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Congratulations to those who received awards in April! Thanks to all of their talents and hard work, as of April 30, 2024, WSU researchers under Academic Affairs have submitted proposals budgeting a total of $69,977,890 and received $84,724,644 in awards.
As announced by President Muma on May 8, 2024, Wichita State University updated its organizational structure to better support the vision and mission. Academic research efforts and the industry and defense research program will once again be united in one office under the leadership of Dr. John Tomblin, Executive Vice President for Research and Industry & Defense Programs. This change will allow the university to reunite our academic and industry research efforts, as was the case prior to 2020.
If you have questions, please contact research@wichita.edu.
AWARDS
ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE AND THE CULTURE INDUSTRY
PI/Department: Thomas Boynton, English
Sponsor: State of Kansas - ARCS
Amount: $4,000
BCBSKS OPERATIONS ACTIVATION FOR WICHITA OPEN
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
Amount: $10,800
KANSAS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES FACILITATION
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas Municipal Utilities
Amount: $5,200
OUTREACH AND REGIONAL PLANNING IN KANSAS
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Commerce
Amount: $48,046
A BAYESIAN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIONS AND COLLABORATION
PI/Department: Mai Dao, Mathematics & Statistics
Co-PI/Department: Fujian Yan, School of Computing
Sponsor: State of Kansas - MURPA
Amount: $7,500
IMU DATA COMPRESSION AND ANOMALY DETECTION
PI/Department: Mai Dao, Mathematics & Statistics
Co-PI/Department: Holger Meyer, Mathematics & Statistics
Sponsor: Petropower, LLC
Amount: $22,565
BENTLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2024
PI/Department: Crystal Dozier, Anthropology
Co-PI/Department: Matthew Howland, Anthropology
Sponsor: City of Bentley
Amount: $4,075
NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR TRACK H: VISIT UNKNOWN PLACES CONFIDENTLY: MAPPING FOR ACCESSIBLE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS (MARBLE)
PI/Department: Nils Hakansson, Biomedical Engineering
Sponsor: Lehigh University / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $115,214
KMUW INFRASTRUCTURE
PI/Department: Jessica Hanzlicek-Treadwell, KMUW
Co-PI/Department: Debra Fraser, KMUW
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Commerce / U.S. Department of Treasury
Amount: $458,000
OPERATIONAL LOADS MONITORING OF NEXT-GENERATION AIRTANKERS
PI/Department: Linda Kliment, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Amount: $155,018
NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR TRACK G: COMBATING VULNERABILITY AND UNAWARENESS IN 5G NETWORK SECURITY - AMENDMENT 1
PI/Department: Hyuck Kwon, Electrical & Computer Engr
Sponsor: Univ of Kansas Ctr - Research, Inc. / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $2,231
RESEARCH AND WRITE CHAPTER ON THE HISTORY OF THE "CITY OF DAVID" FOR PROJECT: CONTENDING ICONS
PI/Department: Rannfrid Lasine Thelle, Women's Studies & Religion
Sponsor: State of Kansas - ARCS
Amount: $4,000
LEGAL RESEARCH - DRIVEAN
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $2,500
LEGAL RESEARCH - DRIVEAN - AMD 1
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $3,000
LEGAL RESEARCH - MILVSTA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $3,500
LEGAL RESEARCH - PIRVIXL
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $5,500
LEGAL RESEARCH - SIMVKIN
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $4,000
LEGAL RESEARCH – DUAVAMA
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $5,500
MONTHLY AIRPORT EVALUATIONS
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: Wichita Airport Authority
Amount: $3,120
RESPONSES OF MICROBIAL ISOLATES FROM SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY FACILITIES TO THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF MARS AND THE OCEAN WORLDS
PI/Department: Mark Schneegurt, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $125,670
LOUIS STOKES NEW STEM PATHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION – ONLY ALLIANCE: KANSAS PATHWAYS TO STEM - MOD 4
PI/Department: Janet Twomey, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Co-PI/Department: Kimberly Engber, Honors College
Sponsor: Kansas State University / Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $163,372
KANSAS SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS CY2024 (STATE)
PI/Department: Brandy Willett, Wichita Small Bus. Development Ctr
Sponsor: Fort Hays State University / Kansas Department of Commerce
Amount: $113,758
KANSAS SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS CY2024 (FEDERAL)
PI/Department: Brandy Willett, Wichita Small Bus. Development Ctr
Sponsor: Fort Hays State University / Small Business Administration
Amount: $151,374
KANSAS TEACHER EDUCATORS UNITE: PRESCHOOL
PI/Department: Kimberly Wilson, School of Education
Co-PI/Department: Reagan Murnan, Dept of ISLE
Sponsor: Kansas State University / Kansas Department for Children & Families
Amount: $10,000
2024 TEACHING TEAM MEMBER
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Leadership Center
Amount: $40,050
AMERICORPS KANSAS WITH LEGACY MINISTRIES
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Legacy Ministries, Inc.
