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The National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Research Improvement Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of non-tenured investigators and to further develop their individual research potential through extended collaborative visits to the nation’s premier private, governmental, or academic research centers.
The American Council of Learned Societies Digital Extension Grants are designed to advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as they participate in digital research.
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Request for Nominations – BRI Professorships |
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The Review Committee for the BRI Professorships is seeking nominations for three (3) different endowed BRI Professorships; one each in the areas of animal infectious disease, crop infectious disease, and food pathogens. The named individuals must be Kansas State University faculty members who are or will be performing a significant portion of their scholarly work at the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) and who have a demonstrated global research impact in their field.
The Professorships will be selected for a period of three years and are potentially renewable. A salary supplement and discretionary funds will be awarded in the amount of $40,000 total annually.
Nominations may be made by department heads or deans and should include:
- A four page abbreviated curriculum vitae;
- A one-page research description;
- A letter from the nominator;
- An external letter of support from an individual who can speak to the demonstrated global impact of the nominee’s research.
Alternatively, department heads or deans who are planning to recruit at the associate or full professor level in one of the eligibility areas of the professorships (see above), may apply to use these funds as a recruitment incentive. Application packages in that case should include as complete as possible a description of an approved recruitment plan and an indication of whether a potential candidate(s) may have already been identified; a planned timeline for the recruitment; and a description of the expected responsibilities and research area of the individual to be recruited.
Please send a single PDF of the nomination package or plans for recruitment to ord@k-state.edu, no later than December 4, 2020.
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Assistance collaborating with industry partners |
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In anticipation of the spring Global Food Systems Seed Grant call for proposals, the Office of Research Development and Innovation Partners would like to offer assistance collaborating with Kansas-based companies or companies that have an opportunity for job creation/investment within the state — a key area of focus of the grant.
If you are interested in help identifying and/or establishing a potential relationship with an interested industry partner, please send a short (2-3 sentence) description of your project idea to Spring 2020 Global Food Systems Seed Grant at ord@k-state.edu.
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Extended Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency plans that would outline steps needed to recover from temporary, emergency situations, or institutional return-to-the-workplace plans, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contingency plans will not be considered in peer review but, if needed, COVID-19 contingency plans will be requested and carefully considered by NIH staff before funding.
Reviewers will continue to receive instruction to assume that temporary, emergency problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic will be resolved and complications related to COVID-19 should not affect their scores. Reviewers will be instructed to disregard situations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g., temporary declines in productivity, availability of key personnel, proposed patient populations, animal facility shutdowns, etc.
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Science Communication Week 2020: Science communication at the intersection of a global pandemic and social justice issues
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Ashanti Davis, Fleet Science Center, San Diego
4-5 p.m. | Thursday, Nov. 12
Theresa Merrick, assistant director of the K-State Writing Center
1-2 p.m. | Friday, Nov. 13
Agna R. Skop, genetics department, University of Wisconsin, Madison
11 a.m.-noon | Monday, Nov. 16
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Early Career Funding Opportunities Information Session |
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3:30-5 p.m.
November 12
Via Zoom
Which early career funding opportunity is right for you? Come to this session and find out. The NSF CAREER program is one option, but sometimes it seems like it is the only option. Other prestigious young faculty awards are offered by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy that are focused solely on research rather than the teacher-scholar role required by NSF.
An overview of young faculty career programs will be presented at this session followed by a panel of faculty members who have received young faculty awards from NSF and DoD. The panelists will provide insight on their awards, addressing why they applied to the program and what the award has meant to their career.
Panelists include:
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Ryan Hansen, assistant professor, chemical engineering, NSF CAREER 2020
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Pavithra Prabhakar, associate professor, computer science, NSF CAREER 2016, Navy Early Investigator Award 2017
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Nick Wallace, assistant professor, biology, DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Program, Career Development Award 2017
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Lado Samushia, associate professor, physics, DOE Early Investigator Award 2020
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Eric Fitzsimmons, assistant professor, civil engineering, DOJ New Investigator/Early Career 2018
Take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions and talk with the awardees.
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Data Security Training Sessions |
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3:30-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16 via Zoom
Federal Data Security Requirement Training – a detailed look at federal data security requirements and how to meet them.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Industry/Proprietary Data Security Training – details from K-State Innovation Partners on handling potentially proprietary or sensitive data during collaborations with the private sector.
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NSF Mid-Career Advancement Information Session |
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3:30-5 p.m.
November 18, 2020
Learn about a new NSF program for mid-career researchers to expand and invigorate their research and scholarly programs through establishments of new partnerships. These may occur at another institution and partners may be from a different disciplinary area exploiting a new-found synergy.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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2020 One Health Research Symposium: Biosensors
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11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
November 16, 17, 18
Recently, biosensors and wearable sensors have been garnering more attention as they offer opportunities to access continuous, real-time data for human, animal and environmental health. The data is often acquired using non-invasive means, which has been shown to enhance and increase patient engagement, and can provide early detection of abnormal conditions.
The use of biosensors in One Health applications has significant potential to improve the health of humans and animals by enhancing and accelerating the identification of disease conditions and by providing access to real-time data to improve decision-making capabilities.
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The National Science Foundation is hosting its first-ever NSF Virtual Grants Conference taking place during the weeks of November 16 and November 30, 2020.
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Harnessing the Data Revolution: Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering Webinar |
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1-2:15 p.m.
November 17
A webinar on the new HDR solicitation on the HDR Institutes will be held on November 17, 1-2:15 p.m. Please register to participate.
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Deep Dive Into Deep Tech Incubation Webinar Series |
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11 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Hear from the nation's top thought leaders about how they are making an impact on the deep tech incubation ecosystem. The Nov. 18, 2020 webinar is the third part of the Deep Dive Into Deep Tech Incubation series. It will feature visionaries from leading academic institutions to discuss this research translation nexus and how they manage the deep tech commercialization process and instill strong entrepreneurial cultures at their respective campuses. There is no charge to attend this online event, but registration is required. For more information or to register, please visit www.rfsuny.org/deeptech.
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Thursday, January 14, 3 p.m.
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020
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Coming soon: PI Launchpad 202 |
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NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, in partnership with the Heising-Simons Foundation, will host a virtual workshop tentatively planned for early Summer 2021 to explore the fundamentals of how to turn a science question into a mission concept.
Updates will be made available here as they are announced. Check back in early 2021 for more information.
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K-State RSCAD in the news |
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Agency news and trending topics |
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In this environment, public health officials are warning of "COVID fatigue" as the coronavirus pandemic has stretched on for seven months. abcnews.go.com
Roiled by concerns about the pandemic and politics? Lifting weights might help, according to a timely new study of anxiety and resistance training. The study, which involved healthy young adults, barbells and lunges, indicates that regular weight training substantially reduces anxiety, a finding with particular relevance during these unsettling, bumpy days. nytimes.com
The readiness kindergarten provides is even more important to a child’s success in high school than previously believed, according to a new study published today by the American Academy of Pediatrics. healthline.com
A National Institutes of Health clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has formally concluded that the drug provides no clinical benefit to hospitalized patients. nih.gov
We think about primates as kind of special in the sense that we have really exquisite tactile sensitivity, but in fact animals of all types touch objects in their everyday typical behaviors, including fish,” Adam Hardy, a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago and lead author of the paper, tells New Scientist's Donna Lu. smithsonianmag.com
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