New episode of Something to Chew On, featuring Londa Nwadike

3-5 p.m. 

Tuesday, March 28 

Zoom 

The K-State Global Food Systems Initiative is hosting a workshop to help faculty make industry connections. Attendees will work directly with industry colleagues to focus on how to clearly define research activities, how best to approach potential industry colleagues and some best practices in communicating with industry. 

The workshop is meant to be interdisciplinary and will include industry representatives from BASF, Bay State Milling and KPM Analytics. The workshop will include breakout sessions for facilitated discussion and feedback on the importance and advancement of effective communication. 

Agenda:

3 p.m. – Welcome

3:05 p.m. – Industry participant introductions

3:50 p.m. – Break out sessions

1.  How do you initiate a conversation that conveys your knowledge to any industry participant?
2. How do you make new connections in an interdisciplinary field? 
3. How do you convey skills and knowledge?

4:35 p.m. – Industry participant critique of approaches and ideas generated, including a question and answer period. 

5 p.m. - Adjourn 

Register to attend. 

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, or FFAR, values your technical knowledge and insight to advance our mission of building unique partnerships for innovative research that addresses challenges to food supply and agricultural sustainability.

We are seeking external peer reviewers for FFAR’s flagship grant programs:

• New Innovator Award, a program to provide early-career scientists the investment needed to propel them into successful research careers in food and agriculture. The external peer review occurs May—June 2023.
• Seeding Solutions, a program to promote innovative and transformative research while fostering unique partnerships that advance our Challenge Area and AgMission priorities. The external peer review occurs July-August 2023.

Please complete this form by March 22 to indicate your willingness and availability to support our mission by reviewing up to three proposals per program cycle. FFAR can provide a small honorarium ($50) for each review submitted.

NSF is once again seeking reviewers for both the Smart & Connected Communities program and the related Civic Innovation Challenge program. 

If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for these programs over the coming months, please respond to the questionnaire by March 10.

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 14

Interdisciplinary knowledge production is a key desired outcome of work funded by the NSF. But how interdisciplinary is the published research? And how is this interdisciplinarity influenced by collaboration patterns? We explore two key aspects of interdisciplinarity in the published knowledge the NSF ADVANCE program has produced since 2001: First: to visualize the co-authorship networks of publications of ADVANCE award institutions we have created an online interactive network that allows users to explore ADVANCE co-authorships over the last two decades. Second, we quantify interdisciplinarity using three measures that capture the diversity of disciplines within a publication’s 1) references, 2) citations, and 3) authors’ expertise. We find that, in the case of ADVANCE, the extent to which co-author teams are interdisciplinary does not impact how interdisciplinary the references or citations are. However, within the ADVANCE network, we do find significant mixing of references between sociology and psychology, and substantial interdisciplinary impact outside of these fields (much more than observed for the fields on average). Importantly, the amount of interdisciplinarity is also a statistically significant predictor of the number of citations an ADVANCE outcome publication receives. Taken together, this work highlights the extent and benefits of interdisciplinary research for ADVANCE knowledge production. Please visit the Website for more information.

Register to receive a Zoom link.

Noon-1 p.m.

Thursday, March 16

Join NSF for this month’s IOS Virtual Office Hour. Program officers active in the IOS Synthesis Center solicitation will present on the new solicitation and answer questions audience members have.

Real-time closed captioning will be available.

Register to attend. 

The KU Center for Genomics invites you to the 2nd Annual Research Symposium. The meeting will be held in person on Friday, May 19, at Maceli's Banquet Hall in Lawrence. The symposium aims to highlight genetics and genomics work by researchers at regional institutions in diverse fields from evolutionary biology to anthropology to engineering. They will have an exciting keynote talk from UCSF Postdoctoral Scholar, Colin Brand on his work examining molecular phenotypes using machine learning.

Everyone is invited, especially postdocs, graduate students, research staff and undergraduate students, to apply to present their work via poster or oral presentation. Abstracts are due March 15 for oral presentations. Registration is open until April 15, 2023. The event is free for anyone to present or attend, and registration is required. 

Read additional information about the symposium including registration information.

Please contact kucg@ku.edu with any questions.

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2024-25 Competition Opening Soon

Applications due September 15, 2023

Curious where your Fulbright journey could take you?

Join a webinar to learn more!

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program's 2024-25 competition will open soon,featuring over 400 awards offered in more than 135 countries. Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards allow academics, professionals and artists who are U.S. citizens to teach, research, and carry out professional projects abroad.

The first webinars of the year will share details about the U.S. Scholar Program, awards and the application process. Register to join us and learn more:

March 16: Western Hemisphere

March 22: Sub Saharan Africa

March 30: Middle East and North Africa



Visit the webinar schedule for details about events throughout the competition, featuring specific countries, regions and disciplines.

Applications are being accepted from companies and individuals interested in presenting about company or academic efforts and research in the following topic areas:

• Deep Tech: Biology, Engineering, Agriculture, Space, Energy, Digital, and more!
• Tech Cluster Development Efforts
• Start-up Pitches
• Investor Talks
• Talent Recruitment Talks
• Research or Project Talks: Genetic Mechanisms, Engineering Advancements, Nutrition & The Microbiome, Digital Health, Drugs & Pharmacology, Development & Disease, Data Science, and Computational Biology

Oral and poster presentations are available. Add your insight and expertise to the Innovation Festival lineup. Apply to present, TODAY! 

Build your professional knowledge and advance your skills with the BioKansas spring webinar series. This series contains lessons essential to your success.

Building Professional Skills for Diverse Career Paths - March 14

Join this session to familiarize yourself with data on the value of professional skills for bioscience careers and career satisfaction; discuss ways to strengthen professional skills; and learn strategies to demonstrate professional skills in resumes, cover letters, and interviews.

