March 28, 2025

So far in FY2025, WSU researchers under Academic Affairs have submitted external proposals in the amount of $76,337,095 and have received $59,139,703 in external awards.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Davood Askari on a recent prestigious publication related to nanocomposite research. The publication acknowledges funding by the John A. See Innovation Award and the WSU College of Engineering!   

WSU leadership continues to carefully monitor the impact of any executive orders on our research programs.  If you receive any communication from a federal sponsor, please continue to forward that information to your respective office of research.  And as always, if you have questions about the content of this newsletter, please contact us at research@wichita.edu. 

Past and future editions of this newsletter may be found here: https://www.wichita.edu/research/ResearchNewsletter/index.php.

PI/Department:  A Asaduzzaman, Electrical & Computer Engr

Sponsor:  Flossie E West Memorial Trust

Amount:  $30,500

PI/Department:  George Bousfield, Biological Sciences

Sponsor:  GlycoFormA, Ltd.

Amount:  $89,555

PI/Department:  George Bousfield, Biological Sciences

Sponsor:  GlycoFormA, Ltd.

Amount:  $74,132

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center

Sponsor:  City of Wichita

Amount:  $600

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center

Sponsor:  City of Emporia

Amount:  $14,000

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center

Sponsor:  Associated General Contractors of KS, Inc.

Amount:  $15,295

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center

Sponsor:  Multi-Agency Center Board, Inc. / U.S. Department of Treasury

Amount:  $500,000

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Public Policy & Management Center

Sponsor:  Kansas Government Finance Officers Association

Amount:  $31,155

PI/Department:  Shuang Gu, Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor:  Iowa State University / Department of Energy

Amount:  $124,984

PI/Department:  Sun Young Lee, School of Education

Sponsor:  State of Kansas - URCA

Amount:  $4,500

PI/Department:  Troy Tabor, Center for Entrepreneurship

Sponsor:  Kansas Department of Commerce / U.S. Department of Treasury

Amount:  $247,499

PI/Department:  Kimberly Wilson, Teacher Apprentice, Pathways, Liter

Co-PI/Department: Jennifer Friend, Applied Studies Dean's Office | Reagan Murnan, Teacher Apprentice, Pathways, Liter | Heidi Stinchcomb, Teacher Apprentice, Pathways, Liter

Sponsor:  Kansas State Department of Education / Corp for National & Community Srv

Amount:  $100,000

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute

Sponsor:  Hutchinson's Historic Fox Theatre

Amount:  $8,441

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute

Sponsor:  Cerebral Palsy Res Found - Kansas, Inc.

Amount:  $6,300

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute

Sponsor:  Corp for National & Community Srv

Amount:  $105,000

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute

Sponsor:  Kansas Association of Community Foundations

Amount:  $5,000

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute

Sponsor:  Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Dept of Health and Human Services

Amount:  $1,251

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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. 

Pivot is the funding opportunity database WSU subscribes to; you must affiliate with Wichita State University to access the system.  To request assistance with a customized search please contact funding@wichita.edu.   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. 

Title: Kansas NSF EPSCoR First Award: Research in Resiliency and Smart Infrastructure

Application Deadlines: Notices of Intent due April 15, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due May 13, 2025. 

Purpose: “The First Award program helps early career, tenure-track faculty become more competitive for funding from the National Science Foundation by 1) encouraging early career faculty to submit proposals to the NSF (or other federal funding agency) as soon as possible after their first faculty appointment, and 2) by accelerating the pace of their research and the quality of their subsequent proposals.”

Amount: Up to $50,000 in direct costs

Title: Translational Medicine Faculty Starter Grant

Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due April 15, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due August 28, 2025

Purpose: “Translational medicine is a scientific discipline focused on turning observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community into medicines, diagnostics, or other interventions that improve human health. Translational medicine fosters a patient-focused research cycle that stretches from the lab bench to the patient bedside and back to the lab again. This includes adapting hypothesis-driven basic research discoveries in cells, tissues, and animals for application in humans and then taking the knowledge of what did and didn’t work in the clinic back to the bench.”

Amount: $100,000

Title: Global Challenges

Application Deadlines: April 17, or April 24, 2025 depending on topic

Purpose: “In order to find and scale the best ideas to the most intractable issues of our time, we launch open innovation challenges.”  Topics due in April include “Community Access to Antibiotics, Global Learning Challenge, Global Health Challenge, Global Climate Challenge, and Global Economic Prosperity Challenge, for instance.

Amount: See each challenge description for prize information.

