leading Engineering for America’s Prosperity, Health and Infrastructure (LEAP HI)
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due July 15, 2024; If invited, Full Proposal due September 16, 2024
Purpose: “The LEAP HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America’s prosperity, health and infrastructure. LEAP HI proposals confront engineering problems that are too complex to yield to the efforts of a single investigator --- problems that require sustained and coordinated effort from interdisciplinary research teams, with goals that are not achievable through a series of smaller, short-term projects.”
Amount: Total available funds of $6,000,000-$12,000,000 for three-six awards, depending on project scope.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Information and Practice Needs Relevant to Late Talking Children (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: July 19, 2024
Purpose: “The NIH Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) initiative seeks to support activities to better understand early language learning and delay. NIH TALK invites applications for research projects that aim to better understand the information and practice needs of caregivers, professionals, and other invested parties who support late talking children and to determine whether those needs are being effectively met. Community engaged research combined with rigorous qualitative research and diverse research teams are needed to enrich our understanding of how to get state-of-the-science information and practice to those who need it most to guide decisions about late talking children.”
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in a single year.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Application Deadline: July 24, 2024
Purpose: “Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.”
Amount: $400,000-$500,000 depending on NSF Directorate
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program
Application Deadline: August 6, 2024
Purpose: “Supports research that strengthens research infrastructure across the mathematical sciences community; training projects that complement the Division of Mathematical Sciences' Workforce Program; and conference and travel requests.”
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Title: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Application Deadline: August 7, 2024
Purpose: “This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States.”
Amount: $100,000-$600,000
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Title: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Application Deadline: August 7, 2024
Purpose: “This program supports research on strategies focused on improving the use, usefulness, and impact of evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States.”
Amount: $100,000-$600,000
LIMITED Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit one application as the lead applicant, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by October 29, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is November 19, 2024. Letters of Intent to the funder are due December 17, 2024 with Full Applications due January 28, 2025.
Purpose: “Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to affect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, Research and Development (R&D) capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness. 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 proposals must be aligned with the following focus area: "advancing climate change research and resilience capacity to expand opportunities for disproportionately affected communities."”
Amount: Up to $4,000,000
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Title: Institutional Challenge Grant
Application Deadline: September 12, 2024
Purpose: “The Institutional Challenge Grant supports university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.”
Amount: $650,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: October 3, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of this interagency program solicitation is to support the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. Transformations hinge on scientific and engineering innovations by interdisciplinary teams that develop novel methods to intuitively and intelligently collect, sense, connect, analyze and interpret data from individuals, devices and systems to enable discovery and optimize health.”
Amount: $1,200,000 ($300,000 per year)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Application Deadlines: December 18, 2024
Purpose: “The goal of this program is to support training and educational activities for responsible analyses of complex large-scale data involving brain, behavioral, genomic, and socioenvironmental data that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.”
Amount: Application budgets must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project and are limited to $300,000 of direct costs per year.
Funding Agency: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Title: Humanities Program
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: “The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects that address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences that share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines.”
Amount: undefined
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS)
Application Deadline: Proposals Accepted Anytime
Purpose: “Supports fundamental research focused on the design and management of infrastructure, such as transportation, power, water and pipelines. Projects will support the creation of smart, sustainable national and international communities.”
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
Application Deadline: Proposals Accepted Anytime
Purpose: “Supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF. The Capacity Program focuses on building capacity in research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to a wide range of researchers in three programmatic areas: Cyberinfrastructure, Biological Collections, and Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories. This program will also accept proposals for planning activities or workshops to facilitate coordination that may be necessary in building capacity in infrastructure that meets the needs of a research community.”
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)
Application Deadline: Proposals Accepted Anytime
Purpose: “Supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF. The Innovation Program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods.”
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
REMINDER - Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities (EPS-WO)
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Purpose: “EPSCoR welcomes proposals for workshops only from institutions within EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions. These workshops must focus on innovative ways to address multi-jurisdictional efforts on themes of regional or national importance with relevance to the goals and mission of NSF and EPSCoR.”
Amount: Up to $200,000
Funding Agency: ORAU
Title: Innovation Partnerships Grant Program
Application Deadline: Closed – FY25 will open in September 2024
Purpose: “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’s expertise and current research priorities. FY 2025 Grant Focus Areas will include: Improving Our Behavioral Health, The Post-Pandemic World, Implementing Innovative Technologies; and Our Changing Planet.”
Amount: $4,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: NSF Individual and Small Team Proposals
Application Deadline: Varies by topic.
