March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • WSU professors and students recognized for innovative research
  • Call for Abstracts -- Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
  • Texas Tech will host free National Endowment for the Humanities grant application workshop April 6
  • NSF offers Computer & Information Science & Engineering Proposal Writing Workshop
  • University Research/Creative Projects award deadline is April 6
  • Required Conflict of Interest form now available online
  • WSU-supported K-INBRE program highlighted in national journal publication
  • WSU tops national rankings for research and development funding
  • NIH Peer Review Revealed provides a front-row seat to a NIH peer review meeting
WSU professors and students recognized for innovative research
Three Wichita State University researchers and a student group have been awarded the 2018 John A. See Innovation Award, totaling $36,000. The faculty winners are Li Yao, Ryan Amick and Scott Miller. Students were also recognized for their venture-based projects. Read more...
Call for Proposals: Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
The Call for Proposals for the 2018 Undergraduate and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) is now open. This year's forum will be held Friday, April 6, in the RSC, and provides an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students at Wichita State to present their scholarly and creative activity to a faculty, student and community audience, while competing for cash awards. Abstract submissions are due by Friday, March 16. Learn more...
Texas Tech will host free National Endowment for the Humanities grant application workshop April 6
Wichita State faculty are invited to attend a free one-day National Endowment for the Humanities regional grant application workshop on Friday, April 6 at Texas Tech University. The workshop will be coordinated by the TTU Humanities Center and run by Russell Wyland, NEH Acting Director, Division of Research Programs. It will include information about the Endowment and crafting persuasive applications; and a mock jury modeling the actual process NEH readers use to adjudicate proposals. One-on-one meetings with Wyland will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration and additional information is available on the TTU Humanities Center website . Click on the NEH link at the top of the home page. 
NSF offers Computer & Information Science & Engineering Proposal Writing Workshop
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) will host a one-day workshop on CAREER Proposal Writing on Monday, April 9. This workshop is at the new headquarters of the National Science Foundation in Alexandria, VA. Attendees will have the opportunity to improve their skills in proposal writing and interact with NSF CISE program directors and recent CAREER awardees. The workshop is also open to multidisciplinary researchers with a CISE-specific focus, including cyber-infrastructure. The workshop includes presentations and discussions on proposal preparation, experience sharing, a mock panel, and meetings with Program Directors from various research programs within CISE. The registration deadline is Saturday, March 10. Learn more...

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. 
University Research/Creative Projects award deadline is April 6
The deadline for University Research/Creative Award (URCA) applications is Friday, April 6. URCA funding allows recipients to retool or reestablish productive research/creative projects agenda. In areas where external funding is available, the URCA may be used as seed money to develop pilot data.
  • Areas where access to external sources is limited may receive special consideration.
  • Grants may be for up to $4,500 awarded in two separate competitions: New - tenure-eligible faculty in their first or second year of probation to initiate research/creative projects, and Established - tenured faculty or probationary faculty in their 3rd (or more) year of probation to retool or re-establish productive research/creative agenda.
  • A faculty member may receive only one of the following in a fiscal year: an URCA, an Award for Research/Creative Projects in Summer (ARCS), or a Multidisciplinary Research Project Award (MURPA).
Required Conflict of Interest form now available online
According to WSU Policies and Procedures chapter 3.04  all WSU Employees are required to complete a Conflict of Interest (COI) form annually. The Research Compliance Office is pleased to announce that COI form is now automated. To complete it, log into myWSU, find the Employee Required Training tab on the bottom left, and click the Annual Conflict of Interest link. Learn more...   

Please note that some employees are also required to complete a separate Kansas Statement of Substantial Interests form managed by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. If you are required to complete this form, you will receive notification from the department of Human Resources.
WSU-supported K-INBRE program highlighted in national journal publication
A paper outlining the unique collaboration of 10 higher education institutions in Kansas and northern Oklahoma, including Wichita State University, was published in the latest issue of Advances in Physiology Education, a professional journal of the American Physiological Society dedicated to the advancement of physiological research. Read more...
WSU tops national rankings for research and development funding
Wichita State has once again been ranked the top university in the country for industry-funded aeronautical engineering research and development (R&D). The new rankings were released by the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development survey, compiled by its National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. It includes information from all reporting universities for fiscal year 2016, when Wichita State reported $31 million in industry-funded aerospace R&D. Read more…
NIH Peer Review Revealed provides a front-row seat to a NIH peer review meeting
Real scientists from the scientific community review fictional but realistic grant applications for scientific merit. The NIH Center for Scientific Review created this video for new applicants and others who want to know how the National Institutes of Health evaluates the 80,000+ grant applications it receives each year. With the majority of NIH's $31 billion budget supporting grants to researchers, these reviews are key to future advancements in science and health.
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