ORIED Internal Seed Funding Programs

The office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development is pleased to announce our internal seed funding programs are open for proposals. Please visit the linked websites for more information on these programs.

Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP) Q&A Session (WEBINAR)

Date: Thursday, March 3^rd, 2016

Time: 12:00-1:00pm EST

Registration Link: https://ncsu.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_1MHxFCwjzouD75H

The Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP) will allocate more than $1,500,000 over three years to fund exceptional research teams and projects that span NC State colleges. GRIP is intended to incentivize and support visionary research ideas that will result in large-scale extramural funding, award-winning research impacts, and first-class interdisciplinary graduate education and training. For more information about GRIP (including a copy of the RFP and a short video about the program) please visit https://research.ncsu.edu/rdo/funding/internal-funding/grip/.

The Game-Changing Research Incentive Program: An Important Opportunity for Our College

A version of this letter was shared with department heads and members of the college research committee on February 24. 


Dear Colleagues:

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development has issued its call for proposals for an important new program, the Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP) at https://research.ncsu.edu/rdo/funding/internal-funding/grip/  I am writing to urge that you consider leading or joining a team to apply for this funding. This is an exciting program, made even more compelling with the participation of RTI International, and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science.

GRIP will, in the words of the announcement, “allocate more than $1,500,000 over three years to fund exceptional research teams and projects that span NC State colleges. GRIP is intended to incentivize and support visionary research ideas that will result in large-scale extramural funding, award-winning research impacts, and first-class interdisciplinary graduate education and training.”

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute (Now due Wednesday, February 24th)

Applications for the Office for Faculty Development's Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute, to be held over Spring Break, are open now through 11:59 P.M. THIS WEDNESDAY, February 24th. Building upon OFD’s successful pilot institute last year, the Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute will take place over three days during Spring Break 2016: Monday, March 7th, Wednesday, March 9th, and Friday, March 11th. Participants will gain knowledge in the unique aspects of conducting research on community engagement as well as hear from experienced engagement researchers. They will begin work on their Scholarship of Community Engagement projects and receive feedback from their fellow participants as well as session leaders. For more details about the Institute, please visit https://ofd.ncsu.edu/events-and-programs/institutes/. The application can be found at go.ncsu.edu/engagementinstitute.

New funding opportunity for research on crowdsourced reasoning

The Office for Research and Engagement received this notification of this outstanding opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration around the idea of crowdsourced analytics. Please let our office know if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, which touches directly on a wide range of disciplines in which we have considerable expertise. 

Oregon State University Resident Scholar Program: Now Accepting Applications

The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center (SCARC) invites applications for its Resident Scholar Program.

Now in its ninth year, the Resident Scholar Program provides research grants to scholars interested in conducting work in the Special Collections & Archives Research Center. Stipends of $2,500 per month renewable for up to three months (for a total maximum grant award of $7,500) will be awarded to researchers whose proposals detail a compelling potential use of the materials held in the Center. Grant monies can be used for any purpose.

Short Deadline: NAS Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship

Dear Colleagues,

[This deadline may be too tight for this year, but this is FYI in case you have something ready to go, or want to consider this for next year.]

Applications for the Gulf Research Program’s 2016 Early-Career Research Fellowships and Science Policy Fellowships are due next Wednesday, February 17 at 11:59pm ET. Visit the fellowships webpage to review eligibility requirements, watch applicant tutorials, and access the online application system.

To receive notifications about future Gulf Research Program funding opportunities, sign up for email updates.

Regards,

The Gulf Research Program

ONE WEEK REMAINING: Applications for Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute

Applications for our Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute, to be held over Spring Break, are open now through February 17th. Building upon OFD’s successful pilot institute last year, the Scholarship of Community Engagement Institute will take place over three days during Spring Break 2016: Monday, March 7th, Wednesday, March 9th, and Friday, March 11th. Participants will gain knowledge in the unique aspects of conducting research on community engagement as well as hear from experienced engagement researchers. They will begin work on their Scholarship of Community Engagement projects and receive feedback from their fellow participants as well as session leaders. For more details about the Institute and a link to the application, please visit https://ofd.ncsu.edu/events-and-programs/institutes/.

Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences FY16 Announcement

Army Research Institute: Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences FY16 Foundational Science Research Unit Broad Agency Announcement

The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences is the Army's lead agency for the conduct of research, development, and analyses for the improvement of Army readiness and performance via research advances and applications of the behavioral and social sciences that address personnel, organization, training, and leader development issues. The basic research program supports research projects that are designed to expand fundamental knowledge and discover general principles in the behavioral and social sciences.
Agency due date: 3/11/2016

Please contact me or Missy Seate if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity. 

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Research Advances in Smart and Connected Communities

Colleagues, I know this program rather well, and would be very happy to work with anyone looking to pursue funding from this program.

September 14, 2015

Dear Colleagues:

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Education and Human Resources (EHR), Engineering (ENG), Geosciences (GEO), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) wish to notify the community of their intention to support, foster, and accelerate fundamental research that addresses challenges in enabling Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC).

