K-State has received funding from the State of Kansas to support Biomanufacturing Training and Education. We will use some funding in the first year to support equipment acquisition to support research and/or teaching activities in biomanufacturing, related biosciences, and enabling technologies.

A total of $1M will be available. Requests for OVPR funding in the range of $100,000 to $250,000 are invited. Departments/colleges must provide a 25% match on top of the requested funds.

To apply for this funding, send a request (maximum of two pages) containing the following information, together with a current price quote, to ord@k-state.edu no later than October 15, 2023.

Required information:

• Requestor/principal investigator name, department, college
• Equipment description, vendor, and cost
• Justification for request:
• New research/instruction to be made possible
• Anticipated users
• How this purchase will increase K-State’s biomanufacturing/bioscience capabilities
• A letter committing required matching funds
• Description of the plan for maintaining the equipment, training users, and location in which it is to be housed.

Awards will be announced by November 15, 2023.

3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 21

Zoom

The Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships, the Graduate School and the Office of Research Development will host an overview of fellowship opportunities that are available to Graduate Students on Thursday September 21 at 3:30 pm via zoom. Key funding programs will be discussed from NSF, DoD, DoE, NIH, Hertz Foundation, Fulbright and the American Association of University Women. Opportunities in the Humanities and Social Sciences will also be addressed, and you will learn to search for fellowships on your own. 

Please register to attend.

Reminder: Excellence in Innovation and Economic Engagement Award applications due Sep. 27

K-State faculty and staff, centers, institutes and units engaging in innovation and economic prosperity are invited to submit a two-page narrative for the K-State Excellence in Innovation and Economic Engagement Award by Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2023, to ecodevo@k-state.edu.

Award winners are selected based on the award criteria – including the key questions, illustration and metric – by an external committee of innovation and economic prosperity practitioners.

This award recognizes exemplary economic engagement across efforts in talent, innovation and place — plus the intersections of these categories.

• Talent: focus on education and workforce development.
• Innovation: focus on innovation and technology-based economic development.
• Place: focus on social, cultural, or community development.

Two winners will be selected to account for both 2022 and 2023. At least one of the two winners selected will be an applicant who intentionally advanced talent, innovation or place in accordance with K-State’s Economic Prosperity Plan. 

Finalists will be recognized at the K-State Research Connections event on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Each winner will receive a commemorative plaque, along with a certificate and a $1,000 grant to advance their economic engagement efforts. 

Visit the award website for full submission details or email questions to ecodevo@k-state.edu.

K-State Innovation Partners is committed to collaborating with university, industry, and communities to deliver on a streamlined mission of corporate engagement, technology commercialization and economic development. In order to best assist the university, we have designed a survey to help us improve our efforts at K-State. We would appreciate if K-State faculty and staff could please complete this survey by September 15^th. Your feedback is key in shaping our strategies and initiatives as we strive to create a prosperous environment of innovation and growth.

Participants in the survey will be entered into a drawing to win one of three $100 gift certificates, as a thanks for taking the time to contribute to our mission. 

For questions regarding the survey or to connect with K-State Innovation Partners staff, please contact us at tech.transfer@k-state.edu.  

The National Science Foundation National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, or NCSES, in partnership with America’s DataHub Consortium, invites interested individuals and organizations to join us in contributing insights to our new Idea Bank.



These ideas will help shape future project solicitations and other activities NCSES and ADC will undertake, including those to inform a potential National Secure Data Service, an initiative that would streamline and innovate data access, data linkage, and privacy-protections to support expanded data use for evidence-building.

 We're excited about the dialogue and innovation these insights will spark and look forward to engaging with the public.

Priority topics:

• Privacy Preserving Technologies
• Data collection, access, linkage, and standards
• Statistical and other quantitative analyses
• Legal frameworks
• User Tools
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Artificial Intelligence
• Other

Submit an idea.

Ideas can be submitted at any time, but you are encouraged to do so within the next 30 days. We're excited about the dialogue and innovation these insights will spark and look forward to engaging with the public.

9:30-11 a.m.

Sept. 21

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.

U.S.-Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program

NIH is pleased to announce the release of the following Notice of Special Interest as part of the National Institutes of Health continuation of the U.S. entity of the U.S.-Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program, or BRCP. 

