Season's Greetings! As we wrap up another year of remarkable achievements and research, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each of you for your dedication and hard work. Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year filled with continued success and inspiration.
So far in FY2025, WSU researchers under Academic Affairs have submitted external proposals in the amount of $50,755,492 and have received $51,668,616 in external awards.
If you have questions about the content of this newsletter, please contact research@wichita.edu. A new look to this newsletter will be coming soon in the new year!
LAST MONTH'S
AWARDS
RACE, GUNS AND REPRESENTATION: INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE TO BRITISH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AS CITIZEN OPINION ABOUT POLITICS
PI/Department: Neal Allen, Political Science
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $3,321
SHOCKERS VOTE MINI GRANT 2024
PI/Department: Loren Belew, Student Involvement
Sponsor: Every Vote Counts, Inc.
Amount: $1,000
PWS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION - YEAR 2
PI/Department: Tonya Bronleewe, HWS of Urban & Public Affairs
Sponsor: Dept of Health & Environment - Kansas / Environmental Protection Agency
Amount: $243,072
GEAR UP AT HAYSVILLE
PI/Department: Jose Hinojosa, ED-GEAR-UP
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $720,000
QUANTIFYING RISK FACTORS OF COASTAL EROSION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ON THE GEORGIA COAST
PI/Department: Matthew Howland, Anthropology
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,500
ROBUST AND INTERPRETABLE DEEPFAKE AUDIO DETECTION USING FEATURE EXTRACTION AND DEEP LEARNING MODELS
PI/Department: Shruti Kshirsagar, School of Computing
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,500
KANSAS IDEA NETWORK OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE 5: DRPP - AMENDMENT 1
PI/Department: Rajprasad Loganathan, Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Univ of KS Medical Ctr Research Inst, Inc. / Natl Institutes of Health
Amount: $4,418
KANSAS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY GRANT (FY25)
PI/Department: Anthony Muscat, Engineering Dean's Office
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Commerce
Amount: $3,500,000
LET鈥橲 MAKE A COMMONWEALTH: MUSICAL BRITISHNESS AT THE TWILIGHT OF EMPIRE
PI/Department: Trevor Nelson, School of Music
Sponsor: State of Kansas - URCA
Amount: $4,500
TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT- YR 5
PI/Department: Linda Rhone, ED-Student Support Services
Sponsor: Department of Education - US
Amount: $514,726
CCNK CODING & BILLING MANUAL
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Community Care Network Of Kansas, Inc.
Amount: $35,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Ness County Health Department
Amount: $1,800
CONFERENCE PLANNING SUPPORT
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: LHD Academy of Science
Amount: $17,543
FACILITATION SERVICES FOR KANSAS FOSTER ADVISORY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD MEETINGS - AMENDMENT 1
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Department for Children & Families / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $12,769
UNITED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SATISFACTION SURVEY
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: United Healthcare Community Plan of Kansas
Amount: $39,500
WICHITA COALITION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Kansas Children's Service League / Dept of Health and Human Services
Amount: $9,900
YOUTH LEADERSHIP OUTREACH AND LOGISTICS
PI/Department: Scott Wituk, Community Engagement Institute
Sponsor: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
Amount: $10,000
MONTHLY AWARDS FOR THE DIVISION OF INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE EQUAL $65,214,123, OF WHICH $65,059,494 BELONGS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AVIATION RESEARCH (NIAR).
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
Focused Funding Opportunities
Please reach out early and as soon as you have found a potential opportunity that you wish to apply for. Early notifications allow the Office of Research to minimize the risk of missing agency deadlines, to fix potential errors, to ensure compliance with WSU policies and procedures, and to ensure the best service from our office.
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REMINDER *** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadlines: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two applications, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent toproposals@wichita.edu by January 14, 2025 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is January 28, 2025. Full Applications due March 4, 2025.
Purpose: 鈥淪upports institutions of higher education to fund scholarships for academically talented low-income STEM majors and to study and implement a program of activities that support their recruitment, retention and graduation.鈥
Amount: Up to $2M-$5M depending on Track
Funding Agency: Flossie E. West Memorial Trust
Title: 2025 Request for Proposals for Basic Research Relating to the Study and Cure of Cancer
Application Deadline: January 17, 2025 at 9:00am Central
Purpose: 鈥淭he Flossie E. West Memorial Trust provides support for basic research relating to the study and cure of cancer.鈥 Emailproposals@wichita.edu to request a copy of the solicitation.
