May 27, 2026

We are pleased to acknowledge those who received awards in April 2026.  So far in FY2026, WSU researchers under Academic Affairs have submitted external proposals in the amount of $77,289,480 and received $37,343,456 in external awards.

This month, we congratulate Dr. Jian Wang of the Chemistry department, on the receipt of an EPSCoR Research Fellows Award from the National Science Foundation.  Please join us in congratulating Dr. Wang on this incredible achievement!

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:  Ramazan Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor:  Flossie E West Memorial Trust

Amount:  $36,220

PI/Department:  Eylem Asmatulu, Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor:  State of Kansas - ARCS

Amount:  $4,000

PI/Department:  Bobby Berry, Education Dean's Office

Co-PI/Department: Clay Stoldt, Dept of Human Performance | Mark Vermillion, Dept of Human Performance

Sponsor:  American Athletic Conference

Amount:  $15,000

PI/Department:  Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs

Sponsor:  Environmental Protection Agency

Amount:  $118,178

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  City of Arkansas City

Amount:  $6,300

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  City of Peabody

Amount:  $8,469

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship

Amount:  $11,550

PI/Department:  Misty Bruckner, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  Kansas Department of Commerce

Amount:  $23,760

PI/Department:  Drew Colcher, Modern & Classical Lang & Lit

Co-PI/Department: Rachel Showstack, Modern & Classical Lang & Lit

Sponsor:  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Amount:  $30,000

PI/Department:  Ryan Jorn, Chemistry

Sponsor:  Natl Science Foundation

Amount:  $60,755

PI/Department:  Mohamed Nasser, Mathematics & Statistics

Sponsor:  State of Kansas - ARCS

Amount:  $4,000

PI/Department:  Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership

Sponsor:  IMS Consulting and Expert Services

Amount:  $5,000

PI/Department:  Lisa Parcell, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Sponsor:  Trial Partners, LLC

Amount:  $4,000

PI/Department:  Lisa Parcell, The Research Partnership

Sponsor:  Trial Partners, LLC

Amount:  $3,500

PI/Department:  Lyndsay Pletcher, Budget Office

Co-PI/Department: Pierre Harter, AVP for Research and Industry Engagement | Tonya Witherspoon, Digital Transformation Initiatives

Sponsor:  Kansas Department of Commerce

Amount:  $5,000,000

PI/Department:  Jessica Provines, Wellness

Sponsor:  Kansas Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, Inc.

Amount:  $2,500,000

PI/Department:  Davi Marcelo Soares, Electrical & Computer Engr

Sponsor:  State of Kansas - ARCS

Amount:  $4,000

PI/Department:  Jian Wang, Chemistry

Sponsor:  Natl Science Foundation

Amount:  $250,241

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  Bellarmine University 

Amount:  $1,000

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  COF Training Services, Inc.

Amount:  $11,278

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas

Amount:  $79,500

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Centers for Medicare & Medicade Srv

Amount:  $190,345

PI/Department:  Scott Wituk, Office of Community Partnerships

Sponsor:  South Central Mental Health

Amount:  $2,300

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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: 2026 Spring Funding Opportunity

Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due June 5, 2026; If invited, Full Proposals due September 1, 2026

Purpose: “The Center funds research to test and expand health interventions that treat and prevent firearm injuries and deaths. This approach uses the same rigor and expertise that has helped treat and prevent other leading health concerns and causes of death, such as stroke, cancer, and heart disease.”

Amount: $100,000 for Research Capacity Building; $250,000 for Pilot or Formative Healthcare Research

Title: Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas Grant

Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 22, 2026; If invited, Full Applications due September 8, 2026

Purpose: “While we welcome all innovative proposals that will have a real-world impact, we are particularly interested in proposals that address the ethical issues raised by the following priority topics: Trust in science, medicine, and public health; Bias and discrimination in health care, which may be based on a broad range of characteristics; Public health crises (related to, for example, emerging infectious diseases, climate change, and the opioid epidemic), including their impact on mental health; Healthcare access, costs, and resource allocation; Recent changes to the federal health and biomedical science policy and funding landscape.”