Amount: $6,500
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECH CERTIFICATION AGREEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services / Substance Abuse - Mntl Health Srv Adm
Amount: $250,000
CHW LEARNING MODULES AMENDMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Amount: $6,673
COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS CHANGE MANAGEMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $39,865
COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Rawlins County Health Foundation
Amount: $11,392
CONSUMER RUN ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT - AMENDMENT 2
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services
Amount: $100,136
DISCIPLINARY TRAINING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Ellis County, Kansas
Amount: $3,380
KS MRC DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $7,499
LHD ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES PROJECT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Centers for Disease Control
Amount: $142,171
STRATEGIC PLANNING
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Central Plains Area Agency on Aging / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $9,890
TRANSFORMATION TRANSFER INITIATIVE (TTI) SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services / Substance Abuse - Mntl Health Srv Adm
Amount: $250,000
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PROGRAM - AMENDMENT 1
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: City Of Wichita / U.S. Department of Treasury
Amount: $7,499
INDUSTRIAL ASSESSMENT CENTER (IAC) AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
PI/Department: Mehmet Yildirim, Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
Co-PI/Department: Deepak Gupta, Engineering Technology
Sponsor: Oklahoma State University / Department of Energy
Amount: $55,739
MONTHLY AWARDS FOR THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE EQUAL $18,611,999 OF WHICH $18,362,761 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.
LIMITED: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC): National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit one SRFA 1 application and only three SRFA 2 applications, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by May 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 June 12, 2024. Full Applications (if selected) are due July 10, 2024.
Purpose: “This Funding Opportunity is divided into two topic areas: open radio unit (RU) commercialization and open RU innovation. Throughout this document, open RU commercialization is referred to as “specific research focus area 1” (SRFA 1) and open RU innovation is referred to as “specific research focus area 2” (SRFA 2). SRFA 1: Accelerating the development of open RU products to the point where they meet carrier needs and are ready for commercial trials; and SRFA 2: Improving the overall performance and capabilities of open RUs through targeted research and development.”
Amount: $25,000,000-$45,000,000 for SRFA 1 projects; $5,000,000-$10,000,000 for SRFA 2 projects.
Funding Agency: Foundation for Child Development
Title: Young Scholars Program (YSP)
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due June 3, 2024; If Invited, Full Application due October 15, 2024
Purpose: “The YSP supports scholarship for early-career researchers. The program funds research projects that aim to clarify how, why, and for whom policies, programs, and practices support the early care and education workforce and shape children’s early learning experiences and well-being in early childhood, defined as birth through age eight.”
Amount: Up to $180,000 for secondary data analysis and up to $225,000 for primary data collection
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Title: Improving Methods for Conducting Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (CER)
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due June 4, 2024; If Invited, Full Application due September 4, 2024
Purpose: “PCORI seeks to fund projects that address important methodological gaps and lead to improvements in the strength and quality of evidence generated by CER studies. For the 2024 Methods PFA, PCORI has identified the following areas as program priorities: Methods to Improve the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in Clinical Research; Methods to Improve Study Design; Methods to Support Data Research Networks; Methods Related to Ethical and Human Subjects Protections Issues in CER.”
Amount: Up to $750,000 in direct costs
LIMITED: The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Title: Teacher-Scholar Awards
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit one nomination, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by June 6, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is June 20, 2024. Nomination (if selected) is due August 1, 2024.
Purpose: “The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early-career faculty in the chemical sciences at primarily undergraduate institutions.”
Amount: $75,000
Funding Agency: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Title: AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due June 11, 2024; If invited, Full Application due October 1, 2024
Purpose: “…joint effort to stimulate “high-risk, high-reward” research from early- to mid-career investigators. This grant mechanism is intended to promote and support creative, paradigm-shifting cancer research that might not be funded through conventional channels. It is expected that these grants will catalyze significantscientific discoveries that will advance our understanding of cancer and have a potentially transformative impact on future clinical practice.”
Amount: $400,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01-Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadlines: June 12, 2024 or October 12, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the K01 is to provide support and “protected time” (three to five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Although all of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) use this supportmechanism to support career development experiences that lead to research independence, some ICs use the K01 award for individuals who propose to train in a new field or for individuals who have had a hiatus in their research career because of illness or pressing family circumstances. Other ICs use the K01 to support career development in specific fields.”
Amount: Award budgets are composed of salary and other program-related expenses.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadlines: June 12, 2024 or October 12, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02) is to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. The K02 award provides three to five years of salary support and "protected time" for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. Each independent scientist career award program must be tailored to meet the individual needs of the candidate.”
Amount: Award budgets are composed of salary and other program-related expenses.
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title: Fiscal Year 2024: Photovoltaics Research and Development (PVRD)
Application Deadlines: Mandatory Letter of Intent due June 12, 2024, Mandatory Concept Papers due July 1, 2024 and Full Applications due September 16, 2024
Purpose: “…for innovative solar photovoltaics (PV) research and development that reduces the cost of PV modules, reduces carbon and energy intensity of the PV supply chain and manufacturing process, and optimizes PV technology for new, specialized markets.”
