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Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News NSF Releases New PAPPG  NSF Hopes That Big Data Will Finger Grantees Not Reporting Foreign Support: New CHIPS law mandates tougher enforcement of research security by U.S. agencies  NSF to end cost-sharing mandate for some grants to level the playing field  New NSF Workforce Development Program Opens New Doors in […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News NSF Invests in Bio-Inspired and Bioengineered Systems for Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure, and Health  NSF Policy Office Webinar Series on Concept Outlines  NSF Joins USPTO Council for Inclusive Innovation  NIH to Present Session on Research Misconduct and Detrimental Practices  NIH to Follow Up with Researchers’ Institutions When They are Uncivil with […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Proposed Mandatory Reporting Requirement for Sexual Misconduct Could Harm Graduate Students  NIST Launches New iEdison System for Reporting Federally Funded Inventions  NIH 2022 – 2023 Virtual Grants Conference and PreCon Events  NSF Announces 4 New Engineering Research Centers Focused on Agriculture, Health, Manufacturing and Smart Cities  NSF and Amazon Continue […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Biden to Name Physicist as Director of OSTP  U.S. Plans to Help Universities Protect Security of Research  GAO Recommends Focus on Risk Exposure When Examining University Sharing of Technology with Foreign Nationals  U.S. Universities Fight Senate Innovation Bill Targeting Foreign Gifts to Faculty  IIE Report Shows Rebound in International Students […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Report: Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research  Can Happy Labs Increase Diversity? Major Funder Bets Big on Young Scientists  Case Study in Research Integrity: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble  Lockdowns, Supply Shortages, Inflation Hamper Major Science Projects  Researchers Citing Both Chinese […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Updated NIH RPPR Instruction Guide Available  Action Required for In-Progress RPPR Budget Forms By or Before June 22  NIH Gains New Power to Police Sexual Harassment  New FY 2021 NIH RCDC Categories and Funding Data are Now Available  NIH: In What Scenarios Must Information Protected by a Certificate of Confidentiality […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News New Research Management System (RMS) Proposal Certification (PC) Form Assurances for Department of Energy  New! McKelvey has access to the Hanover Research grant newsletter. Sign up here.  NSF and DOE announce partnership for science and engineering  NSF Announces Investment in Multi-Sector Partnership to Accelerate Research in Next-Generation Networking and Computing […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Kansas Chemistry Professor Found Guilty of Hiding Ties to China  U.S. math professor found guilty in latest China Initiative trial  Chinese Universities Continue to Gain Prestige in World Market  Biden Wants to Attract Russian Scientists  NIH Budget: FY22 Outcomes and FY23 Request  AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh Testifies on the Economic […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Early-career support program launched for Danforth faculty  NSF releases 2022 – 2026 strategic plan describing vision for the next five years  Revised NSF PAPPG Available for Comment  Updated NSF Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support table  Updated NSF Frequently Asked Questions Regarding […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Biden’s 2023 Budget Request for Science Remains High  ‘We are Turning a Corner.’ Acting White House Science Director Moves to Calm Troubled Office  Feds Drop Case Against Yale Professor; Yale Lifts Suspension  Chinese Research Ranks as High or Higher than US Work in Top 1 Percent of Studies in 2019  […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Tennessee Scientist Falsely Accused of Hiding Ties to China Speaks Out  Professor’s Suspension Casts a Pall  Congress to Approve Spending Plan that Includes Increased Funding for Scientific Research  The U.S. Just Created a Big New Biomedical Research Agency, But Questions Remain  NSF establishes new Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Resignation leads to controversial division of White House Science Advisor’s Job  Justice Department Ends Probe of Scientists’ Ties to China  One Fourth of Federal Obligations for R&D Go to Two States – California and Maryland  Now Effective: Use of the New SAM UEI in NSF Systems in Place of DUNS […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News ***DUPLICATE***Please note: Because some recipients reported that today’s newsletter arrived in their email’s Junk folder, the 2/25/22 newsletter was resent. Apologies if you received this email twice.   What’s Next for Biden’s Research Agenda After Science Adviser’s Fall from Grace  Two Scientists will Replace Eric Lander  National Science Advisory Board for […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News U.S. Prosecutors Said an MIT Scientist Hid His China Ties. Here’s Why Their Case Collapsed  UT Knoxville Reinstates Professor Acquitted of Fraud Charges  National Science Board Evaluates the State of US ScienceChina Surpasses U.S. in Key Scientific Metrics  Huge Boost for US Science Funding Inches Closer to Reality  White House […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News White House Calls for Consistent Rules Disclosing Foreign Research Funding  COGR Releases Updated Disclosures Summary to Reflect Updated NSF Disclosure Table and Current & Pending Support FAQs  Resources for NIH Pre- and Post-Award Disclosures  Preliminary GAO Results Show That Agencies’ Implementation of FISMA Requirements Was Inconsistent  Prosecutors Recommend Dropping Charges […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Omicron’s Punch to Scholarly Associations  Harvard Professor Convicted in China Initiative Case  Reframing the Individual Development Plan  How Identity Shapes Science  What Is Engaged Scholarship and How Can It Improve Your Research?  