Grants from Idaho State University's Center for Ecological Research & Education

The center is soliciting grant applications from staff and graduate students through March 21st, 2025. Please use the links below to learn more.

Partnership Proposal Request

Request for Proposals (Graduate Research and Synergistic Activities)

Undergraduate Research Mixer

This student/faculty research mixer is hosted by the University Honors Program Club and American Nuclear Society. The event is designed to create a relaxed environment where students can engage with professors across various departments to discuss research opportunities, academic interests, or simply get to know faculty members. It aims to break down the formal barriers typically associated with research inquiries, offering a chance for students to find research mentors or be referred to faculty members who suit their interests. Refreshments and appetizers catered from Chartwells will be provided to foster a casual, welcoming atmosphere.

If professors are unable to attend, they are welcome to have one of their graduate students attend on their behalf. Each research group can also create a slide about their research group's work, and there will also be limited space for some groups to bring posters as well. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 11th from 6-8 PM in the Wood River Room in the Pond Student Union Building.

Please sign up using this Google Form: Google Form

2025 Research Symposium

The ISU Research and Creative Works Symposium is scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, 2025, this event will showcase the outstanding work of undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines across campus. Students can take advantage of this chance to show off their skills and gain valuable experience. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase their research and hard work. As an extra incentive, a $1000 cash prize is awarded to the winning presenter(s) in each subject category for graduate students and $500 and $250 for the top awards for undergraduate/PharmD students. 

To learn more about what to expect from presenting in a research symposium, and best practices, students can attend several Insider Sessions. Students can find dates, times, locations and Zoom links on the Graduate School website. 

Upcoming NIH Grants (All grants updated 2/24/2025)

• Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) Due: 1/8/2027
• Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Due: 1/8/2027
• AHRQ Small Health Services Research Grant Program (R03) Due: 7/18/2029
• AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) Due: 5/27/2029
• AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01) Due: 7/7/2029
• Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Due:5/8/2026
• Planning for Product Development Strategy (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Due: 12/5/2026
• Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Due: 1/8/2028

Sign up for the NIH ListServ Here

Upcoming NSF Grants (All grants updated 2/24/2025)

• Infrastructure Systems and People (ISP): Applications Accepted Anytime
• Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Due: 4/17/2025
• Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI): Due 4/17/2025
• Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC): Pre-proposals Due 6/23/2025
• Translation and Diffusion (TD): Due 4/1/2025
• Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes program: Proposals Accepted Anytime
• Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities: Proposals Accepted Anytime
• Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs: No Deadline Pilot: Proposals Accepted Anytime
• Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB): Proposals Accepted Anytime

New Guidelines for the Faculty Seed Grant Program (FSGP)

The FSGP is provided by the ISU Office for Research to support research, scholarly, or creative activities that offer the potential for extramural funding. Full-time ISU Faculty may request as much as $20,000 for research-related expenses. The submission deadline is March 19, 2025 at 11:59pm (MDT). Learn more about the new guidelines here.

Idaho Science and Technology Policy Fellowship (ISTPF)

The ISTPF is thrilled to announce the sixth call for ISTP fellows. This is an opportunity for outstanding scientists, social scientists and engineers to learn firsthand about policymaking while using their knowledge and skills to address pressing challenges facing Idaho. Portfolios include topics such as water, energy, fire, public health, economic development and more.

For more information about the ISTPF and how you can apply, please visit the ISTPF website and application and follow us on LinkedIn. If you have questions about the ISTPF, then please contact us at istpf@uidaho.edu.

Applications are due by Sunday, March 30, 2025, and the fellowship year begins in late August 2025.

The ISTPF is a collaborative effort among Boise State University, Idaho State University and University of Idaho, and is led by the University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research.

Early Career Research Program (ECRP)

The purpose of this program is to support

the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers

and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by the Office of Science. The ECRP bolsters the nation’s scientific workforce by supporting exceptional researchers at the outset of their careers, when many scientists do their most formative work. Due: 4/25/2025.

Access the full application here.

