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The National Science Foundation’s Geomorphology and Land-use Dynamics program supports innovative fundamental research into processes that shape and modify earth's landscapes over a variety of length and time scales, with a focus on the Holocene.
The Department of Health and Human Servies, Administration for Children and Families is seeking applications for an African American Child and Family Research Center to lead and support research on the needs of African American populations served by ACF and on promising approaches to promoting social and economic well-being among low-income African American populations.
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Research security and integrity at K-State |
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Dear K-State community,
As most of you are already aware, the federal government has recognized that our nation's research enterprise is facing grave threats from outside entities that do not value the transparency and openness that underpin our universities' tremendous successes. In response, the previous administration released two documents on Jan. 14, 2021: The National Security Presidential Memorandum–33, or NSPM-33, and a corresponding report by the National Science and Technology Council, Joint Committee on the Research Environment, known as JCORE, with recommended practices for research security. The two documents are complementary and have mandates and recommendations that apply to every American research entity. The current administration has continued to support these documents, so we at Kansas State University will work to implement their guidance and direction. Accordingly, we have established a Research Security and Integrity Working Group, or RSIWG.
The working group's initial purpose is to analyze existing university policies and regulations, and then determine what subsequent actions K-State must take to improve our research security and integrity in compliance with the above documents' requirements and recommendations. This is absolutely critical to maintaining our ever-growing research successes. The working group's focus, however, is more than just regulatory compliance. They are also chartered to ensure you, our researchers, have clear, unambiguous directives as we navigate this challenging situation. Research is at the heart of K-State's reputation in the state, nationally and internationally, and we want to ensure each one of you has every opportunity to continue with your funding opportunities. For this reason, the Research Security and Integrity Working Group includes researchers and leaders in the Office of the Vice President for Research. Even though we have an excellent research and research security program, we don't doubt that there are still adjustments ahead, so we also strongly encourage your interest, and where necessary, questions.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact the interim vice president for research, Beth Montelone, at bethmont@k-state.edu, or the RSIWG chair, Jonathan Snowden, at jonathansnowden@k-state.edu, 785-532-3261. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Richard B. Myers
President
Charles S. Taber
Provost and executive vice president
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Understanding and controlling meat product contamination
with Sara Gragg, associate professor of food science
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This week, Dr. Sara Gragg, associate professor of food science in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, discusses how and where pathogens access meat. The study of E. coli, salmonella and other toxin-producing pathogens has been a major focus of researchers at Kansas State University for many years. Gragg has presented extensively on the topic of food safety and studies processes in food safety and microbiology. Her research program investigates pre-and post-harvest issues affecting the meat and produce industries, with specific interests in addressing how pathogens contaminate food products and the application of interventions to prevent or reduce pathogen presence.
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USDA-AMS Grant Program Webinars and Call for Peer Reviewers |
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The Agricultural Marketing Service, or AMS, is hosting a series of webinars to help farmers, producer groups and other potential applicants understand the grant application process, program purposes, eligibility and application requirements. For specific dates and registration instructions, please visit the AMS Grants Webinar webpage.
AMS is also seeking subject matter experts to evaluate applications for several AMS grant programs – Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Programs, Regional Food System Partnerships Program, the Specialty Crop Multistate Program, the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant, and the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives program. Reviewers receive training on the respective programs. Reviewing applications takes approximately six weeks. Reviewers evaluate applications assigned to them independently, then come together with other panel members virtually to discuss their findings and finalize reviews and scoring. Non-federal reviewers will be compensated for their time.
AMS’ Grants Division works to support improving domestic and international opportunities for U.S. growers and producers and with a variety of organizations to support rural America and the Nation’s agricultural sector. For additional information visit the AMS Grants & Opportunities web page.
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Information on NASA Portal for Grantee Accepted Manuscripts |
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The NASA Scientific and Technical Information, or STI, Program is developing an external submission portal for NASA-funded investigators to submit Accepted Manuscripts and other STI products. The portal is expected to be available later this summer.
The external portal will be used in place of the National Institutes of Health Manuscripts System, or NIHMS, for grant and cooperative agreement recipients. The external portal will provide a more direct and streamlined Accepted Manuscript submission process for recipients. The STI Program will send communications prior to the start date with instructions and reminders.
As part of this transition, an information page about the new portal is available on the STI Program website which will be updated throughout the process.
The STI Program invites comments and questions about this new external manuscript submission portal via the Research Access Help Desk.
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Virtual Space Biosciences Training Course: STAR
NASA Call for Applications
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NASA invites applications for the Spaceflight Technologies, Application, and Research, or STAR, course, that provides training sessions on the science and technology behind biological experiments in space.
STAR is designed to encourage networking and collaborations in spaceflight technologies, applications, and research. This course aims to facilitate the entry of participants into space biology and preparation for spaceflight experiments using NASA and commercial platforms. The STAR course will cover both fundamental and applied aspects of the field of space biology, as well as practical aspects of preparing for, conducting, and analyzing the results of spaceflight experiments. See the STAR website for more information.