Amount: Not Specified

Title: Request for Applications for Research on Lottery Gambling and Responsible Gambling

Application Deadline: June 26, 2026

Purpose: “Two-year research grant focused on lottery gambling and responsible gambling practices. This initiative is intended to support practical, policy-relevant, and implementation-focused research that can inform lottery operations, player protection strategies, and public health approaches to gambling-related harm.”

Amount: $187,500

Title: 2026 Neonatal Research Initiative – Request for Proposals

Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 26, 2026

Purpose: “We invite qualified scientists, doctors, and nurses at universities, hospitals and research institutions, to submit applications for research grants directed at addressing both the long term and immediate health needs caused by premature birth.”

Amount: $5,000-$10,000

Title: 2026 Call for Concept Notes

Application Deadline: June 30, 2026

Purpose: “The Spyware Accountability Initiative (SAI) is a philanthropic initiative to support civil society organizations that investigate, expose, and prevent spyware abuse and help bring accountability to global trade in surveillance technologies.”

Amount: $25,000-$100,000 for New Funding Requests

Title: Innovation Award

Application Deadline: July 1, 2026

Purpose: “The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high-risk/high-reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have strong potential for high impact in the cancer field.”

Amount: $400,000 for Stage 1

Title: Literacy Opportunity Fund

Application Deadlines: July 1 or October 1, 2026

Purpose: “We award grants up to $6,000 to literacy organizations of all types and sizes that are doing direct work with adult students. Apply for a grant to fund your organization’s general operating expenses, such as salaries or teacher stipends, supplies or equipment, space rental, and more. Grant funds can also be used to fund adult literacy projects or develop new programming.”

Amount: $6,000

Title: Opportunities for Research and Development

Application Deadline: July 10, 2026

Purpose: HALO promotes opportunities for research and development presented by industry.  Opportunities vary greatly.  Recent requests from industry partners due July 10 include, for example, “Novel oral care solutions for interdental cleaning;” “Targeted nerve pain relief” and “Formulations and controlled release systems for volatile compounds.”

Amount: Varies based on opportunity

Title: Interdisciplinary Research Funding Areas

Application Deadline: Online Funding Inquiries due July 15, 2026

Purpose: “What is intelligence? Is there anything unique about human intelligence? What if the story of intelligence does not culminate with us? Is the world of intelligences vaster, more varied, and more wonderful than we ever imagined? Might intelligence be written into the fabric of reality itself? Starting in 2026, the John Templeton Foundation will award over $60 million in grants focused on such questions across our six funding areas.”

Amount: See individual funding areas

Title: Partnerships for Academic-Industry Career Training (PACT) Initiative

Application Deadline: July 17, 2026

Purpose: “Awards will establish regional consortia (comprising academic institutions, industry employers, and workforce development entities) that will create or expand hands-on training programs and credentials supporting the production of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy.”

Amount: $100,000-$300,000 for Topic A; $1,000,000-$2,000,000 for Topic B

Title: Request for Applications for Research on Sports Betting, Alcohol and Substance Use

Application Deadline: July 17, 2026

Purpose: “The ICRG invites applications to establish a Center of Excellence (COE) focused on the intersection of sports betting, alcohol use, and substance use. This COE aims to generate high-impact, interdisciplinary research that advances scientific understanding, informs prevention and treatment strategies, and supports evidence-based policy development.”

Amount: $437,500

Title: NSF 22-586: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

Application Deadline: July 22, 2026

Purpose: “Supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.” Note eligibility criteria including, but not limited to, holding a doctoral degree in a field supported by NSF, being untenured and at least 50% in a tenure track position, etc. Faculty requesting assistance with proposal writing can reach out to the FARE office: FARE@wichita.edu.

