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Discipline(s): All

John Bunce, Ph.D. and Senior Researcher, Dept. Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has made available sample NSF proposals and reviews from his initial, unfunded proposal, to his funded resubmission.

Access the materials here.

Discipline(s): Biotechnology and Engineering

The U.S. is a world leader in biotechnology, a field that comprises the data, tools, research infrastructure, workforce capacity, and innovations that enable the discovery, utilization, and reprogramming of living organisms, their constituent components, and their biologically related processes. Advances supported by NSF and the Engineering Directorate include genome sequencing, editing, and synthesis; synthetic and engineered biology; imaging and bi...

Discipline(s): Mathematical and Physical Sciences

The Division of Materials Research (DMR) Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials Research (PREM) program aims to enable, build, and grow partnerships between minority-serving institutions and DMR-supported centers and/or facilities to increase recruitment, retention, and degree attainment (which collectively defi ne the PREM pathway) by members of those groups most historically underrepresented in materials research, and at the same...

Discipline(s): Physics

The NSF Division of Physics' Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics (PREP) program aims to enable and grow partnerships between minority-serving institutions and Division-supported Physics Frontiers Centers or eligible centers and institutes to increase the participation of members of traditionally underserved and underrepresented groups in physics through excellent research and education endeavors that advance physics research goals.

Due Date: March 12, 2024...

Due: Friday, January 19, 2024 at 4:30PM

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...

Discipline(s): Science and Engineering

Sigma Xi is pleased to announce that the application portal is NOW OPEN for the Spring '24 cycle of our Grants in Aid of Research (GIAR) program. Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Grants are awarded by education level and research discipline.

Sigma Xi members are eligible for increased grant amounts up to $5,000 for

graduate students and up to $2,000 for undergraduate students. Non-member

applicants are eligible for grants up ...

Discipline(s): All

The Graduate School is now accepting nominations for the Hoppe Research Professor Award, which is made to SIUE faculty members in order to bring recognition to and support individual programs of research or creative activities. Faculty must be nominated by their Department Chair and/or Dean. These awards recognize faculty members whose research or creative activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their fields of study. Recipients are expected to prod...

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:

1. Drive inclusive innovation, equitable workforce development and sustainable economic growth throughout the state of Illinois;
2. Assess and ...

Discipline(s): Visual and Performing Arts

The Midwest Artist Project Services (MAPS) mock grant panel offers an opportunity to practice writing a grant application for arts-based projects and to get formal feedback from a review committee.

Artists of all disciplines, collectives, and emerging arts organizations without nonprofit status are invited to submit applications. MAPS is dividing submissions into two pools: one for applicants who have more experience or success with past applications, ...

Discipline(s): Mathematical and Biological Sciences

The Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) program seeks to stimulate fundamental interdisciplinary and potentially transformative research pertaining to the development of innovative mathematical/statistical/computational theories, tools, and modeling approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers. It supports research projects in mathematical biology that address challenging and ...

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...

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...

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:

1. Drive inclusive innovation, equitable workforce development and sustainable economic growth throughout the state of Illinois;
2. Assess and ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...