Research Round-Up
Research Round-Up is a communication devoted to sharing information related to open funding opportunities and research administration procedures.
For additional information on deadlines, processes and procedures, please instead see our Sponsored Programs Support Services webpage.
Friendly Reminder: Proposal Request Form
Individuals serving as principal investigator on a CEHS-led proposal or co-investigator/collaborator on a grant proposal led by another college or external organization must submit a Proposal Request Form a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the proposal due date. Doing so ensures the timely routing of your proposal for review and approval by College administration, Central Sponsored Programs Administration (formerly known as University Research Services), Grants & Contracts Financial Administration, and, if required, University Research Compliance.
Please address any questions or concerns regarding the information contained below to the CEHS Sponsored Programs team: Kayley Watson (Kayley.Watson@okstate.edu), Samar Abid (SamarAA@okstate.edu), or Erin Brown (Erin.Brown10@okstate.edu).
Tip of the Month
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What are Limited Submission Competitions?
Government agencies, as well as private foundations and corporate sponsors, sometimes choose to limit the number of submissions per institution for specific solicitations. When this is the case, limited submission competitions at Oklahoma State University are conducted internally by the Division of the Vice President for Research.
These internal competitions usually require the following items, but can vary:
- A brief CV or Biosketch (up to three pages); and
- A brief description of the proposed project (no more than three single-spaced pages in length, one inch page margins, and font size no smaller than eleven point) addressing the following criteria.
- Estimated budget (up to one additional page in length).
- Additional pages may be added for references.
OSU utilizes an online application system, InfoReady, to manage limited submission competitions. All open limited submission competitions are posted on our OSU InfoReady page.
You can find more information on the VPR’s Faculty Resources page.
For Your Information
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VPR’s Annual Grant Proposal Writing Workshops – Register Now!
These workshops will cover the extra things that can make the difference between being funded versus not. Advanced registration is required, and participation is limited. You may register for only one workshop:
Write Winning Grant Proposals for NIH | Oct. 7
Register here: okla.st/nihgrantworkshopWrite Winning Grant Proposals for Any Agency | Oct. 8
Register here: okla.st/allgrantworkshop - CSPA announces new proposal writing service, “Weekly Proposal Edit Hours!”
The Central Sponsored Programs Administration (CSPA) within the Division of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce a new addition to our proposal writing services called Weekly Proposal Edit Hours!
EVERY WEDNESDAY 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM
Quick grant editing/consultation is now available through the Central Sponsored Programs Administration. A grant writer will be available weekly in 45-minute sessions to answer your editing and other grant support questions.
Click Here to schedule your session Weekly Proposal Edit Hours
To learn more about our services visit Proposal Support Services
To request additional Proposal Writing or Editing services click here Proposal Request Form
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Navigate NIH Grants Policies in FY2025 with Confidence. Webinar Registration Now Open!
Mark your calendar and join your peers for the upcoming webinar, NIH Grants Policy Updates: FY2025 Edition, on October 17, 2024, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET! This live, virtual event is an invaluable opportunity for grant administrators, research compliance officers, and anyone involved with NIH grants to stay informed on the latest policy news. Expert presenters from the NIH Office of Extramural Research will cover crucial updates on grant policies, systems, and resources and discuss how these changes could affect your institution's compliance processes. Attendees can submit questions during registration, which may be addressed during the live Q&A session. Ensure you and your team are prepared for the upcoming fiscal year-register today!
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Revision of NSF Award Terms and Conditions Implementing Revised 2 CFR- Webinar Registration
is Now Open
The NSF Award Terms and Conditions have been updated to implement the revised 2 CFR published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024, by the Office of Management and Budget. As part of its implementation strategy, NSF has archived the Research Terms and Conditions (RTC), and the NSF Agency Specific Requirements. Unless otherwise specified, the Grant General Conditions (GC-1) apply to all recipients of NSF grant awards, including Institutions of Higher Education, non-profit, non-academic organizations, for-profit organizations (other than Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer recipients), State and local governments, and Tribal Nations.
Join the NSF Policy Office in the Division of Institution and Award Support (DIAS) on September 12 at 2:00 PM EST for a webinar which will provide the framework for these revisions and how they affect NSF proposals and awards. Webinar registration is now available.
Funding Opportunities
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LIMITED SUBMISSION: NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement-Focused EPSCoR
Collaborations Program (RII-FEC)- FY25
https://okstate.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1948396
Internal Submission Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2024
Funding Organization's Deadline: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Applicant Type: The focus area for the RII-FEC program will be announced via a biennial Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) found at the EPSCoR Program links.
