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The Department of Agriculture, NIFA’s Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative focuses on collaborative science engagement that intends to develop a community of researchers across both crops and animals that will lay the foundation for expanding knowledge concerning genomes and phenomes of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.
The Department of Energy’s Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale invests in innovative research and development that accelerates the large-scale development and deployment of solar technology, through the co-location of solar photovoltaics and agriculture, to support an equitable transition to a decarbonized electricity system by 2035 and decarbonized energy sector by 2050.
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The Federal Demonstration Partnership, or FDP, recently posted the slides and video recordings from the May 2022 meeting. The May meeting sessions included a federal agency update, a discussion on “The Great Resignation and Potential Impacts to the Research Enterprise,” updates on SciENcv and related updated federal agency reporting requirements, along with several other pertinent topics.
K-State joined the FDP in 2020 to participate in and contribute to the FDP’s core purpose to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research and foster collaboration to enhance the national research enterprise. FDP is a collaborative effort of 10 federal agencies and 217 member institutions. To learn more about the FDP’s current goals, see the FDP Phase VII Strategic Plan.
-Paul Lowe
Associate Vice President for Research
Director, PreAward Services
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ORD Opportunities
NEH Summer Stipends Writing Clinic – Summer 2022
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Office of Research Development, or ORD, staff 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 Summer Stipends program. This clinic is based on the approach ORD has offered successfully for both the National Science Foundation CAREER opportunity and the NEH Summer Stipends program.
Interested faculty members must agree to participate in all sessions and assignments of the clinic. We will meet once a week via Zoom to review and discuss the writing assignments.
The steps will be as follows:
- Prewriting Questions – submit by July 11; group meeting week of July 11.
- Significance and contribution section as well as the Organization and methods section– based on answers to prewriting questions – submit by July 18; group meeting week of July 18.
- Competencies, skills and access; final product and dissemination sections as well as the work plan (1 page) and bibliography – submit by July 25; group meeting week of July 25.
- Full 3-page narrative section, 1 page work plan and resume – submit by August 1; group meeting week of August 1.
If you are interested in participating in this Writing Clinic, please send an email stating your interest to ord@k-state.edu by June 16.
-Beth Montelone
Senior associate vice president for research
Director, Office of Research Development
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Applying for DOJ funding tip series |
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The Department of Justice, or DOJ, Fiscal Year 2022 DOJ Program Plan is a tool to help find funding opportunities from DOJ’s grant making components: the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Office of Justice Programs and Office on Violence Against Women. The Program Plan provides summary details of the funding opportunities that each grant making component is expecting to release or has released in a particular fiscal year.
Solicitations are generally released 45 to 60 days before their submission deadline. The funding opportunities offered by the COPS Office, OJP and OVW are announced, posted and accessible through various public sources.
If you are interested in applying for funding, you can find open opportunities as they become available on these pages:
All open funding opportunities can also be found on Grants.gov.
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The BioNexus Science2Art program utilizes art as an expression of scientific knowledge and creativity and is a platform for regional scientists to display and describe their research.
How the Science2Art Program works:
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Submit high-resolution artwork by Friday, June 17.
- Artwork is reviewed and selected by curators.
- Selected applicants will be notified in early July.
- Chosen artwork will be: Printed on various media, featured online and in the 2022 Science2Art video and featured in Science2Art exhibit at TBD location in KC.
- Auctioned online at BioNexusKC.org and at Annual Event in Fall 2022.
PLEASE NOTE: By submitting artwork, the researcher is committing to a 1-hr video session in Kansas City on a date TBD.
All proceeds from the auction benefit STEAM education in our community.
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Mechanisms of Disease Research and Recruitment Conference |
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Apply to attend | Submit an abstract | Apply for a travel award
Innovation Festival is taking a novel approach to placing early career scientists in bioscience industry jobs and academic research programs, including full-time jobs; internships; post-baccalaureate, summer, graduate, and postdoctoral training programs; and more! Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind scientific conference experience.
Industry companies and academic institutions will be in attendance to recruit attendees into highly sought-after positions. Experience one-on-one conversations with industry and academic leaders interested in helping you reach your goals. Participate in small group dinners and other unique experiences to build your network and identify new possibilities. Open the door to this unique experience and a wealth of opportunities by applying today!
This application form needs to be completed by anyone looking to attend or present.
Innovation Festival’s Mechanisms of Disease Research and Recruitment Conference invites abstract submissions from graduate students and postdocs, as well as undergraduate students with laboratory research experience. Space is extremely limited. Delegates wishing to submit an abstract to be considered for an oral or poster presentation at the Mechanisms of Disease Research and Recruitment Conference must complete this form. Payment is not required to submit an abstract and due to a generous donation from K-INBRE and SHARPhub, there will be no registration costs for postdocs, undergraduate students, and graduate students!