Advanced Manufacturing – proposals accepted anytime
Applied Mathematics – Nov 1-15, 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics – Oct 1-Nov 15, 2024
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) – proposals accepted anytime
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology – proposals accepted anytime
Biosensing – proposals accepted anytime
Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs – Sep & Oct - varies based on discipline
Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards –Aug 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) Core Research (EHR: Core) – Oct 3, 2024
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR-TMRP) – proposals accepted anytime
Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
– proposals accepted anytime
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB) - proposals accepted anytime
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases – Nov 20, 2024
Energy, Power, Control, and Networks – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Biology – proposals accepted anytime
Environmental Engineering – proposals accepted anytime
Foundational Research in Robotics (FFR) – proposals accepted anytime
Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics – proposals accepted anytime
Geophysics – proposals accepted anytime
Linguistics –Jul 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Manufacturing Systems Integration - proposals accepted anytime
Mathematical Biology – proposals accepted anytime
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics –Aug 29, 2024 & Jan 30, 2025
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences – proposals accepted anytime
Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Nov & Dec – varies by topic
Science of Learning & Augmented Intelligence – Aug 7, 2024 & Feb 12, 2025
Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace – proposals accepted anytime
Security and Preparedness –Aug 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Social Psychology –Jul 15, 2024 & Jan 15, 2025
Sociology – proposals accepted anytime
Statistics – Dec 1-16, 2024
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: NSF Special Programs
Application Deadline: Varies by topic – click each topic to learn more about these special program opportunities.
Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) –Track 1 & 2 proposals accepted anytime; Tracks 3 & 4 Nov 20, 2024 (LOI strongly encouraged for Track 4 – due Sep 18, 2024)
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs – Varies by size of application (Small, Medium, Large)
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) – Various funding mechanisms available
Computer Science for All (CS for All) – Jun 4, 2024 & Feb 12, 2025
Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) – Sep 30, 2024 for CAT, CSDM-B, and SYN; Oct 31, 2024 for CMI, ECS and MSN
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Program – Accepted anytime
Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Varies by topic
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities Program – Accepted anytime
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) – Jan 23, 2025
Expeditions in Computing – Preliminary Proposal due Jun 20, 2024
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) –Aug 20, 2024 & Jan 21, 2025
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC) – Preliminary Proposal due Sep 11, 2024 or Mar 12, 2025
Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program – Aug 6, 2024 & Feb 4, 2025
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT) – Sep 6, 2024
Research and Mentoring for Post-baccalaureates in Biological Sciences (RaMP) –Jan 16, 2025
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) –Aug 21, 2024
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science –Oct 9, 2024
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Biological Sciences (BIORETS) – Jul 31, 2024
Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) – Accepted anytime
EDUCATION/TRAINING
WSU Office of Research Workshops
Topics include an Introduction to the WSU Office of Research with resources and contacts, WSU 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.
WSU Office of Research Workshops on National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 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.
Email funding@wichita.edu to express interest in attending this NSF REU Workshop series and to craft a proposal to NSF due in August.
National Academies: Understanding Youth Perspectives on Civic Engagement Seminar: May 1, 2024
Join the Board on Children, Youth, and Families in a public session, “Understanding Youth Perspectives on Civic Engagement”. This session will engage a diverse group of young people who will share their lived experience and involvement in civic engagement. Participants will discuss opportunities for and barriers to youth civic engagement, the impact of civic engagement on youth well-being, and how parents, education, health care, and other systems and community-based institutions can advance youth civic engagement.
Read More and Register for NASEM Seminar
National Academies: AI Day for Federal Statistics: May 2, 2024
The Committee on National Statistics, the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences are working together to organize an AI Day to be conducted on May 2, 2024, in which the implications of AI for federal statistical agencies will be explored, including a look at what statistical research needs to be performed. As part of that exploration, we will also consider the intersection of federal statistics with how other fields make use of AI.
Read More and Register for NASEM AI Day Event on Federal Statistics
National Science Foundation (NSF): National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES): Cybersecurity Workforce Data Initiative 2024 Public Workshop Series: May 7, May 23, and June 11, 2024
The Cybersecurity Workforce Data Initiative (CWDI), mandated by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and led by the NCSES within the NSF, is assessing the feasibility of producing national estimates on the U.S. cybersecurity workforce. As part of this effort, CWDI is holding three virtual workshops in 2024. Through these workshops, the public has the opportunity to provide input that will shape a possible future federal data collection on the U.S. cybersecurity workforce. Taking place in May and June 2024, these workshops will address three broad themes: 1) Defining the Cybersecurity Workforce on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET, 2) Understanding the Knowledge Gaps: What Do We Need to Learn about the Cybersecurity Workforce? on Thursday, May 23, 2024, 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET, and 3) Aligning the Supply and Demand of Cybersecurity Professionals on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET.
Register for NSF NCSES Workshops
WSU Information Security: Privacy & Security Training: May 14, 2024; 4:00-5:00pm in RSC Room 256 (Edmiston)
Gina Riggs and Mark Rodee offer WSU 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.