Internal Selection Process:
The OSU Division of the Vice President for Research has established an internal review process to select the OSU applicant(s). Applications will be reviewed according to the sponsor's selection criteria (see below). Consideration will also be given to OSU institutional strengths and strategic directions.
Potential applicants must submit, using the "Submit to Internal Competition" button to the right, the following information:
- A Project Description.
1-1: Overview.
1-2: Summary of Results from Relevant Prior Support.
1-3: Research, Collaboration, and Workforce Development.
1-4: List of Participants.
1-5: List of all organizations and companies involved in the project (including location).
*Additional pages may be added for references.
- CV or Biosketch for all Senior/Key Personnel (up to three pages for each person);
- Estimated budget (up to one additional page in length).
No OSU researchers may apply to this opportunity outside of the limited submission process. For detailed item description and to apply for this limited submission, please use this link: https://okstate.infoready4.com/#limitedsubmissions
Questions concerning the limited submissions process may be submitted to christine.johnson@okstate.edu
- Rural Renewal Initiative Seed Grants for 2025
https://ruralrenewal.okstate.edu/seed-grants.html
Deadline: November 8, 2024
Synopsis: OSU faculty members are invited to apply for a research seed grant through the Tier 1 Rural Renewal Initiative. The proposed research project may include up to $90,000 in total direct costs and should have a duration of 2 years. One-page pre-proposals and supporting documents should be sent to ruralrenewal@okstate.edu by 5:00 p.m. CST, November 8, 2024.
Background and purpose: The mission of the Rural Renewal Initiative is to catalyze the renewal of rural communities and places in Oklahoma and beyond through interdisciplinary research, student mobilization, and community engagement. We aim to work with faculty, students, and rural communities to discover effective ways to enhance human, natural, and technological capitals, which reduce vulnerabilities and build resilience. This seed grant program is designed to generate a highly interdisciplinary research portfolio positioned for exponential growth through external funding. A key feature of these efforts will be participatory research, driven by priorities and questions generated jointly by the community and the researchers. This seed grant program aims to catalyze a broad spectrum of research recognizing the complex and “wicked” nature of rural problems that must be organized, interpreted, and communicated using a robust conceptual framework for rural communities as coupled human and natural systems, uniting existing models for vulnerability, community capitals, and resilience building.
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LIMITED SUBMISSION: 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program-FY25
https://okstate.infoready4.com/#limitedsubmissions
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2024
Funding Organization's Deadline: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Internal Selection Process:
The OSU Division of the Vice President for Research has established an internal review process to select the OSU applicant(s). Applications will be reviewed according to the sponsor's selection criteria. Consideration will also be given to OSU institutional strengths and strategic directions.
Potential applicants must submit, using the" Submit to Internal Competition" button to the right, the following information:
- A brief CV or Biosketch.
- A brief description of the proposed project.
- Estimated budget.
- Additional pages may be added for references.
No OSU researchers may apply to this opportunity outside of the limited submission process. For detailed item description and to apply for this limited submission, please use this link: https://okstate.infoready4.com/#limitedsubmissions
Questions concerning the limited submissions process may be submitted to christine.johnson@okstate.edu
- [National Institute of Health] Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion
(REDI): Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-226.html
DEADLINE: October 17, 2024
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:
- Courses for Skills Development
This FOA invites applications to the Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI) Award program. The program promotes the development of entrepreneurial education programs that are designed to broaden the skillset of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as early-career master's, Ph.D., and Dr.P.H. scientists, in fields relevant to the mission of NIA, including aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) research. The goal of the program is to prepare trainees for a wide-range of career paths, including those that are outside the traditional research environment.
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[USDA] Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Competitive Grants Program: Education
and Workforce Development
DEADLINES:
- Food and Agricultural Non-formal Education: December 5, 2024
- Predoctoral Fellowships: October 24, 2024
Program Area Description
The AFRI EWD Program Area RFA addresses projected shortfalls of qualified graduates in the agricultural, food, and renewable natural resources sectors of the U.S. economy (Employment Opportunities for College Graduates). This RFA seeks applications for education and training grants that focus on further enhancing the distinct components of the pipeline for developing the workforce in the food and agricultural sciences. The AFRI EWD Program Area has four overarching goals:
- Growing Agricultural Literacy and Workforce Development for the Future offers institutional grants to provide K-14 teachers and administrators with increased knowledge of the food and agricultural sciences and help them develop improved curricula to train the agricultural workforce for the future. See Part I C.1 “Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy” (Program Code A7501).