Amount: $30,500
Funding Agency: American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
Title:
Application Deadlines: Mandatory Letter of Intent due January 17, 2025; Full Applications due May 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淎ICR鈥檚 Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Program is dedicated to funding research on cancer prevention, treatment, and survival related to modifiable lifestyle factors including diet, nutrition, body composition, and physical activity but also additional modifiable lifestyle exposures, such as sleep and stress.鈥
Amount: $75,000-$225,000 depending on category
Funding Agency: NASA
Title:
Application Deadlines: Varies based on Solicited Research Program; some Notices of Intent or Step 1 Proposals due in January 2025; May 15, 2025 is the last close date for certain topics
Purpose: 鈥淪oliciting Basic and Applied Science Research and Technology Development.鈥
Amount: Varies based on Solicited Research Program
REMINDER: Funding Agency: The American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium
Title: 2025-2026 Research Grants
Application Deadline: January 19, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he program鈥檚 goals are 1) to stimulate research on college athletics designed to promote student-athlete welfare; and 2) to assist The American鈥檚 member institutions and intercollegiate athletics programs in evidence-based practice for student-athletes. The American鈥檚 Academic Consortium invites research proposals within the general area of student-athlete well-being. Research topics include but are not limited to: The impact of participation in intercollegiate athletics on the academic or social experience of student-athletes; Best practices in the areas of student-athlete physical and mental health; Career and professional development strategies; Student-athlete integration into the campus community; Diversity and inclusion issues in intercollegiate athletics; and Novel and timely issues effecting student-athletes.鈥 Please email proposals@wichita.edu for a copy of the full solicitation.
Amount: $15,000
Funding Agency: Stranahan Foundation
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent due January 21, 2025 by 11am; If invited, Full Applications due March 21, 2025 by 11am
Purpose: 鈥淭he Stranahan Foundation鈥檚 Early Childhood Education grantmaking program focuses on increasing access to high-quality early care and education for young children (birth to five), especially those from low-income families, by investing in developing and retaining a high-quality, thriving early educator workforce.鈥
Amount: Up to $500,000
Funding Agency: Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Title:
Application Deadline: January 21, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o invest in early career scholars whose research agendas are policy relevant, related to how inequality affects economic growth, and who are interested in engaging with nonacademic audiences.鈥
Amount: $30,000
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 27, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭his community-based grant program aims to support organizations to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, the program also aims to strengthen local resources and capacity in rural communities. Through collaborative consortiums that include three or more health care providers, each community can develop innovative approaches to solve their own unique challenges and factors underlying rural health disparities.鈥
Amount: $250,000-300,000
Funding Agency: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letters of Intent due January 27, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due April 21, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he CO&I portfolio supports non-profit organizations providing programs and services that are community-driven, empowering, and inclusive of all ages and backgrounds to enhance quality of life.鈥
Amount: $25,000-$200,000
Funding Agency: Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
Title:
Application Deadlines: Mandatory Letters of Inquiry due January 31, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due at a later date
Purpose: 鈥淭he Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States. Welfare is broadly defined to include physical and mental health, safety, nutrition, education, play, familial support, acculturation, societal integration and childcare.鈥 Funding priorities include Early Childhood Welfare, Early Childhood Education and Play and Parenting Education.
Amount: See website for previous funding amounts.
Funding Agency: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Title:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾rovide opportunities for junior or non-tenured scholars (within seven years of receiving their Ph.D.) from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement or disability issues.鈥
Amount: $50,000
Funding Agency: American Vineyard Foundation (AVF)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he AVF鈥檚 2024 Research Priority Survey identified the following key areas for focus: Viruses, Changing Environment, Vineyard Sustainability, Wine sensory to chemistry relationships, Improved winemaking practices, and Winery sustainability.鈥
Amount: Not listed.
Funding Agency: HALO (Private Companies, Kraft Heinz and More)
Title:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Purpose: HALO promotes opportunities for research and development presented by industry. Opportunities vary greatly. For example, recent requests from industry partners include 鈥3D Body modeling and fit optimization for absorbent products; pressure monitoring systems for extreme temperatures or explosive risk prevention, and simulation methods for fluid flow and leakage prevention,鈥 for example.
Amount: Varies based on opportunity
Funding Agency: American Economic Association
Title:
Application Deadline: February 1, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾llows the fellow to spend a summer in residence at a sponsoring research institution.鈥
Amount: Compensation is set by each sponsoring institution, normally at a level commensurate with the institution鈥檚 usual practices for an economist of equivalent experience.
