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The Department of Health and Human Services, NIH’s Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry solicits applications from research partnerships formed by academic and industrial investigators to accelerate the development and adoption of promising bioengineering tools and technologies that can address important biomedical problems.
The National Science Foundation’s Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks supports fundamental research to enable transformative change in our ability to detect, disrupt and disable illicit supply networks that traffic in persons, and tangible and virtual goods.
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K-State events and announcements |
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Global Food Systems Seed Grant Program
Submissions for the Global Food Systems seed grant program are now open.
The fiscal year 2023 GFS Seed Grants will be made for a two-year period for funding levels up to $100,000 per year or $200,000 total award. The second year of funding will be contingent upon continued state funding and sufficient progress in the first year. Two requirements for all projects are:
- The potential for the project to impact job growth and job creation, as well as retain and attract talent in the state of Kansas.
- Specific plans to attract new externally sponsored funding to solve GFS grand challenges.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
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Global Food System initiative presents Writing for Industry Workshop |
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3-5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12
This Global Food System workshop aims to help train graduate students and faculty members on industry-focused relationships, proposal writing, intellectual property protection and the legal ins and outs of industry interaction.
All disciplines and research interests are welcome. The workshop will be held via Zoom.
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Kansas Water Resources Institute research grants |
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The Kansas Water Resources Institute, or KWRI, is accepting proposals for research grants. This year KWRI expects to fund up to four grants up to $50,000 each. Projects are funded for up to 24 months. Graduate and undergraduate training is encouraged and refereed scientific research publications are an expected output of this program.
Successful proposals will focus on research that explores new ideas to address water problems in Kansas and expands understanding of water and related phenomena within the Kansas context.
Faculty and research staff at state universities — including K-State, KU, WSU, ESU, PSU and FHSU — may submit proposals. Researchers in the social, biological, physical and engineering sciences, as well as fields such as water management, water law and economics, are encouraged to apply. Funded projects start in the fall of 2022, contingent on federal budget approval.
The deadline for applications is 5 p.m., April 15, 2022. The full RFP, along with additional details about how to submit and proposal review criteria can be found on the KCARE website.
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External events and announcements |
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Faculty Teaching Practices due to the Pandemic: IRB Approved Research |
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A team of researchers from Colorado State University is conducting a study on changes in instructional practices due to COVID-19 and which practices instructors might retain over the long term. We hope you will consider participating in this research project. The survey will take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete and you will be entered in a drawing.
This survey will close on April 8.
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Required Use of Research.gov for Preparation and Submission of Proposals in Response to Program Descriptions |
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In accordance with Important Notice No. 147, many National Science Foundation, or NSF, program solicitations now require the use of Research.gov for the preparation and submission of proposals. Please be advised that NSF will now start requiring the use of Research.gov for the preparation and submission of proposals in response to program descriptions. As a reminder, FastLane is targeted to be removed as a submission option from all funding opportunities when the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide goes into effect in January 2023. Grants.gov will remain a submission option for most NSF proposals.
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SMD Seeks Volunteer Reviewers |
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NASA's Science Mission Directorate is seeking subject matter experts to serve as mail-in and/or virtual panel reviewers of research and technology development, or ROSES, proposals. To volunteer follow the link to the webform and click the boxes for the topics in which you are 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.
In addition to the forms that are posted all year round, the following new volunteer reviewer forms have been (re)posted recently for spring 2022:
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Seeking NIFA Partnership Awards Nominations |
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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or NIFA, recognizes there are many outstanding contributions that our partners in the Land-grant Universities and other cooperating institutions and organizations have achieved. To recognize these achievements, the Partnership Awards Program was established in 2007.