Amount: $1,000,000-$4,000,000
Funding Agency: The Greenwall Foundation
Title: Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas Grants
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due June 17, 2024; If invited, Full Application due September 3, 2024
Purpose: “The Greenwall Foundation is requesting proposals for the Fall 2024 cycle of its bioethics grants program, Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas. The Making a Difference program supports research to help resolve important emerging or unanswered bioethics problems in clinical, biomedical, or public health decision-making, policy, or practice. The Foundation’s vision is to make bioethics integral to decisions in health care, policy, and research. Our mission is to expand bioethics knowledge to improve clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice. Projects funded under the Making a Difference program should promote the Foundation’s vision and mission through innovative bioethics research that will have a real-world, practical impact.”
Amount: Not specified
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD): Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Title: Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Applied Research Award
Application Deadlines: Preproposals due June 18, 2024; If Invited, Full Applications due September 17, 2024
Purpose: “The FY24 PRORP challenges the scientific community to address the most significant gaps in care for the leading burden of injury and for facilitating return to duty. The program intends to support high-impact and clinically relevant research to advance treatment and rehabilitation from orthopaedic injuries (excludingspinal cord injuries) sustained during combat and service-related activities to maximize return to duty. It is expected that research findings would also benefit the general population. Applications involving interdisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and/or other federal agencies are highly encouraged. Focus Areas of the Applied Research Awards include 1) Limb Stabilization and Protection; 2) Retention Strategies; 3) Osseointegration; and 4) Composite Tissue Regeneration.”
Amount: $750,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Application Deadline: June 19, 2024
Purpose: “…to foster investigator-initiated development of highly innovative technologies to address barriers, limitations, or bottlenecks in translational science – particularly for therapeutic development. This program will support the early-stage proof of concept, high-risk and potentially high-reward studies for feasibility andexploratory technology development, which can transform or significantly improve the efficiency of therapeutic development to achieve NCATS ultimate goals - more treatments to all people more quickly. The research proposed should be for the development of technology that can break new ground or extend present technology toward new directions or novel applications. With this initiative, we expect to support the development and/or prototyping of new technologies that will lead to improved efficiency in the therapeutic development pipeline.”
Amount: Up to $275,000 in direct costs
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD): Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Title: Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Idea Award
Application Deadlines: Mandatory Pre-Application due June 21, 2024; If invited, Full Application due September 26, 2024
Purpose: “The FY24 PRCRP Idea Award supports innovative, untested, high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or basic cancer research. The advancement of knowledge in cancer research, patient care, and/or treatment options in the Military Health System is critical to active-duty Service Members, Veterans, other military beneficiaries, and the American public.”
Amount: $400,000
Funding Agency: National Forest Foundation
Title: MAP 2024: Connecting People to Forests: Round 2 Request for Proposals
Application Deadline: June 21, 2024
Purpose: “MAP: Connecting People to Forests, focuses primarily on community engagement. Program goals are to create lasting change that will allow all communities, especially underserved communities, opportunities to benefit from activities on National Forest System lands or adjacent public lands. The MAP program’s longstanding support of stewardship continues through this programmatic shift. While engagement is now the primary focus of the program, stewardship activities are also a requirement for all proposed projects.”
Amount: The NFF suggests that new MAP applicants submit applications requesting $35,000 or less.
Funding Agency: Little Giraffe Foundation
Title: 2024 Neonatal Research Initiative – Request for Proposals
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 23, 2024
Purpose: “Neonatal Research - we invite qualified scientists, doctors, and nurses at universities, hospitals and research institutions, to submit applications for research grants directed at addressing both the long term and immediate health needs caused by premature birth. Research subjects appropriate for support by the LittleGiraffe Foundation include basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies. Please note that studies related to development of educational interventions or to address quality improvement initiatives will not be considered for funding.”
Amount: $5,000-$10,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Title: OJJDP FY24 Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
Application Deadline: June 24, 2024
Purpose: “OJJDP seeks to provide funding to communities to develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children and their families who are exposed to violence build resilience, restore their safety, heal their social and emotional wounds, and prevent future violence and delinquency. Funding can be used to develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families, and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help families at risk for exposure to violence.”
Amount: $850,000 for Category 1 Project Sites; $850,000 for Category 2 Training and Technical Assistance
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
Title: OVC FY24 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects (2025–2027)
Application Deadline: June 24, 2024
Purpose: “The goals of this project are to increase public awareness of crime victims’ rights and services nationwide during the 2025–2027 National Crime Victims’ Rights Weeks and strengthen the capacity of victim assistance agencies to develop a broad, collaborative approach to community awareness that highlights services for all types of crime victims. This cooperative agreement will enable an organization to provide financial and technical assistance to approximately 300 communities (100 each year) nationwide to conduct public education and awareness activities on crime victims’ rights and services in their jurisdictions during the 2025–2027 National Crime Victims’ Rights Weeks.”