Funding Agency: Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 1, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淢TF research grants support high quality, independent research that contributes to the basic science of massage therapy application, including applied research investigating massage therapy as a health/mental health treatment and/or prevention modality.鈥
Amount: $30,000
REMINDER: Funding Agency: K-INBRE
Title: |
Application Deadline: February 3, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾roviding funds to institutional core facilities that support NIH-related biomedical research鈥 and 鈥溾ssisting in the process of bringing in new faculty to K-INBRE Primarily Undergraduate Institutions.鈥
Amount: $10,000 in direct costs for Core Facility; $40,000 in direct costs for Start-Up Package
Funding Agency: Sarcoma Foundation of America
Title:
Application Deadline: February 3, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾re-clinical, translational, and clinical research on the etiology, molecular biology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of human sarcomas.鈥
Amount: $75,000
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadlines: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit two applications, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by February 4, 2025 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is February 18, 2025. Full Applications due March 25, 2025.
Purpose: 鈥淭he IGE Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that a) explore ways for graduate students in STEM master鈥檚 and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers, or b) support research on the graduate education system and outcomes of systemic interventions and policies.鈥
Amount: $300,000-$1,000,000 depending on Track
Funding Agency: Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Title:
Application Deadline: February 10, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o support research that will generate actionable insights for policymakers and inform policies that lead to strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth.鈥
Amount: $25,000-$80,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 10, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淪upports transitioning teams from research that is multidisciplinary to research that transcends disciplinary boundaries with novel conceptual frameworks, theories and methods.鈥
Amount: $3,600,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 10 or September 9, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淪upports the development of theories, models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can inform the science of science, science policy, public outcomes and the advancement of the scientific enterprise, with a focus on the biomedical sciences.鈥
Amount: $100,000-$250,000 per year
*** LIMITED *** Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadlines: ***Limited*** Because WSU may only submit four applications, Notices of Intent to apply must be sent to proposals@wichita.edu by February 11, 2025 at 12noon, in case an internal competition is needed. The goal date for informing you if you have been chosen to proceed is February 25, 2025. Full Applications due April 8, 2025.
Purpose: 鈥溾rovides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research institutions and/or centers.鈥
Amount: Up to $300,000
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 12, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淣EH-funded institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.鈥
Amount: Up to $220,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 12, June 12, or October 12, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o support a cohort of early career, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds (for example, individuals from underrepresented groups) conducting research in NIH mission areas.鈥
Amount: Award budgets are composed of salary and other program-related expenses.
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 13, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities.鈥
Amount: $250,000
Funding Agency: Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 13, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o investigate the health outcomes of pet ownership and/or animal-assisted interventions, both for the people and the animals involved. Proposals should have a strong theoretical framework and focus on innovative approaches to studying the positive effects of companion animals on human health.鈥
Amount: While there is no budget cap, HABRI awards an average of 5-6 projects each year with project costs averaging approximately $49,000 per project and an average duration of about 20 months.
Funding Agency: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Title:
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾upports community-based initiatives focused on food as medicine, health and agriculture. Over the two-year grant period, grantees will design, implement and evaluate actionable community-based projects for sustainable food systems that improve human health and nutrition.鈥
Amount: Each of the eight grantee teams will receive $50,000 to support and expand their project.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o support meritorious research projects that involve secondary data analyses of existing oral or craniofacial database resources, or that develop needed statistical methodology for analyzing existing dental, oral or craniofacial databases.鈥
Amount: A budget for direct costs of up to $100,000 per year, with a maximum of $200,000 direct costs over two years, may be requested.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾ncourages grant applications from investigators interested in conducting basic research studies into the biological/genetic causes and mechanisms of cancer health disparities.鈥
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o support innovative research relevant to advancing the understanding of the effects of climate change across the cancer control continuum, from cancer etiology and cancer risks through survivorship, and ways to prevent or mitigate negative health effects. This includes, but is not limited to, studies to improve knowledge of the impact of climate change related environmental effects on cancer risks, control and behaviors.鈥
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾upports clinical trials that fall within the NICHD mission. The R03 activity code supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. The R03 program may be used for different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.鈥
Amount: Application budgets are limited to $50,000 in direct costs per year.
Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾esearch projects that test promising digital healthcare interventions used at the point of care and aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services delivery.鈥
Amount: In the R21 phase, the combined budget for total costs (direct and indirect) for the two-year period may not exceed $280,000. In the R33 phase, the combined budget for total costs (direct and indirect) for the three-year period may not exceed $720,000.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾ill support meritorious projects to provide needed scientific insight to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD).鈥
Amount: Applications may request budgets of up to $100,000 in direct costs per year for up to two years.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both newly independent investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs, to enable the conduct of small "proof of concept" studies.鈥
Amount: Applicants may request direct costs of up to $150,000 for a period of one year only.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, or October 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o demonstrate feasibility and potential utility of new capabilities or improvements in quality, speed, efficacy, operability, costs, and/or accessibility of solutions to problems in basic biomedical, pre-clinical, or clinical research, clinical care delivery, or accessibility. The overall goals of this NOFO are to identify cancer risks and risk reduction strategies, to identify factors that cause cancer in humans, and to discover and develop mechanisms for cancer prevention and preventive interventions in humans.鈥
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 16 or June 16, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾upporting meritorious research projects in three distinct domains related to cancer communication: 1) the utility and application of new cancer communication surveillance approaches; 2) the development and testing of rapid cancer communication pilot interventions using innovative methods and designs; and 3) the development and testing of multilevel cancer communication models emphasizing bidirectional influence between levels.鈥
Amount: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 18, or September 15, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淪upports research and infrastructure that digitally records and documents languages 鈥 with an emphasis on endangered languages 鈥 through the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples and databases, advancing linguistic theory and the study of language.鈥
Amount: $450,000 for Senior Research and Conference Projects
Funding Agency: Lever for Change
Title:
Application Deadlines: Applicants must register by February 19, 2025 with Full Applications due March 19, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭his challenge seeks transformative solutions that are poised to reverse recent trends and significantly increase public trust in core institutions in the United States in the next five years. Applicants best fit for this opportunity will use key leverage points to renew, rebuild, and/or establish trust in core institutions for Americans across the country.鈥
Amount: $9,000,000
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 21, June 5, or October 5, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾 call to action in response to the youth mental health crisis in the United States. NIMH seeks applications that will study methods to increase access to, and quality of, empirically-supported practices for youth mental health. Applications may address research related to: optimizing assessment, intervention and service strategies; overcoming challenges related to workforce shortages and waitlists for treatment; integration of treatment and preventive interventions into settings where youth are most likely to be identified as needing care (e.g., schools,pediatric medicine, community organizations, social services, and juvenile justice), and service interventions that address systemic barriers to access and quality of mental health care (e.g., structural, policy, organizational, value in terms of cost/financing, management).鈥
Amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title:
Application Deadlines: February 25, June 25, or October 25, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾o support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.鈥
Amount: Applicants may request up to $375,000 in direct costs, excluding consortium F&A, for the entire project period of up to 3 years.
Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 25, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he Maternal and Child Health Secondary Data Analysis program supports applied research through analysis of existing databases or administrative records to improve health outcomes, and the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of health care services for maternal and child health populations.鈥 鈥淭he Autism Secondary Data Analysis program supports applied research through analysis of existing databases or administrative records to improve health outcomes, and the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of health care services for children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities across the lifespan.鈥
Amount: $60,000 per year
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Application Deadline: February 26, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾olicits grant applications for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other works of academic and/or public health policy value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences.鈥
Amount: 鈥淎pplicants may request up to $75,000 direct costs per year to support salary and fringe benefits for project personnel. Applicants may also request up to $5,000 direct costs per year for other costs needed to develop the final products (such as supplies, design/editing services, travel, etc.).鈥
Funding Agency: Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF)
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent due March 1, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淢TF research grants support high quality, independent research that contributes to the basic science of massage therapy application, including applied research investigating massage therapy as a health/mental health treatment and/or prevention modality.鈥
Amount: $30,000-$300,000
Funding Agency: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 5, 2025
Purpose: 鈥溾his initiative strives to bring together researchers in various subfields of economics and financial economics. Core topics for investigation include funding structures, financial intermediaries, capital market frictions, operational and financial linkages across markets, financial stability, and the determinants, detection, and remediation of systemic risk.鈥
Amount: Up to $97,000
Funding Agency: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Gulf Research Program (GRP)
Title:
Application Deadlines: March 12, 2025 for Human Health & Community Resilience and Offshore Energy Tracks; June 18, 2025 for Environmental Protection & Stewardship and Education Research Tracks
Purpose: 鈥淭he Gulf Research Program鈥檚 Early-Career Research Fellowship supports emerging scientific leaders as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations, and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in improving offshore energy system safety and the well-being of coastal communities and ecosystems.鈥