Title: Open Grant Cycle

Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due April 17, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due May 30, 2025   

Purpose: “WITH Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities. All grant applications should complement this mission and demonstrate how they will accomplish this overarching goal.” 

Amount: $30,000-$50,000

Title: Research Program

Application Deadlines: LIMITED: Because WSU may only request consultations with the Keck Foundation for a limited number of Concept Papers, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by April 18, 2025.  At that time, you will receive a list of the requirements for a Limited Submission Concept Paper that is required by the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement (WSUFAE).  Limited Submission Concept Papers will be due to proposals@wichita.edu by May 1, 2025 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed.  The University Liaison at WSUFAE may choose up to four medical and four science & engineering Concept Papers to present to the Keck Foundation for consultation.  You will meet with the WSUFAE University Liaison to discuss your concept and will be informed if your Concept Paper has been chosen to be reviewed by Keck Foundation consultants between July 1 and August 15, 2025. After the consultation, if your Concept Paper is invited to submit a full Phase 1 Proposal, this will be due to the Keck Foundation by November 1, 2025. 

Purpose: “The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas: 1) medical research and 2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Past grants have been awarded to major universities, independent research institutions, and medical schools to support pioneering biological and physical science research and engineering, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies.”  W.M. Keck Foundation only supports new fundamental science.  Applied Research will not be funded.  Before deciding to apply, please review abstracts for previous awarded projects.”

Amount: $1,000,000-$2,000,000

Title: Independent Medical Education Grant Request for Proposals: Advances in Migraine Management

Application Deadline: April 21, 2025

Purpose: “This competitive program seeks to encourage organizations to submit grant applications for educational activities focused on healthcare professionals involved in the management and care of people with migraine.”

Amount: $200,000

Title: Research Funding

Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due April 25, 2025

Purpose: “We fund research that emphasizes—and elevates—rigor within the field of financial well-being.”

Amount: $55,000-$250,000

Title: Fiscal Year 2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP): Air Force Office of Scientific Research; Department of the Army, Office of Naval Research

Application Deadline: April 25, 2025

Purpose: “DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States  institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation.”

Amount: $50,000-$3,000,000

Title: Grants for Innovative Cancer Research

Application Deadlines: April 30, 2025 or August 31, 2025   

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 which 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 amount that can be requested.

Title: Opportunities for Research and Development

Application Deadline: April 30, 2025

Purpose: HALO promotes opportunities for research and development presented by industry.  Opportunities vary greatly.  For example, recent requests from industry partners include “Advancing oleogel production; Replicating industry coil coating processes in a laboratory setting; Shortwave infrared photodetector materials and growth technologies; Photosensitive insulating materials for semiconductor packaging; and Hormone tracking and monitoring,” for example.

Amount: Varies based on opportunity

Title: Post-PhD Research Grant

Application Deadlines: May 1, 2025 or November 1, 2025   

Purpose: “This grant program funds individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human.” 

Amount: $25,000

Title: Research Grants

Application Deadlines: Pre-Proposals due May 1, 2025 or December 1, 2025   

Purpose: “Our grants program has provided millions of dollars in funding to cutting edge research institutions to help address the many challenges that exist in sustainable materials management.” 

Amount: $15,000-$500,000 (most awards average $160,000 over two years)

Title: FY 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

Application Deadlines: White Papers STRONGLY recommended and due May 2, 2025; Full Applications due September 5, 2025

Purpose: “This MURI competition is open only to, and proposals are to be submitted only by, U.S. institutions of higher education with degree-granting programs in science and/or engineering…”; see topic list within solicitation. 

Amount: Typical annual funding per grant is up to $1,500,000

Title: Quarterly Grant Program: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Investors

Application Deadlines: May 2, 2025   

Purpose: “Driven by Nasdaq’s Purpose to advance economic progress for all, the Nasdaq Foundation works with organizations that promote & support under-resourced communities by reimagining investor engagement and equipping communities with the financial knowledge needed to share in the wealth that markets create.” 

Amount: $75,000 is the average award size

Title: 2025 PCF Challenge Awards

Application Deadlines: May 5, 2025   

Purpose: “…for Team Science Applications for PCF Challenge Awards for investigations of metastatic, lethal prostate cancer. These awards will be funded depending on the level of innovation in applications received. PCF seeks high-risk, currently unfunded projects from academic institutions around the world.” 

Amount: Up to $1,000,000

Title: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

Application Deadlines: May 7 or August 6, 2025   

Purpose: “This program supports research on strategies focused on improving the use, usefulness, and impact of evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States.” 