Amount: $1,750,000
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: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Application Deadline: June 26, 2024
Purpose: “…community-engaged research in underserved communities to advance the use of air pollution data and communication of air quality information for empowering local decisions and actions that address community-identified air pollution concerns. Specifically, this funding opportunity is soliciting research projects that involve substantial engagement with communities, community-based organizations, and/or Tribes to address both of the following priorities: 1) methods and tools for data integration and analysis to characterize community exposures to air pollution in underserved communities, and 2) effective communication of air quality information to communities and decision makers to support actions to address air pollution concerns in underserved communities.”
Amount: Up to $1,250,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD): Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Title: Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program: Emerging Topics Research Award
Application Deadlines: Preproposal due June 27, 2024; If invited, Full Application due October 3, 2024
Purpose: “The program seeks to fund research that understands, prevents, and treats psychological health conditions and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) that accelerates solutions to improve the health and health care of Service Members, their Families, Veterans, and the American public. Proposed research can be aligned with TBI, psychological health, or in combination.”
Amount: $700,000 for Research Level 1; $1,500,000 for Research Level 2
Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: Addressing Childhood Obesity and Health Inequities: Supporting, Sustaining and Evolving the Field
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due June 27, 2024; If invited, Full Proposal due October 24, 2024
Purpose: “Through this call for proposals (CFP), we are interested in advancing efforts that will support, sustain, and evolve the work of organizations and communities that have been at the forefront of equity-oriented childhood obesity prevention. The CFP seeks projects with the potential to support, sustain, and evolve the field in promoting systems-level change to prevent childhood obesity, address structural racism, and advance health equity.”
Amount: Each award will be a minimum of $1,000,000.
Funding Agency: NIHCM Foundation
Title: Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Program
Application Deadlines: Letter of Inquiry due June 28, 2024; If invited, Full Proposal due in September 2024
Purpose: “NIHCM Foundation supports innovative, independent, investigator-initiated research with a high potential to inform improvements to the United States health care system. Grants provide funding for projects that advance the evidence-base in areas such as health care financing, affordability, delivery, management and/or policy.”
Amount: Up to $500,000
Funding Agency: NASA
Title: NASA Postdoctoral Program
Application Deadline: July 1, 2024
Purpose: “NASA invites both early-career and senior scientists to explore fellowship opportunities in its postdoctoral program and share in NASA's mission to develop advancements in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration.”
Amount: Stipend rates for these NASA postdoctoral fellows currently start at $70,000 per year.
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Title: FY24 Reimaging Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety
Application Deadline: July 1, 2024
Purpose: “With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the development and testing of new or innovative approaches to improving community safety and trust that are alternatives to traditional enforcement mechanisms for neighborhoods experiencing high rates of less serious and low-level criminal offenses.”
Amount: Up to $2,000,000 for Reimagining Justice Project Sites; Up to $1,000,000 for Reimagining Justice Training & Technical Assistance
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Title: BJS FY24 Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, 2024-2026
Application Deadline: July 2, 2024
Purpose: “With this solicitation, BJS seeks to collect data on persons who died in the custody of federal law enforcement (LE) agencies in FY 24, FY 25, and FY 26, building on BJS’s existing efforts. The data collection will include a web-based interface to allow federal LE agencies to identify all deaths that are arrest-related or that occur in detention or incarceration facilities. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.”
Amount: $150,000-$300,000
REMINDER - 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 Multiple Sclerosis Society
Title: Research Grants
Application Deadlines: Pre-Applications due July 24, 2024; Full application due July 31, 2024
Purpose: “The Society is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for investigator-initiated proposals to support research focused on addressing research questions highlighted in the Pathways to MS Cures Roadmap. The Roadmap includes three Pathways: STOPPING MS disease activity, RESTORING function by reversing damage and symptoms, and ENDING MS by preventing new cases. Applicants must clearly state the relevance of their proposals to at least one of the research questions outlined in the Roadmap.”
Amount: $200,000 per year
Funding Agency: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Title: Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
Application Deadline: July 25, 2024
Purpose: “The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. We are mainly but not exclusively interested in activities that build connections between basic/early biomedical scientific approaches and ecological, environmental, geological, geographic, and planetary-scale thinking, as well as with population-focused fields, including epidemiology and public health,demography, economics, and urban planning. Also of interest is work piloting new approaches or interactions toward reducing the impact of health-centered activities, such as developing more sustainable systems for health care, care delivery, and biomedical research systems.”
Amount: $2,500-$50,000
Funding Agency: Foundation for Physical Therapy Research
Title: Foundation, Geriatrics or Education Research Grants available
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
Purpose: Foundation Research Grants: “Emerging investigators evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in any relevant physical therapy discipline;” Geriatrics: “Address a high-impact priority for improving physical therapy treatment practices for aging adults…;” Education: “Research methods for promoting the update of research findings into physical therapy or physical therapist assistant education and design educational interventions to address the gap between evidence and practice.”
