Department of Homeland Security; Major Center Funding

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a funding opportunity that might be of interest:

• DHS S&T Center of Excellence for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense – Lead (link) – Due August 4, 2017 – Up to $3,500,000 (subject to availability of funds) per year for 10 years
• DHS S&T Center of Excellence for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense – Partner (link) – Due August 4, 2017 – Up to $500,000; total will be distributed over the two-year period of performance (Subject to availability of funds and project execution)

March 2017 Issue of Research Development & Grant Writing News

The March issue of Research Development and Grant Writing News has been posted to: go.ncsu.edu/research-news. 

The Research Development Office maintains an institutional-level subscription allowing us to distribute freely within NC State University. 

New Funding Opportunities from the Research Development Office

To view previously announced funding opportunities, visit the RDO website.

Faculty Development Opportunity: NIH Grant Writing Workshop

Colleagues:

ORIED’s Research Development Office and the Proposal Development Unit are pleased to announce a new NIH-focused workshop that will provide insider insights into the perceptions and thinking of NIH study section grant reviewers.  The workshop will be held on May 30 and 31, 2017, in Textiles Room 2431 on NC State’s Centennial Campus.  This event is free but registration is required. 

Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute

I received this from the Office of Faculty Development. Please share with anyone with an interest in community engagement.

Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute

Are you interested in exploring how to connect your scholarship to the community or to design effective projects in collaboration with community partners? Do you want to study how integrating service learning into your course can improve student learning outcomes? Are you interested to learn about research methods useful to conduct engaged scholarship? These are just a few of the topics that you could explore by attending the Office of Faculty Development’s Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute. Applications are available now through April 24.

NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Internal Competition Dates

The University has announced its process for the NSF's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program (see below). Our college typically does not have a large number of labs with needs for major research equipment or instruments--but we do have some, and this is an opportunity to compete for funds to acquire needed instrumentation. Please see the process below for submitting internal letters of intent to my office, and, as always, please send any questions or ideas to me.

Grant Writing: Taking Your Research Funding to the Next Level

From the office of Faculty Development: Grant Writing: Taking Your Research Funding to the Next Level (Friday, March 31, 11:45 A.M. - 12:35 P.M., 405 Clark Hall): Join this session to hear how faculty can succeed in moving from leading smaller or single-site grants to larger or multi-site grants. Examples include securing funding for centers and/or institutes such as NSF or NIH training or research centers. This event is part of the Associate Professors' Community, a partnership with OIED.

You can register for these and other OFD workshops at go.ncsu.edu/ofdregistration.

Dear Colleague Letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Funding Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting proposals for the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations. Grand Challenges Explorations fosters early-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our greatest global health and development challenges. Launched in 2008 with an initial $100 million commitment from the foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations grants have already been awarded to more than 1200 researchers in more than 65 countries.

From the NIH: New Peer Review Videos for Applicants and Reviewers

New Peer Review Videos for Applicants and Reviewers

This information will be of considerable value to anyone submitting grants to the National Institutes of Health.

NIH’s Center for Scientific Review posted recordings of their most recent webinar series on peer review:

Finding Grants for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Research

Finding Grants for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Research (Monday, March 13, 3:00-4:15 P.M., 405 Clark Hall): Are you looking for funding opportunities that support doing research in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)? Participants in this session will learn how to locate and choose from the variety of funding resources which include: internal & external, federal, disciplinary, professional associations, and more. You will also learn about the wide scope of SoTL research and how to prioritize factors to consider related to publication or presentation. This session will be led by the OFD Assistant Directors, Dr. Doug James and Dr. Erin Robinson, and is part of our Non-Tenure Track Faculty Community.

NC State Center for Human Health and the Environment: Request for Applications Due April 3

The NC State University Center for Human Heath and the Environment (CHHE) is announcing its request for applications (RFA) for pilot project proposals for Spring 2017.  Applications will be due on April 3, 2017.

Two NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration in 2017

The NIH Office of Extramural Research is offering two NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration in 2017. 

These 2-day seminars, with optional workshop days, are taking place in New Orleans, LA (May 3-5) and Baltimore, MD (October 25-27). The program is geared towards new investigators and extramural research administrators wanting to learn more about the NIH grants application and award processes. These seminars offer a unique opportunity for attendees to interact with over 60 NIH & HHS program, review, grants and policy officials in a central location, who are eager to share their expertise and answer your questions. There are over 45 different topics to choose from over the course of the 2-day seminar, plus more in-depth opportunities during our optional pre-seminar workshop day on topics such as electronic Research Administration, Human Subjects Research Protections, Intellectual Property, and even an Administrator’s Boot Camp.