Amount: $100,000-$1,000,000

Title: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Application Deadlines: May 7 or August 6, 2025   

Purpose: “This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States.” 

Amount: $25,000-$600,000

Title: Partnership Development Grant (PDG)

Application Deadline: May 9, 2025 at NOON

Purpose: “The PDG recipient is expected to initiate, develop, and formalize a meaningful professional relationship with a NASA researcher. Given this expectation, it is vital that investigators and students travel to a NASA center if selected for an award.” 

Amount: $26,000; Note, cost share is required.

Title: Seed Research Initiation (SRI)

Application Deadline: May 9, 2025 at NOON

Purpose: “SRI grants are designed to assist investigators in starting research projects having a high probability for sustained growth and value to NASA and Kansas.  A successful SRI grant leads to productive collaborations, joint publications, and additional grant awards. A direct impact on state economic development is also extremely desirable. Ultimately, the goal is to form long-term self-sustaining nationally competitive capabilities that meet both NASA and Kansas’ research infrastructure development goals.” 

Amount: $168,265; Note, cost share is required.

Title: Research Grants on Education: Large

Application Deadline: Intent to Apply due May 14, 2025; Full Proposal due June 17, 2025   

Purpose: “The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.” 

Amount: $125,000-$500,000

Title: Call for User Proposals

Application Deadline: May 14, 2025   

Purpose: “The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL is soliciting proposals for user-initiated nanoscience research that will make effective use of CNMS facilities and staff expertise. The CNMS nanoscience research program provides users with access to a broad range of capabilities for nanomaterials design, synthesis, characterization, and theory/modeling/simulation and access is provided at no cost to users for research that is in the public domain and intended for publication in the open literature.” 

Amount: not applicable

Title: Pivot Fellowship

Application Deadline: May 15, 2025   

Purpose: “…to support researchers with a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, and a deep interest, curiosity and drive to make contributions to a new discipline.” 

Amount: Fellowship and research funding (see website)

Title: Research Grants

Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due May 15, 2025 or November 15, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due either August 15, 2025 or February 15, 2026   

Purpose: “The Foundation’s mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age.” 

Amount: $30,000 for Novice Research Awards; $350,000 for Major Research Awards

Title: Hunger Free Kansas Mass Action Grants

Application Deadline: May 16, 2025

Purpose: “KHF is providing mini grants of up to $5,000 to eligible Kansas nonprofits to test innovative ideas to address hunger and food insecurity.”

Amount: $5,000

Title: 2025 Seed Grant for Research on Gambling Disorder and Responsible Gaming

Application Deadline: May 16, 2025   

Purpose: Seed Grants support “a variety of research activities, exploring the etiology, prevention and treatment of gambling disorder, and the development and evaluation of responsible gambling strategies.” 

Amount: $40,000 in direct costs over one year

Title: Request for Applications (RFA) for Research on the Effects of Advertising and Messaging in Lottery Gambling

Application Deadline: May 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…a two-year Large Grant to explore the impact of advertising, promotions, and public awareness messaging on lottery gambling and gambling-related harms.” 

Amount: $187,500

Title: Preservation Research and Development

Application Deadline: May 20, 2025   

Purpose: “…supports projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources.  These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of organizing, searching, discovering, and using such materials.” 

Amount: $100,000 for Tier 1; $350,000 for Tier 2

Title: Grants

Application Deadlines: Letters of Inquiry due May 31, 2025,  September 30, 2025 or January 31, 2026   

Purpose: “The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States.” 

Amount: See website for examples of previously funded projects

Title: Conference and Workshop Grant

Application Deadlines: June 1, 2025 or December 1, 2025   

Purpose: “This grant program supports meetings and events that promote the development of inclusive communities of anthropologists and advance significant and innovative research.” 

Amount: $20,000

Title: Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline: June 2, 2025   

Purpose: “The SIG Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $750,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to: light microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, flow cytometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, and X-ray diffractometers.” 

Amount: $50,000-$750,000

Title: Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program

Application Deadline: June 2, 2025   

Purpose: “Through the S-I-R Program, institutions host a scholar from outside of the United States for a semester or full academic year to teach courses, assist in curriculum development, guest lecture, develop study abroad/exchange partnerships and engage with the campus and the local community.” 

Amount: See website.

Title: Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities in Environmental Health Sciences (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 2, August 1, October 1 or December 1, 2025   

Purpose: “To foster understanding of human health effects of exposure to environmental agents in the hope that these studies will lead to: the identification of agents that pose a hazard and threat of disease, disorders and defects in humans; the development of effective public health or disease prevention strategies; the overall improvement of human health effects due to environmental agents; the development of products and technologies designed to better study or ameliorate the effects of environmental agents; and the successful training of research scientists in all areas of environmental health research.” 

