| 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 and DOE science Defining a Culture of Excellence in Research When is ‘self-plagiarism’ OK? New guidelines offer researchers rules for recycling text FBI Agent Admits to Falsely Accusing Chinese-Born Professor of Espionage FEDERAL AGENCY NEWS FY22 Budget Request: DOE Office of Science FY22 Budget Request: Department of Defense NSF Provides Table Outlining Requirements for Information Disclosure NIH Has Approved Removal of 75 PIs from Grants Since 2018 Following Complaints of Harassment NIH Leaders Detail Commitment to End Structural Racism in Biomedical Science NIH Seeks to Increase Diversity of Its Biomedical Workforce New NSF PAPPG Guide for Proposals on or after 10/4/2021 NSF Pre-Award and Post-Award Disclosures for Biosketch & C&P Spotlight Opportunities NSF GERMINATION: Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenges Internal deadline: 7/21/2021 National Academies Jefferson Science Fellows Program Deadline: 10/15/2021 DARPA Knowledge Management at Scale and Speed (KMASS) Abstract deadline: 07/20/2021 KMASS systems will contain a persistent knowledge store comprising source documents in human understandable form in multiple modalities (e.g., text, videos, presentations, etc.), augmented with appropriate tags and indexed for identification, retrieval, linking, and application that will update at the speed of task performance. KMASS requires advances in three key complementary areas: Organizing Background Knowledge, Capturing Local Knowledge, and Disseminating Contextualized Knowledge usefully, appropriately, and on time. DOD Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Department of Defense Hypersonic Materials Manufacturing Initiative White Papers: 07/15/2021 White papers must be received by submitting to https://community.apan.org/wg/afosr/p/submitawhitepaper by 15 July 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time to be considered. White paper evaluation is meant to initially assess the capability of a proposed effort and is NOT a selection process. White papers should be 2-3 pages in length plus references. NSF Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenge Internal Competition Deadline: 07/21/2021 NIST NIST — Manufacturing USA Technology Roadmap (MfgTech) Grant Program Deadline: 08/17/2021 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative napari Plugin Accelerator Grants Deadline: 07/29/2021 Contact Katherine Kornfeld, if interested NSF Leading Engineering for America’s Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) Required LOI: 07/15/2021 FBI FBI Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) Research Opportunity Visiting Scientist Program (VSP) applications reviewed on a rolling basis DARPA Morphogenic Interfaces (MINT) Abstract Deadline: 07/23/2021 Proposed research should (1) develop mathematical models that can precisely predict the evolution of interface morphology informed by novel in operando characterization of electrochemical interfaces, (2) design/discover novel interface materials that can self-regulate their morphology and function, and (3) demonstrate the application of these interface materials to realize persistent, high performance electrochemical systems. NSF Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) Deadline: 10/18/2021 fund exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (to include, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for teaching and learning in the future. Biological & Medical Engineering NIH New Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity in Genomics, Bioinformatics, or Bioengineering and Biomedical Imaging Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: 08/03/2021 NIH Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for Cancer Moonshot awardees and Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSG) to Support Development of an “Immune Radiation Response Index (i-RRI)” for Immune Cells from Normal and Tumor Microenvironments Deadline: 07/31/2021 NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Translation of Quantitative Imaging tools and Methods for the Academic Industrial Partnership Deadline: 10/05/2021 NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Child and Reproductive Population Health Deadline: 10/05/2021 Computing Microsoft AI for Earth Grants Deadlines: 7/5/2021 and 10/04/2021 Facebook 2021 Towards Trustworthy Products in AR, VR, and Smart Devices request for proposals Deadline: 07/14/2021 NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) Deadline: 10/11/2021 Environmental Engineering & Sustainable Technologies Council for International Exchange of Scholars Fulbright Programs — Africa — Burkina Faso — Engineering and Environmental Sciences Deadline: 9/15/2021 USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) – Foundational and Applied Science Program Letter of intent deadline: Varies by Program Area In 2021 and 2022, applications are sought in the following priority areas: 1. Plant health and production and plant products; 2. Animal health and production and animal products; 3. Food safety, nutrition, and health; 4. Bioenergy, natural resources, and environment; 5. Agriculture systems and technology; and 6. Agriculture economics and rural communities Students & Postdocs NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory — Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Deadline: 08/31/2021 American Public Power Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (DEED) Program — Scholarships Deadline: 10/15/2021 Professional Society Awards & Other Nominations SPIE SPIE Awards Nomination deadline: 7/1/2021 NAVBO Earl P. Benditt Award Nomination deadline: 7/20/2021 In recognition to an individual who has made an outstanding discovery or developed a concept that has been seminal to our understanding of vascular biology or pathology. NAVBO Judah Folkman Award Nomination deadline: 7/20/2021 In recognition of the breadth of Dr. Folkman’s interests and his many contributions to vascular biology, the award will not be limited to the field of angiogenesis per se, but will encompass the full range of original research in vascular biology. Awardee will have made a significant impact on the field through his/her original research accomplishments. ACM ACM Distinguished Members Nomination deadline: 8/1/2021 Materials Research Society Innovation in Materials Characterization Award Deadline: 8/2/2021 Materials Research Society Mid-Career Researcher Award Deadline: 8/2/2021 Materials Research Society MRS Fellow Deadline: 8/2/2021 IEEE John Tyndall Award Deadline: 8/10/2021 Presented annually to a single individual who has made outstanding contributions in any area of optical-fiber technology, including optical fibers themselves, the optical components used in fiber systems, as well as transmission systems and networks using fibers. Electrochemical Society Nanocarbons SES Research Young Investigator Award Deadline: 9/1/2021 To recognize and reward an outstanding young researcher in the field of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and nanostructures (FNCN). Electrochemical Society Energy Technology Division Research Award Deadline: 9/1/2021 Recognizes outstanding and original contributions to the science and technology of energy related research areas that include scientific and technological aspects of fossil fuels and alternative energy sources, energy management and environmental consequences of energy utilization. |
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