Amount: $400,000-$500,000 depending on discipline

Title: Beckman Young Investigator Program

Application Deadlines: Mandatory Letter of Intent due July 31, 2026; If invited, Full Applications due January 11, 2027

Purpose: “provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.”

Amount: $600,000

Title: Grants

Application Deadline: Letter of Intent due August 1, 2026

Purpose: “Grants are awarded to research, education and advocacy projects that advance FAFO’s mission: to protect and promote the organic industry and the livelihood of organic farmers.  Within this context, FAFO is currently prioritizing projects that focus on 1) Projects that benefit family farmers who produce organic dairy, eggs, meat, produce, and grain/forage and 2) Projects that focus on organic soil health and biology.” 

Amount: $5,000-$50,000

Title: Distinguished Scholar Awards

Application Deadlines: Letter of Interest due August 1, 2026; If invited, Full Applications due September 15, 2026

Purpose: “The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and aligned disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what prevents or reduces it.” 

Amount: $15,000-$75,000

Title: Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program

Application Deadline: August 6, 2026

Purpose: “The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early-career faculty in the chemical sciences at primarily undergraduate institutions.”

Amount: $75,000

Title: Grants

Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent accepted anytime; If invited, Full Applications due August 6 or October 29, 2026

Purpose: “The Americana Foundation supports … the conservation of early American heritage. Over the years, the Americana Foundation has supported organizations and institutions that preserve, protect, and promote expressions of America’s heritage as a bridge to understanding place and identity and as a means of celebrating the craftsmanship and creativity of early American artisans.” Note, “Nonprofit organizations from anywhere in the U.S. are eligible to apply for grants under the American Heritage program area.”

Amount: $10,000-$25,000

Title: Faculty Scholars Grant Program

Application Deadline: August 7, 2026

Purpose: “...pilot studies to measure student outcomes using emerging technologies in nursing education. Recognizing the rapidly changing environment for both didactic and clinical education, AACN seeks applications focused on the implementation of innovative technologies in nursing education and how they impact student academic success at either the undergraduate or graduate level. During the grant period, faculty will investigate how tools, including simulation platforms, artificial intelligence, and other advancing technologies, can be meaningfully incorporated into nursing education to enhance the quality and effectiveness of instruction. Faculty will examine the direct impact of technological integrations on student outcomes, including clinical competency, critical thinking, knowledge retention, and overall preparedness for practice.”

Amount: $25,000

Title: NSF 24-571: Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems (CS2)

Application Deadline: August 11, 2026

Purpose: “Supports research focused on correctness as it applies to scientific computing tools and tool chains, spanning low-level libraries through complex multi-physics simulations and emerging scientific workflows.”

Amount: $800,000

Title: PA-25-080: NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadlines: August 12 or December 12, 2026

Purpose: “…to support high quality conferences that are relevant to the public health and to the scientific mission of the participating Institutes and Centers.”

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

Title: Linking Research to Action Grants

Application Deadline: Short Concept Applications due August 14, 2026

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.  It also supports research that furthers language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions.”

Amount: $15,000-$20,000

Title: ROSES 2025: F.17 Research Initiation Awards (RIA)

Application Deadline: August 18, 2026

Purpose: “The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) RIA program aims to broaden the base of institutions involved in the SMD research and technology development ecosystem. The program has two principal objectives: 1) Enable investigators with no prior or recent Federal funding to pursue research at institutions that have not commonly proposed or applied to the SMD ecosystem to initiate activities that, over the course of a two-year period, will provide the foundation for a competitive, sustainable, and productive program of research and 2) Enable undergraduate students affiliated with the proposing investigator to perform cutting-edge research in an SMD-relevant field. Funding for undergraduate students is a required element of the proposed project.”

Amount: $300,000

Title: PD 23-1321: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)

Application Deadlines: August 18, 2026 or January 19, 2027

Purpose: “Supports research that increases understanding of how individuals, organizations and societies make decisions. Areas include judgment, decision analysis and aids, risk analysis and communication, public policy decision making and management science.”