Amount: NIEHS intends to commit $800,000 in FY 2025 to fund 4-5 awards.

Title: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE)

Application Deadlines: Limited: Because WSU may only submit one application, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by June 3, 2025 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed.  The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is June 17, 2025.  Full Applications due August 12, 2025.

Purpose: “Supports the development of sustainable research infrastructure and capacity in EPSCoR jurisdictions through collaborative, hypothesis-driven or problem-driven research and workforce development to improve competitiveness in a selected STEM field.”

Amount: $8,000,000 over four years

Title: Interventions on Health and Healthcare Disparities on Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Improving Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trial Required)

Application Deadlines: June 5 or October 5, 2025   

Purpose: “…to support innovative and interdisciplinary team research focused on clinical, health services, and/or community-based interventions that address health and healthcare disparities related to non-communicable and chronic diseases (NCDs) with the highest disease burden and mortality in Latin America and among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos.” 

Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.

Title: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 4 or December 4, 2025   

Purpose: “…to enhance the sustainability and impact of research software tools by enabling the use of best practices and design principles in software development and by leveraging continuing advances in computing. This NOFO is also expected to facilitate the creation of vibrant partnerships between developers and users of software and tools, and to promote FAIR practices for research software to maximize research value.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $300,000.

Title: Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 5 or October 5, 2025   

Purpose: “To meet a growing need for investigators trained in biomedical informatics research and data science by training qualified pre- and post-doctoral candidates; to conduct research in biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and related computer, information and data sciences; to facilitate management of electronic health records and clinical research data; to prepare scholarly works in biomedicine and health; to advance biocomputing and bioinformatics through participation in Federal initiatives relating to biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and biomedical computing; and to stimulate and foster scientific and technological innovation...” 

Amount: Application budgets are expected to be no more than $250,000 per year in direct costs and should reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.

Title: Accelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 5 or October 5, 2025   

Purpose: “This notice of funding opportunity is a call to action in response to the youth mental health crisis in the United States. NIMH seeks applications that will study methods to increase access to, and quality of, empirically-supported practices for youth mental health.” 

Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.

Title: Academic Pilot Grant RFP

Application Deadline: June 6, 2025   

Purpose: “GPCAH is dedicated to protecting the health and safety of farmers, ranchers, farm workers, their families, and agricultural community members in the Midwest and beyond. The Center’s goals are achieved through basic and applied research, education and training, community outreach, and translation of research findings into effective interventions for the prevention of injury and illness resulting from agricultural work exposures.” 

Amount: $30,000

Title: Digital Projects for the Public

Application Deadline: June 11, 2025   

Purpose: “…supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments.” 

Amount: $30,000 for Discovery grants; $100,000 for Prototyping grants; $400,000 for Production grants

Title: ICWA Fellowship Program

Application Deadlines: Letters of Interest due June 15, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due August 15, 2025

Purpose: “What would you do with two years to write about anywhere in the world? ICWA advances deep understanding of global cultures and affairs by sending outstanding young professionals on independent writing fellowships abroad. Fellows submit monthly dispatches about their research, travel and life during two years of cultural immersion. Many go on to become leaders in their fields.  A proposed fellowship must hold the promise of enriching public life in the United States by advancing the understanding of foreign countries, cultures and trends. Public service, social activism or contribution to wider knowledge in the United States is our ultimate purpose, from a belief the public benefits from the wisdom and experience fellows acquire.” 

Amount: Fellowship – see website for details.

Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, sustainability, scale-up, and spread of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Engineering Next-Generation Human Nervous System Microphysiological Systems (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “To encourage biomedical, social, and behavioral research and research training directed toward greater understanding of the aging process and the diseases, special problems, and needs of people as they age.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…to identify cancer risks and risk reduction strategies, to identify factors that cause cancer in humans, and to discover and develop mechanisms for cancer prevention and preventive interventions in humans.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “The overall goals of this NOFO is to identify cancer risks and risk reduction strategies, to identify factors that cause cancer in humans, and to discover and develop mechanisms for cancer prevention and preventive interventions in humans.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Innovative Approaches to Studying Cancer Communication in the New Information Ecosystem (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadline: June 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…meritorious research projects in three distinct domains related to cancer communication: 1) the utility and application of new cancer communication surveillance approaches; 2) the development and testing of rapid cancer communication pilot interventions using innovative methods and designs; and 3) the development and testing of multilevel cancer communication models emphasizing bidirectional influence between levels.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…to support innovative research relevant to advancing the understanding of the effects of climate change across the cancer control continuum, from cancer etiology and cancer risks through survivorship, and ways to prevent or mitigate negative health effects.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…meritorious projects to provide needed scientific insight to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD).” 

