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Date: January 13, 2023

Time: 11:00am

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/8864950918?pwd=MG02MEt4ekNSNW9ZbHpiUUNNbEtvZz09.

GrantForward staff will walk attendees through various use cases such as finding grants, receiving recommendations, and learning strategic information so that you can get the most out of GrantForward for your research.

The registration via google form is used just in case you wanted to keep track of those who are interested. If not needed, you can simply anno...

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The NIH Grants Conference Center offers unique and exciting opportunities for everyone. This approach is new for us too and we are looking forward to exploring new ways to engage with you on the platform and share valuable resources along the way. We also have hundreds of NIH staff members who are eager to discuss the grants process, policies, and programs throughout the year in the center.

In addition to the features available during the year, you will also be able to:&#16...

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The Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award is presented to a SIUE faculty member in order to recognize the role of interdependence of research/scholarship and teaching. The Award confirms SIUE's belief that an individual must be a good scholar to be a good teacher.

Complete applications are due by 4:30pm on February 8^th, 2023.

For more information, visit https://www.siue.edu/funding/internal-funding/simon.shtml

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Seed grants for Transitional and Exploratory Projects (STEP) provides seed funding on a competitive basis to SIUE faculty and staff to support research and creative activities. Seed funding is intended to encourage faculty to initiate new research directions or new research projects. Seed grant funding is not intended to sustain or supplement current research programs.

Faculty members beyond the early stages of their careers must demonstrate how the STEP project represents a...

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New guidance is available which can be provided to companies/agencies that want to hire SIUE students as interns. The guidance, “SIUE Internship Options for Companies and Agencies,” is available on the Graduate School forms page.  It includes information both on working with the Career Development Center and working with your program through a sponsored project.

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The standard application process (SAP), a new way to apply for access to confidential microdata, was recently launched. Applicants can now use the SAP to apply for access to data from multiple federal agencies for the same project and can track applications as they move through the review process. To get started, select a dataset and click the "Request Access" button. Full instructions are available in the Applicant Instruction Manual.

The SAP marks an important milestone fo...

The federally funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs encourage domestic small businesses to engage in research and development that has the potential for commercialization.  Competitive grants are made directly to the small business.  The two programs share the same three phases.

• Phase I is innovation and research to study the scientific merit and commercial viability of an innovation.
• Phase II is available to compani...

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This event is designed for students, new researchers, and administrators/mentors who want to learn how biomedical and behavioral scientists with student debt can benefit from this program. In addition, participants will hear first-hand experiences from LRP Ambassadors on planning their grant applications.

During this event, participants will explore topics such as:

• the six different extramural LRP subcategories and their purposes;
• the general eligibility requirements;
• t...

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The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program is an immersive, entrepreneurial training program that facilitates the transformation of invention to impact. This immersive, seven-week experiential training program prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory, accelerating the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded and other basic research projects that are ready to mo...

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is interested in receiving proposals for the Minerva Research Initiative (http://minerva.defense.gov), a university-led defense social science program seeking fundamental understanding of the social and cultural forces shaping U.S. strategic interests globally. OSD is particularly interested in projects that align with and support the upcoming 2022 National Defense Strategy.

Minerva aims to improve DoD's basic understanding of the social, cultur...

The Graduate School updates our FAQs with new topics as needed.  The latest is on hemp, cannabis, and marijuana research. 

Effective November 21st, Award Documents, Organizational Reports, and Grants.gov integration in FastLane were retired and will be decommissioned. Here's what you need to know:

• The FastLane Award Documents functionality as well as all historical award documents moved to Research.gov and are accessible via a new Award Documents link on the Research.gov My Desktop page under Awards & Reporting.

• The Continuing Grant Increments Report that was available under FastLane Organizational Reports...

NSF along with federal and academic partners has developed a Safeguarding Science Toolkit to help researchers access a wide range of security best practices and tools from across government and academia.

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In this video, learn about the basics for writing federal grants.

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In this video, learn about the basics for writing federal grants.

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In this video, learn about the basics for writing federal grants.

The National Science Foundation Innovation in Graduate Education (IGE) accepts applications for proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education ...

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and for not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. MRI supports the acquisition or development of a multi-user research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for suppo...

The NSF is implementing new RCR requirements for July 2023, including the completion of RCR training by faculty. The training should cover specific topics. Further information on resources to meet these requirements will be provided in the spring semester.

Visit this link to see the updates on SIUE’s RCR policy that has been made to comply with NSF’s requirement. 

 After 30 years of service to SIUE, Tammy Smart is retiring as of November 30, 2022. Tammy has contributed greatly to the Office of Research and Projects.

To celebrate her accomplishments, the Graduate School is hosting a Retirement Reception on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 from 10:00am-12:00pm at Fixins in the Morris University Center. Please join us in wishing her well!