Amount: Standard NSF Grant

Title: Grants for Innovative Cancer Research

Application Deadlines: August 31 or December 1, 2026

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.”

Amount: By design, there are no limits set on the grant amount that can be requested.

Title: 2027 Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training

Application Deadline: September 9, 2026

Purpose: “American Heart Association Institutional Awards for Undergraduate Student Training provide funding to qualified research institutions that offer meaningful research experience to undergraduate college students.”

Amount: Awarded institutions will receive $165,000 over a three-year period for trainee stipends, conference travel and administrative services.

Title: 2027 AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA)

Application Deadline: September 10, 2026

Purpose: “…to support research projects at colleges and universities that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees and have not been major recipients of NIH support to provide students exposure to research and the research environment.”

Amount: $200,000

Title: Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative and John P. White Grant Program

Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due September 15, 2026; If invited, Full Applications due October 1, 2026

Purpose: “The Initiative is intended to help arborists and urban foresters communicate the value of trees and urban forests through engagement via collaborative research and other projects with public works officials, risk assessment professionals, civil engineers, wildlife researchers, soil scientists and others.”

Amount: $30,000

Title: NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline: September 25, 2026

Purpose: “The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program is to support educational activities that increase understanding of biomedical research among pre-college (pre-kindergarten to grade12) individuals, and to encourage awareness of and continued interest in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).”

Amount: $250,000 in Direct Costs

Title: Engagement Award: Capacity Building – Fall 2026 Cycle

Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due October 1, 2026; If invited, Full Applications due January 11, 2027

Purpose: “The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program supports projects that encourage active, meaningful involvement of patients, families, caregivers and the broader healthcare community as integral members of the patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research enterprise.”

Amount: $300,000

Title: INCLUDE Project: Exploratory/Developmental Research Awards for Down Syndrome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Application Deadline: October 15, 2026

Purpose: “The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project seeks to improve health and quality-of-life for individuals with Down syndrome. This Notice of Funding Opportunity  (NOFO) invites researchers to submit applications for support of new exploratory and developmental research projects that address critical needs for Down syndrome projects, as articulated in the INCLUDE Project objectives.”

Amount: $275,000 in Direct Costs

Title: 2027 Career Development Award

Application Deadline: December 1, 2026

Purpose: “American Heart Association offers career development funding to support healthcare and academic professionals that hold an MD, PhD, DO, DVM or DDS in their first years in basic, clinical or population research science.”

Amount: Awardees will receive $231,000 over a three-year period for salary, fringe benefits and project costs.

Title: Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology

Application Deadline: Ongoing; Letters of Inquiry Accepted Anytime

Purpose: “Exploratory grantmaking is intended to bring community needs and priorities into sharper focus and allow the Foundation to determine whether there is a clear strategy and potential impact in a specific area. Supported activities may include workshops and other expert convenings, early technology development and prototyping, landscape analyses, development of protocols and standards, initial research on and engagement with potential user communities, and demonstration or other proof-of-concept projects.  Current areas the Foundation is exploring include AI in Science and Automation in Science.” 

Amount: See website for examples of previously funded grants

Title: General Grant Program

Application Deadline: Ongoing; Project Concept Forms Accepted Anytime

Purpose: “Through the General Grant Program, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research that helps to ensure people in the United States have the knowledge, skills and tools to make sound financial decisions throughout life.” 

Amount: $50,000-$100,000

Title: Humanities Program

Application Deadline: Ongoing

Purpose: “The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects that address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized.  Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences that share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines.” 

Amount: undefined

Title: New Ideas – Request for Applications

Application Deadline: Letters of Intent accepted on a rolling basis

Purpose: “The goal of the New Ideas Award is to provide early-stage support for bold, exploratory research that tests novel hypotheses and opens new conceptual or experimental directions in the study of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.” 