Amount: $40,000
Funding Agency: Brady Education Foundation
Title: Proposals for Program Evaluations (Research Project and Existing Program Evaluation)
Application Deadlines: August 1 or December 1, 2024 for Stage 1 Proposals; If invited, Stage 2 Proposals due four months later.
Purpose: “…proposals that have the potential to provide data that will inform how to address disparities in educational opportunities associated with race, ethnicity, and family income.”
Amount: Varies; see website for examples of previously funded projects.
Funding Agency: The Sumners Foundation
Title: Grants
Application Deadline: August 1, 2024
Purpose: “The Foundation seeks to reach, educate, and motivate the general public and the current and future leaders of American society on the science of self-government. The specific efforts of the Foundation include support for: 1) Programs and activities that provide personal involvement in the political process and functionsof government, such as democracy reform, mock trials, civic engagement programs, and mock legislative sessions, as well as conferences and seminars on relevant public policy issues; 2) Teacher training on the founding documents and/or democratic principles; and 3) Programs and academic contests on American democratic self-government targeting youth, educators, young professionals, and other societal leaders.”
Amount: See website for previous grants
Funding Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Title: Engaged Research Grant
Application Deadline: August 1, 2024
Purpose: “This program supports longstanding research partnerships that empower those who have historically been the subjects of anthropological research, rather than researchers themselves. Designed in alliance with individuals who have borne the impact of marginalization, these partnerships bring together scholars and theirinterlocutors in an effort to expand anthropological knowledge, combat inequality, and help communities flourish. The program supports projects that will make a significant contribution to anthropological conversations through collaboration and engagement.”
Amount: Up to $25,000
Funding Agency: Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation
Title: Beckman Young Investigator Program
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due August 1, 2024; If invited, Full Application due January 13, 2025
Purpose: “The Beckman Young Investigator Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.”
Amount: $600,000 ($150,000 annually over four years)
Funding Agency: The Teagle Foundation
Title: Knowledge for Freedom
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due August 1 and December 1, 2024
Purpose: “The Knowledge for Freedom initiative supports programs that invite underserved high school students to college to study humanity’s deepest questions about leading lives of purpose and civic responsibility. Grants of varying amounts, ranging from $100,000-$300,000 over a 36-month period, will be made to each funded project participating in this initiative. The size of the grant will be based on the scope of the project. Colleges and universities interested in launching Knowledge for Freedom programs are encouraged to apply for planning grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 over a 6–12-month period.”
Amount: $10,000-$25,000 for Planning Grants
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA): National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Title: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Foundational and Applied Science Program
Application Deadlines: August 8, 2024; August 22, 2024
Purpose: “The AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture.” Topics vary greatly; for instance, proposals topics due in August include “Welfare of Agricultural Animals,” “Food Safety & Defense,” and “Food and Human Health.”
Amount: Varies by topic but generally $300,000 for Seed Grants, $650,000-1,000,000 for Standard Grants and $50,000 for Conference and Equipment Grants.
Funding Agency: Sociological Initiatives Foundation (SIF)
Title: 2024 Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: Concept Paper due August 15, 2024
Purpose: “SIF is dedicated to the belief that research and action are intrinsically inseparable. We invite concept proposals for community-led projects that link an explicit research design to a concrete social action strategy. Projects should have specifically stated social change goals. In the past SIF has funded projects in the areas of civil rights, community organizing, crime and law, education, health, housing, immigration, labor organizing, and language/literacy.”
Amount: $15,000-$20,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
Application Deadlines: August 19, 2024 or January 21, 2025
Purpose: “DRMS supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations and society. DRMS supports research with solid foundations in theories and methods of the social and behavioral sciences. This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts.”
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Application Deadline: August 20, 2024
Purpose: “…to support the development and testing of enhanced models of care that optimally integrate HIV, Hepatitis B and C, addiction, and primary care services. NIDA is interested in research that addresses gaps related to the delivery of comprehensive, integrated health services to include the full continuum of HIV/AIDSservices, addiction prevention and treatment services, and primary care services, with a goal of improving the coordination of care, and improving health outcomes related to HIV, Hepatitis (optional), and substance use disorder in the US.”
Amount: $450,000
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD): Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Title: Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Women’s Health Research Award (WHRA)
Application Deadlines: Preproposals due August 21, 2024; If Invited, Full Applications due September 17, 2024
Purpose: “The FY24 PRORP challenges the scientific community to address the most significant gaps in care for the leading burden of injury and for facilitating return to duty. The program intends to support high-impact and clinically relevant research to advance treatment and rehabilitation from orthopaedic injuries (excludingspinal cord injuries) sustained during combat and service-related activities to maximize return to duty. To meet the intent of the funding opportunity, applications submitted to the FY24 PRORP WHRA must directly address women’s health as it relates to orthopaedic injury care/treatment or outcomes. Applicants are encouraged to consider health areas and conditions that affect women uniquely, disproportionately, or differently from men. Areas of interest include preservation of function and physical ability, quality of life, symptom management, and resilience in women, as well as sex-specific considerations following orthopaedic injury.”
