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Congratulations to those who received awards in June! The tentative numbers for WSU researchers under Academic Affairs for FY2024 are $85,630,496 in submitted proposals and $87,394,476 in awards received.
A special congratulations also to Drs. Jan Twomey, Linnea GlenMaye, Rhonda Lewis, Moriah Beck, David Eichhorn and Tiffany Franks for their successful proposal and receipt of a $1 million grant award to WSU under the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program. The NSF ADVANCE Adaptation award directly addresses barriers to the representation and advancement of women and minority STEM faculty at WSU, such as recruitment and hiring practices. The team will establish an office for faculty excellence in research and teaching. This office will offer opportunities for mutual mentoring around faculty-selected topics as well as workshops and seminars around new teaching methods and developing a strong research program.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Twomey and the team on this incredible achievement.
If you have questions about the content of this newsletter, please contact research@wichita.edu.
AWARDS
2024 SHOCKERS VOTE
PI/Department: Loren Belew, Student Involvement
Sponsor: NEO Philanthropy
Amount: $4,310
KANSAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND MITIGATION PLAN (E-RAMP)
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $178,506
KDHE TASK ORDER: AM KAN WORK! REVISION
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $101,692
ADMINISTRATIVE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas County Clerks and Election Officials Association
Amount: $63,114
CHILD START CHILDCARE EVENT
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Child Start, Inc.
Amount: $10,400
GOVERNOR’S FUTURE OF WATER – CONFERENCE HOSTING SERVICES
PI/Department: Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center
Sponsor: Kansas Water Office
Amount: $15,771
ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS
PI/Department: Crystal Dozier, Anthropology
Sponsor: Gray and Pape Heritage Management
Amount: $3,050
PEARL 2024 OK STARCH ANALYSIS
PI/Department: Crystal Dozier, Anthropology
Sponsor: PEARL
Amount: $2,333
RENO COUNTY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2024
PI/Department: Crystal Dozier, Anthropology
Co-PI/Department: Matthew Howland, Anthropology
Sponsor: Reno County
Amount: $16,598
A RESOURCE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN FIRST-YEAR MATHEMATICS COURSES
PI/Department: Robert Fraser, Mathematics & Statistics
Co-PI/Department: Mythili Menon, English
Sponsor: State of Kansas - MURPA
Amount: $7,500
KANSAS NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM – OPPORTUNITIES IN NASA STEM FY 2020-2024
PI/Department: Linda Kliment, Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Natl Aeronautics & Space Admn
Amount: $860,000
SECTIONAL CURVATURE, ISOTROPIC CURVATURE, AND CURVATURE OPERATORS
PI/Department: Xiaolong Li, Mathematics & Statistics
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $109,927
CAREER: DRYING AND WARMING IMPACT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANISMS AND IONOMES
PI/Department: Thomas Luhring, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Natl Science Foundation
Amount: $802,982
SUMMER LITERACY CAMP 2024
PI/Department: Karissa Marble-Flint, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Sponsor: Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Amount: $3,000
ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN: EXAMINING THE DATA OF BLACK AND LATINO KANSANS
PI/Department: Sara Mata, Academic Affairs
Sponsor: The Reach Healthcare Foundation
Amount: $15,000
LEGAL RESEARCH – RIVVAMA
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– SNAVHUN
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 – UTHVEPI
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 – TUCVCIT
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 – YAZVSAI
PI/Department: Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership
Co-PI/Department: Jeffrey Jarman, The Research Partnership
Sponsor: IMS Consulting and Expert Services
Amount: $4,000
EVALUATION OF THE GUIDED INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSESSMENT (GILA) PROGRAM (AMD 1)
PI/Department: Victoria Sherif, Applied Studies Dean's Office
Co-PI/Department: Angela Beeler, Dept of ISLE
Sponsor: Cerebral Palsy Res Found - Kansas, Inc.
Amount: $52,111
STRENGTHENING PATHWAYS FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER: FILLING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM VACANCIES (SUPPLEMENTAL)
PI/Department: Julie Thiele, School of Education
Sponsor: Kansas Board of Regents
Amount: $100,000
MONTHLY AWARDS FOR THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE EQUAL $7,261,042 OF WHICH $6,567,897 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.
Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE): Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E)
Title: Technologies to Emend and Obviate SYnthetic Nitrogen’s Toll on Emissions (TEOSYNTE)
Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due August 13, 2024; Full Proposals to be due at a date TBD
Purpose: “The program aims to lower nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from the cultivation of corn and sorghum used for United States ethanol production by 50%. The program will emphasize plant and microbial bio-design strategies that lower the application of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer on corn and sorghum fields while maintaining crop yields and reducing 50% of N2O emissions. Lowering the requirements of synthetic N fertilizer will also lower costs to farmers, as the cost of fertilizer is a significant portion of the operating expenses of a farm. This program will enable technologies to reduce N fertilizer consumption and N2O emissions. These technologies will transform agriculture and lower the N2O contribution to the carbon intensity of ethanol produced today for light duty vehicles and in the future for sustainable aviation fuel.”
Amount: Individual awards may vary between $1 million and $10 million in Federal share. Most awards are anticipated to vary between $4 million and $6 million.
REMINDER: Funding Agency: Kansas Governor’s Grants Program (KGGP)
Title: Solicitation for Program Evaluation of the Federal Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) Grant
Application Deadline: August 15, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of the SCIP evaluator is to assess the impact recipients of SCIP funds are having on the gun violence and violent crime rates in Kansas. The Program Evaluator will learn about the strategies and corresponding goals and objectives of the programs receiving SCIP grant funds for the SCIP Plan Priorities. The Program Evaluator will assess a minimum of 12 months of SCIP Subgrantee data, with a preference for 18 months of data. By generating more knowledge about strategies used to address reduction in gun violence and violent crime, communities that benefit from SCIP funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective and promising. The SCIP evaluation component is designed to support a broad range of evaluation methods, including data review. A strong evidence-based evaluation would help Kansas use federal funds more effectively and assist the SCIP Advisory Board in setting annual SCIP funding priorities.” Email proposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the solicitation.
Amount: TBD (Bid Opportunity)
Funding Agency: WITH Foundation
Title: Current Grant Cycle Topic: Advancing Disability Justice in Public Health
Application Deadline: August 15, 2024
Purpose: “to support projects which advance disability justice in public health and center the goals, perspectives, and needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Communities of Color.”
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS): Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy
Title: Supporting Vaccine Confidence
Application Deadline: August 21, 2024
Purpose: “This initiative seeks to expand, plan, implement, and evaluate promising practices and develop novel approaches to increase vaccine confidence in local communities, particularly partnerships with organizations that work with populations with low vaccination rates (e.g., African Americans and residents in rural communities). Practical solutions at local levels are needed to help support vaccination efforts in communities by healthcare providers, immunization program managers, immunization advocates, vaccine manufacturers, and other stakeholders.”
Amount: $115,000 to $250,000 per year for three years
Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Title: Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process Innovation
Application Deadlines: Concept Paper due August 22, 2024; Full Applications due November 18, 2024
Purpose: “Smart manufacturing refers to the suite of platform technologies that directly support the digital transformation of the manufacturing enterprise across the entire production lifecycle, which includes design, process, production, supply network, and enterprise levels. Platform technologies are manufacturing technologies that can be applied to manufacture multiple products. This FOA applies smart manufacturing across four topic areas: Smart Manufacturing for a Circular Economy; Smart Manufacturing of Tooling and Equipment for Sustainable Transportation; Smart Manufacturing for High Performance Materials; and Smart Technologies for Sustainable and Competitive U.S. Mining.”
Amount: $350,000-$3,000,000 depending on topic; Cost Share may be required depending on topic
Funding Agency: NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium (KSGC)
Title: Teacher Workshop Program (TWP) and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Application Deadline: August 23, 2024
Purpose: TWP: “supports the development and implementation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics educator workshops. NASA is especially interested in helping teachers bring NASA-relevant material and content into middle-school classrooms.” DEI: “KSGC is funding a program aimed at the development of new and innovative ideas to notably enhance our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Improving the way the consortium finds, engages, and supports underrepresented minorities and women is the priority. In summary, this call offers funding to affiliates to develop and implement special DEI-focused projects. Selected projects will improve overall consortium DEI metrics and, just as important, identify ways for all other affiliates to significantly improve their DEI.”
