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Weekly In Progress Report |
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Join DER as We Reflect and Look Optimistically to the Future… |
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This week DER celebrates the conclusion of another wonderful summer season, and the launch of a new academic year. Looking back, we are grateful for the opportunity to work with each faculty, staff, and student. With the conclusion of summer, we say goodbye to DER students/staff (Marc Ciano and Tyler Lovell) who have been long-term members of our team. Both Marc and Tyler have been involved in all aspects of DER including seminars, information sharing, system implementation, accounting, and more. We wish them success in their next steps.
DER also wants to celebrate William Shubitowski (son of DER staff Dennis Shubitowski) who showed his incredible riding skills this summer. William shows through the Shiawassee County 4H program in the Horses program. William and his pony Penny perform both English and Western disciplines, and Penny loves jumping, dressage, reining, and showmanship. Though William missed being Grand Champions by just 6 points, he is a DER Champion! DER congratulates William, Dennis, and their 4H program for their hard work.
Looking forward with optimism, we hope this new semester is your opportunity to be fearless and reach your research goals. DER is here to help support you through this journey. To all new EGR faculty, staff, and students, we welcome you, and we look forward to working with you. DER is here to help! If you have questions regarding any upcoming proposal development, please send an email to proposals@egr.msu.edu.
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Good Morning!
View the 72nd edition of the Kuali Research System Implementation Update online. Please take note of the Grants.gov Extended Downtime in September – S2S Implications article. Grants.gov will be down for a week in September (9/23-9/29), which will impact pulling in opportunities and submitting applications.
The contents of this edition include:
- Grants.gov Extended Downtime in September – S2S Implications
- Budget Report #3 is Updated
- NIH Validation & Image Services are Back
- New Resource to Help with PHS Human Subjects & Clinical Trial Form
The Updates are posted on SPA’s website under the Resources/Training section. This issue will be posted shortly.
We truly appreciate your patience as we continue to work through the transition to Kuali Research. Please contact the KR Helpdesk if you have any issues, questions or feedback to report.
Thank you,
Office of Sponsored Programs
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Spotlight Opportunities & Information |
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What’s hot in science? Check out NSF research news through August 17, 2022 |
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NSF NEWS
Keep up with today’s research news from the U.S. National Science Foundation. This is a daily look at noteworthy scientific findings from researchers around the country.
- Engineers improve catalyst that destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight (Chemical engineers at Rice University have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid…)
- Water resources to become less predictable with climate change (Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by…)
- Researchers pull record of 700,000 years of tropical climate change from an Andean lakebed
(When Mark Abbott and his team pulled a 300-foot-long core of mud from a lakebed high in the Peruvian Andes, he hoped it might provide a glimpse of the…)
- NSF announces 4 new Engineering Research Centers focused on agriculture, health, manufacturing and smart cities (Engineering discoveries and advances have the power to make transformational positive impacts on society. For decades, the U.S. National Science…)
- What is a pond? Study provides first data-driven definition (What, exactly, distinguishes a pond from a lake or a wetland? A U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study co-led by Cornell University offers…)
- Researchers develop computer model to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees (Researchers at Oregon State University have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to help protect bees from pesticides. Cory Simon and Xiaoli…)
- Moths enlist additional troops in an evolutionary arms race (While a clear night sky might seem quiet and peaceful to us, empty of everything but stars, this nocturnal world is filled with a high-pitched…)
- NSF and Amazon continue collaboration that strengthens and supports fairness in artificial intelligence and machine learning (Artificial intelligence and machine learning evolve fast. It is crucial that artificial intelligence and machine learning systems be accountable, fair…)
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Apply for the Science Communication and Outreach Training Program
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Application deadline: Friday, September 2, 2022
STEMAP is recruiting MSU participants for a 6-month science communication and outreach training program, focused on sharing science in non-traditional learning venues. Through workshops, peer-learning, and one-on-one mentoring, participants will learn how to identify and engage partners, communicate their science effectively to public audiences, and design and implement public engagement activities.
Participants will gain new public engagement skills and demonstrated broader impacts experience to cite in their NSF grant applications.