The U.S.-Japan BRCP promotes scientist exchange, training, and research collaborations between neuroscientists from the U.S. and Japan. This administrative supplement program provides funds to currently active research grants that are supported by one of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.

Application due date – 5 p.m., September 18.

For inquiries and additional information, please visit https://www.ninds.nih.gov/us-japan-brcp.

1-2:30 p.m.

September 25

This interagency program solicitation aims to support the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral, and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. Transformations hinge on scientific and engineering innovations by interdisciplinary teams that develop novel methods to intuitively and intelligently collect, sense, connect, analyze, and interpret data from individuals, devices, and systems to enable discovery and optimize health. Solutions to these complex biomedical or public health problems demand the formation of interdisciplinary teams that are ready to address these issues while advancing fundamental science and engineering.

This webinar covers the program solicitation and ends with questions and answers.



Register to attend.  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

October 12-13, 2023

Denver, Colorado

Calling all land-grant colleagues!

Join the Northcentral Region Water Network in Denver, Colorado to discuss how we can work together across institutions to address vulnerability associated with climate change, protect and restore our waters for future generations, and advance culturally rich and sustainable food systems and food sovereignty. 

The North Central Region Water Network, The First American Land-Grant Consortium, or FALCON, and partners from across the North Central Region are excited to host a workshop for 1862, 1890, and 1994 land-grant colleagues working on climate and water-related issues.

This in-person workshop will be held ahead of the FALCON Annual Conference, starting mid-day on October 12 and ending at 1 p.m. on October 13 in Downtown Denver, Colorado.

Together, we will create actionable recommendations to improve collaborations among land-grant institutions in ways that will increase our ability to provide climate and water programming in equitable and just ways with a focus on serving Black and Indigenous communities.

Learn more.

November 28-30

Gaylord National Harbor in Washington D.C.

This is our 12th annual program, bringing together defense, private industry, federal agencies, and academic leadership to accelerate applications for state-of-the-art technology solutions. Our unique Innovation Partner packages for Defense TechConnect 2023 offers exceptional networking, showcase, pitch, and expo opportunities for your organization. By participating, you will have the chance to be front and center at one of the largest dedicated emerging tech and innovation matchmaking conferences of the year. Become a TechConnect Innovation Partner!

In addition to Defense TechConnect 2023, we are co-locating two conferences - SBIR/STTR Fall Innovation and Smart Cities 2023. This collaboration will provide a unique opportunity for networking and knowledge exchange.

Save the date and mark your calendars for this premier event! Already prepared to apply? Go ahead and submit your technology applications.

In the Wake of Fukushima’s Waste Water Release, Public Perception on Nuclear Power Could Face a Roadblock MarketScale

Why Do Cats Knead Like They’re Making Biscuits? Scientific American

New K-State app aims to make lives of Kansas farmers easier KSNT

K-State biologist researches methods to help with cervical cancer treatment WIBW

Farm Legislation Also Affects Nutrition Programs, Says K-State Officials Farms.com

Citizen science inspires kids to take local action

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a program designed to involve Girl Scouts in citizen science — in which members of the public can participate in scientific research — not only taught girls how to conduct research but motivated them to tackle scientific or environmental problems in their communities.  NSF

New Satellite Tracking Air Pollution Releases Its First Images

The instrument, called TEMPO, will make hourly measurements of pollutants over North America that could help reduce exposure to unhealthy air. Smithsonian Magazine

Her work paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. Now, she’s fighting for recognition

When Svetlana Mojsov heard the spring 2021 announcement, she was startled. The Canada Gairdner International Award, a prestigious biomedical research prize, would be bestowed on three scientists for work underpinning the diabetes and obesity drugs that have exploded in popularity in recent years. “I was really upset,” recalls Mojsov, a chemist at Rockefeller University. Science

Indigenous-led monitoring protects wild rice in Great Lakes region

Manoomin is a wild rice central to the culture and livelihoods of the Indigenous Ojibwe peoples who live in the Great Lakes area. Once common across the Great Lakes, both in the United States and Canada, manoomin habitat has dwindled due to the interconnected pressures of development, pollution and climate change. Researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation are working closely with Ojibwe communities and scientific organizations covering miles of coastal wetlands each season to monitor ecosystems. Together, they are integrating computing into their efforts to support manoomin and the Indigenous culture. NSF

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