Amount: Between $15,000 and $50,000 for TWG; Up to $50,000 for DEI; both programs require cost share.
Funding Agency: Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Title: Digital Art History
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due September 1, 2024
Purpose: “The Digital Art History Grants program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support may also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially essential art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.”
Amount: See website for funding amount history
Funding Agency: Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Title: History of Art Grants
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due September 1, 2024
Purpose: “The History of Art Grants program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.”
Amount: See website for funding amount history
Funding Agency: American Bar Endowment
Title: Opportunity Grant Program
Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due September 1, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due October 6, 2024
Purpose: “The American Bar Endowment’s Opportunity Grant Program supports new, boots-on-the-ground, innovative programs and projects that serve the immediate and critical legal needs of the public and are of importance to the legal profession and its concerns for access to justice. The ABE Opportunity Grant Program supports 501(c)(3) organizations to address law-related issues of importance to the public and the legal profession with new and innovative projects and programs.”
Amount: rant proposals requesting support of $25,000 or less are typical and viewed more favorably by the Grants Committee as this award range makes it possible to fund more projects and programs.
Funding Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Title: NCHRP Highway IDEA
Application Deadline: September 2, 2024
Purpose: “the NCHRP Highway IDEA Program seeks proposals on innovative concepts, which if proven feasible, have the potential to significantly advance the state of the art and practice of the nation’s highway systems. The program is sponsored by the state departments of transportation (DOTs) through the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and guided by an oversight panel of experts from state DOTs, academia, and the private sector who volunteer their time and effort. The panel reviews proposals twice a year (in June and December) and selects the most promising ones of those that meet the program’s proposal selection criteria.”
Amount: See website for funding amount history
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title: Humanities Connections
Application Deadline: September 5, 2024
Purpose: “The Humanities Connections program seeks to expand the role of the humanities in undergraduate education at two- and four-year institutions by encouraging partnerships between humanities faculty and their counterparts in other areas of study.”
Amount: $50,000 for Planning; $150,000 for Implementation
Funding Agency: Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation
Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due September 6, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due December 10, 2024
Purpose: “The Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation Award Program supports advanced research by postdoctoral scholars within the core areas of fundamental chemistry or the development and build of chemical instrumentation.”
Amount: $224,000 over two years for salary, fringe benefits and research expenditures; instrumentation fellowships will receive an additional one-time amount of up to $200,000.
Funding Agency: Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation
Title: Grants for Impactful and Innovative Economic Education Programs
Application Deadline: Letter of Interest due September 10, 2024 or March 10, 2025
Purpose: “The Foundation’s current funding interest includes but not limited to: Leveraging AI to increase student learning effectiveness and experience in economic education; Research on AI and economic education; Developing/enhancing/leveraging capabilities to reach greater number of people in economic education; Economic education programs which have multiplier effect through teachers, social workers, and etc. on the population they serve; New and innovative economic education curriculum and capability; Behavioral economics with a focus on environmental issues; Programs to generate more excitement and demand for economic and financial education.”
Amount: Not specified.
Funding Agency: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due September 12, 2024; If invited, Full Application due January 30, 2025
Purpose: “to fund research studies that will increase our understanding of effective interventions for increasing accrual to therapeutic cancer clinical trials, particularly among underrepresented populations. Specifically, we seek proposals that will implement and evaluate interventions designed to a) mitigate multilevel barriers to therapeutic clinical trial accrual for underrepresented groups and b) quantitatively measure the impact of these interventions on patient accrual. We are particularly interested in proposals that address systemic, institutional, and clinician-related barriers that impede clinical trial participation.”
Amount: Up to $500,000 per year
Funding Agency: Sony Research Award Program
Title: Faculty Innovation Award and Focused Research Award
Application Deadline: September 15, 2024
Purpose: “As part of one of the world's most innovative and recognizable brands, we are committed to support university research and innovation in the U.S., Canada, India, and select European countries, while also fostering partnerships with university faculty and researchers. The Sony Research Award Program provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers.” See website for specific topics of interest.