Amount: $1,500,000
Funding Agency: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Title: New Treatments or Cures for Cancer
Application Deadlines: August 31 and December 15, 2024
Purpose: “The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation funds research to investigators in United States non-profit institutions proposing research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. The Foundation funds projects for a one-year period that will allow the establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers.”
Amount: By design, there are no limits set on the grant amount that can be requested.
Funding Agency: Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Title: Disability Inclusion in Nursing
Application Deadline: September 3, 2024
Purpose: “…a special initiative to fund demonstration projects that enhance equity, inclusion, and access for students with disabilities in schools of nursing and their affiliated clinical sites. Supporting the inclusion of learners with disabilities will help to build a nursing workforce that is representative of the patients they serve and supports improved quality of care and health equity.”
Amount: Each of the projects will be funded for three years with annual costs of $50,000 – $75,000, depending on the scope of the project. Note, cost share is required.
LIMITED: Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Focus on Recruiting Emerging Climate and Adaptation Scientists and Transformers (FORECAST)
Application Deadline: Limited Because WSU may only submit two applications for Track 1, as the lead applicant, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by October 4, 2024 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is October 18, 2024. If selected, Full Applications due January 29, 2025.
Purpose: “Track 1 will support one Coordination Hub, to coordinate support for rising seniors from emerging research institutions (ERIs) or historically excluded and underserved groups as part of a national cohort to participate in structured professional development opportunities. FORECAST seeks to facilitate the transition from status quo graduate career preparation to a student-centered model with a particular emphasis on building entrepreneurial and innovation capacity at ERIs.”
Amount: Up to $7,500,000
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: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS)
Application Deadline: Proposals Accepted Anytime
Purpose: “RISBS supports projects that create computational tools and data to facilitate basic research in the social and behavioral sciences that can lead to improved health, prosperity and security. Projects should be aimed at creating computational tools and data to enable research by social scientists. Examples include, but are not limited to, data collection or assembly efforts that result in new resources for a community of researchers or software platforms that facilitate data collection efforts by others. RISBS does not support research by PIs except in service of creation of the infrastructure. Innovation is especially encouraged.”
Amount: Standard NSF Grant
REMINDER - Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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: FINRA Investor Educator Foundation
Title: General Grant Program
Application Deadline: Ongoing, Project Concept Form accepted at any time
Purpose: “Through the General Grant Program, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research initiatives and scalable educational projects with unique demonstration value to ensure that people in the United States and U.S. territories have the knowledge, skills and tools to make sound financial decisions throughout life.”
Amount: $50,000-$100,000
Funding Agency: ECMC Foundation
Title: Grants and Investments
Application Deadline: Ongoing, letters of inquiry accepted on a rolling basis
Purpose: “We make grants and investments that fit within one of our three strategic priorities (removing barriers to postsecondary completion, building capacity of institutions, systems and organizations and transforming the postsecondary ecosystem), and we are particularly interested in those proposals that focus on implementing systemic reforms to improve postsecondary outcomes for students from underserved backgrounds.”
Amount: Varies, see funder website for previous awards
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.
WSU Information Security: Data Privacy & Security Training, Questions or Reporting
If your research includes patient medical data and you need to take HIPAA / Sensitive Data Handling training, if you have a question about data privacy or security, or need to report a concern, please contact the WSU Privacy or Security Office.
Privacy: 316-978-4HIP (4447) or privacy@wichita.edu
Security: 316-978-4SEC (4732) or askinfosec@wichita.edu
MIT Press: Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise: Becoming a Successful Scholar in a Complex and Competitive Environment by Kelvin K. Droegemeier
“The academic research enterprise is highly complex, involving multiple sectors of society and a vast array of approaches. In Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise, Kelvin K. Droegemeier shows next-generation scholars across all disciplines how to become more productive earlier in their career, as well as how to help shape the academic research enterprise. The topics covered include public perceptions of scholarly work and its use in policy; understanding the big picture of funding and national priorities as well as identifying funding sources; research methods; collecting data and materials; writing grant proposals; publishing results; ethical conduct; bias and peer review; intellectual property and compliance regulations; partnerships and collaboration; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the future of research.”
MIT Press Website and Open Access
National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF Research Traineeship Institutional Partnership Pilot (NRT-IPP) Webinar: May 28, 2024
“NSF announced a new track of the NSF Research Traineeship program (NRT) designed to help graduate students at non-R1 institutions of higher education – institutions without high research activity – develop the skills, knowledge and competencies needed to pursue a range of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The NRT-IPP will catalyze a new partnership approach, bringing industry to the table to in turn enable students to receive industry-relevant experience in key technology areas as outlined in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022."