Amount: Applications may request budgets of up to $100,000 in direct costs per year for up to two years.

Title: Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…to invite applications proposing new tests, animal models, techniques, etc. to advance research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its related dementias (ADRD) that need additional preliminary data with broader dissemination to establish them for more general use in this research field.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both newly independent investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs, to enable the conduct of small 'proof of concept' studies.” 

Amount: Applicants may request direct costs of up to $150,000 for a period of one year only.

Title: Using Innovative Digital Healthcare Solutions to Improve Quality at the Point of Care (R21/R33 – Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025

Purpose: “…research projects that test promising digital healthcare interventions used at the point of care and aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services delivery.”

Amount: In the R21 phase, the combined budget for total costs (direct and indirect) for the two-year period may not exceed $280,000. In the R33 phase, the combined budget for total costs (direct and indirect) for the three-year period may not exceed $720,000.

Title: Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “This Trailblazer Award is an opportunity for NIH-defined New and Early Stage Investigators to pursue research programs that integrate engineering and the physical sciences with the life and/or biomedical sciences. A Trailblazer project may be exploratory, developmental, proof of concept, or high risk-high impact, and may be technology design-directed, discovery-driven, or hypothesis-driven. Importantly, applicants must propose research approaches for which there are minimal or no preliminary data.” 

Amount: Application budgets may not exceed $400,000 direct costs over a maximum three-year funding period.

Title: Co-Infection and Cancer (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 16 or October 16, 2025   

Purpose: “…to enhance mechanistic and epidemiologic investigations addressing the roles of co-infection and cancer to shed light on presently unestablished pathways in carcinogenesis that may inform prevention and treatment strategies for infection-related cancer.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

Application Deadlines: June 17 or October 20, 2025   

Purpose: “…to study the ethical, legal and social implications of human genetic or genomic research.” 

Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two or three-year project period may not exceed $275,000.

Title: 2025 Early-Career Research Fellowships

Application Deadline: June 18, 2025 for Environmental Protection & Stewardship and Education Research Tracks

Purpose: “The Gulf Research Program’s Early-Career Research Fellowship supports emerging scientific leaders as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations, and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in improving offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems.” 

Amount: $76,000

Title: Awards Supporting Cutting-Edge Technologies for Translational Science (ASCETTS) (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

Application Deadline: June 19, 2025

Purpose: “…to foster investigator-initiated development of highly innovative technologies to address barriers, limitations, or bottlenecks in translational science – particularly for therapeutic development.” 

Amount: Applications can request budgets that are up to $275,000 direct costs for the 2-year project period of the award.

Title: TCRP Problem Statement Submission - FY 2026

Application Deadline: June 20, 2025

Purpose: “The TCRP undertakes applied research and technical activities focusing on the needs of transit operating agencies.  Research is conducted in all areas of public transportation, including operations, policy, planning, service configuration, engineering of vehicles and facilities, maintenance, human resources, and administration.” 

Amount: $250,000-$300,000 on average

Title: Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: June 25 or October 25, 2025   

Purpose: “…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 undergraduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.” 

Amount: Applicants may request up to $375,000 in direct costs over the three year project period.

Title: Future of Work and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality

Application Deadline: Letters of Inquiry due July 16, 2025   

Purpose: “RSF funds social science research that extends the methods, data, and theories of the social sciences as a means of better documenting and understanding the nation’s most pressing social, political, and economic problems.” 

Amount: $50,000-$200,000 depending on type of award

Title: Engaged Research Grant

Application Deadline: August 1, 2025   

Purpose: “This program supports longstanding research partnerships that empower those who have historically been the subjects of anthropological research, rather than researchers themselves.” 

Amount: $25,000

Title: Proposals for Program Evaluations (Research Project and Existing Program Evaluation)

Application Deadlines: August 1 or December 1, 2025 for Stage 1 Proposals; If invited, Stage 2 Proposals due four months later.   

Purpose: “…projects that are consistent with a strength-based perspective and have the potential to inform future educational research, practice, major philanthropic giving, and/or public policy.” 

Amount: Varies; see website for examples of previously funded projects.