Amount: $100,000 for Faculty Research Awards; $150,000 for Focused Research Awards
Funding Agency: Eppley Foundation for Research
Title: Advanced Scientific Research Grants
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due September 15, 2024; If invited, Full Application due October 15, 2024
Purpose: “The Eppley Foundation for Research was incorporated in 1947 for the purpose of “increasing knowledge in pure or applied science…in chemistry, physics and biology through study, research and publication.” The Foundation does not support work in the social sciences, education or computer science, and only rarely funds research into diseases that have considerable financial support available, such as AIDS, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Particular areas of interest include innovative medical investigations, climate change, whole ecosystem studies, as well as research on single species if they are of particular significance in their environments, in the U.S. and abroad.”
Amount: The Eppley Foundation for Research is a small, family foundation that disburses up to $460,000 a year. Dozens of proposals compete annually for this modest sum.
Funding Agency: Tree Research and Education Endowment (TREE) Fund
Title: Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative Grant Program
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due September 15, 2024; If invited, Full Application due October 1, 2024
Purpose: “The 2024 Building Bridges Initiative Grant(s) will be focused on research to facilitate or engage interactions between urban forest managers, arborists, and other professionals committed to maximizing value/use of the urban forest resource. Suggested areas of investigation (this list is not all-inclusive) might include Quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of urban forest benefits to humans and communities; Policy formation and program implementation; “Nature Based Solutions”; or Ecosystem services; etc.”
Amount: $30,000
Funding Agency: American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation
Title: Global Oncology Young Investigator Award (GO YIA)
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due September 19, 2024; If invited, Full Application due January 7, 2025
Purpose: “The Global Oncology Young Investigator Award (GO YIA) provides research funding to early-career investigators to encourage and promote quality research in global oncology and to develop the next generation of researchers to address global health needs. This is a mentored award and the research project is conducted under the guidance of a scientific mentor.”
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Title: Catalyst Awards
Application Deadline: September 20, 2024
Purpose: “The Macy Catalyst Awards support projects that impact the clinical learning environment and improve the experience of residents and fellows in one of the three priority areas supported by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation: 1) Promoting diversity, equity, and belonging; 2) Increasing opportunities to learn in and from high-performing interprofessional teams; or 3) Preparing future health professionals to navigate ethical dilemmas/ Successful proposals will describe, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies to equip learners with the tools, skills, and strategies to flourish in the clinical learning environment.”
Amount: Up to $100,000
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Title: Engagement Awards
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due September 26, 2024; If invited, Full Applications due January 13, 2025
Purpose: “The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program, named in honor of the first chair of PCORI’s Board of Governors, is intended to bring more patients, caregivers, clinicians and other healthcare stakeholders into the research process. The goal is to support projects that will build a community better able to participate in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and serve as channels to disseminate study results. This is central to PCORI’s mission to fund useful CER that will help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare decisions.”
Amount: Amounts vary based on type of award
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Application Deadline: September 27, 2024
Purpose: “This funding opportunity seeks to facilitate educational activities that encourage students from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in biomedical research, to become knowledgeable about cancer and available to focus on cancer later in their careers. To promote broad interest in pursuing a career in biomedical research via early intervention strategies, the NCI Youth Enjoy Science (YES) Program will support efforts to create and maintain an institutional program to engage grades 6-12 and/or undergraduate students in cutting edge cancer research experiences. The proposed institutional programs may also provide research experiences for the grade 6-12 teachers and undergraduate faculty members.”
Amount: The maximum budget is $400,000 in direct costs/year. The budget request for a given application needs to be adequately justified and reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing in Practice (PDaSP)
Application Deadline: September 27, 2024
Purpose: “Supports the advancement of privacy-enhancing technologies and their use to solve real-world problems. Aligned with a recent executive order on AI, PDaSP will enhance the ability to privately share and analyze data for a range of use cases and applications.”
Amount: $500,000-$1,500,000
Funding Agency: Herb Block Foundation
Title: Defending Basic Freedoms
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due October 2, 2024; If invited, Full Proposal due December 16, 2024
Purpose: “This program helps safeguard the basic freedoms guaranteed in our Bill of Rights, to help eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination, and to assist government agencies to be more accountable to the public. The Herb Block Foundation will also consider contemporary societal issues that may arise. Grants are available nationwide.”
Amount: $5,000-$25,000
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: October 3 and October 31, 2024, depending on topic
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 October include “Economics, Markets and Trade” and “Social Implications of Food and Agricultural Technologies.”
