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Congratulations to K-State’s 2023 NSF CAREER award winners
The Office of the Vice President for Research would like to congratulate four K-State faculty members who received awards through the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award. The award, known as a CAREER award, is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars.
K-State faculty receiving awards in 2023 are Tendai Gadzikwa, assistant professor of chemistry; Won Min Park, assistant professor of chemical engineering; Sonny Lee, assistant professor of biology; and Raj Kumar Pal, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering.
Gadzikwa and Pal participated in the NSF CAREER Writing Clinic which is facilitated by K-State’s Office of Research Development. This clinic happens each spring semester and begins with an informational session about the program, features a panel of recent K-State CAREER awardees who provide tips about the program, followed by the Writing Clinic which ends in July when the proposals are due.
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NEH Summer Stipends Writing Clinic – Summer 2023
The Office of Research Development will again offer a month-long writing clinic that will use an iterative process to help interested faculty members develop and refine their submissions for the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, Summer Stipends program. This clinic is based on the approach ORD has successfully offered for the National Science Foundation CAREER opportunity and has used for the last four years for the NEH Summer Stipends program. Two of K-State’s four most recent CAREER awardees, Tendai Gadzikwa and Raj Kumar Pal, participated in last year’s NSF CAREER Writing Clinic.
The Writing Clinic steps will be as follows:
- Prewriting Questions – submit by July 10; group meeting week of July 10.
- Significance and contribution section as well as the Organization and methods section– based on answers to prewriting questions – submit by July 17; group meeting week of July 17.
- Competencies, skills and access; final product and dissemination sections as well as the work plan (1 page) and bibliography – submit by July 24; group meeting week of July 24.
- Full 3-page narrative section, 1 page work plan and resume – submit by July 31; group meeting week of July 31.
We will meet once a week via Zoom to review and discuss the writing assignments. Participants agree to take part in all sessions and complete the assignments of the clinic.
If you are interested in participating in this Writing Clinic please send an email stating your interest to ord@k-state.edu by June 29. Please use “Summer Stipends” in the email subject line.
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External events and announcements | |
The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies is Prohibited for the NIH Peer Review Process | |
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The purpose of this Notice is to clarify NOT-OD-22-044 on Maintaining Security and Confidentiality in NIH Peer Review: Rules, Responsibilities and Possible Consequences and inform the extramural community that the NIH prohibits NIH scientific peer reviewers from using natural language processors, large language models, or other generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for analyzing and formulating peer review critiques for grant applications and R&D contract proposals. NIH is revising its Security, Confidentiality, and Non-disclosure Agreements for Peer Reviewers to clarify this prohibition. Reviewers should be aware that uploading or sharing content or original concepts from an NIH grant application, contract proposal, or critique to online generative AI tools violates the NIH peer review confidentiality and integrity requirements.
Read the full notice.
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NSF MRI Program changed due date | |
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The National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation program has changed its long-time mid-January due date to a date in mid-November. This means that the internal notification (working title, team/researcher list, submission type) due date for this very popular limited submission program will be 5 p.m., August 11 this year rather than in mid-September as has been the case in the past. Internal preproposals will be due by 5 p.m., September 1, 2023. The notification and preproposals should be submitted to the Office of Research Development via ordlimitedsubs@k-state.edu.
NSF’s MRI program supports the acquisition of a multi-user research instrument that is commercially available through direct purchase from a vendor, or for the personnel costs and equipment that are required for the development of an instrument with new capabilities, thereby advancing instrumentation capabilities and enhancing expertise for instrument design and fabrication at academic institutions. MRI instruments are, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.
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Halo Opportunities with industry partner | Kraft Heinz | |
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8 a.m.
Friday, June 30
Join Halo for a live, interactive webinar with Kraft Heinz!
Kraft Heinz R&D executives will be discussing their recently launched partnering opportunity on Halo and answering questions directly from researchers. You can review the opportunity in advance.
Who should attend:
- PIs, postdocs and doctoral students
- Startups
Relevant areas of expertise:
- Food chemistry and biochemistry
- Food engineering and processing
- Food science
- General chemistry
Here's what you'll learn:
- What solutions and technologies are of particular interest?
- What are the must-have versus preferred requirements for a winning solution?
- How Kraft Heinz can assist you in bringing your innovation to the world?
Sign up for the webinar.
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Halo Opportunities with industry partners | Amcor | |
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9 a.m.
Thursday, July 6
Join Halo for a live, interactive webinar with Amcor Limited!
