Funding Announcements
Compliance Highlight - UAS/Drone App – B4UFLY
Posted December 20, 2023
Discipline(s): All
The FAA has an app for recreational flyers, to help show where you can and cannot fly with interactive maps. The app is called B4UFLY and can be found in the App Store, Google Play store, or as a desktop version.
Some key features of the app include:
- A clear “status” indicator that informs the operator whether it is safe to fly or not.
- Informative, interactive maps with filters.
- Information about controlled airspace, special use airspace, critical infrastruc...
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IIN Sustaining Illinois NOFO (AY 2023-2024) – Due February 16
Posted December 20, 2023
Discipline(s): All
The University of Illinois System, its Office of the Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation (OVPEDI), and Northern Illinois University are committed to advancing the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) by providing supplemental (operational) funding for several projects.
IIN members are guided by the following principles:
- Drive inclusive innovation, equitable workforce development and sustainable economic growth throughout the state of Illinois;
- Assess and ...
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NEH Landmarks and Institutes Program
Posted December 20, 2023
Discipline(s): Arts & Humanities
NEH is excited to announce that its Landmarks and Institutes programs for summer 2024 are now accepting applications. K-12 educators can choose to attend done of 33 Landmarks and Institutes programs, and higher education faculty have 11 projects to choose from—including two from Landmarks.
Where will your summer take you? To examine Puritans’ influence on New England Gothic literature? To consider Asian American and Pacific Islander H...
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NSF Opportunities for Research and Education in the Critical-Zone (ORE-CZ2)
Posted December 20, 2023
Discipline(s): Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES); STEM Education (EDU); Earth Sciences (GEO/EAR); Geosciences (GEO)
With this Dear Colleague Letter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) within the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) together with the Division of Equity for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (EDU/EES) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) continue to further expand the diversity of investigators expl...
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STEP Grant Program - Now Accepting Applications for FY2025
Posted December 20, 2023
Discipline(s): All
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.
The focus of the program is to support promising junior faculty to undertake pilot projects that will aid i...
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DRP Awardee - Dr. Jason Stacy
Posted December 13, 2023
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Stacy, Professor of Historical Studies, is being promoted to the rank of Distinguished Research Professor.
A committee of research faculty unanimously recommended Dr. Stacy for promotion based on his sustained scholarly activity since promotion to Professor, his significant achievements in his field, and recognition by his peers. They noted that his work exemplifies high standards of scholarship and innovation. At the same ti...
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NSF Advancing education for the future AI
Posted December 13, 2023
Discipline(s): STEM Education; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Computing and Communication Foundations; Information and Intelligent Systems; Computer and Network Systems
With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), EDU and CISE encourage the submission of novel and high impact proposals that advance inclusive computing education that prepares preK-12 and undergraduate students for the AI workforce.
This EducateAI DCL seeks to support professional learning opportunities & communitie...
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NSF Advancing education for the future AI
Posted December 13, 2023
Discipline(s): STEM Education; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Computing and Communication Foundations; Information and Intelligent Systems; Computer and Network Systems
With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), EDU and CISE encourage the submission of novel and high impact proposals that advance inclusive computing education that prepares preK-12 and undergraduate students for the AI workforce.
This EducateAI DCL seeks to support professional learning opportunities & communitie...
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NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education – Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (IUSE-AID)
Posted December 13, 2023
Discipline(s): Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) encourages STEM education communities to submit proposals to the Directorate for STEM Education’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE:EDU) program (NSF 23-510) that focus on Adaptation and Implementation, and/or Dissemination of proven teaching strategies and learning materials reflecting advances in what is known about undergraduate STEM teaching and learning.
Proposals that ...
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NSF-Lemelson Initiative on Environmental and Social Sustainability in Engineering Education
Posted December 13, 2023
Discipline(s): Engineering
With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the Directorate for Engineering of the National
Science Foundation (NSF) notifies the research community of a collaboration with The Lemelson Foundation of a special topic focus to foster efforts that transform engineering education and address environmental and social sustainability. The opportunity described in this DCL remains in effect until archived.
Before submitting a proposal to this special topic focus, princ...