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.
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
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Application Deadline: October 5, 2024
Purpose: “The purpose of this initiative is to support research to develop and test community-level interventions to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.”
Amount: Application budgets are limited to $1,000,000 direct costs annually, not including Consortium F&A costs.
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Application Deadline: October 5, 2024
Purpose: “…to advance system-level approaches to improve patient safety by improving healthcare worker safety and well-being. Patient safety cannot be fully achieved without healthcare worker safety and well-being. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will contribute to AHRQ’s goal of reinvigorating the patient safety movement by adding fresh perspectives and insights of healthcare professionals to efforts to improve patient safety.”
Amount: The total costs (direct and indirect) for a project awarded under this NOFO will not exceed $500,000 in any given year and $2 million for the entire project period.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Independent Scientist Award (Parent K02 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: 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: Salary and research support varies by NIH Institute/Center.
Funding Agency: American Cancer Society
Title: AHEAD (Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Cancer Disparities) Awards
Application Deadline: October 15, 2024
Purpose: “…intended to fund pilot, first-in-field, innovative strategies that increase quality cancer screening, clinical trials—and cancer care closer to home. AHEAD Awards will fund exploratory, novel research studies that seek to improve access to quality cancer screening and/or cancer care by bringing technologies to individuals rather than requiring travel to healthcare facilities. A scientist's proposed research may break new ground or strategize a new application of existing technologies or new intervention. We encourage the testing of high-risk, high-reward pilot projects to maximize the likelihood for breakthrough research and critical impact.”
Amount: $135,000 per year for up to two years
Funding Agency: American Cancer Society
Title: Research Scholar Grants
Application Deadline: October 15, 2024
Purpose: “As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society remains committed to funding basic, translational, clinical, and cancer control research now and in the future. Investigators within the first 10 years of an independent research career or full-time faculty appointment may apply.”
Amount: $215,000 per year for up to four years
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Application Deadline: October 16, 2024
Purpose: “…grant applications that propose exploratory/developmental research projects that are consistent with the research framework detailed in the 2022-2026 National Institute of Nursing Research (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: $275,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: October 16, 2024
Purpose: “…to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies. Studies that promote equitable dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions among underrepresented communities are encouraged. Conversely, there is a benefit in understanding circumstances that create a need to stop or reduce the use of practices that are ineffective, unproven, low-value, or harmful. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged. Applications that focus on re-implementation of evidence-based health services (e.g. cancer screening) that may have dropped off amidst the ongoing COVID pandemic are encouraged.”
Amount: $275,000
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title: Small Health Services Research Grant Program (R03)
Application Deadline: October 16, 2024
Purpose: “…health services research grant applications focused on AHRQ research priorities, including improving healthcare quality and patient safety, improving healthcare delivery and practice improvement, and enhancing whole-person healthcare delivery. AHRQ supports research in all healthcare settings, including the hospital, long-term care, ambulatory care, home healthcare, pharmacy, and care transitions between settings. Research may involve many partners and other groups, including patients, families, clinicians, non-clinical healthcare staff, policymakers, payers, healthcare organizations, providers and accreditors, local and State governments, the Federal Government, and others.”
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title: AHRQ Small Research Projects to Advance the Science of Primary Care (RO3)
Application Deadline: October 16, 2024
Purpose: “The AHRQ Small Research Grant Program supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This program supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. This Notice of Funding Opportunity aims to support small research projects that advance the understanding of the role and capacity of primary care to increase the value and quality of care and improve patient outcomes and population health by delivering person-centered care.”
Amount: Application budgets are limited to $100,000 total costs (including direct and indirect costs) for the entire project period, regardless of the length of the proposed project period.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Title: NIMH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: October 16, 2024
Purpose: “The NIMH Exploratory/Developmental Grant program supports exploratory and high-risk research projects that fall within the NIMH mission by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methods, measures, models, or strategies, or to the generation of pilot or feasibility data. The preliminary work from these studies could lead to a major impact on biomedical, behavioral, or clinical mental health research, or on the delivery of mental health care.”
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Application Deadline: 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.