Title: Linking Research to Action

Application Deadlines: Short Concept Applications due August 15, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due in November 

Purpose: “The Sociological Initiatives Foundation supports social change by linking research to social action.  It funds research projects that investigate laws, policies, institutions, regulations, and normative practices that may limit equality in the U.S.  It prioritizes projects that address racism, xenophobia, classism, gender bias, exploitation, or the violation of human rights and freedoms.” 

Amount: $15,000-$25,000

Title: Epic MegaGrants

Application Deadlines: September 22, 2025

Purpose: “Epic Games has committed to providing financial grants to creative, noteworthy, and innovative projects built in and around Unreal Engine or projects that enhance the open source 3D graphics ecosystem.”

Amount: $5,000-$75,000

Title: Cornerstone: Learning for Living

Application Deadlines: Concept Papers due December 1, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due February 2026

Purpose: “The Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative aims to reinvigorate the role of the humanities in general education, and in doing so, expose a broad array of students to the power of the humanities; help students of all backgrounds build a sense of belonging and community; strengthen the coherence and cohesiveness of general education; and increase teaching opportunities for humanities faculty.” 

Amount: $300,000

Title: EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (BCSER)

Application Deadline: February 27, 2026 

Purpose: “Supports activities that will advance STEM education research, including professional development for researchers, institutional training on the use of cutting-edge research techniques, and conferences.” 

Amount: $25,000-$100,000 for Conferences; $350,000 for Development; Up to $1,000,000 for Institutes for Methods and Practices

Title: Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

Application Deadlines: Ongoing through March 5, 2026; deadline to receive funding during the current fiscal year is May 1, 2025, but applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Purpose: “NIST’s mission is to drive innovation and industrial competitiveness through measurement science and standards...”  See solicitation for full list of research interests.

Amount: $3,000-$2,500,000 depending on each NIST Lab, Center and Office

Title: Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval

Application Deadlines: Ongoing through September 9, 2029

Purpose: “Seeking innovative research to develop, demonstrate, integrate, test, evaluate, and deliver technologies that process and exploit multi-source, multi-domain classified, open source, non-traditional source data to improve Battlespace Awareness, derive decision quality information, and automate analysis/decision processes.”

Amount: Awards normally range from $3,000,000-$35,000,000 over a four-year project period.

Title: Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for a Resilient Planet

Application Deadline: Ongoing 

Purpose: “Supports community-driven research partnerships on Earth system hazards to develop actionable solutions that reduce risk and increase social and ecological resilience.” 

Amount: Standard NSF Grant

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

Title: Social Responsibility Giving Guidelines

Application Deadline: Ongoing, requests accepted on a rolling basis

Purpose: “Within the U.S., Sony focuses the majority of its charitable giving on art, culture, technology and the environment, with a particular emphasis on education in each of those areas. While support in other areas may also be considered, the Company seeks to apply its financial, technological and human resources to the encouragement of the creative, artistic, technical and scientific skills required of tomorrow's workforce..” 

Amount: not specified

Title: 2025 Rolling Submission for Pilot Projects in Neuroscience and Society

Application Deadline: Ongoing 

Purpose: “We are currently accepting letters of interest for pilot projects in Neuroscience & Society, the areas of pilot experiential learning programs, practical engagement resources, and experiential training programs.” 

Amount: Up to $150,000

Title: NSF Individual and Small Team Proposals

Application Deadline: Varies by topic.  Proposals are accepted anytime unless a due date is listed.

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Applied Mathematics – Nov 1-15, 2025
• Astronomy and Astrophysics – Oct 1-Nov 17, 2025
• Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)
• Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
• Biosensing
• Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs – Sep & Oct - varies based on discipline
• Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR) –Jan 15 & Aug 15 annually
• Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) Core Research (ECR: Core) – Oct 2, 2025
• Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR-TMRP)
• Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
• Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB)
• Energy, Power, Control, and Networks
• Environmental Biology
• Environmental Engineering
• Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research: Workshop Opportunities (EPS-WO)
• Foundational Research in Robotics (FFR)
• Linguistics –Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
• Manufacturing Systems Integration
• Mathematical Biology – Oct 14, 2025
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics – Aug 28, 2025 and Jan 29, 2026
• Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
• Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Nov & Dec – varies by topic
• Science of Learning & Augmented Intelligence – Aug 6, 2025 and Feb 11, 2026
• Security, Privacy & Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0) – Sep 29, 2025 and Jan 26, 2026
• Security and Preparedness – Aug 15, 2025
• Social Psychology – Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
• Sociology
• Statistics – Dec 1-15, 2025

Title: NSF Special Programs

Application Deadline: Varies by topic – click each topic to learn more about these special program opportunities. Proposals are accepted anytime unless a due date is listed.

• Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) –Track 1 & 2 proposals accepted anytime; Tracks 3 & 4 Nov 19, 2025
• 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 11, 2026
• Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) – Sep 30, 2025 for CAT, CSDM-B, and SYN; Oct 31, 2025 for CMI, ECS and MSN
• Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Program
• Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Varies by topic
• Earth Sciences:  Instrumentation and Facilities Program
• Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) – Jan 22, 2026
• Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) – Aug 1, 2025 and Jan 16, 2026
• Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC) – Preliminary Proposals due Mar 12 or Sep 10, 2025
• Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program – Aug 5, 2025 and Feb 3, 2026
• National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT) –Sep 8, 2025
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – Aug 20, 2025
• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science – Oct 8, 2025
• Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE)

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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.

Office of Research Workshops

The webinar on March 31, 2025 is titled “Requesting Resources via the NAIRR Pilot” and the NAIRR Pilot Office hours are every second Tuesday of every month.

Register for Requesting Resources via the NAIRR Pilot or Register for other NAIRR Pilot Events Here

“Dr. Gladyshev will discuss recent advances in the field, offering insights that could transform the way biomedicine addresses aging and its associated health challenges. His work spans various dimensions of biology, including selenium biochemistry where he discovered the full set of human selenoprotein genes responsible for the role of selenium in biology and medicine. He is most notably recognized for his contributions to the study of longevity and the aging process.”

Read More about NIA Lecture

“Artist INC Express helps artists, of any discipline, develop the building blocks for a thriving and enduring arts practice.  Led by a team of experienced, working artists, this hands-on workshop helps artists like you address specific needs and challenges that you’ll face throughout your career.”

Register for Artist INC Express by April 3, 2025

“PCORI is hosting several virtual applicant town halls in April for prospective applicants to learn more about the Research PCORI Funding Announcements under Cycle 2 2025, which will open April 1, 2025.”

Register for PCORI Virtual Applicant Town Halls

“Join PCORI for a launch event celebrating the award of the health-systems led implementation projects under PCORI's Health Systems Implementation Initiative (HSII).  HSII is a PCORI initiative to advance the uptake of practice-changing patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research results in healthcare delivery settings.”

Register for PCORI HSII Symposium

Applications to the CyberInfrastructure Enabled Machine-Learning Institute due April 11, 2025 and Applications to the HPC and Data Science Institute due April 25, 2025.  Limited room and board and/or travel support is available.

View San Diego Supercomputer Center Event Webpage

“In this webinar, Financial Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Impacts, Decarbonization, and the Cost of Inaction, Niyum Gandhi (Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mass General Brigham), Brandon Seibold (Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Adventist Health), and Rob Roy, PhD (Chief Investment Officer, AdventHealth), joined by Marc Scher [Chair, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)], will discuss financial strategies for leadership particularly in the health sector to address climate-related risks, including the cost of inaction, financial impacts of mandates, reputation risks, and the importance of hardening facilities, among other related topics.” 

Register for NAM Webinar

“Join us for our next webinar, which will analyze the financial well-being of multigenerational households, utilizing data from an in-depth poll we conducted recently. Tune in for exclusive analysis and how it relates to the work of financial education researchers, advocates and policymakers.” 

Register for NEFE Webinar

“The advancement of sequencing technology and its affordability have enabled the exploration of gene expression in different organisms and under different conditions.  Delving into the transcriptomics via RNA-seq technique allowed us to explore genes regulation and relations with higher resolution than ever before. This advanced hands-on workshop aims to cover the Bioinformatics aspects of transcriptomics research using the Linux platform.” 

Register for Free HPCC Workshop

“We’re thrilled to invite you to our following CISE distinguished lecture featuring the Seymour Goodman Professor Fred Chong from the University of Chicago. Fred Chong is the Seymour Goodman Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago and the Chief Scientist for Quantum Software at Infleqtion. He was also Lead Principal Investigator for the EPiQC Project (Enabling Practical-scale Quantum Computing), an NSF Expedition in Computing, from 2018-2024.” 

Register for the NSF CISE Webcast

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Plastics provides a multi-sectoral forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic pollution. 

NAS Event Website

It seems like there are numerous digital platforms with profiles to keep updated, but which are really needed for what you want to accomplish? If your goal is to build a research network and create collaborations (inside or outside WSU), the Faculty Advancement Retention and Advancement (FARE) Faculty Exchange workshop is for you. 

Register for FARE Faculty Exchange

Looking for external sponsored project funding?  Join Fran Cook, CRA, Trainer from the Wichita State Office of Research, who will host a virtual workshop demonstrating tips and tricks for using Pivot to search for funding opportunities.  We will also discuss how to find potential funding opportunities that might not be listed in Pivot. 