Amcor scientists will be discussing their two funding opportunities on Halo and answering questions directly from researchers. You can review the opportunities in advance here and here.
Who should attend:
- PIs, Postdocs and Ph.D. Students
- Startups
Relevant areas of expertise:
- Packaging
- Food Engineering and Packaging
- Coatings
- Adhesives
- Plastics
Here's what you'll learn:
- Solutions and technologies are of particular interest.
- The must-have versus preferred requirements for a winning solution.
- How Amcor can assist you in bringing your innovation to the world.
Sign up for the webinar.
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NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering Webinar | |
U.S. National Science Foundation and Department of Science and Technology of India Collaborative Research Opportunities | |
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The NSF is thrilled to announce the launch of special guidelines for submitting collaborative proposals under the U.S. National Science Foundation, or NSF, and the Department of Science and Technology, DST, of India Collaborative Research Opportunities.
These guidelines aim to foster bilateral scientific cooperation between researchers and institutions from the United States and India, enabling groundbreaking advancements in research and innovation in all aspects of computing, communications, and information science and engineering, advanced cyberinfrastructure, secure and trustworthy computing, and cyber-physical systems.
U.S. investigators are encouraged to submit to NSF by the target dates of August 15, 2023, or December 15, 2023.
Join NSF and DST Program Officers to learn about this research opportunity at the NSF-DST Call for Proposals Webinar and Q&A for U.S.-India Collaborative Research:
- 10-11 a.m., Tuesday, July 11
Register in advance for these webinars
The NSF and DST recognize the importance of international collaboration in advancing scientific knowledge and solving complex global challenges. By pooling resources, expertise, and diverse perspectives, researchers can tackle scientific problems that transcend geographical boundaries and achieve transformative outcomes.
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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.
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Division of Biological Infrastructure Virtual Office Hours | |
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2-3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 18
Please join the Division of Biological Infrastructure for the monthly Virtual Office Hour. Program Officers will discuss how to write a great proposal, including key elements to a successful proposal, how to identify an appropriate program, required components, and review criteria. It is an opportunity to raise questions and communicate directly with program officers in your field.
Please register in advance for the webinar.
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Innovation Corps Pilot Informational Webinar | |
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Noon
Wednesday, July 19
A public overview highlighting the NASA I-Corps Pilot, a new funding initiative supporting faculty and student research and development. The discussion is intended to allow teams to ask questions and learn more about how to apply. Hosted by NASA’s Science and Space Technology Mission Directorates’ Entrepreneurship Lead, Maggie Yancey, and with our agency partner at the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps, Program Director, Ruth Shuman.
Participants are invited to submit their questions below and/or vote up questions already posted via the provided Q&A link. All questions will be submitted anonymously and may be upvoted.
To request other reasonable accommodations for the webinar, please email Margaret.a.yancey@nasa.gov.
Register to attend.
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NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative Webinar | |
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1-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 20
Program directors from across the Computer and Information Science and Engineering, or CISE, will host a 90-minute webinar to provide the CISE community with information about the Research Initiation Initiative and answer questions.
The solicitation may be found on the NSF website.
Register in advance to attend.
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Agency news and trending topics | |
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Scientists discover easy way to make materials with atomically thin metal layers
The secret to a perfect croissant is in the layers — as many as possible, each one interspersed with butter. Similarly, a material with promise for new applications is made of many thin layers of metal, between which scientists can slip different ions for various purposes. This makes them potentially very useful for future high-tech electronics or energy storage. NSF
Dolphin moms use ‘baby talk’ with their calves
Parents around the world coo at their babies in swooping, high-pitched tones called “motherese,” or baby talk. This exaggerated way of speaking—which we also use with our pets—is thought to help infants bond with their caregivers and learn the boundaries between syllables and words. Science
Trove of new coronaviruses uncovered in bats — but threat is unclear
Coronavirus hunters looking for the next pandemic threats have focused on China and southeast Asia, where wild bats carry SARS-CoV-2’s closest known relatives.
But a survey of UK bat species suggests that researchers might want to cast a wider net. The trawl turned up new coronaviruses, and some from the same group as SARS-CoV-2. Nature
A star cluster in the Milky Way appears to be as old as the universe
Star cluster M92, a densely packed ball of stars roughly 27,000 light-years from Earth, is about 13.8 billion years old, researchers report in a paper submitted June 3 to arXiv.org. The newly refined age estimate makes this clump of stars nearly the same age as the universe. ScienceNews
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