Amount: $600,000

Title: Support for Research Consortia and Collaborative Research Projects

Application Deadline: Letters of Interest accepted anytime

Purpose: “TAA has historically provided critical seed funding to research consortia working on large issues relevant to TS, including the TAA genetics consortium, neuroimaging consortium, behavioral sciences consortium, deep brain stimulation registry and Treating Tourette Together summit. These efforts have demonstrated a direct impact on the patient and research community. TAA aims to continue supporting research efforts like these, that crossover different scientific and medical disciplines and that encourage collaboration among researchers and institutions.” 

Amount: Not specified

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 16, 2026
• Astronomy and Astrophysics – Nov 16, 2026
• Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF)
• Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
• Biosensing
• Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs – Sep 30 or Nov 2, 2026 - 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 1, 2026
• 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)
• Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
• Linguistics –Jan 15 & Jul 15 annually
• Manufacturing Systems Integration
• Mathematical Biology – Oct 14, 2026
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics – Aug 27, 2026
• Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

• Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS)

• Science of Learning & Augmented Intelligence – Aug 5, 2026
• Security, Privacy & Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0) – Sep 28, 2026
• Security and Preparedness 
• Social Psychology – Jan 15 & Jul 15 annually
• Sociology
• Statistics – Dec 1-15, 2026
• STEM K-12

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.

• 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
• Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) – Sep 30, 2026, for CAT, CSDM-B, and SYN; Nov 2, 2026, for CMI, ECS and MSN
• Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Program
• Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects – Varies by topic
• Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) – Aug 7, 2026
• Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program – Aug 4, 2026
• National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT) –TBD
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – Aug 19, 2026
• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science – Oct 14, 2026
• Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) - proposals accepted anytime

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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, utilizing Pivot to find external funding, project budgeting and general grant-writing tips.  Previously recorded workshops can also be found on the Office of Research website.

Office of Research Workshops

“NSF X-Labs represent a bold, flexible, and outcomes-driven initiative designed to build and accelerate novel platform technologies capable of unlocking entirely new sectors, including new fields of scientific inquiry. The program will support full-time research and development (R&D) teams focused on use-inspired scientific breakthroughs and foundational platform technologies that traditional university and industry labs cannot easily address.”

Register for NSF X-Labs Funding Opportunity Webinar

“Organizations striving to grow their funding portfolios inevitably face critical questions about how to strategically build the infrastructure required to seek, manage, and sustain grant funding over time...”

Register for Hanover Research Webinar

“Join the NCI Cohort Consortium for a forward-looking webinar on applying artificial intelligence to cohort research studies, featuring practical approaches to federated data analysis, foundational model strategies, and methods for leveraging unstructured clinical records to support secure, multi-institutional studies”

Register for NIH NCI AI Webinar

“Climate change is increasingly recognized not only as an environmental and physical health challenge, but also as a growing risk to how we think, feel, and function. From extreme heat and air pollution to climate-related disasters, environmental stressors can affect brain health across the lifespan, shaping neurological outcomes as well as mental well-being.”

Register for National Academies Webinar

“Scaling carbon dioxide removal requires not just scientific advances, but credible, high-integrity markets. Yet persistent gaps between how carbon is measured in the real world and how it is accounted for in carbon markets continue to limit trust, investment, and deployment. This webinar will explore how AI can help bridge these gaps and support more viable, transparent, and durable markets for carbon removal.”

Register for National Academies Webinar

“Rural providers face the inherent challenge of covering large service areas with low population densities, long distances to meet basic needs, and isolated pockets of poverty. As suburban microtransit has proliferated across the U.S. and been positively received by riders, rural providers are considering whether microtransit is a solution that could work for them.”

Register for National Academies Rural Microtransit Webinar

Attend this NASA webinar to learn more about the Research Initiation Awards program.  “The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Research Initiation Awards (RIA) program aims to broaden the base of institutions involved in the SMD research and technology development ecosystem.” Proposals will be due August 18, 2026.

Register for NASA RIA Webinar

“Workshop on Research Computing Facilitation.” See website for detailed agenda.