Email funding@wichita.edu or register directly on MyTraining.

In collaboration with the Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable, ASTM International will convene a webinar for commercialization stakeholders worldwide interested in the formation of a new Committee for Emerging Technology Commercialization.  Participants and speakers will provide input and insight on the potential scope and anticipated deliverables of the new activity on emerging technology commercialization. 

Register for ASTM Webinar

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 April 24, 2025 is titled “Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement in Grant Development”; the webinar on May 29, 2025 is titled “Strategies for Successful Interdisciplinary Collaborations”; and the webinar on July 31, 2025 is titled “Storytelling in Grantwriting, Part II.” 

Register for Upcoming Hanover Workshops

By reimagining how we visualize and narrate soil science, integrating traditional storytelling methods with cutting-edge visualization techniques, we can create a more engaging and scientifically robust field. This powerful fusion not only makes complex soil concepts more accessible but also honors varied perspectives. 

NAS Event Website

The University of Hawaii Mentoring Bootcamp will provide workshops on grant writing and grant development.  Topics will include information for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, early-stage investigators, early-career faculty and clinicians. 

Learn More and Register for Mentoring Bootcamp

The workshop objectives include to “Bring together investigators from multidisciplinary fields of immuno-oncology, gene and cell engineering, and nanomaterial delivery, to present the latest research on in vivo engineering of immune cells, and to identify gaps, opportunities, and future directions; Provide an educational opportunity to students, trainees and early-stage investigators from multidisciplinary fields to learn and aspire to the new promising immunotherapy approaches; and Provide timely information of discussion on comparisons between ex vivo versus in vivo immune cell engineering approaches for cellular immunotherapy to the public free of charge.”

Register for NCI Virtual Workshop

Join Fran Cook, CRA, Trainer from the Wichita State Office of Research, who will host a virtual workshop explaining the role of a sponsored projects / research office, WSU Office of Research contacts and resources, and WSU policies and procedures related to externally sponsored funding.  The workshop will be held via Microsoft Teams with lots of time for practical application and discussion.

Email funding@wichita.edu or register directly on MyTraining.

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

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. 

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.

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As part of their effort to develop a strategic plan, WSU ITS is seeking your input through a brief survey. Your feedback is essential in shaping a plan that aligns with university priorities and ensures WSU ITS and Industry & Defense Programs (IDP) Information Technology (IT) can effectively support WSU’s evolving technology needs.  The strategic planning process is being facilitated by the Public Policy & Management Center at WSU, leveraging industry best practices to create a direct and actionable roadmap. Your perspectives will help identify key priorities and opportunities for improvement.

Please take a few moments to respond to this ITS Strategic Plan Survey

“Halo is a platform where researchers can discover industry-sponsored funding opportunities, connect with corporate research and development teams, and showcase their work to potential partners.” 

Read about NSF Emerge and Register for an Account on the HALO Platform

“Learn more about health care workforce shortages in the United States, the impact on the health care system, and the potential role of artificial intelligence in mitigating the effects.” 

Read NIHCM Health Care Workforce Shortages Infographic

NIH has posted an Implementation of New Initiatives and Policies page on the NIH Grants & Funding Website to pull together the latest information on recent and upcoming changes that impact applications and grants administration. 

NIH New Initiatives and Policy Page Available

“The poverty guidelines are used as an eligibility criterion by Medicaid and a number of other Federal programs. The poverty guidelines are a simplified version of the poverty thresholds that the Census Bureau uses to prepare its estimates of the number of individuals and families in poverty. API is available that includes poverty guidelines from 1983 to the current year” (i.e. 2025). 

View Updated HHS Poverty Guidelines

ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, open, non-proprietary, and not-for-profit organization created by the research community for the benefit of all stakeholders, providing a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that distinguishes researchers with record that supportsautomatic links among all professional activities.  A researcher’s ORCID iD and connections are stored in the ORCID Registry, in an account owned and managed by individual researchers.  The WSU Office of Research recommends that Researchers set up their ORCID if they have not already, as some federal funders may require the use of an ORCID as part of a researcher’s biographical sketch or CV. 

View Training Videos about ORCID and setting up your ORCID iD

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.

Email funding@wichita.edu to:

• Set up a Pivot account and receive guidance on how to search the database to find funding opportunities;
• Subscribe to funding announcements and funding-related alerts; and
• Attend Research Workshops that will help you with finding funding, budgeting and writing effective proposals (and much more)!

Please let us know how we can help you.

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