The National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows provides awards to help transform the career trajectories of untenured investigators and further develop their individual research potential through extended collaborative visits — often 3 summer months in two successive years — to the nation’s premier private, governmental, or academic research centers. Through these visits, fellowship awardees will be able to learn new techniques, develop new collaborations or advance existing partnerships, benefit from access to unique equipment and facilities, and/or shift their research toward potentially transformative new directions.

This is a limited submission program and K-State is allowed only three submissions. If you are interested in submitting to this program you must notify the Office of Research Development, or ORD, by 5 p.m. on January 17, 2023, via ordlimitedsubs@k-state.edu. Your notification should include a two- to three-sentence description of your project plus the names of your anticipated host and host institution. If ORD receives more than three notifications, an internal competition will be needed with preproposals due by 5 p.m. on February 7, 2023. While specific instructions will be given to the notifiers for the preproposal, they will closely follow the instructions from last year.

The CNAP COBRE center at Kansas State University is soliciting applications for pilot grants that will begin on June 1, 2023. The grants are open to all faculty with appointments at higher education institutions within the state of Kansas, although early and mid-career faculty will be prioritized for funding.

Proposed pilot grants should seek to enhance neuroscience research in the state of Kansas and/or fit within CNAP’s theme of cognitive and neural plasticity. The center funds basic, translational and clinical research in humans and animals from a wide range of disciplines (e.g., animal behavior, biology, pharmacology, veterinary medicine, cognitive science, human factors, kinesiology, human nutrition, computer science and engineering).

Applicants are encouraged to submit a letter of intent by 5 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2023. This is highly recommended to ensure that your grant can be reviewed in a timely manner. Applications should be submitted by the applicant’s research office and are due by 5 p.m. CST on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

9:30-11 a.m.

December 22, January 12 and January 26

Please join the Human Networks and Data Science Program to discuss questions about the program with the program director. 

To join, use the Human Networks and Data Science office hour Zoom link.

• All meetings during office hours are 1-on-1. Guests are seen in the order they join. You may have to wait if others join before you.
• If you need captions or other accommodations, please contact Trisha Van Zandt in advance. 

For more information about the program, visit the Human Networks and Data Science Program page.

1-2 p.m.

January 10, 2023

Sociology program directors will answer questions concerning the NSF Sociology Program, especially with regard to the recent removal of proposal submission target dates.

Please see date(s) listed below and note that times listed are in the Eastern time zone.

To join, use the Sociology office hour Zoom link. 

• All meetings during office hours are 1-on-1. Guests are seen in the order they join. You may have to wait if others join before you.
• If you need captions or other accommodations, please contact Joe Whitmeyer or Melanie Hughes in advance. 
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For more information about the program, visit the Sociology Program page.

3-5 p.m.

January 26, 202

Children's Mercy Research Institute, 2401 Gillham Rd, Kansas City, MO

Presentations: 3:30-4:30

• Welcome, Series Overview and Deliverables
• Dennis Ridenour, CEO, BioNexus KC and Sara Hart Weir, Rare KC
• Speakers
• Pediatric: Tom Curran, PhD, Executive Director and CSO, Children’s Mercy Research Institute
• Adult: Steven Stites, MD, Vice Chancellor Clinical Affairs, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Payor: Jay Bryant-Wimp, RPh, Clinical Advisor, Optum Frontier Therapies
• Patient: Kevin Wake, Patient Advocate, Uriel E. Owens Sickle Cell Disease Association of the Midwest
• Panel discussion | Moderator: Kelly Ranallo, Founder, RareKC

Join us for networking and refreshments before and after the presentations. 

NHWK: Shifting Focus to Biomanufacturing Yahoo! Finance

K-State veterinarian warns owners of pet food buzzwords and nutritional value KCTV-5

NW Kan. energy business awarded $7M USDA loan Hays Post

In Focus — K-State VP David Rosowsky kman

K-State's Rural Education Center, Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom receive grant for pilot education program in Washington County Junction City Union

How Much More You’ll Pay for Emergencies If You Prepare Too Late Yahoo! Finance

K-State researchers advancing computer circuitry to measure soil properties Pratt Tribune

K-State poli-sci professor talks possible outcomes of GA runoff election WIBW-TV

Accessing U.S. data for research just got easier

The U.S. government has just made it easier for social scientists to get their hands on federally collected data they need for research.

Starting today, an online portal offers one-stop shopping to apply for access to protected data sets maintained by 16 federal agencies. Scientists can search the site to find the data set they want and then, with one click, file an application. The site also allows them to track the status of their request. Science

International Collaborations: Advice from Experts

Whether you’re from a foreign organization looking to secure NIH funding, or a domestic researcher or institution partnering with a foreign collaborator, you’ll find helpful information to get started in the International Collaborations: Policies, Processes, & Partnerships video. NIH experts walk you through the process of working with foreign entities through engaging case studies, panel discussions, and live Q&A. In addition, research officials from several Universities across the U.S. shared their perspective on building a supportive and successful environment for international collaborations as they also addressed questions from the audience. NIH

Scientists discover mechanism plants use to control 'mouths'

Researchers at the University of California San Diego, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, along with collaborators in Estonia and Finland, have found an elusive molecular pathway that plants use to direct their "breathing" of carbon dioxide. The researchers hope that harnessing this mechanism could lead to future engineering of plant water use efficiency and carbon intake, critical as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration continues to increase. In fact, the researchers have filed a patent and are examining ways to translate their findings into tools for crop breeders and farmers. NSF

Even After a Wildfire, Dangers Persist

There has been an unprecedented increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires with 2020 marked as the most active wildfire year across the Western United States. While direct impacts from wildfires are devastating as singular events, the legacy of wildfires may last long after the flames have been extinguished. USDA

Major Fusion Energy Breakthrough to Be Announced by Scientists

Scientists at a federal nuclear weapons facility have made a potentially significant advance in fusion research that could lead to a source of bountiful energy in the future, according to a government official. New York Times

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