Register for OU Virtual Residency Workshop

“NSF X-Labs represent a bold, flexible, and outcomes-driven initiative designed to build and accelerate novel platform technologies capable of unlocking entirely new sectors, including new fields of scientific inquiry. The program will support full-time research and development (R&D) teams focused on use-inspired scientific breakthroughs and foundational platform technologies that traditional university and industry labs cannot easily address.”

Register for NSF X-Labs Q&A Webinar

“This session will describe how Generative AI has been used in the mathematics teacher education in Singapore, and a glimpse into the use of Gen AI in school mathematics classroom. More importantly, he will also present an alternative paradigm of using Gen AI embedding into the problem-solving mathematics curriculum.”

Register for National Academies AI in Mathematics Education Webinar

“Strategic dissemination of your research matters and can strengthen your impact. Please join us for this webinar to explore how to effectively approach strategic dissemination.”

Register for Gun Violence Research Webinar

“Are you ready to move up as a Research Computing professional? Have you been considering how to get to the next level?” See website for detailed agenda.

Register for OU Computing Leader Workshop

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

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Wichita State University is a member of the NSF Great Plains I-Corp and is excited to share information about a new cohort, titled AG45, focused on agriculture or ag-related technology.  Innovators can attend the seven-session program which will be held both virtually and with in-person events between August 13 and September 24, 2026.  Applications to participate are due July 13, 2026 and a $3,000 participant stipend is available to support the time and efforts of innovators participating.

Read about AG45 and the Great Plains I-Corp Program, or apply to participate in AG45.

“ARPA-H introduced the Hearing Enhancement through Artificially Intelligent Neurotechnology (HEARING) program, a research funding opportunity to develop the first-ever minimally invasive hearing system that works directly with the brain’s own hearing centers to restore clearer, more effortless hearing for people with age-related and other forms of hearing loss.”

Read More about ARPA-H HEARING

“This topic encourages multidisciplinary research that identifies, measures, and explains the benefits and harms associated with chatbot use (both chatbot-based interventions or treatments as well as routine chatbot use) across a variety of populations, use cases, and settings. Of interest are studies that move beyond proof-of-concept to characterize mechanisms, safety, and impacts on behavior, decision-making, and health outcomes.”

Continue Reading NIH Highlighted Topic of Interest: Chatbots and their Usage

“This topic aims to advance bioethics research projects that are actionable, build trust, and enable better integration of bioethical principles into biomedical and behavioral research. Specific research areas of interest include: Artificial Intelligence; Research Engagement; Informed Consent; Return of Research Results and Other Cross-cutting Issues”

Continue Reading NIH Highlighted Topic of Interest: Bioethics Research

“Read the latest on how artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies are rolling out in health care and the strategies underway to guide safe and effective implementation.”

Continue Reading NIHCM Newsletter on AI and Digital Technologies in Health

“Today, we are sharing some helpful reminders on the appropriate use of AI tools when applying, managing awards, and conducting the research process itself…”

Continue Reading NIH Reminders about Use of AI

“Information and other web resources from the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) have recently migrated to the NIH Grants and Funding hub, which serves as the central location for navigating information on NIH’s grants policies, programs, and funding activities…”

Continue Reading about NIH OLAW Resources

Dr. Jung Mee Park, Data Librarian, Ablah Libraries, has created a libguide for WSU researchers who are interested in using the free DMPTool to create data management plans that are compliant with sponsor requirements.  The libguide may be found here: https://libraries.wichita.edu/dmptool. Researchers interested in using the DMPTool do not need to wait to have a formal proposal to start using the tool.  Ablah Librarians are also available to assist with creating data management plans within the DMP Tool system. Remember, the WSU Office of Research should be notified in advance of any planned submissions for external sponsored funding: proposals@wichita.edu, so that our office may assist with meeting sponsor requirements.

Read More about DMP Tool

“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

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 supports automatic 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 are encouraged to reach out directly to Katelyn Schoenhofer at kschoenhofer1@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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