Amount: $76,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: Preliminary Proposal due March 12, 2025 or September 10, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he IUCRC program catalyzes breakthrough pre-competitive research by enabling close and sustained engagement between industry innovators, world-class academic teams, and government agencies.鈥
Amount: $20,000-$150,000 per year
Funding Agency: International Human Frontier Science Program Organization
Title:
Application Deadlines: Letter of Intent must be initiated no later than March 18, 2025; If invited, Full Applications will be due in September 2025
Purpose: 鈥淩esearch Grants are meant to allow teams of independent researchers to develop new lines of research through a new collaboration. Priority will be given to novel research projects with the potential to extend the present frontier of life sciences and teams including members from outside life sciences. Applicants for Research Grants are encouraged to include independent investigators early in their careers as members of their team, high diversity of backgrounds (gender, origin, and others) and approaches often adding to the quality of the work. HFSP supports novel, international, preferably intercontinental, collaborations that involve scientific exchanges across national boundaries. Team members should not have collaborated before, they will normally not have published original research together, and the project must be significantly different from their ongoing research.鈥
Amount: $300,000-$500-000 annually
Funding Agency: Thrasher Research Fund
Title:
Application Deadlines: Concept Submissions due March 18, 2025; If invited, Full Applications due May 8, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. We do not focus on a particular 鈥disease, but all our funded projects deal directly with children's health. In the Early Career Award Program, the Fund is particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children's health through medical research. Both an applicant's aptitude and inclination toward research are considered. The quality of the mentor and the mentoring relationship are also considered to be important predictors of success.鈥
Amount: Up to $25,000 in direct costs
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH): Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Title:
Application Deadline: March 19, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he program should support scholars with a clinical background in medical rehabilitation (e.g., physiatry, physical/occupational therapy and allied health).鈥
Amount: An applicant may request up to $850,000 direct costs annually.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: April 8, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淪upports fundamental changes to the training of undergraduate engineering students that equip them with the technical and professional skills needed to solve complex societal problems. RED Planning (Track 1) projects will support capacity-building activities at institutions of special interest to NSF鈥檚 mission, specifically two-year engineering-centered programs building transfer partnerships, two-year or four-year institutions in EPSCoR jurisdictions, Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, and Institutions of Higher Education seeking to level the number of degrees across of the full spectrum of diverse talent in engineering.鈥
Amount: $75,000 per year for Planning Track 1
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Title:
Application Deadline: April 9, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淣EH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project鈥檚 value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.鈥
Amount: Up to $60,000
Funding Agency: National Archives: National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Title:
Application Deadline: May 7, 2025 (optional draft due February 18, 2025)
Purpose: 鈥溾hree or more repositories working together to make their collections more readily available for public discovery and use. The Commission welcomes collaborations that target institutional advancement for small and underserved local archives and repositories, especially those with collections that focus on the voices and perspectives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.鈥
Amount: $30,000 for Planning Grants; $120,000 for Implementation Grants
Funding Agency: National Archives: National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Title:
Application Deadlines: May 7, 2025 and November 5, 2025 (optional drafts due February 18, 2025 and August 15, 2025)
Purpose: 鈥淭he National Archives supports projects that promote access to America's historical records to encourage understanding of our democracy, history, and culture.鈥
Amount: $150,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: September 29, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淪upports interdisciplinary research and education to develop a secure, resilient and trustworthy global cyber ecosystem by addressing vulnerabilities, improving trust in cyber systems and cultivating a well-trained cybersecurity workforce.鈥
Amount: $500,000 for EDU projects; $1,200,000 for RES projects
Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Science (SC)
Title:
Application Deadline: Pre-Applications are optional and encouraged; Full Applications accepted until September 30, 2025
Purpose: 鈥淭he SC of the DOE hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving applications for support of work in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production.鈥
Amount: Historically, awards from $5,000 to $5,000,000 have been made in response to the Notice of Funding Opportunity each year.
Funding Agency: Department of Defense (DOD): Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
Title:
Application Deadline: Letters of Intent accepted until July 18, 2029
Purpose: 鈥淭he Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate is the Department of the Air Force's Center of Expertise for directed energy and optical technologies. The Directorate develops and transitions technologies in four core technical competencies: Laser Systems, Directed Energy and Electro-Optics for Space Superiority, High Power Electromagnetics, and Weapons Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis. This five-year, open FOA is for soliciting research applications for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in these Core Technical Competencies.鈥
Amount: Not applicable for Letters of Intent
Funding Agency: Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
Title:
Application Deadline: Ongoing; Open year-round
Purpose: 鈥溾eploys urgent funding to support research and outreach in response to emerging or unanticipated threats to the nation鈥檚 food supply or agricultural systems.鈥
Amount: Up to $150,000
REMINDER: Funding Agency: Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Title:
Application Deadline: Open until two awards per fiscal year is reached or funds are depleted
Purpose: 鈥淭his program is structured to build stronger relationships between university members and ORAU collaborators by focusing on research and education topics that align well with ORAU鈥檚 expertise and current priorities. FY 2025 grant focus areas include: Improving Our Behavioral Health, the Post-Pandemic World, Implementing Innovative Technologies and Our Changing Planet.鈥
Amount: $4,000
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: Varies by topic. Proposals are accepted anytime unless a due date is listed.