NIFA invites all Land-grant Universities, cooperating institutions, and organizations supported by NIFA to submit nominations for the 2022 NIFA Partnership Awards Program. This program recognizes outstanding contributions, in support of NIFA’s mission, and aligned with USDA's Strategic Goals. Awards for this year will recognize excellence in:
- Mission Integration of Research, Education, and Extension
- Multistate Efforts
- Innovative Programs and Projects
- Effective and Efficient Use of Resources
- Program Improvement through Global Engagement
Nominations can be submitted for individuals or teams of up to 20 members. Each institution may submit up to two nominations (combined total across all categories), meaning the entire institution--including research, education, and Extension functions.
Nominations should include individuals or teams who have performed truly distinguished service. We ask that deans, directors and administrators thoroughly review each submission for validity of accomplishments before signing his or her approval on the nomination form.
We have many excellent examples of success in these categories across our partnership, and NIFA looks forward to recognizing great accomplishments.
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Curious to see where Fulbright can take you? Join a webinar to learn more!
Our first webinars of the year will share details about the U.S. Scholar Program, awards and the application process. Register for these events here:
Visit the webinar schedule for details about events throughout the competition, featuring specific countries, regions and disciplines.
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NSF: CyberTraining webinar
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1-2 p.m.
April 7
This program seeks to prepare, nurture, and grow the national scientific research workforce for creating, utilizing, and supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure, or CI, to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering, or S&E, research and education and contribute to the Nation's overall economic competitiveness and security. The goals of this solicitation are to:
- Ensure broad adoption of CI tools, methods, and resources by the research community in order to catalyze major research advances and to enhance researchers’ abilities to lead the development of new CI.
- Integrate core literacy and discipline-appropriate advanced skills in advanced CI as well as computational and data-driven methods for advancing fundamental research, into the Nation’s undergraduate and graduate educational curriculum/instructional materials.
- Build communities of research CI professional staff to deploy, manage, and collaboratively support the effective use of research CI, as well as establish career paths for those staff within and across institutions and science and engineering disciplines.
This solicitation calls for innovative, scalable training, education, and curriculum/instructional materials, along with deeper incorporation of CI professionals into the research enterprise — targeting one or more of the solicitation goals — to address emerging needs and unresolved bottlenecks in S&E research workforce development, from the postsecondary level to active researchers to CI professionals.
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NSF: CISE-RV Program Webinar |
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2-3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 13
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, or CISE, seeks to fund a community-driven organization to lead the community in identifying ambitious new fundamental and translational research directions that align with national and societal priorities and thereby catalyze the computing research community's pursuit of innovative, high-impact research. Specifically, CISE calls on the research community to establish a CISE Research Visioning activity, or CISE-RV, to facilitate the articulation of compelling long-term research visions and establish multi-directional communication pathways for stakeholders with interest in the information, communication, computing, and cyberinfrastructure research. These stakeholders would include those in academia, industry, government, professional societies, virtual organizations, international entities, and the general public.
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K-State research in the news |
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Agency news and trending topics |
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Human skin is home to diverse ecosystems including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. These microbial communities comprise hundreds of species and are collectively known as the skin microbiome. The skin microbiome is thought to play a vital role in fending off disease-causing microorganisms (pathogens), boosting barrier protection, and aiding immune defenses. NIH
Healthy human kidneys filter more than 30 gallons of blood each day on average, efficiently removing extra fluid and harmful toxins from the body. If injured, the kidneys have a remarkable capacity for repair. And, yet, in more than one in seven U.S. adults, including disproportionately people with diabetes and hypertension, the daily wear and tear on these vital organs has passed a “tipping point” toward irreparable damage and the onset of chronic kidney disease. NIH
Two doses of COVID vaccine cut the risk of infection and mild illness from the rising BA.2 subvariant, although protection wanes quickly. Nature
While observing fearful memories take shape in the brains of fish, neuroscientists saw an unexpected level of synaptic rewiring. Wired
Mobile phone networks can improve the targeting of humanitarian assistance. Our approach uses traditional survey data to train machine-learning algorithms to recognize patterns of poverty in mobile phone data; the trained algorithms can then prioritize aid to the poorest mobile subscribers. Nature
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