Read More & Register for NSF NRT IPP Webinar
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Trust in Cancer Care: Advancing Equity and Trustworthiness: May 30, 2024
Trust in health care is critical for optimal cancer care and outcomes, yet current efforts to measure and improve trust and trustworthiness in health care often focus on patients rather than improving the health care system. In this webinar, two invited experts will present on the constructs of trust and trustworthiness in the context of cancer care. Dr. Andrew Anderson will present key definitions and conceptual frameworks on trust and related constructs and offer guidance on how best to measure these constructs. Dr. Jennifer Richmond will present on how trust affects health care use and cancer outcomes and provide recommendations for building trust and institutional trustworthiness to advance health equity.
Read More & Register for NIH Webinar
National Academies: Optimizing Federal, State and Local Response to Public Health Emergencies – A Virtual Workshop: May 30, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Science, Technology, and Law cordially invites you to attend a virtual workshop to examine how legal authorities affected the ability of public health agencies and federal, state, and local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and explore approaches to ensure a more effective response to future public health crises. The allocation of legal authority has become an issue of immediate relevance as the United States confronts an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in dairy cattle.
Read More & Register for NASEM Workshop
National Science Foundation EPSCoR Live! Event on EPSCoR Brand Application and Logo Use: June 3, 2024
“This EPSCoR Live! session will be of interest to principal investigators, communication and outreach specialists, educators, and others who create and distribute NSF EPSCoR-branded electronic or written materials. Join NSF staff members, Cori Bassett (Branch Chief) and Amanda Meyers (Lead Visual Information Specialist), from the NSF Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, as they discuss the new NSF Policy on Brand Standards, the NSF brand identity and how to apply its brand elements effectively. The proper procedures for use of NSF and EPSCoR logos will also be discussed. There will be time for Q&A, so have your questions ready.”
Register for EPSCoR Live! Event
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
National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR): Gun Violence Prevention Research Webinar Series: June 4, 2024, July 9, 2024 and October 8, 2024
“The NCGVR is pleased to invite you to our 2024 series of webinars highlighting recent insights into gun violence prevention. Leading researchers supported by the collaborative will discuss these findings and their policy implications.” The webinar on June 4, 2024 is titled “Firearms, Intimate Partner Violence and Suicide;” the webinar on July 9, 2024 is titled “Community Firearm Violence Exposure and Weapon Carrying;” and the webinar on October 8, 2024 is titled “New Findings on Firearm Violence in the U.S.”
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Updates to NIH Training Grant Applications – Registration Open for June 5, 2024 Webinar
“The NIH Institutional Training Grant Program application is undergoing changes that take effect for submissions due on or after January 25, 2025. Wondering about the implications for your application preparation? If so, make plans to participate in an informative and engaging webinar, hosted by NIH on June 5 at 1:00 p.m. ET.”
Read More & Register for NIH Training Grant Webinar
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: The Future of Scientific Conferencing Virtual Event: June 6, June 7, and June 11, 2024
“This virtual workshop will bring together diverse perspectives from multiple disciplines to explore advantages, barriers, gaps, and opportunities in the future of scientific conferencing for the behavioral and social sciences. The workshop will incorporate innovative evidence-informed approaches to showcase the potential of a virtual platform for learning, networking, and participant engagement.”
Register for NIH Future of Scientific Conferencing
National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI) Webinar: June 12, 2024
“Join the MFAI Team for a webinar to share information and answer questions about the Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence program. Anyone interested in learning about the MFAI program is encouraged to attend.”
Register for NSF Mathematical Foundations of AI Webinar
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emergency Response Research Webinar Series: June 12, 2024 and ongoing
“This webinar series covers the latest information on research supporting EPA's response to chemical, biological, and radiological incidents, as well as natural disasters. This forum allows EPA to communicate directly with partners and stakeholders to foster collaboration and dissemination of information.” The webinar on June 12, 2024 is titled “Flow and Dispersion Research at EPA’s Fluid Facility.”
Register for EPA Emergency Response Webinar Series
National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR: E-RISE General Information Session: June 25, 2024
“The NSF EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement (E-RISE RII) team is hosting a set of virtual webinars to provide additional information about the goals and objectives of the program, and about the program solicitation. Researchers and research administrators in EPSCoR jurisdictions, particularly those who intend to submit research proposals in response to the E-RISE RII solicitation (NSF 23-588), are welcome to join these webinars to learn more about the program and to engagein Q&A with EPSCoR Program Officers.”
Register for NSF EPSCoR E-RISE Information Session
National Academies State of the Science Address: June 26, 2024
“The first State of the Science Address will explore how U.S. science and innovation are positioned to respond to rising global competition and shifting priorities for the nation’s economy, security, public health, and well-being. The event is intended to bring together leaders in science and research, technology and innovation, policymaking, government, industry, and philanthropy to explore what actions may be needed to chart a course toward a more nimble, more robust U.S. science and technology enterprise that is ready to meet the nation’s current challenges and make vital advances in the future.”
Register for National Academies State of the Science Address
Hanover Research Upcoming Grants Workshops: 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 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 - 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
NIHCM Foundation Affordability Roadmap Series Recordings Available
“Health care expenditures are the largest portion of the federal budget and are projected to grow faster than all other categories, except for interest in the debt. NIHCM's Affordability Roadmap Series will explore federal spending on health programs amid ongoing budget compromise discussions, as well as provide policy and market solutions to improve health care affordability, without compromising quality.”