Who can apply?
MSU faculty, research staff, post-docs, and graduate students are welcome to apply. Applicants must have an active program of STEM-based research.
For questions, contact Dr. Miles McNall, director for community-engaged research, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship.
... Learn more Here.
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RFP: Research Grants: Nutrition, Care & Development of Infants/Young Children
The Gerber Foundation’s is accepting concept papers for its 2022 research grantmaking. Gerber’s priority is support for projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children. Gerber’s research program has three focuses: 1. Pediatric Health, 2. Pediatric Nutrition and 3. Environmental Hazards. Maximum grants are $350,000. Projects should focus on solutions to issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. The board is particularly looking for practical solutions that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application. An overview of Gerber’s research priorities, along with links, is below. Concept papers are due by November 15, 2022 at 4:00 pm EST. Please provide to any faculty in your units that may have interest and let me know if any plan to submit a concept letter and have them let me know if they plan to apply at: wallach@msu.edu.
Thanks.
Gerber FOUNDATION: The Foundation’s mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving common, everyday problems or emerging issues within our defined focus area. Projects should focus on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. The board is particularly looking for practical solutions that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application.
RFP - Prediatric Health & Nutrition Research
Gerber’s Pediatric Health & Nutrition Program has three focus areas: Prediatric Health-- Promoting health and preventing or treating disease is the primary focus of this target area. Of particular interest are applied research projects
focused on reducing the incidence of serious neonatal and early childhood illnesses, or improving cognitive, social and emotional aspects of development. Typical projects funded in this area of interest may include projects aimed at:
- Better diagnostic techniques (more rapid, specific, sensitive, or less invasive)
- Better treatment (improved, less stressful or painful, optimal dosing, fewer side effects.
- Symptom relief
- Preventive measures
Recently funded projects
Pediatric Nutrition-- These programs respond to a long-time interest of the Foundation in assuring adequate nutrition for infants and young children. Projects include applied research that evaluates the provision of specific nutrients and their related outcomes in infants and young children. Typical projects funded in this area of interest may include projects aimed at:
- Benefits or side effects of supplementation of a specific nutrient
- Effects of deficiencies or excesses of a specific nutrient
- Timing and dosing of supplementation
- Issues related to general growth and feeding
Recently funded projects
Environmental Hazards-- The Foundation is interested in projects that evaluate the effects of environmental hazards on infants and young children. Applied research projects that document the impact of, or ameliorate effects of, environmental hazards on the growth and development of infants and young children are the focus of this area of interest.
Typical projects funded in this area of interest may include projects aimed at:
- Exposures and their effects on infants and toddlers
- Methods to lessen the effects of exposures
Recently Funded Projects
Major target areas for research include:
- New diagnostic tools that may be more rapid, more specific, more sensitive, less invasive
- New treatment regimens that are improved or novel, less stressful or painful, more targeted, have fewer side effects, provide optimal dosing
- Symptom relief
- Preventative measures
- Assessment of deficiencies or excesses (vitamins, minerals, drugs, etc.)
- Risk assessment tools or measures for environmental hazards, trauma, etc.
Note that the Foundation is looking for projects that will result in ‘new’ information, treatments or tools that will result in a change in practice. The board rarely funds projects that are focused on sharing current information with parents or caregivers (parent or provider educational programs).
**It cannot be emphasized strongly enough that Gerber Foundation is focused on applied research and, specially, is most interested in projects that can lead to direct and effective
solutions to major conditions in pediatric health.
Please carefully review the Gerber Foundation website and the list of recently funded grants under each of the above three areas as well as the Gerber Foundation’s 2020 Annual report here.
GRANT AMOUNT: Grants up to $350,000 (NOTE: The Foundation generally receives approximately 130 concept papers for each concept paper deadline. Depending on funding availability and the mix of requests, 10-12 of these are selected for full proposal submission. For full proposals, the selection rate for funding averages 75-90%.)
Application Process: There is a two step process: 1. Submission of a concept paper and 2. Full proposal for those invited.
Deadline
- Concept Papers Due: November 15, 2022 by 4pm EST. Decisions usually made within there weeks of submission.
