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The National Science Foundation’s Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning program funds exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for teaching and learning in the future.
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Noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Topic: Public Health Service / Other Support Documents
NIH has recently begun requesting information beyond current/pending research funding to be included in the Other Support section of NIH proposals. This includes all financial and in-kind support, as well as consulting agreements that pertain to the research. PreAward Services has developed a fillable form to assist researchers in meeting this requirement. Learn more at this session.
Please register to attend by 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29 using your K-State email address.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please add this information to your calendar.
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The FDA and USRG Programs now open for proposals |
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The Office of Research Development invites tenured and tenure-track faculty to apply to its two internal grant programs.
The Faculty Development Award, or FDA, provides support to attend international meetings or to meet with program officers from external sponsors. Both virtual and in-person international meetings will be considered in this round.
The University Small Research Grant, or USRG, program is a seed grant program to support early research, scholarly activity, and other creative efforts. Proposals must be received by 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, by emailing ord@k-state.edu.
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2022 Better Scientific Software Fellowship Application Open on August 16 |
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Are you passionate about scientific software and interested in contributing powerful ideas, tools and methodologies to benefit the broader community of scientific software developers and users? Consider applying for the Better Scientific Software, or BSSw, Fellowship, which will welcome its fifth recipient class in early 2022.
At least three Fellows are selected annually based on a process that includes the proposal of a funded activity promoting better scientific software. Each Fellow is awarded up to $25,000 to carry out their work – often taking the form of a workshop, tutorial, or other engaging content, with emphasis on sustainable long-term community impact.
Deadline: September 30, 2021
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NSF Proposal and Award Policy Update Webinar
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The National Science Foundation will offer an NSF Proposal and Award Policy Update Webinar to the research community from 1-2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. There is no cost to participate.
The Webinar will provide an overview of significant changes and clarifications to the PAPPG that will take effect on October 4, 2021. The PAPPG Webinar details NSF's proposal preparation and submission guidelines and provides guidance on managing and monitoring the award and administration of grants and cooperative agreements made by the Foundation.
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Writing teaching, research and diversity statements |
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2-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 23
Graduate students and post-docs going on the market for academic jobs are encouraged to attend this session to learn effective strategies for preparing three key documents of your job application: a teaching philosophy, research statement, and diversity statement. Refreshments will be provided.
Please register by noon on Sept. 17 to attend in person.
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NSF Fall 2021 Virtual Grants Conference |
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Save the Date! Join the National Science Foundation, or NSF, for the Fall 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference, to be held during the week of October 4-8, 2021.
Registration will be free of charge and opens at 11 am. on Wednesday, September 8. Sessions are anticipated to reach capacity very quickly, so you are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Be on the lookout for the Registration is Open email from the NSF, which will provide the registration links and details for this event.
In the meantime, please feel free to check nsfpolicyoutreach.com for the most up-to-date information and view recordings of sessions from previous conferences. You may also view the Spring 2021 Virtual Grants Conference recordings on the NSF YouTube page. For those who cannot attend the live conference, all recorded conference sessions will be available on-demand shortly after the event and posted on the NSF website and YouTube page.
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Demonstrate Broader Impacts at Girls Researching Our World |
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K-State faculty, staff and students are invited to design and facilitate a hands-on science, technology, engineering and/or math activity for middle school students at the Girls Research Our World, or GROW workshop on Saturday, October 23, 2021, on the K-State campus in Manhattan.
Activities should incorporate the workshop theme, “Creating a Better World Through STEM + Arts & Design.” In this Saturday Workshop, we will showcase the role that STEM fields and professionals play in fostering a more sustainable, healthy and/or equitable world. Activity proposals should relate to this theme. KAWSE Program Coordinator, Morgan Greene, is available to help brainstorm activity ideas and relate facilitators’ area of expertise to the event theme. KAWSE can also help find student volunteers to assist with the activity.
Activity sessions are 45 minutes long and attended by 8-12 middle school students at a time. Sessions begin at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Facilitators may choose to host the morning sessions, afternoon sessions, or all sessions. A GROW student employee will chaperone each group to and from sessions, and will be present during the activity to help facilitate as necessary. A free lunch is provided at noon for those facilitators who request one. Activity proposals are due by October 8, 2021.
An information guide and activity proposal guide is available on the KAWSE website to help with activity development.
The KAWSE office is happy to provide letters of support to grant agencies for those who collaborate with us.
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K-State research in the news |
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Agency news and trending topics |
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In quantum physics, particles are described by a wave function, a wavelike pattern that allows scientists to calculate the probability of finding a particle in a particular place. But vortex beams’ waves don’t slosh up and down like ripples on water. Instead, the vortex beams’ particles have wave functions that move in a corkscrewing motion as a beam travels through space. That means the beam carries a rotational oomph known as orbital angular momentum. Scientists might investigate what happens when vortex beams of molecules or atoms collide with light, electrons or other atoms or molecules. Such collisions are well-understood for normal particle beams, but not for those with orbital angular momentum. Similar vortex beams made with protons might also serve as a method for probing the subatomic particle’s mysterious innards. sciencenews.org
The National Institutes of Health is awarding seven projects a total of $18.15 million over five years to a new effort focused on interoception—the ways in which organisms sense and regulate signals within their bodies. Interoception is not well understood and is a new area of research focus for NIH. This coordinated effort, which involves multiple NIH Institutes and Centers, will address critical knowledge gaps and challenges in understanding interoception that are not tackled by other major NIH research initiatives.
The interoception research effort is part of NIH’s Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, and the seven studies receiving grants are expected to advance researchers’ understanding of nervous system function and disorders and the role of interoception in human health. nih.gov
Research facilities at the national laboratories owned by the Department of Energy (DOE) are big winners in the science component of a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that Democrats hope to move through both chambers of Congress this month. On Thursday, the science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on its $45 billion slice of a massive bill that would also expand an array of federal social welfare programs, raise revenue, and cut spending in other areas. The legislation before the science committee authorizes 5- and 10-year spending plans for agencies under its jurisdiction, which include DOE, the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The increases are aimed at boosting research across many disciplines, including efforts to combat climate change and bolster innovation. science.org
This week, Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands announced that it will allow non-profit organizations to use its CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing technology for free, for non-commercial applications in food and agriculture. It’s an important development, and another step towards making a technology with untapped potential more accessible — especially for researchers in low- and middle-income countries. This week, Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands announced that it will allow non-profit organizations to use its CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing technology for free, for non-commercial applications in food and agriculture. It’s an important development, and another step towards making a technology with untapped potential more accessible — especially for researchers in low- and middle-income countries. nature.com
A study published online in August by Brown and his colleague at Caltech, astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin, re-examines the evidence for a proposal they first suggested in 2016 — that the hypothetical Planet 9 could explain anomalies seen by astronomers in the outer solar system, especially the unusual clustering of icy asteroids and cometary cores called Kuiper Belt objects. Despite years of looking, Planet 9 has never been seen. news.yahoo.com
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