- 鈥 Nov 1-15, 2025
- 鈥 Oct 1-Nov 15, 2025
- 鈥 Sep & Oct - varies based on discipline
- 鈥揓an 15 & Aug 15 annually
- 鈥 Oct 2, 2025
- 鈥 Nov 19, 2025
- 鈥揓an 15 and Jul 15 annually
- 鈥 Oct 14, 2025
- 鈥揓an 30 & Aug 28, 2025
- 鈥 Nov & Dec 鈥 varies by topic
- 鈥揊eb 12 & Aug 6, 2025
- 鈥 Sep 29, 2025
- 鈥揓an 15 & Aug 15, 2025
- 鈥 Jan 15 and Jul 15 annually
- 鈥 Dec 1-15, 2025
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title:
Application Deadline: Varies by topic 鈥 click each topic to learn more about these special program opportunities. Proposals are accepted anytime unless a due date is listed.
- 鈥揟rack 1 & 2 proposals accepted anytime; Tracks 3 & 4 Nov 19, 2025
- 鈥 Varies by size of application (Small, Medium, Core)
- ) 鈥 Various funding mechanisms available
- 鈥揊eb 12, 2025
- 鈥 Sep 30, 2025 for CAT, CSDM-B, and SYN; Oct 31, 2025 for CMI, ECS and MSN
- 鈥 Varies by topic
- 鈥 Jan 23, 2025
- 鈥揊eb 3 and Aug 1, 2025
- 鈥 Preliminary Proposals due Mar 12 or Sep 10, 2025
- 鈥揊eb 4 and Aug 5, 2025
- 鈥揝ep 8, 2025
- 鈥 Aug 20, 2025
- 鈥 Oct 8, 2025
EDUCATION &
TRAINING
WSU Office of Research Workshops
Topics include an Introduction to the WSU Office of Research with resources and contacts, WSU policies and procedures related to research, finding funding utilizing Pivot, project budgeting and general grant-writing tips. Previously recorded workshops can also be found on the Office of Research website.
National Academies: Report Release Webinar: Adult Learning in the Military Context: January 7, 2025
鈥淭he Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences and the Board on Science Education are pleased to announce the release of the Adult Learning in the Military Context consensus report. This work is sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Please join Dr. Margaret Beier, the study chair, for an overview of the report and a discussion of the conclusions and recommendations.鈥
ARPA-H: Emerging Health Innovators Proposers Day: January 8, 2025
鈥淎RPA-H鈥檚 Emerging Health Innovators (EHI) Initiative aims to increase access to government research funding and address health care gaps in the U.S. for early career investigators and community innovators. Proposers鈥 Day is an optional event for the potential proposer community.鈥
NASA Essentials SBIR/STTR Workshop: January 9, 2025
鈥淭his interactive virtual workshop will provide a detailed overview of the open NASA SBIR and STTR solicitations including research subtopics and objectives for the agency. We鈥檒l review their funding priorities and application processes, including guidance on assembling a project team suitable for your proposed scope of work.鈥
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program Webinars: January 21, February 26, March 20 or May 2, 2025
鈥淭he Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program is now accepting applications for U.S. institutions to host an international scholar in the 2026-27 academic year for a semester or full year to support campus internationalization goals. S-I-Rs work across departments and curricula to enhance an international program, develop new world area studies programs or add an international dimension to coursework.鈥 Fulbright provides J-visa sponsorship, travel, and living stipends to scholars who further U.S. institutions鈥 internationalization efforts. Consider signing up to attend a live webinar to learn more about the program.鈥
Office of Research Workshop: Using Pivot to Find Funding: January 22, 2025
Looking for external sponsored project funding? Join Fran Cook, CRA, Trainer from the 成人头条 State Office of Research, who will host a virtual workshop demonstrating tips and tricks for using Pivot to search for funding opportunities. We will also discuss how to find potential funding opportunities that might not be listed in Pivot.
Email funding@wichita.edu or register directly on MyTraining.