- Proposals (if invited) Due: February 15, 2023 by 4pm EST.
PROJECT CONTACT: Contact 231.924.3175 or tgf@gerberfoundation.org.
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Kenneth Rainin Foundation Invites Applications for Innovator Awards Program
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The Bay Area-based Kenneth Rainin Foundation invites applications for its Innovator Awards Program, which supports basic and translational research and clinical science to advance the understanding of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Grants of up to $150,000 for projects by individual researchers and up to $300,000 for collaborative projects involving multiple investigators will be awarded in support of basic, translational, and clinical science that could lead to new, transformative discoveries for the prediction and prevention of IBD.
Grants support research projects in bioengineering, diet and nutrition, molecular biology, immunity and inflammation, microbiome, therapeutic development and delivery, and gut-brain axis.
Researchers from any scientific discipline worldwide are eligible for funding; those who typically receive funding hold advanced degrees (MD, PhD, or the equivalent) and academic positions at universities, medical centers, or research institutions. Nonprofits must not be classified as a private foundation under section 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. For-profit institutions must demonstrate that their proposed project furthers the foundation’s charitable mission of promoting scientific and medical research.
Letters of inquiry are due September 30, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. PT and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by January 27, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. PT.
If you have an interest in applying, please contact Adam Kingston. For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Kenneth Rainin Foundation website.
Deadline: September 30, 2022 5:00 p.m. PT (Letters of Inquiry)
Link to complete RFP
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DOE’s Office of Science Is Now Accepting Applications for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Awards
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Students will perform graduate thesis research at national laboratories
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2022 Solicitation 2 cycle. Applications are due 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
SCGSR application assistance workshops will be held on September 19, 2022 and October 20, 2022. The first workshop will provide a general overview of the program; register here. The second workshop will guide attendees through the application process; register here.
The SCGSR program supports awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory or host site in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist — with the goal of preparing graduate students for scientific and technical careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students’ overall graduate theses while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the host DOE laboratories. SCGSR is open to current Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science. Since its inception in 2014, the SCGSR program has provided support to more than 870 graduate awardees from 155 U.S. universities to conduct thesis research at all 17 DOE national laboratories across the nation.
The SCGSR program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS), in collaboration with the Office of Science’s six research programs offices and two R&D and production offices and with the DOE national laboratories/facilities. Program administration support is provided by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). More information can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts.
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National Glaucoma Research Grants - Brightfocus Foundation
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Summary: The Brightfocus Foundation has
issued an RFP for its 2022 National Glaucoma Research Grants.
BrightFocus Foundation is a premier private funder of research to defeat
Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. The National Glaucoma
Research grants support US and international researchers pursuing
pioneering research leading to a greater understanding, prevention and
treatment of glaucoma. There are two grants: 1. Standard Awards ($200,000)--
provide significant funding for researchers who have already generated
some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate
additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental
or industrial funding agencies. 2. Postdoctoral fellowship awards ($150,000)--are
intended for young researchers in their final stages of mentored
training. These awards fund projects in an established laboratory that
will serve as the basis for the applicant's own independent research
career. An overview and links are below. Please forward to any faculty
in your units that may have interest. The application deadline for both grants is October 25, 2022 by 5:00 pm EST.
FOUNDATION: Brightfocus Foundation
RFP: National Glaucoma Research Grants: BrightFocus provides research funds for U.S. and international
researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater
understanding, prevention, and treatment of glaucoma. BrightFocus is
committed to supporting scientists from diverse backgrounds to foster
creativity and innovation in addressing complex scientific challenges.
We strongly encourage applications from individuals who are from groups
underrepresented in the field of glaucoma research.
The NGR program offers two types of awards:
- Standard Awards
- The standard award
provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated
some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate
additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental
or industrial funding agencies.
- Award Amount: $200,000
- Duration: 2 years
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
- Postdoctoral
fellowship awards are intended for young researchers in their final
stages of mentored training. These awards fund projects in an
established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant's
own independent research career.