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Become a reviewer for OASH
Posted December 06, 2023
Discipline(s): All
Individuals interested in becoming a grant reviewer for programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), which includes ORI, are encouraged to visit:
https://www.grantsolutions.gov/rrm/AgencyPortal/oash.aspx to learn more and to register and create a reviewer profile.
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NSF Fall 2023 Virtual Conference - Proposal Preparation (Webinar)
Posted December 06, 2023
Discipline(s): All
In the webinar, NSF staff will review how and when to prepare a proposal, including discussion of what constitutes a project and a proposal of high quality. Presenters will discuss do’s and don’ts, recent procedural changes, as well as the various sources of NSF programmatic opportunities.
Click here to view the webinar.
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NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) Limited Submission – LOI Due in Kuali Build
Posted December 06, 2023
Discipline(s): STEM Education
The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program provides institutions of higher education (IHEs) with funds for scholarships to encourage and enable domestic low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential and demonstrated financial need to enter the US workforce following completion of associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees in S-STEM eligible disciplines.
To enable social mobility of these students ...
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Safeguarding Science Toolkit
Posted December 06, 2023
Discipline(s): All
An informed, empowered scientific community is best positioned to assess emerging technologies and their applications and to design measures to guard against the potential misuse or theft of these technologies. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has partnered with multiple federal agencies to develop an outreach initiative, “Safeguarding Science,” designed to raise awareness of the spectrum of risk in emerging technologies and to hel...
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Supporting Your Career Path with NIH Funding (Webinar)
Posted December 06, 2023
Discipline(s): All
Whether you are aiming for an academic career, exploring options beyond the bench, or are simply unsure of your next step, career planning can be stressful. In this session, NIH Training and Diversity Program Officers will lead a conversation about how to approach planning your career, helpful resources, and ways you can prepare now for a fulfilling career in the future.
Click here to view the webinar.
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Become a reviewer for NEH
Posted November 29, 2023
Disciplines: Arts & Humanities
NEH is always looking for scholars, cultural institution leaders, humanities center staff, and other experts to serve as peer reviewers. If you have ever applied for an NEH grant or served on an NEH panel, you are already in our electronic grants management system (eGMS) and do not need to register via this form.
But if you are new to the NEH, and if you would like to be considered as a peer reviewer, use this form to add yourself to the system. The NEH may use t...
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Have questions related to your project or grant account? Here’s who to contact in ORP
Posted November 29, 2023
Disciplines: All
Have a question related to the development of a proposal, your grant account, or protocols? Here’s a list of email contacts in the Office of Research and Projects to reach out to for assistance.
ResearchCompliance@siue.edu Use this email when there is a question about compliance related issues
orpcontracts@siue.edu - Use this email when you have questions about your award, affiliated contract or a contract negotiation question.
siueresearch@siue.edu - Use this em...
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NIH Implementation of Simplified Review Framework for Research Project Grants (Webinar)
Posted November 29, 2023
Discipline(s): All
This webinar will provide an overview and answer questions regarding the simplified review framework for the review of most research project grant (RPG) applications. The new framework will go into effect beginning with submissions with due dates of January 25, 2025.
This event will provide a high-level overview of the changes included in the new framework. As we get closer to January 2025, the community can expect follow-up webinars for applicants and reviewers with additio...
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NSF IRES Program Virtual Office Hours
Posted November 29, 2023
Discipline(s): STEM Education
The NSF International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) Program Team is hosting a series of Virtual Office Hours aimed at giving potential PIs an opportunity to ask questions.
Office Hours will be held on most Monday afternoons at 1 p.m. ET now through January 29, during which any questions about the program can be asked and discussed. Please note that there will be no session on the following dates: December 25, January 1 and January 15, as these are Feder...
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Verify research integrity with iThenticate
Posted November 29, 2023
Discipline(s): All
iThenticate is a web-based program designed to compare written works with over 40 billion web pages and several million scholarly sources. Uploaded files are compared to more than 37 million articles from 500+ scientific, technical, and medical journals and resources (including material from PubMed, EBSCOhost, and the Gale InfoTrac OneFile), and thousands of theses and dissertations.
Like Turnitin, iThenticate is an intellectual property verification tool that checks documen...
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