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: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Title: Grants for Thriving Children, Working Families, and Equitable Communities
Application Deadline: Ongoing; Letters of Inquiry accepted anytime
Purpose: “We are always looking to support innovative ideas and efforts that align with our priorities to ensure all children, families and communities – regardless of race or income – have opportunities to reach their full potential. WKKF wants all children to live a full life by accessing high-quality early childhood experiences, supported by families with access to good jobs and career pathways and living in communities where they are nurtured. Embedded in all that we do is a commitment to advancing racial equity, developing leaders at all levels and engaging communities in addressing barriers that prevent positive outcomes for their children.”
Amount: Not specified
Funding Agency: ECMC Foundation
Title: Single Mother Success Initiative
Application Deadline: Ongoing; Letters of Inquiry accepted anytime
Purpose: “ECMC Foundation strives to make strategic investments so that single mother students can realize their educational dreams, fostering a brighter and more equitable future for them and their children. Funding decisions incorporate the latest research from the field and findings from the initiative’s initial round of grants to focus on high-impact strategies so that single mother students can fulfill their educational goals.”
Amount: Not specified
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 –Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
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 – Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
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, Core)
Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) – Various funding mechanisms available
Computer Science for All (CS for All) –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
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, 2025
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.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Harnessing AI to Explore Health Restoration in Diabetes: July 29, 2024
A promising area of medical research is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to analyze large sets of data in order to gain better understanding of the development of disease (pathogenesis) and the restoration of health (salutogenesis). Dr. Aaron Lee is co-principal investigator on the AI-READI project, funded through the NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence program. AI-READI is generating high-quality, multimodal, and ethically sourced data that will be ready for AI/ML methods to study salutogenesis in the context of type 2 diabetes. Dr. Lee will also discuss researching the health of the whole person, not just separate organs or body systems, and AI/ML advances from ophthalmology.”
NIHCM Foundation Webinar: Meeting the Health Care Needs of an Aging Population: August 7, 2024
“By 2032, Medicare spending is projected to reach $1.9 trillion, largely due to growth in the Medicare population and increases in health care costs. As society ages, the demand for health care services intensifies, exacerbating shortages of health care workers, particularly in long-term care facilities. Caregivers also play a crucial role in supporting the health and well-being of older adults, while facing the substantial health and economic implications of providing care. Additionally, older adults often experience health disparities from unequal access to services, which lead to poorer health outcomes. These challenges underscore the urgent need to make health care more affordable and accessible for older adults.”
Register for NIHCM Webinar on Health Care Needs and Aging
American Chemical Society (ACS): Petroleum Research Fund (PRF): Virtual Open House: August 12, 2024
Interested applications are invited “virtual Open House with ACS PRF Program Officers and the Finance Manager. This event is an opportunity to meet with PRF Staff and ask questions on the opening day of the submission window.” Read more about applying to the ACS PRF here.
Register for ACS PRF Open House
Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center Webinar: Practicing Equity in Authentic Community Engagement: August 14, 2024
“Authentic Community Engagement: people want it, people talk about it but it is rare to see organizations implement “authentic” community engagement. And if Community Engagement (CE) is going to be successful, it has to be authentic. What is authentic Community Engagement (ACE)? Well this talk will provide attendees with an understanding of ACE that can lead to developing effective strategies that will have deeper impact in the communities you serve.”
Register for Practicing Equity in Authentic Community Engagement
Hanover Research Upcoming Grants Workshops: August 29, 2024 and October 31, 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 August 29, 2024 is titled “Introduction to Grantseeking for Administrators;” and the webinar on October 31, 2024 is titled “What Deadline?! Keeping Yourself and Others On-Task in Grant Development.”
Register for Upcoming Hanover Workshops
National Science Foundation (NSF) Spring 2024 Grant Workshop Recordings Available Online
The NSF held the Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference in Philadelphia, PA, from June 3 to 5, 2024. All conference sessions are now available for viewing on demand in the Resource Center.