The course will take place virtually from September 2021-February 2022 with sessions held bi-monthly for two hours each. This call is specifically to collect applications for the STAR Course.
This document is being released as an RFI response type in NSPIRES. Responses must be submitted electronically using the NSPIRES website and require only your CV and a personal statement — mentor statement must also be included for postdoctoral applicants. This RFI is open to responses from all individuals with a doctoral degree based on eligibility as outlined in the RFI.
NASA will use the information obtained as a result of this RFI only to gauge interest in the STAR course for planning and attendance purposes. No information received will be posted to any website or public access location. Questions and answers regarding this RFI may be posted to the NSPIRES website in the form of an FAQ. While course participants will be drawn from applicants, replying to this Call for Applications does not guarantee a spot in the course. NASA does not intend to make an award based on applications to this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information solicited.
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Government Partnership, Global Perspectives |
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11 a.m.-noon
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Around the globe, universities and companies are working together to find better ways to collaborate. Recognizing the value of cross-sector partnerships, governments also seek avenues to support research collaboration efforts that advance their goals. UIDP’s Government Partnership, Global Perspectives (gp2) webinar series brings you perspectives from government policymakers around the world, offering key insights on specific strategies and approaches to enhance research collaboration. Learn more about the series.
Gearoid Mooney, division manager, research and innovation at Enterprise Ireland will lead a discussion on the experiences of fostering industry-university collaboration in Ireland over the past decade. Enterprise Ireland is a hybrid government agency covering innovation, company development/investment, and facilitation of trade internationally for Irish-owned companies.
- All of the above ramped up since 2008 from a very low benchmark. Enterprise Ireland tracks client development on an annual basis and does program reviews every three years, so we have data to back our experiences of collaboration impacts both from the university side and the industry side.
- The speaker will share from the experiences of individual projects, the national impacts perspective, the funders’ perspective and the knowledge transfer perspective from an Irish point of view. He will also share how Ireland compares with other countries.
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Research Innovative Seedlings Proposers Day |
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9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 21, 2021
The National Geospatial-Intelligence, or NGA, Research Directorate will conduct a Proposers Day webcast to provide information to potential proposers about the objectives of the Boosting Innovative Geospatial intelligence Research Broad Agency, or BIG-R BAA, Announcement Topic Three: NGA Research Innovative Seedlings.
Topic Three Proposers Day will introduce the research community to the NGA Research Directorate vision and goals, explain the mechanics and milestones of the BIG-R BAA and provide insight into the technical areas of interest.
Proposers Day will be held via WebEx Events on May 21, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Advanced registration is required.
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DEPSCoR FY21 FOAs and Virtual DEPSCoR Day |
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Two FY 21 Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or DEPSCoR, funding opportunity announcements are now available on grants.gov:
The Research Collaboration opportunity is quite similar to last year’s solicitation —two-person team, award amount, evaluation process — however, there are differences in specific topic areas, increased total number of awards. The Capacity Building opportunity is a new component of DEPSCoR and aims to support the strategic objectives of Institutes of Higher Education in DEPSCoR states/territories to achieve basic research excellence in areas of high relevance to the Department of Defense.
A Virtual DEPSCoR Day will take place 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 23. The Virtual DEPSCoR Day will include overviews of the FOAs, various panel sessions and breakout sessions with Program Officers representing the topics in the Research Collaboration funding opportunity announcement.
To participate in the Virtual DEPSCoR Day, you must register in advance no later than June 16, 2021. Register early as space is limited.
Monitor the DEPSCoR website for updates to the agenda and view the Connect & Collaborate portion of the site which may help identify research collaborations.
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K-State RSCAD in the news |
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Agency news and trending topics |
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An innovative cardiac rehabilitation intervention started earlier and more custom-tailored to the individual improved physical function, frailty, quality-of-life, and depression in hospitalized heart failure patients, compared to traditional rehabilitation programs. nih.gov
Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) designed to restore the ability to communicate in people with spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This system has the potential to work more quickly than previous BCIs, and it does so by tapping into one of the oldest means of communications we have — handwriting. nih.gov
Although robotic devices are used in everything from assembly lines to medicine, engineers have difficulty accounting for the friction that occurs when robots grip objects -- particularly in wet environments. U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers have discovered a law of physics that accounts for this type of friction and may advance a wide range of robotic technologies. nsf.gov
The color of a person's eyes, the thickness of a potato's skin, the shape of a flower: What do these seemingly disparate elements have in common? They are all shaped by DNA, which carries the genetic instructions that shape life. What if DNA could encode more than genetic information, such as digital archival data? nsf.gov
Compared to other experimental groups, undergrads who interacted with pups experienced improved executive functioning skills. nih.gov
Research suggests the rare, heavy element may have been created by the collision of two neutron stars. nsf.gov
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