Apply for support through the Proposal Preparation Program (PPP)

Is your research proposal almost ready to submit, but you need to do some work to complete it? Do you need support to resubmit a promising but so-far unfunded proposal?

To facilitate the timely completion of proposals for external funding, the College’s Research Office may be able to offer up to $3000 in funding for a range of activities that would help to strengthen a grant or fellowship proposal. Such activities include supporting pilot studies, travel to archives or other facilities, funding grad students for data entry for a pilot study, visits to a program officer or other funding official, or engaging a consultant to evaluate the proposal, manuscript, data analysis, and the like.

You may apply for support by filling in a form found at http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/research/ppp/index.php, or visit http://go.ncsu.edu/hss-ppp for updated information.

Submission Guidelines

Applications are accepted and evaluated on an on-going basis. The applications will be reviewed by the Associate Dean for Research, who may call upon members of the research committee for advice and input.

Please be sure to submit your PPP application to the research office no later than 7 months before your grant proposal deadline. This is a firm deadline.

Q&A

Are these funds available only for projects supporting grant and fellowship proposals?  Yes.

Are these funds available only for projects that, if funded, would return large overhead (F&A) revenues?
 No. We will consider proposals to support projects that would yield smaller grants, as well as high-prestige fellowship applications.

Is this program designed just for big-money social science researchers?  No. This funding will also support preliminary work for applications for fellowships, applications to work as a visiting scholar, and similar programs. Any T/TT faculty member may apply.

Does this program support conference travel?  No.

Can I budget summer salary or academic year salary?  No.  You can budget hourly wages for a student employee.

Are these funds available to NTT faculty?  No. This program, because it funds grant proposals, is for T/TT faculty. However, teams that consist of both T/TT and NTT faculty may apply, but the lead PI must be a T/TT faculty member.

Join the UGPN Meeting in Australia

NC State faculty are invited to attend the University Global Partnership Network (UGPN) meeting February 29th -March 3 in Australia. The meeting will be hosted by the network's newest member, the University of Wollongong.

The annual meeting brings together researchers, academics, administrators and staff from the member institutions: University of Surrey, University of Sao Paulo, NC State University and the University of Wollongong.  The program will consist of campus/facility tours, workshops, round table discussions about research and exchange opportunities.

Applications Open for 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. 

Postdoctoral Fellows: UN University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) has several openings for postdoctoral fellows, including a position in its “Governance for Sustainable Development” project.

Two Funding Opportunities: Critical Infrastructure and Food

These are NSF funding opportunities that may be of interest to faculty. 

Pre-Announcement of Large-Scale Seed-Funding Program

Dr. Alan Rebar, Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, is pleased to announce a new, large-scale seed-funding program to stimulate the growth of interdisciplinary research at NC State.  This initiative, the Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP), will allocate approximately $1,500,000 over three years to fund exceptional research teams and projects that span NC State colleges.  GRIP is intended to incentivize and support visionary research ideas that will result in large-scale extramural funding, award-winning research impacts, and first-class interdisciplinary graduate education and training.   

Data Science Initiative Winter Symposium

Colleagues, I received this from Trey Overman, the Data Science Initiative program manager--many of you may be interested in this symposium.

Symposium on Friday, February 5th in the Duke Energy Hall (Room C) at Hunt Library on Centennial Campus.  This event is free and will run from 9:00 - 5:00, with lunch provided and a reception to immediately follow.  A detailed agenda will be forthcoming.  

Lauren Di Monte of the libraries has sent us news about the Making Space event series that many of our faculty and staff will find interesting: 

• Video Games, Psychology and the User Experience, a public talk given by Dr. Ceclia Hodent from Epic Games. February 2, 4:00pm-5:00pm
• User Experience in Video Game Design, a hand-on workshop led by Dr. Hodent.February 2, 5:30-6:30pm
• Engineering an Engineering Toolset for Girls--and Boys Too, a public talk given by Sibel Deren Guler, founder of Teknikio. March 31, 3:00pm-4:00pm
• Future Wearables, a hands-on workshop led by Deren Guler on March 31, 6:00pm-9:00
  , and and a second session on April 1, 10:00am-1:00pm

New ways to learn more about 2016 Gulf Research Program fellowships (apply by Feb. 17)

Dear Colleagues,

We encourage you and your colleagues to take advantage of two new ways to learn more about the 2016 Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowships and Science Policy Fellowships for early-career researchers and professionals in the social and behavioral sciences, health and medicine, engineering, earth and life sciences, and relevant interdisciplinary fields.

Limited Submission Opportunity: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research: New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award

This award will fund new faculty and their teams of graduate students and post-doctoral scholars to conduct innovative research with potential to expand the availability of food and facilitate the global practice of sustainable agriculture as the world’s population grows to more than 9 billion people by the year 2050. The program is intended to shine a spotlight on food and agriculture sciences and elevate the field in the scientific arena.