K-INBRE Hosted Proposal Writing Webinar Spring 2024: May 16, 2024
Doug Wright, Ph.D., K-INBRE Principal Investigator, will present “Time to Get Funded: Crafting a Competitive NIH Grant Application” on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 12noon – 2pm.
Visit K-INBRE Website or Register for K-INBRE NIH Proposal Writing Webinar
3rd Annual OAK Supercomputing Conference Will Be Held at Wichita State University: May 20-23, 2024
This is the third conference in a series of semi-annual conferences for the Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas (OAK) region, bringing together supercomputing experts, researchers, and students from across the region for a discussion and exploration of the latest trends and technologies in the field of high-performance computing. Topics will include the relevance of machine learning & artificial intelligence and data-driven applications in scientific research. The program includes scientific talks, poster presentations and hands-on workshops. OAK Supercomputing Conference Workshops (FREE) will include Deep Learning by NVIDIA and MATLAB by MathWorks. Limited travel assistance funding is available; participants from emerging/smaller institutions and under-represented groups are specially encouraged to apply.
The OAK Conference at WSU is being co-organized with the 4th National High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Workshop, May 20-21, 2024. The OAK conference and the HPC Security Workshop are open to all levels of participants (faculty, researchers, HPC/IT admins, and students, and industry). The goal is to bring together HPC users to promote accessibility to HPC resources. Topics will include High Performance and High Throughput Computing, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics and Data Visualization, and Internet of Things.
Register for the 3rd Annual OAK Supercomputing Conference at WSU
National Academies: Toward a Framework to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials - A Workshop: May 20, 2024
Join the Board on Children, Youth, and Families in a public session, “Understanding Youth Perspectives on Civic Engagement”. This session will engage a diverse group of young people who will share their lived experience and involvement in civic engagement. Participants will discuss opportunities for and barriers to youth civic engagement, the impact of civic engagement on youth well-being, and how parents, education, health care, and other systems and community-based institutions can advance youth civic engagement.
Read More and Register for NASEM Clinical Trials Workshop
National Science Foundation EPSCoR Program Exploring EPSCoR Research Ecosystems Series: May 22 & 23, and June 20, 2024
EPSCoR jurisdictions have an opportunity to greatly expand their research ecosystems in order to further develop their jurisdictional research capacity and broaden the participation of all individuals within the research ecosystems. To continue enhancements in EPSCoR jurisdictions’ research competitiveness in both NSF funding opportunities and those across the Federal funding landscape, NSF EPSCoR is committed to providing EPSCoR jurisdictions with a unique opportunity to develop and implement supporting novel best practices.
Read More and Register for NSF EPSCoR Series
National Institutes of Health (NIH): New Directions in Implementation Science: Integrating Multiple Interventions: May 22, 2024
The webinar will discuss approaches to integrating multiple evidence-based interventions as one strategy toward achieving the Cancer Moonshot goals of reducing the cancer death rate by half by 2047 and improving the lives of cancer survivors. This session will define two types of integrated interventions, blended and bundled, and describe a schematic for how to assemble blended or bundled interventions with special considerations. Presenters will share illustrative examples of blended and bundled interventions followed by a discussion of lessons learned and research opportunities in this space.
Read More & Register for NIH Webinar
Hanover Research Upcoming Grants Workshops: May 23, 2024, June 27, 2024 and August 29, 2024
Hanover Research offers a series of webinars on a variety of topics “designed to help grant-seekers develop their skills and plan for upcoming competitions.” The webinar on May 23, 2024 is titled “Engaging Collaborators to Enhance Your Proposal;” the webinar on June 27, 2024 is titled “Grant Academy Roundtable: Launching Competitive Grantseekers;” and the webinar on August 29, 2024 is titled “Introduction to Grantseeking for Administrators.” Webinar topics through the end of the calendar year are also posted.
Register for Upcoming Hanover Workshops
REMINDER - National Science Foundation Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference: June 3 - 5, 2024
The NSF Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF staff will provide up-to-date information about policies and procedures, specific funding opportunities, and answer attendee questions.
Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference
Save the Date - National Science Foundation 28th NSF EPSCoR Annual Conference: October 13-16, 2024
“…welcoming project researchers, students, and staff from 28 EPSCoR jurisdictions -- plus leaders with the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.”
