NSF MRI Internal Competition Dates

Last year, the Office of Research, Innovation, & Economic Development developed a revised internal process for handing submissions to the NSF Major Research Instrumentation program. That process has been updated slightly for the current year (January 2018 submission deadline). Full details and deadlines can be found here.

New funding opportunities from Research Development after the jump. Some of these may not be directly related to our core disciplines, but many of these should involve humanists or social scientists--or both!

Links to presentations at the NCSU Research Retreat

This post is to provide you with a link to individual PDFs for all of the presentations provided at this year's university research retreat (April 5, 2017):

Data Science Initiative: Data Matters 2017

Update, May 1: Pcards should not be used to pay for registration for this event. The unit funding your registration will need to process an IDT for these payments. Ask your department's staff for assistance. 

The Data Science Initiative is excited to announce registration is open for Data Matters 2017! Head over to http://datamatters.org/ for all course descriptions, instructor bios, registration, and logistic information.

Building on the success of last year's Data Matters event, NC State has again partnered with UNC Chapel Hill's the Odum Institute and Renci, and the National Consortium for Data Science to offer “Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series” in Hunt Library from August 7-11, 2017.  Data Matters is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at professionals in business, research, and government. If you are struggling to stay afloat in the data deluge, grappling with large, complex data, or simply want to sharpen your data science skills, Data Matters is for you! 

Reminder: Internal Preproposals Deadline April 12

As a reminder,  Internal pre-proposals for UNC Research Opportunities Initiative (ROI) and Inter-Institutional Planning Grant (IPG) programs must be submitted to ORIED via InfoReady Review by 5:00 pm on Wednesday 4/12/17. Please follow the pre-proposal guidelines laid out in the RFPs. As in previous years, the Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development will prioritize pre-proposals from NC State following an internal competition that will be managed by ORIED. Contact Jon Horowitz with any questions. 

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. 

Due March 15: Engagement Scholarship Consortium: Call for Proposals

The deadline for the Call for Proposals for the 2017
Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) conference is fast-approaching.

Call for Proposals: NCDS Data Fellows 2017-2018 due April 7

The National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS) is seeking proposals for participation in the 2017-2018 NCDS Data Science Faculty Fellows program, with a submission due date of April 7, 2017. 

 

Funding Opportunity from NSF: Systems Science (SYS)

NSF: Systems Science (SYS)

This program supports fundamental research leading to a theoretical foundation for design and systems engineering.   In particular, the Systems Science program seeks intellectual advances in which underlying theories (such as probability theory, decision theory, game theory, organizational sociology, behavioral economics or cognitive psychology) are integrated and abstracted to develop explanatory models for design and systems engineering in a general, domain-independent fashion.  Ideally, the explanatory models, derived from the underlying theoretical foundations will lead to testable hypotheses.  Based on collected evidence supporting or falsifying the hypotheses, new insights are gained allowing the explanatory models to be refined or updated.

Agency due date: 9/1/17 - 9/15/17