Writing an Effective Resume - April 11

Join this session to: understand the key differences between a resume and Curriculum vitae, learn how to structure a resume, receive tips on formatting, explore ways to effectively highlight your experiences, and discover how to tailor a resume for each role.

These courses are appropriate for early career scientists from undergraduate through postdoctoral level.

Students and postdocs from BioKansas member institutions are invited to attend the series for FREE on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact BioKansas for a discount code.

2-3 p.m.

Tuesday, March 21

The National Medal of Science, or NMS, is the highest recognition the Nation can bestow on scientists and engineers. It was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, engineering, or social and behavioral sciences, in service to the Nation. These broad areas include such disciplines as astronomy, chemistry, computer and information science and engineering, geoscience, materials research, and research on STEM education.

The National Science Foundation is seeking nominations for the NMS from February 6 to May 26, 2023. We welcome you to join us for an informational webinar on the National Medal of Science. The webinar will highlight background information on the award and provide tips for submitting nominations. 

Register in advance for this webinar.

2-3 p.m.

Wednesdays through April 26

Heard about the new Growing Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity, or GRANTED, and you want to learn more? Thinking about applying to our most recent Dear Colleague Letter? Then NSF invites you to GRANTED office hours, held every Wednesday from 2-3 p.m. to meet with the GRANTED team of Program Directors.

• 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 Dina Stroud in advance.

Learn more.

2-3 p.m.

Wednesday, March 15

NSF Program Directors will be available at virtual office hours to answer your questions about NSF's Revolutionizing Engineering Departments, or IUSE/PFE: RED, program solicitation 23-553. The RED program supports radical changes to the training of undergraduate engineering students to help them establish identities as professional engineers with the technical and professional skills needed to solve the complex problems facing society.

RED solicitation 23-553 is limited to the RED Two-Year track. RED Two-Year projects will develop radically new approaches among multiple two-year institutions to expand the path to engineering and engineering technology four-year programs from two-year institutions with programs such as pre-engineering, engineering and engineering technology.

At RED office hours, come prepared with your questions or simply join in to listen. Responses will be provided to questions typed into the Zoom chat window or you may use your microphone to ask a question. Office hours will not be recorded. 

Learn more and register to attend.

2-3 p.m., March 13

1-2 p.m., March 17

2-3 p.m., March 20

2:30-3:30 p.m., March 21

The Global Centers Program Team is hosting a series of Virtual Office Hours aimed at giving potential PIs an opportunity to ask questions. The series of sessions will start on March 7 and end on May 2, during which any questions about the program can be asked and discussed. Two of the sessions will have a special focus: Monday, March 13, focus on non-R1 institutions and Monday, March 20, focus on minority-serving institutions.

There are no restrictions on attending multiple sessions, so please feel free to attend the session which best fits your schedule. The zoom link will be the same for all sessions.

2-4 p.m.

Monday, March 20

Several solicitations from the Directorates for Biological Sciences and Geological Sciences will soon require the submission of a Safe and Inclusive Work Environments Plan that will be considered as part of the Broader Impacts criteria during the review process.

An upcoming Virtual Office Hour will occur on March 20 from 2-3 p.m. Program Officers from BIO and GEO will provide an overview of the new requirement and take your questions and comments.

If you are planning a submission that will involve off-campus or off-site research, defined as data/information/samples being collected off-campus or off-site including via fieldwork and research activities on vessels and aircraft, you are encouraged to join this webinar. 

Register to attend.

1-2 p.m.

March 23, April 6

Join this open-ended session to ask questions about what’s needed when creating a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer proposal. An SBIR/STTR program director will answer questions and point you to resources. Prior to this session, you're encouraged to learn more about the proposal process, then come prepared with any questions you have.

Register for the Preparing your Phase I Proposal for America's Seed Fund webinar on Zoom.

New US research on ASF contamination in feed mills Farms.com

Gene-edited pigs show resistance to PRRS Successful Farming

K-State food scientist provides tips to improve healthy lifestyles The Mercury

There's a dangerous new tick in town, and it's already killing cows across several U.S. states KPR

Study analyzes land ownership by location FarmProgress

New educational center aims to bring more jobs to Kansas KSNT

New tool uses ultrasound 'tornado' to break down blood clots

Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses "vortex ultrasound" – a type of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach works faster than existing techniques to eliminate clots formed in an in vitro model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or CVST. NSF

Computers that power self-driving cars could become a driver of global carbon emissions

In the future, self-driving cars' computational needs may fuel a large increase in global carbon emissions. The energy needed to run the powerful computers onboard a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as much greenhouse gas emissions as what all global data centers combined currently emit. NSF

Do no unconscious harm: Can ‘hidden’ prejudices in medicine be stamped out?

That project, called UnBIASED (Understanding Biased patient-provider Interaction and Supporting Enhanced Discourse), is at the leading edge of a wave of efforts to counter the negative effects of bias in medicine. From creating new models of education and training, to developing accurate tests to objectively measure pain, scientists are working to provide health care workers—and institutions—with the tools to diminish bias and provide equitable care. Science

Indoor air is full of flu and COVID viruses. Will countries clean it up?

Bars in Belgium could be among the healthiest places to have a drink, come July. That’s when a new law goes into effect, requiring public venues to meet air-quality targets and display real-time measurements of carbon dioxide concentrations — a proxy for how much clean air is piped in. Nature

The Food System Is Awful for the Climate. It Doesn’t Have to Be

A STEAK AT a market sells at an explicit price per pound. But it also has a much higher implicit price: It took energy, land, and water to grow the feed that nourished the cow. As that cow grew, it belched methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Still more emissions arose from shipping the meat to market. Wired

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