28th NSF EPSCoR Annual Conference Website
REMINDER - Hanover Grants Learning Center Available
WSU 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
Wichita State University 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
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Office of Research EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – Amanda Tucker
Amanda joined the Office of Research in March of 2024 as a Grant and Contract Specialist on the Pre-Award Team; before joining the team she was on the Pre-Award Team in Industry and Defense Programs at Wichita State University for a year. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Health and Exercise Science, Sports Medicine from American Public University, as well as a master’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Friends University. Amanda was born in Pennsylvania where she enlisted in the Air Force following high school; for five years she served in the Disaster Preparedness / Emergency Management flight within the Civil Engineer Squadron. Amanda finds joy in family moments with her husband Micah and their two daughters, aged 23 and 11. Outside of work, Amanda finds enjoyment in spending time with her family and friends, traveling to new places, camping, indulging in a good read, and the occasional shopping spree. Read more about the Office of Research staff…
Wichita Public Schools (USD 259): Advance Notice Required for Letters of Support and/or Participation in Research
Wichita Public Schools (USD 259) requests a minimum of 30 business days to process letters of support or participation in research. It is WSU’s responsibility to have appropriate support from the school(s)/personnel that will be involved in the project prior to submitting a request. Letters of Support/Grant Proposals: WSU personnel who need a letter of support or USD259 participation on a grant proposal, should complete the External-Request for Grant Support form and are encouraged to reach out directly to Holly Wilson at hwilson@usd259.net early in the process for questions/clarification. Research Requests: WSU personnel who want to conduct research in USD 259, must download and complete the Research Request Document. Investigators are encouraged to reach out directly to Will Graves at wgraves@usd259.net early in the process for questions/clarifications.
As a reminder, all proposals submitted on behalf of WSU must be reviewed by the Office of Research prior to submission. This includes proposals where WSU is a direct recipient of funds and proposals where WSU is a proposed subawardee/subcontractor. Please contact the Office of Research at proposals@wichita.edu to get started.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Guide Notice on Changes Coming to Grant Applications and Reviews
This notice provides the research and research training community an overview of application and peer review changes impacting grant applications submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2025.
National Science Foundation (NSF) Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Funding Opportunities for Science and Engineering Research with Impact on Women’s Health
“NSF encourages the submission of research and education proposals related to women's health. Despite making up more than half of the population, women are historically understudied and underrepresented in health research. The historical exclusion of women from scientific and biomedical research studies, combined with the undervaluation of research that advances knowledge on conditions that uniquely, differentially, or disproportionately affect women, has resulted in significant knowledge and health gaps. Addressing these research gaps will ultimately advance the health, prosperity, and welfare of all.”
ARPA-H Launches Four New Research Programs: EMBODY, PRINT, BREATHE and LIGHT
The goal of EMBODY (Engineering of Immune Cells Inside the Body) is to radically alter how immune therapies are developed and delivered for life-threatening and chronic conditions by retraining healthy immune cells, eliminating time, cost, and access hurdles. PRINT (Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue) intends to use state-of-the-art bioprinting technology and a regenerative medicine approach to 3D print personalized, on demand organs that will not require immunosuppressive drugs. The Building Resilient Environments for Air and Total HEalth (BREATHE) program envisions smart building systems that monitor and respond to changes in indoor air quality. The Lymphatic Imaging, Genomics, and pHenotyping Technologies (LIGHT) program seeks comprehensive diagnostic solutions across three technical areas: diagnosis and monitoring through biomarker discovery; imaging technologies; and prevention, prediction, and diagnostic confirmation through genetics, epigenetics, and models of lymphatic dysfunction.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Request for Information (RFI): Moving Beyond Individual-Level Determinants of Mental Health to Address Mental Health Disparities
This RFI invites input on addressing gaps in: (1) Identifying determinants of mental health disparities beyond the individual level, including, but not limited to, social determinants of health at the social, systemic and structural levels, and (2) Developing culturally responsive, multilevel interventions to address mental health disparities. This RFI seeks input about these research gaps within U.S.-based research from healthcare providers, scientific research communities, patient advocacy groups, people with lived experience, educators, and other interested parties. Responses are requested by May 31, 2024.
Defense Health Agency (DHA): Request for Information (RFI): Arthritis Research Program Fiscal Year 2024
The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) will hold a stakeholders’ meeting where individuals with relevant expertise and experience will be brought together to identify knowledge gaps, targeted outcomes, and product needs that can advance the state of the science and improve patient care. To expedite the process, the CDMRP is currently requesting information on the identification of knowledge gaps, targeted outcomes, and product needs that can advance the state of the science and improve patient care for individuals diagnosed with arthritis. The CDMRP will select stakeholders who respond to this RFI for invitation to attend the virtual Stakeholders meeting. Response to this RFI does not guarantee an invitation. Responses are requested by April 28, 2024.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH): Request for Information (RFI): Development of a Universal Symbol for Language Assistance Services in Health Settings
HHS OMH seeks input from language access stakeholders, including organizations representing and/or serving communities with Limited English Proficiency, to inform the development of a universal symbol informing people about the availability of language assistance services in health settings. Responses are requested by May 20, 2024.
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