View NSF Spring 2024 Workshops
REMINDER: 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
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
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 – Judi McBroom
Judi joined the Office of Research in 2017 as a Research Grant Administrator and was recently promoted to Associate Director of Post Award. Judi is proud Wichita State University alumni, having received an associate’s degree of Legal Assistant and a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration. Her career includes over twenty years of public service. In her spare time, she enjoys time outdoors, spending time in nature, and closing the fitness ring on her watch daily. Since joining WSU, she has become credentialed as a Certified Research Administrator and as a Certified Financial Research Administrator. She loves helping researchers with their sponsored projects and assisting new teammates as the WSU Research office continues to grow. Read more about the Office of Research staff…
NIHCM Releases Children’s Mental Health Infographic
“NIHCM’s latest shareable infographic on children’s mental health highlights disparities in diagnosis and treatment rates, offers insights into how biology and social determinants can shape mental health, and provides robust strategies to address this critical health issue.”
NIHCM Children's Mental Health Infographic
EPA Releases Value of Information (VOI) Case Study on ETAP
“EPA conducted a VOI analysis to weigh the public health and economic trade-offs associated with the timeliness, uncertainty, and costs of conducting the EPA Transcriptomics Assessment Product (ETAP) compared to traditional human health assessment processes. Fewer than a quarter of the tens of thousands of chemicals in commerce--as well as those found in the environment, various waste streams, and the human body--have traditional toxicity or epidemiological data that can inform human health risk assessments. ETAP is a novel human health assessment approach aiming to address this challenge by targeting chemicals that lack traditional toxicity testing data.”
Read More about EPA ETAP Analysis or about the ETAP Assessment Tool
National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is recruiting panelists for E-RISE funding opportunity
“The NSF EPSCoR is recruiting panelists for the EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research (E-RISE) Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) funding opportunity, under solicitation NSF 23-588, which has a deadline of August 13, 2024. For this year’s competition, you are invited to complete a reviewer recruitment survey to assist with the process of setting up merit review panels. Panels will be held in late October and early November, 2024. To be considered, please complete the survey that can be found here. Please note that panelist selection will be guided by proposal topics. Panelists will be asked to write reviews before the panel meeting. If you are not selected for this year’s competition, you may be contacted for future competitions.”
Department of Energy (DOE) 50001 Ready Energy Management
“DOE is now offering Introduction to Energy Management Systems, a college-level course module on DOE’s 50001 Ready energy management framework and the ISO 50001 international standard. This course comprises free instructional materials designed to integrate with existing courses on energy systems, energy efficiency, and energy management. Students that complete the course will be eligible to receive a DOE course completion certificate.”
DOE 50001 Ready Training Materials Website
ORISE Fellowships Opportunity
“The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Science, Technology and Policy (STP) Program provides opportunities for advanced degree graduates, postgraduates, established scientists, and faculty with a range of experience levels to apply their expertise to current and future policy and technical initiatives in energy efficiency and renewable energy.” Deadline is August 15, 2024 to apply.
EPA’s Updated Climate Indicators Report
“EPA released the Fifth Edition of Climate Change Indicators in the United States. The report highlights new data showing the continuing and far-reaching impacts of climate change on the people and environment of the United States. New to the report this year are an indicator on Marine Heat Waves (showing trends related to multi-day high ocean temperatures) and a feature on Heat-Related Workplace Deaths.”
Explore EPA's Climate Change Indicators
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Factors impacting how Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) influences cancer-related outcomes
“The purpose of this NOSI is to promote studies examining the sustainability of TRE and the potential impact it may have on obesity and cancer across the cancer continuum. Questions can be considered in various populations/contexts and study designs. Mechanistic and epidemiological studies and clinical trials are encouraged where warranted. A project can also incorporate preclinical investigations to help evaluate mechanistic endpoints. Applications that include collaborators from fields outside of cancer research will be given special programmatic consideration. Findings from these studies could provide evidence to help inform researchers and healthcare providers regarding the feasibility and best approach(es) to implementing TRE dietary strategy.”
Read NIH National Cancer Institute Notice CA-24-073
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Improving Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens and Maintenance of Health Behaviors to Promote Health
“This NOSI calls for research grant applications that address adherence to recommended treatment and prevention regimens or maintenance of behaviors to promote positive health outcomes (collectively referred to as health behaviors). Applications may address health behavior initiation, execution, and/or persistence through mechanistic studies, efficacy trials, or implementation research. Descriptive studies and intervention research may address relevant determinants at one or more levels of ecologic influence, including the individual, caregiver/family, provider, healthcare system, and community levels. Approaches designed to reduce health disparities and improve equitable health outcomes are strongly encouraged.”
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 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.
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