View NIHCM Affordability Roadmap Webinar Agendas, Slides and Recordings
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments Lessons from the Field Webinar Series: Preventing and Address School Violence Including Gun Violence
“The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to address hot topics that are on the top of educators’ minds. After sharing federal updates, the series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, early childhood education providers, and other places of educational instruction. It also shares a variety of useful resources. The Preventing and Addressing School Violence including Gun Violence Miniseries offers webinars focused on evidence-based practices to prevent and address gun violence in school communities. The series provides strategies to implement at key stages to support schools in providing support and utilizing systems to prevent violence incidents; embedding comprehensive gun violence prevention into emergency operations plans; responding to violent incidents and implementing interventions; and supporting students and staff in recovery after a violent incident.”
Register or Watch Previous NSSLE Lessons from the Field Webinars
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
National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Resources Now Available!
The NAIRR Pilot aims to connect U.S. researchers and educators to computational, data, and training resources needed to advance AI research and research that employs AI. Federal agencies are collaborating with government-supported and non-governmental partners to implement the Pilot as a preparatory step toward an eventual full NAIRR implementation. Resources include advanced computing systems; cloud computing platforms; access to models, software and privacy enhancing technology tools and collaborations to train models; and education platforms.
Read More about NAIRR Resources
ARPA-H: Launches Exploration Topic to Improve Chatbots for Patient-Facing Applications
ARPA-H’s recently launched CARE (Chatbot Accuracy and Reliability Evaluation) ET (Exploration Topic) will fund the development of novel technical approaches to improve the testing and evaluation of chatbot outputs for patient-facing applications. CARE ET aims to produce tools and technology to better evaluate the reliability of medical chatbots with the efficiency of computational methods and the accuracy of human experts.
Read More about ARPA-H's CARE ET
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Women’s Health Research
“In alignment with the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, NIH is issuing this NOSI to highlight interest in receiving research applications focused on diseases and health conditions that predominantly affect women (e.g., autoimmune diseases; depressive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias, gender-based-violence), present and progress differently in women (e.g., cardiovascular disease; HIV; reproductive aging and its implications), or are female-specific (e.g., uterine fibroids; endometriosis; menopause).”
Read the NIH NOSI NOT-OD-24-079
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Releases the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women
“The NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women 2024-2028 is now available. The plan outlines strategic goals to guide and inform the NIH’s-supported research on the health of women.”
Read More about NIH Strategic Plan for Research on the Health of Women
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Data Reuse for Health Research
This NOSI solicits competitive revision applications that focus on data reuse and secondary data analysis in NIH-funded data repositories and knowledgebases to advance scientific inquiry and address health research questions.
Read the NIH NOSI NOT-OD-24-096
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18)
AHRQ intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity to invite grant applications that support healthcare safety by determining (1) whether and how certain breakthrough uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can affect patient safety; and (2) how AI systems can be safely implemented and used. AI has the potential to improve the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare. However, as with most technologies, this potential must be balanced by identifying and mitigating possible risks for patient harm and user burden.
Read the AHRQ Notice NOT-HS-24-014
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Improve Care Delivery, Access, Quality, Equity, and Health Outcomes for Older Adults
The purpose of this SEN is to inform the research community of the AHRQ’s strong and continued interest in receiving health services research grant applications that advance the Nation’s goal of improving care delivery, access, quality, equity, and health outcomes for older adults. Specifically, the Agency encourages research teams to submit applications in response to this emphasis using AHRQ’s standing R18, R03, and R01 funding mechanisms. Additionally, AHRQ is interested in receiving dissertation grant proposals addressing health services aging research using AHRQ’s R36 funding mechanism. Applicants should clearly state in their grant application’s project summary/abstract that their application is responsive to this SEN by including the title and number of this SEN NOT-HS-24-013. Applicants should also enter the number of this SEN in box 4b of the SF 424 Application Form.
Read the AHRQ Notice NOT-HS-24-013
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) Requesting Information on Decarbonization of America’s Industrial Sector
DOE’s Request for Information (RFI) will inform a new DOE vision study, that will “identify cost-effective and industry-specific strategic pathways to achieve a thriving U.S. industrial sector with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.” The RFI and corresponding study will “consider the technical, financial, social, environmental, and health challenges and opportunities associated with the scale and pace of an industrial transformation.” Input is requested by June 10, 2024.
Read the DOE Request for Information Announcement
National Science Foundation (NSF) Announces Topic for the Fiscal Year 2025 and 2026 EPSCoR Research Improvement Infrastructure-Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII-FEC) Program
The NSF RII-FEC program intends to provide a mechanism for interjurisdictional research teams to increase their capacity for conducting use-inspired research, by accepting proposals in the following focus area: "Building capacity towards use-inspired research."
Read the NSF Dear Colleague Letter 24-091
REMINDER - 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 theExternal-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.
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