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National Endowment for the Arts call for Our Town panelists |
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Have you ever wondered about the Our Town application review process? Are you interested in sharing your time and talents — and earning a modest honorarium — to support the creative placemaking community? If so, consider serving as a panelist for Our Town! Recruitment begins this summer and application review will take place in December 2022 and January 2023. The commitment is roughly 40 hours of work over a six-week period. If you are interested in being considered, please complete the volunteer to be a panelist form or send an email to ot@arts.gov with a link to your online bio or your name, location, area of expertise, and vital stats, and NEA will add you to their list.
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1-2 p.m.
Wednesday, June 1
1-2 p.m.
Monday, June 13
The Engineering Research Initiation, or ERI, program supports new investigators as they initiate their research programs and advance in their careers as researchers, educators, and innovators. This funding opportunity aims to broaden the base of investigators involved in engineering research and therefore is limited to investigators who are not affiliated with “very high research activity” R1 institutions.
These webinars will each feature a short overview presentation from the ERI Team about the program and will include ample time for Q&A.
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1-2 p.m.
Thursday, June 2
The NSF Robotics team of program directors will hold an informational webinar to answer questions about the sunset of the National Robotics Initiative and share current NSF funding opportunities for robotics research. The webinar will take place on June 2, 2022, at 2:00 PM Eastern.
NSF announced the ending of the National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics program in Dear Colleague Letter: NRI Sunset Announcement. Over the 12-year lifetime of the National Robotics Initiative, or NRI, NSF and its federal NRI partners have invested over $250 million in over 300 pioneering research projects innovating robots to enhance human safety, productivity, and independence.
NSF remains committed to supporting and growing a thriving robotics research community. The Foundational Research in Robotics, or FRR, program will now provide a single home for foundational research in robotics across NSF. FRR welcomes proposals on a broad spectrum of foundational research in robotics, including the topics of collaborative robotics and integration in robotics that were previously supported by NRI.
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UIDP webinar and Q&A on NSF Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers |
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10-11 a.m.
Monday, June 27
The National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, or ERC, program supports convergent research that will lead to strong societal impact. This webinar will present information and best practices, as well as provide an opportunity for robust Q&A in support of the current NSF Engineering Research Center NSF 22-580 solicitation. The live Q&A with the seven-member NSF ERC program director team will address themes of interest to ERC principal investigator teams as well as the all-important industry/stakeholder community that collaborate with these ERCs. The awards for each new ERC amount to well over $50 million over a decade in support of themes that have the potential for societal impact, translation to the marketplace, and are centered around a systems engineering approach.
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Fulbright UK University Virtual Exhibition |
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Tuesday, June 28
Noon-2 p.m.
On June 28, the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission is hosting the first virtual U.K. University Exhibition.
Fulbright Scholar liaisons, program advisors and prospective applicants from across the U.S. are invited to join and connect with representatives from U.K. universities, and those looking to build research ties across the pond.
You can visit virtual booths to meet Fulbright partner universities from across the U.K., ask questions, and forge connections with representatives.
There will be a series of presentations throughout the event to help attendees find the best fit for their academic and cultural pursuits. The themes include:
- Studying in different regions of the U.K.
- Student life in the U.K.
- Navigating UK higher education and academia.
- Discipline-specific panels — STEM, social sciences, humanities, arts.
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K-State research in the news |
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Agency news and trending topics |
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The recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022 includes “Section 239,” which is a milestone in our efforts to ensure safe working conditions for people engaged in NIH-supported research. The law requires NIH grant recipients to notify us when their senior key personnel are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions. This is a major step in our continued effort to change the culture of harassment in biomedical science. NIH
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education urged colleges to use remaining grants from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund to support student, faculty, and staff mental health. …. As some colleges still have funds remaining, this guidance clarifies that mental health is an allowable expense. Chronicle of Higher Education
The sudden appearance of monkeypox in 13 countries on four continents has jolted the public health community into action. A much milder cousin of smallpox that sporadically causes small outbreaks in Africa, monkeypox is thought to spread slowly and is unlikely to be a pandemic in the making. Science
Repeated emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with increased fitness underscores the value of rapid detection and characterization of new lineages. We have developed PyR0, a hierarchical Bayesian multinomial logistic regression model that infers relative prevalence of all viral lineages across geographic regions, detects lineages increasing in prevalence, and identifies mutations relevant to fitness. Science
In the South of France, ITER is inching towards completion. When it’s finally fully switched on in 2035, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor will be the largest device of its kind ever built, and the flag-bearer for nuclear fusion. Wired
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Open positions in the OVPR |
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The Office of the Vice President for Research currently has several position openings. Please take a look or share with others who might be interested.
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k-state.edu/research
researchweekly@k-state.edu
785.532.5110
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