National Academies: Advancing Data Sharing to Strengthen One Health Effectiveness: Building Trust for Effective Collaboration Webinar: January 28, 2025
鈥淎pplying a One Health approach requires collaboration at multiple levels to address complex challenges. Actors, such as government agencies, non-government and private entities, citizens, and the research community must have reason to believe that they will receive benefits and credit for data shared without threat of retaliation, exploitation, or misapplication.鈥
NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15): What You Need to Know and Recent Changes: January 30, 2025
鈥淎ttention principal investigators, research administrators, research development professionals, and anyone else interested in NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) grants! In this virtual event, participants will learn about the two NIH R15 programs: Academic ResearchEnhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions and Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools.鈥
Hanover Research Upcoming Training Webinars: January 30 and February 27, 2025
Hanover Research offers a series of webinars on a variety of topics 鈥渄esigned to help grant-seekers develop their skills and plan for upcoming competitions.鈥 The webinar on January 30, 2025 is titled 鈥淢ajor Changes for NIH Grantseekers鈥 and the webinar on February 27, 2025 is titled 鈥淜eys to a Competitive NSF CAREER Proposal.鈥
National Academies: Higher Education鈥檚 Path to Sustainability and Resilience: A Workshop: February 5, 2025
鈥淛oin the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a large public workshop bringing together a diverse group of higher education stakeholders to explore potential mechanisms to advance the role of the higher education sector in enabling transformational actions to achieve national and global sustainability and resilience goals.鈥
National Academies: Gulf Research Program: Building Health and Resilience Research Capacity in the US Gulf Coast: Elevating Minority-Serving Institutions as Key Partners: February 20, 2025
鈥淭his second workshop will continue the discussion surrounding applied research opportunities that address extreme weather and environmental stressors on human health, inform and improve public health data systems, and enhance community resilience. Participants will hear from community leaders and academic researchers who have engaged in and sustained partnerships to conduct community-engaged research at MSIs and HBCUs.鈥
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Compare Research Project Grants: R01, R03, and R21
鈥淭his article compares R01 with two additional research project grant (RPG) types that have broad Parent Opportunity Announcements for investigator-initiated applications. The comparisons can help you (the organization that receives and administers a grant award and the principal investigators responsible for directing the supported project) choose an appropriate funding opportunity and understand some of the impacts of your choice.鈥
REMINDER: WSU Information Security: Data Privacy & Security Training, Questions or Reporting
If your research includes patient medical data and you need to take HIPAA / Sensitive Data Handling training, if you have a question about data privacy or security, or need to report a concern, please contact the WSU Privacy or Security Office.
Privacy: 316-978-4HIP (4447) or privacy@wichita.edu
Security: 316-978-4SEC (4732) or askinfosec@wichita.edu
REMINDER: Hanover Grants Learning Center Available
WSU Faculty and Staff may now access course content through the Hanover Research Grants Learning Center by registering and using a referral code. Courses are designed for on-demand grantsmanship training.
Email proposals@wichita.edu to request the referral code to register for access to the Hanover Research Grants Learning Center.
REMINDER: Learn to Use BeoShock for your Advanced Research Computing Needs
成人头条 continues to host Beoshock, a High-Performance Computing Cluster (HPC). This HPC is available and free to faculty members, researchers and students engaged in course work or research activities. BeoShock runs the CentOS Linux operating system and features approximately 720 processor cores, two high memory compute nodes with 1.5 terabytes of memory, and four graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerators. BeoShock also has a variety of software tools that may be helpful in your research endeavors, such as Matlab,Mathematica, R, Python and many more.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
ORCID ID 鈥 Persistent Digital Identifiers for Researchers
ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, open, non-proprietary, and not-for-profit organization created by the research community for the benefit of all stakeholders, providing a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that distinguishes researchers with record that supportsautomatic links among all professional activities. A researcher鈥檚 ORCID iD and connections are stored in the ORCID Registry, in an account owned and managed by individual researchers. The WSU Office of Research recommends that Researchers set up their ORCID if they have not already, as some federal funders may require the use of an ORCID as part of a researcher鈥檚 biographical sketch or CV.
