1-2 p.m.

Tuesday September 6

Please join the Build and Broaden Program to discuss questions about the program with the program director.

All meetings during office hours are 1-on-1 and will take place on Zoom.

To join, use the Build and Broaden office hour Zoom link.

3:30-5 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 8

The Graduate School, the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships, and the Office of Research Development will host an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or GRFP, Information Session at 3:30 p.m. on September 8. The NSF GRFP fellowships support outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees. This session will take an in-depth look at the requirements for an NSF GFRP submission. A panel of faculty members who have served on review panels for this program will discuss tips and provide advice that you will not find in this program’s Request for Proposals. Students will also have an opportunity to talk about their research ideas with the panel. If you are serious about submitting to this program, this is a session you should not miss.

The session will be presented via zoom. A link will be sent to registrants the week before the session. 

Please register.

2-4 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9

Zoom

Join this two-part informational webinar and question-and-answer session to learn more about NSF’s Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems, or POSE, program. Program directors will give an overview of the funding opportunity, discuss preparing a proposal and walk applicants through how to prepare a budget.

Register.

Noon- 2 p.m.

Thursday, September 15

Join the Synthesis Center for Molecular and Cellular Sciences, or SCMCS, program for a webinar. There will be a short presentation followed by an open Q&A session with cognizant Program Officers.

The aim of the SCMCS program is to establish a Synthesis Center for Molecular and Cellular Sciences that will create new knowledge through innovative synthesis and integration of available data. The deadline for preliminary proposals is January 13, 2023.

Register to attend.

Are you involved with, or interested in, the pet food industry? If so, you need to be at KibbleCon 2022! The in-person event will be held October 19-21, at the Bluemont Hotel in Manhattan, Kansas. K-State faculty, staff and students can register at no cost!

KibbleCon is the premier pet food event of the year! There will be panel presentations by industry thought leaders, live Q&A sessions, faculty and graduate student presentations and much more. Learn more about the event on the KibbleCon website.

Attendees can register on the KibbleCon website through Monday, Oct. 17. To register at no cost, K-State faculty and staff should use the code, facultykc22. K-State students should use the code, studentkc22. Space is limited, so don’t delay!

Do you know students with research relevant to pet food? Have them contact Stephanie Pierce, smpierce@k-state.edu, to learn more about the student poster and presentation opportunities at KibbleCon.

Register today!

Note: If COVID-19 protocols necessitate a change to the format of the event, registrants will be notified by email.

NASA's Science Mission Directorate is seeking subject matter experts to serve as external (email) and/or virtual panel reviewers of proposals to the "ROSES" research solicitation. All of the reviewer volunteer forms may be accessed on the main landing page. Once on a form, click the boxes to indicate the topics in which you consider yourself to be a subject matter expert. If your skills match our needs for that review and there are not too many organizational conflicts of interest, we will contact you to discuss scheduling.

The FastLane website is scheduled to be removed as a submission option for NSF funding opportunities in January 2023. Some programs in NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate have already stopped accepting proposals through FastLane, and others will stop accepting them over the remainder of 2022. 

The transition from the FastLane website to Research.gov and Grants.gov is part of NSF’s ongoing information technology modernization efforts. Since NSF’s update on Research.gov implementation in September 2020, NSF has been gradually removing FastLane as a submission option in program solicitations and descriptions.

Please consult the tables in this document (PDF) for additional information about the transition to Research.gov, including dates throughout the summer and fall when some programs will stop accepting proposals through FastLane. You can also check program web pages for information about which submission methods are accepted by each program and contact the program officers listed on those pages or email rgov@nsf.gov with any questions. 

For tutorials and guidance on how to use research.gov please visit the Research.gov proposal preparation and submission resources site.

Opinion: Do employees have a point? How to handle the quiet quitters before they really quit Deseret News

Harvest and store drought-damaged forages FarmProgress

Researchers use plants to limit exposure to toxic lead in soil Daily Journal

Consultant: K-State research breaks down teacher shortage by state farm data safe from competitors with cybersecurity WIBW

FAA awards emergency drone research funding AirMed&Rescue

$2M federal grant boosts K-State efforts to expand region’s digital manufacturing capabilities StartLand News

Physicists research how aerosol particulates from wind instruments move through the air

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania supported by two grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation have studied the aerosols of musicians playing wind instruments. The findings will inform safety guidelines for not only musical performances but public gatherings in general. NSF

Infusing human behavior into epidemiological models is focus of new NSF-supported research projects

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing more than $7.5 million in new research focused on empowering more reliable prediction of the spread of infectious diseases, the effects of mitigation measures and other critical aspects of national health crises. The funding will support eight interdisciplinary research projects aimed at incorporating the complexities of human behavior into epidemiological models. NSF

Chewing burns more calories than you think—and may have shaped our evolution

When it comes to ways to burn calories, few people think of chewing. But about 3% of the daily energy we burn comes from grinding gum, gristle, and other goodies, a new study finds—and maybe more if you’re partial to salads and celery stalks. That’s far less than walking or even digesting, but it may have been enough to reshape the faces of our distant ancestors. Science

Spate of polio outbreaks worldwide puts scientists on alert

The discovery of poliovirus in New York state, London and Jerusalem this year has taken many by surprise — but public-health researchers fighting to eradicate the disease say it was only a matter of time. Nature

Ancient tooth DNA reveals how ‘cold sore’ herpes virus has evolved

Ancient DNA extracted from the teeth of humans who lived long ago is yielding new information about pathogens past and present.

In one of the latest studies, researchers uncovered and sequenced ancient herpes genomes for the first time, from the teeth of long-dead Europeans. The strain of herpes virus that causes lip sores in people today — called HSV-1 — was once thought to have emerged in Africa more than 50,000 years ago. But the new data, published in Science Advances on 27 July1, indicate that its origin was much more recent: around 5,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. Nature

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