- Award Amount: $150,000
- Duration: 2 years
2021 Awards
Note—if interested, please carefully review the RFP here:
APPLICATION PROCESS: Directions are at the link: https://science.brightfocus.org/how-apply-grant
DEADLINE: Full Proposal: October 25, 2022 by 5:00 pm EST.
PROJECT CONTACT: Tel: 800-437-2423, Email: researchgrants@brightfocus.org.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grants - Brightfocus Foundation
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Summary: The BrightFocus Foundation has
released its 2022 RFP for its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grants.
BrightFocus funds groundbreaking research in an urgent effort to
discover cures for Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration and
glaucoma. The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grants provide support for
domestic and international researchers pursing pioneering research
leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of
Alzheimer's disease. The program offers two types of awards: 1. Standard Awards ($300,000)--
for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary
data, but are often required to demonstrate additional, significant
progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding
agencies. 2. Post Doctoral Fellowship Awards ($200,000)--Postdoctoral
fellowship awards are intended for young researchers in their final
stages of mentored training. These awards fund projects in an
established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant's
own independent research career. Grant Applications are due by November 1, 2022 at 5:00 EST. An overview with links is below. Please forward this RFP notice to anyone in your unit that may have interest.
Note: If interested in applying, please review all of the information at this link:
FOUNDATION: BrightFocus Foundation
RFP: Alzheimer Disease Research Grants: BrightFocus provides research funds for U.S. domestic as well as international
researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater
understanding, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
BrightFocus is committed to supporting scientists from diverse
backgrounds to foster creativity and innovation in addressing complex
scientific challenges. We strongly encourage applications from
individuals who are from groups underrepresented in the field of
Alzheimer’s disease research.
The ADR program offers two types of awards:
- Standard Awards
- The standard award
provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated
some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate
additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental
or industrial funding agencies.
- Award Amount: $300,000
- Duration: 3 years
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
- Postdoctoral
fellowship awards are intended for young researchers in their final
stages of mentored training. These awards fund projects in an
established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant's
own independent research career.
- Award Amount: $200,000
- Duration: 2 years
Note: If interested in applying, please read the full RFP here:
APPLICATION PROCESS: https://science.brightfocus.org/how-apply-grant
DEADLINE: November 1, 2022 @ 5:00 EST.
PROJECT CONTACT: Tel: 800-437-2423, Email: researchgrants@brightfocus.org.
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The chart above shows DER's Proposal Volume from 2018 to 2022 as of (08/19/2022).
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Available now on demand (this and other past seminars)
Description: The 2022 CAREER Award Workshop (Session 1), presented by Dr. John Verboncoeur (Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies) & Dr. Robert Ofoli (Associate Professor), will lead a discussion of the competition format, along with best practices and strategies for producing successful NSF Career proposals. Session 1 will also include presentations by previous CAREER award winners, and presentations from others key resources from around campus. UPDATE: The NSF Career proposal submission deadline (NSF 22-586) is now July 27, 2022. Watch it now on demand!!! A recording of Sessions 2-4 will not be released as they will include peer to peer feedback regarding proprietary information included in CAREER proposals that will be submitted in this round. To be part of sessions 2-4, please contact Dr. Robert Ofoli
(Associate Professor) directly.
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Internal Funding Notifications & News |
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Does effort reporting for your grants and contracts seem more cumbersome than it should be? CGA has compiled a very helpful list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Topics range from reporting deadlines, to resolving errors, and everything in between!
As you peruse this list, you might notice that there is a dedicated email address for any questions or issues you may have when submitting effort reporting. Please use effortreporting@cga.msu.edu to expedite service.
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External Sponsor Notifications & News |
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Ongoing Updates and Posts |
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NSF News Releases |
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Ongoing Updates and Posts |
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NAMC Opportunities |
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Ongoing Updates and Posts |
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Press Releases and Funding Opportunities |
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U.S. Department of Defense |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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National Institutes of Health |
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National Science Foundation |
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Office of Naval Research |
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Research in Germany - Land of Ideas |
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U.S. Department of Energy |
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United States Department of Agriculture |
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