Department of Energy Approach to Research, Technology & Economic Security (RTES)
鈥淚n November 2024, the Deputy Secretary for Energy (S2) issued a memo outlining DOE's approach to Research, Technology, and Economic Security (RTES) risk in financial assistance and loan activities. The memo includes an overview of DOE鈥檚 goals, process, high-level risk factors, and commitment to mitigation.鈥 The WSU Office of Research recommends that Researchers who are interested in applying to the U.S. Department of Energy review the requirements, which include, but are not limited to, setting up an ORCID and taking Research Security Training prior to application submission.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Implementation Science for Climate Change and Health
鈥淭he purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of the interest of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative (CCHI) in supporting implementation science related to climate change and health. The CCHI seeks to reduce the health threats posed by climate change across the lifespan, improve the health of people who are at increased risk from or disproportionately impacted by climate change, and build health resilience among individuals, organizations, communities, Tribal Nations, and nations around the world. This NOSI encourages applications that propose implementation studies to understand and address barriers and facilitators to the adoption, implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of effective interventions to prevent or mitigate the health effects of climate change in the United States and globally.鈥
National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH Plan to Increase Findability and Transparency of Research Results Through the Use of Metadata and Persistent Identifiers (PID): Responses due February 21, 2025
鈥淪pecifically, NIH is outlining how researchers and institutions should use metadata to consistently identify themselves and their research outputs, as well as requirements for NIH-supported (i.e., both NIH-funded and NIH-managed) repositories to collect and make relevantmetadata publicly available and searchable. These efforts are informed by NIH鈥檚 experience in managing and hosting repositories and are intended to increase the findability and usability of all NIH research.鈥
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Feedback on the Framework for the NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research: Responses due March 12, 2025
鈥淭he National Institutes of Health (NIH) is developing the NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research FY26-FY30. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit feedback on the draft framework for this plan.鈥
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development (NICHD): Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Infrastructure for Population Dynamics Research Program (iPOP) (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
鈥淣ICHD intends to reissue a Notice of Funding Opportunity to solicit applications for research infrastructure support to advance the field of NICHD-relevant population dynamics research. This research infrastructure is to be used to increase research impact, innovation, and productivity; support the development of early-stage investigators; and maximize the efficiency of research support. This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.鈥
ARPA-H Launches PROSPR and RAPID
鈥淭he PROactive Solutions for Prolonging Resilience (PROSPR) program aims to identify biochemical and physiological markers and develop assessment tools that will allow researchers to better understand and target the underlying causes of age-related disease. The Rare Disease AI/ML for Precision Integrated Diagnostics (RAPID) program aims to transform the diagnosis of rare and ultra-rare diseases by developing highly accurate AI-based detection models.鈥
NASA Grants and Cooperative Agreement YouTube Playlist
NASA announced the release of several videos of importance. Topics include 鈥2024 NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM) Revisions鈥 and 鈥淏iographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Disclosure requirements.鈥
NSF Office Hours: Intro to NSF ExLENT: January 7 or February 5, 2025
The U.S. National Science Foundation Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (NSF ExLENT) program invites you to attend a virtual office hour session. An NSF program director will host a group discussion to answer questions about the NSF ExLENT funding opportunity and the proposal submission process.
AIM-AHEAD Program: Program for AI Readiness (PAIR): January 8, 2025
PAIR leadership will provide insights into submitting a successful application. Application templates and other resources will be provided.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Science & Technology (S&T): 2024 Year in Review
鈥淥ver the past year, S&T made great strides in strengthening the nation鈥檚 security through technological innovations and scientific progress. S&T鈥檚 achievements are a direct result of the commitment and creativity of our workforce and partners across industry, academia, and government. From advances in emergency management systems to new cybersecurity and drone capabilities, S&T has made exciting progress that will help DHS and first responders secure the nation. Explore our 2024 Year in Review and see which solutions will best support the nation鈥檚 homeland security needs in 2025 and beyond.鈥
REMINDER - 成人头条 Public Schools (USD 259): Advance Notice Required for Letters of Support and/or Participation in Research
成人头条 Public Schools (USD 259) requests a minimum of 30 business days to process letters of support or participation in research. It is WSU鈥檚 responsibility to have appropriate support from the school(s)/personnel that will be involved in the project prior to submitting a request. Letters of Support/Grant Proposals: WSU personnel who need a letter of support or USD259 participation on a grant proposal, should complete the form and are encouraged to reach out directly to Holly Wilson at hwilson@usd259.net early in the process for questions/clarification. Research Requests: WSU personnel who want to conduct research in USD 259, must download and complete the. Investigators are encouraged to reach out directly to Will Graves at wgraves@usd259.net early in the process for questions/clarifications.
As a reminder, all proposals submitted on behalf of WSU must be reviewed by the Office of Research prior to submission. This includes proposals where WSU is a direct recipient of funds and proposals where WSU is a proposed subawardee/subcontractor. Please contact the Office of Research at proposals@wichita.edu to get started.
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