What the Lieber Verdict Says, and Doesn’t Say, About Future Probes of Scholars’ Ties to China  Gen-1 Ethanol […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News ‘Feminized’ Research and Faculty Career Outcomes  Harvard professor charged with hiding his ties to Chinese government found guilty on all counts  Higher Education R&D (HERD) Survey: The FY 2020 data tables, including the rankings for all institutions (Table 5), are now available  DARPA publishes “Senior/Key Personnel Foreign Influence Risk Rubric”  […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News How Retention, Not Just Recruitment, Hinders STEM Diversity  Collaborative Research Across Continents  NIH Director Francis Collins to Hand Reins to Acting Director Lawrence Tabak on December 20  Charles Lieber Set to Begin Trial Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES DARPA Cornucopia   ABSTRACTS: 12/20/2021 FA1: Domestication of Microbes for […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News The Department of Defense is issuing AI ethics guidelines for tech contractors  Resources & Recordings Available from the Recent 2021 NIH Virtual Grants Seminar  NIH to Host Two Upcoming Events on Using Cohort Models to Enhance Diversity  Controversial Berlin law gives postdocs pathway to permanent jobs  Big Data Infrastructure at […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Should the Next NIH Director Hold a Medical Degree?  NIH All About Grants Podcast – To Resubmit or Not  More Data on NIH Applications Submitted During the Pandemic  New NIH Director will Need to Grapple with the Pandemic, Systemic Racism In Science and Scientific Cooperation with China  Major U.S. Research […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Top U.S. science funder says it is swamped by investigations of foreign influence on grantees  GAO Report – Federal Research: Agency Actions Needed to Address Foreign Influence  U.S. Must Invest in Research to Maintain Competitiveness  NSF 2021 Grants Conference: Recordings Now Available  Persecution of Mexican Researchers Reaches ‘Another Level’  UT […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Promotion & Tenure Processes Must Capture the Value of Innovation and Entrepreneurship  Social Media Short on Mentions of Female Scientists and Their Work  Fake Peer Review?  Biden Picks Scientist Dumped by Trump’s EPA to Lead Agency’s Research Office  More Money and Less Paperwork Would Boost Scientific Research  NIH chief Dr. […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Kansas Professor Accused of Failing to Disclose Ties to China Seeks to Have Evidence Thrown Out  House Science Panel Unveils $45 Billion Blueprint for More Research  Register for the Fall 2021 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration November 1 – 4  White House Establishes R&D Priorities  White […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Kansas Professor Accused of Failing to Disclose Ties to China Seeks to Have Evidence Thrown Out  COGR Releases Paper on “Foreign Influence – Practical Considerations in Developing an Institutional Response”  Clarified Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NIH)  New Proposal Functionality, NSF Website Enhancements, and Updates to […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Kansas Professor Accused of Failing to Disclose Ties to China Seeks to Have Evidence Thrown Out  COGR Releases Paper on “Foreign Influence – Practical Considerations in Developing an Institutional Response”  Clarified Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NIH)  New Proposal Functionality, NSF Website Enhancements, and Updates to […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News OSTP to Issue Guidance on Researcher Security and Researcher Responsibility  How the National Science Foundation is Taking on Fairness in AI  Fate of Trump’s China Initiative Remains in Flux  NSF Partnerships Expand National AI Research Institutes to 40 States  NIH Adjusted Timeline for Requiring Two-Factor Authentication to Access eRA Modules […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News U.S. Visa Rejections Shattered Chinese Students’ Dreams. Now They Are Fighting Back  NSF Issuance of the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide – Effective October 4, 2021  NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for FY2021 – 2025 Now Available  “Superstar” Principal Investigators Accused of Sexual Harassment Continue to Pose Challenges for Their Institutions and NIH  […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Congress Takes Aim at China’s Recruitment of Talent in U.S.  New Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust Established by National Academy of Sciences to Support the Health of the Research Enterprise  Tips for Writing Large-Scale, Cross-Disciplinary Proposals  Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations Are Hard  China Initiative Cases Dismissed  Congress Takes […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Request for Information To Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies  NSF Biennial Report on Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering  Women More Likely to Invent for Women but Face Obstacles as Innovators  ‘We’re problem solvers’: research administrators offer guidance to working scientists  More than Innovation and Competition: […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News 10 Tips on Grant Writing From a Seasoned Reviewer Rules for Reporting Foreign Collaborations May Stall International Science Do Colleges Need a Foreign Policy? House Plan Would Support New Technology Directorate at NSF Now comes the hard part: correctly implementing science funding U.S. House backs higher spending levels for NSF […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News New Florida Law Targets Colleges’ International Ties  Applied Research Gets Starring Role in Biden’s 2022 Budget  GOP Senators Block Legislation Supporting New Tech Directorate at NSF  COGR Materials Transfer in Academia – 20 Questions and Answers  Senate passes $250 billion partisan tech and manufacturing bill aimed at countering China  Senate […]