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) was created to provide deliberate investments in research and capacity-building in U.S. states and territories receiving a disproportionate share of NSF funds. These programs are. uniquely available to Idaho researchers:

1. I-CREWS Summer Authentic Research Experience (SARE): The SARE Program is designed to engage undergraduates in paid summer research experiences (full-time and part-time positions available) to study within a wide range of topics broadly related to the Idaho NSF EPSCoR research project, Idaho Community-engaged Resilience for Energy-Water Systems (I-CREWS). Learn more here. The program still needs about 20 applications. Please consider applying.
2. The Vertically Integrated Program (VIP) strategy is an intentional curricular infrastructure that establishes an on ramp for students and provides a range of training, mentoring and professional development support to both students and faculty.
3. The Community Integrated Programs (CIP) are courses offered to community members, undergraduate and graduate students, co-created around community-identified priorities, to address E-W systems issues. 

HOW TO APPLY: Application review process has already begun, however, there are rolling deadlines for each program. Learn more and apply here. Please email Kitty Griswold for more information about I-CREWS.

The NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is recruiting panelists for the RII Focused EPSCoR Collaborations funding opportunity.

For this year’s competition, you are invited to complete a reviewer recruitment survey to assist with the process of setting up merit review panels. Panels will be held in Spring, 2025. If interested, click here to complete the survey.

Please note that panelist selection will be guided by expertise in alignment with the solicitation requirements and research topic.  Panelists will be asked to write reviews before the panel meeting. If you are not selected for this year’s competition, you may be contacted for future competitions. Thank you in advance for completing the survey by March 15, 2025. 

Pitch Perfect: Presenting to Industry Research Sponsors

The University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) will host a free webinar next week, ," featuring some amazing university and industry engagement professionals on some new resources for training faculty researchers. Register here.

Key topics covered:

• Leveraging industry expertise to strengthen faculty engagement;
• UIDP’s new member resource on how to work with faculty for stellar presentations to industry;
• The value of personalized guidance for crafting industry pitches; and
• Practical insights and real-world success stories of successfully engaging industry to build partnerships.

Moderated by Karl Koster (formerly at MIT), speakers are UI Collab consultants now, but with industry backgrounds (see bios here):

• Andrew Cockerill (BP)
• Karl Haider (Bayer)
• Deborah Radasche (Boeing)

(Re)connecting with the 6 Rs - A Workshop Series on Ethical Native-Engaged Research: Respect, Relationality, Responsibility, Representation, Relevance, and Reciprocity

At these workshops you will learn about research approaches supporting Tribal research sovereignty and reciprocal relationships between Tribes and other entities. By the end of the workshop series, attendees will be able to:

• Describe the 6Rs of Indigenized research,
• Describe theories and practices of Tribal Sovereignty and research sovereignty,
• Explain how Tribal and institutional (universities, research labs, corporations, NGOs, NPOs, governmental agencies, etc.) systems impact research; and,
• Apply the 6 Rs of Indigenized research to revising their institutions’ and their own research practices.

Participants will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned to co-create products such as:

• respectful research plans
• broader impacts statements
• guides that you can take back to your community, department/university, or workplace.

All events are open to participants from any community or institution, including but not limited to: Tribal leadership, research administrators, educators, students, and community practitioners and staff.

There is no cost for participating in this workshop series, but participants will need to cover travel costs for in-person workshop days. Some scholarships may be available for travel, particularly for graduate students and Native community members.

While participation in all sessions is encouraged, it is not required that you attend all the sessions.

For more information and to register, please visit our website! The link to register is near the top-right part of the homepage.

Elevate Idaho: Lunch and Learn

Elevate Idaho invites you to our next Monthly Lunch & Learn Series, featuring Idaho APEX’s own Business Consultants, Mary Thompson and Bam Omotowa. Join us for an insightful session as they provide an introduction and overview of SBIR/STTR funding agencies and the structure of their solicitations.

Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (MST)

Location: Virtual

Registration: https://boisestate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BT4vYfUdQPOmidwiIZmK0A

This is a great opportunity to gain insight into the SBIR/STTR process and learn how to align agency needs with your core competencies. We hope to see you there!

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