- Training or Retraining of Agricultural Workers provides institutional training grants to develop a technology- and data-savvy workforce ready for the field and industrial jobs. See Part I C.2 for “Agricultural Workforce Training Grants at Community Colleges” (Program Code A7601).
- Developing Pathways provides formal or non-formal education experiential learning for students to enter or gain skills applicable to the food and agriculture fields. This RFA seeks to support the development of non-formal education activities that cultivate interest and build public confidence in the safe and enhanced use of technology in food and agricultural sciences. See Part I C.3 for “Food and Agricultural Non-formal Education” (Program Code A7801). This RFA also offers grants that propose formal experiential learning for undergraduates in food, agriculture, or allied disciplines and helps them learn the technical and leadership skills required for employment in the food and agricultural sectors or in graduate programs. See Part I C.4 for “Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates” (Program Code A7401).
- Advancing Science supports graduate and post-graduate education in food and agriculture disciplines. See Part I C.5 and Part I C.6 for “Predoctoral Fellowships” (Program Code A7101) and “Postdoctoral Fellowships” (Program Code A7201), respectively.
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[National Institute of Health] Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination
on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-112.html
Deadline: October 09, 2024
This initiative will support intervention research that addresses structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities.
This initiative will support intervention research to address the impact of SRD on minority health and health disparities.
Research projects must address SRD in one or more NIH-designated populations with health disparities in the US and should address documented disparities in health outcomes. Applications are expected to provide a justification for why the specific types of SRD included constitute SRD, such as how the racism or discrimination is structural rather than reflecting individual-level behavior and how the SRD results in differential treatment or outcomes for less advantaged individuals, groups or populations. For example, with a project examining discriminatory school disciplinary practices, documentation of different overall rates of student suspensions or expulsions by race/ethnicity would not be sufficient to label this pattern as SRD. However, different rates of student suspensions or expulsions by race/ethnicity for the same type of student behavior or violation could be evidence of SRD. Applications are also expected to provide a conceptual model identifying hypothesized pathways between the SRD and health outcomes. Potential health outcomes may reflect health status; health condition-specific or all-cause disability, quality of life, mortality and morbidity; biological measures that reflect cumulative exposures to and effects of SRD; health behaviors; or access to, utilization of, or quality of health care.
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[American Heart Association] All Currently Open Funding Opportunities
AHA Funding Programs with Open Deadlines
Below are the AHA research programs with open deadlines. Please see each program’s web page for specifics. Before beginning an application, review the eligibility and requirements that apply to all AHA research awards on the AHA Application Resources page.
Career Development Award
Proposal deadline: Wednesday, December 5, 2024
Supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals in the early years of first professional appointment to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease research.
Within this award, additional collaboration money has been designated through the California Walnut Commission, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER), and the AHA/VIVA Physician Research Award.
Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science
Proposal deadline: Thursday, February 6, 2025
To enable current AHA awardees to identify and serve as mentors for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups in science and medicine. - [Mental Research Institute] Small Grants to explore and support the development of
innovative interactional, systemic approaches to understanding and improving human
relationships
This grant requires a 501c3 status; please consult with Everett Miller at the OSU Foundation (emiller@osugiving.com) if you are interested in applying for this grant.
The Mental Research Institute provides small grants to fund breakthrough research projects that use an interactional approach to facilitate healthy relationships. Before applying, please insure that your research project is aligned with MRI’s mission “to explore and support the development of innovative interactional, systemic approaches to understanding and improving human relationships.”
Funding from MRI will range up to $75K based on the availability of funds and the scope of the project. Small grants, up to $5K, will be considered for graduate students for their doctoral dissertation project related research. Such projects must have been approved by their dissertation/project committee.
DEADLINE: Proposals are normally reviewed on a rolling monthly basis.
- [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation] Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a
Culture of Health
https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2020/pioneering-ideas-submission.html
Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health welcomes proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We seek ideas that address any of RWJF’s Pioneering Ideas for an Equitable Future team’s four current areas of focus described below: 1) Future of Evidence; 2) Future of Social Interaction; 3) Future of Food; and 4) Future of Work. Additionally, under Open Exploration, also described below, this call for proposals seeks ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health.
DEADLINE: Proposals will be accepted throughout the year on a rolling admission.