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Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News NIH Updated Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Pages Available Now and Required January 2022  Women Earned Half of All S&E Degrees in 2018 But Remained Underrepresented in Computer Science and Engineering  Researcher Sentenced to 37 Months for Undisclosed China Ties  Asian scientists are rethinking the American dream  Summary of […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News State Department Exempts International Students From COVID Travel Bans  Research Universities and the Innovation Economy  First round of hearings by Congress back a more muscular NSF  Senators Pump Brakes on Endless Frontier Act  Biden looks to bolster long-term research and development  Senators Question Science Nominee on Past Mistakes  The Changing […]

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Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News U.S. needs solar geoengineering research program, National Academies says  Former Senator Bill Nelson Nominated to Lead NASA  NIH Extends Policy Flexibilities for Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans  EPA to Review Attacks on Science Under Trump  New video: Understanding Fellowships and Training Grants at NIH  Another Uncertain Admissions Cycle for International […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News What is Research Misconduct? European Countries Can’t Agree  FY21 NDAA Enacted: Science and Technology Policy Highlights  NIH Center for Scientific Review Seeks to Address Systemic Bias in Peer Review  “On the verge of a breakdown’ Report Highlights Women Academics’ Pandemic Challenges  Challenges Faced by Women STEM Faculty Exacerbated by Pandemic  […]

Additions, corrections & updates indicated in RED Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News U.S. Doubles Down on Protecting University Research from China  Final FY21 Appropriations: Department of Defense  NIH Head Apologizes for Structural Racism in Biomedical Research  Subscription required.  NIH stands against structural racism in biomedical research  Writing a Research Plan for an NIH Proposal  Be […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Covid-19 Could Do Lasting Damage to the Pipeline for Researchers  Former University of Florida Researcher Indicted for Scheme to Defraud National Institutes of Health and University of Florida  Chinese Researcher Accused of Hiding Military Ties Now Facing Additional Charges  Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Concern Grows that Politicization of Pandemic Will Erode Public’s Trust in Science  A Scientist is Arrested, and Academics Push Back  NIH Guidance on Salary Limitations for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2021  NIH Seeks Diversity in Conference Proposals  Largest-ever Survey Exposes Career Obstacles for LGBTQ Scientists  Women Faculty with Children […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Biden appoints geneticist Eric Lander as science advisor  U.S. Law Sets the Stage for Boost to Artificial Intelligence Research  NIH Continues to Accept Preliminary Data After Submission  More Influence for Science  What the Biden administration and a Democratic Congress could mean for higher ed  ‘Inspired Choice’: Biden Appoints Prominent Sociologist […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Race and Sex Stereotyping Executive Order Subject to Preliminary Injunction  Congress backs research in 2021  Report finds holes in U.S. policies on foreign influence in research  NSF develops predictive model to flag improper payments  Power Shift in Senate Could Bring Major Changes in U.S. Science and Climate Policy  Prestigious AI […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Massive 2021 U.S. spending bill leaves research advocates hoping for more  NSF Invites Public Participation in Discussion on the Evolving Role of Online Learning  Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Quantum Education and Workforce  Dear Colleague Letter: IMAGiNE FG: Functional Genomics  Brexit deal secures U.K. access to European research funds Spotlight Opportunities […]

Funding Opportunities NewsletterFunding NewsScientists Fear That ‘Covidization’ is Distorting Research NIH Announces New Funding for Diverse Scholars Trump Signs Stopgap Bill to Avert Government Shutdown “For Comment” version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide NSF releases Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Current & Pending Support Clarification on Prohibition on Expending NIH Grant Funds for Covered Telecommunications […]

Funding Opportunities NewsletterFunding NewsPurdue professor faces up to 6 years in prison on fraud charges AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows Biden has bold agenda, but a divided Congress could constrain him Election 2020: Implications for Science Policy in Congress Shutdown deadline nears as White House, Congress tangle over VA funding Trump Fills Out National Science Board […]

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Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Scientists Decry Trump’s Policies But Benefit from Congressional Spending and Some Agency Heads  Student Visa Changes Could Hurt U.S. Competitiveness  NSF Launches Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demonstration Site  Science, politics, and public health  The Time for Teamwork Is Now  U.S. elections bring wins and losses for research community Spotlight Opportunities SPONSOR […]