Category: Funding Opportunities 2021

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 Research Spending Shrinks in Biden’s Scaled-Down Social Welfare Bill  Scientists of Chinese Heritage Speak Out About Government Persecution and Anti-Asian Violence  Brazilian Science in Danger  White House A.I. Director Says U.S. Should Model Europe’s Approach to Regulation  Infrastructure Law Includes Funding for Energy Technology Projects  Scientists Report Continuing Career Challenges […]

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 […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News New! Workday Readiness Page for Faculty  Biden’s new science adviser shares views on foreign influence  Eric Lander Confirmed to Top White House Science Post  Biden Details Plans for Science and Humanities  Bills to Give NSF Massive Spending Boost Advance in Senate  Vexing Visa Challenges  New Definition of Scientific Misconduct Spotlight […]

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 […]

Funding Opportunities Newsletter Funding News Biden, Congress Roll Out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation  Biden Wants $6.5 Billion for New Health Agency to Speed Treatments  On Grant-Writing: Just What Are Your Project’s ‘Specific Aims’?  Biden Proposes R&D Surge in First Budget Request  6 Ways Faculty Can Support Grad Students  Biden’s first budget request […]

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 […]