Outreach and Engagement Grants Available

This announcement is reposted from a university news item at this link.

Faculty members committed to addressing significant community challenges in three strategic regions of the state are invited to submit proposals to the Outreach and Engagement Incentive Grants Program. The deadline is Jan. 16.

Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to seven projects running from the spring of 2018 to the end of June 2019. The three strategic areas covered by the program are Wake County/City of Raleigh, Lenoir County/City of Kinston and Rutherford/Polk counties.

CHHE Pilot Project - Request for Applications (RFA)

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 2018.  Applications will be due on January 15, 2018.  The earliest start date will be April 1, 2018 with 12 months to expend awarded dollars.

November Issue of Research Development and Grant Writing News

The November 2017 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. Please forward this message to all interested parties within the NC State community.

International Travel Assistance Fund--Call for Applications (and potential for support from the College)

The Office of Global Engagement (OGE) has announced that it is time to submit applications for the International Travel Assistance Fund for 2017. As they note on their website, "International Affairs supports faculty and staff through an annual fund that provides $1,000 travel awards to encourage global engagement."

My office will match up to $1000 any college faculty member who applies for and receives this funding, provided that the project for which they are funded advances research and scholarship.

National Academy of Sciences call for research ideas in the social and behavioral sciences

As part of a decadal survey of social and behavioral sciences (SBS), the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee for the Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security (SBS Decadal Survey) invites all members of the SBS research community to join a virtual town hall onIdeaBuzz (https://ideabuzz.com/a/buzz/nasem-bbcss/sbsdecadalsurvey).