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| Highlights From This Newsletter: - Faculty Research and Creative Excellence Celebration on Monday, April 27
- Sign Up: Faculty Feedback Sessions
- Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) Tool Release
- Upcoming Research Events
- Internal Funding Opportunities
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Research Reminders
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| Faculty Research and Creative Excellence Celebration The Office of Research will host a celebration for faculty who have received research and creative excellence awards on Monday, April 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Miron Victory Court. Colleagues are invited to take a break and enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and a selection of beer, wine and soft drinks. | | | | | |
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| Sign Up: Faculty Feedback Sessions The Office of Research is seeking faculty input on Research Development and the Office of Sponsored Program’s pre-award and proposal support services through a series of feedback sessions the week of May 4–7 in the Faculty Commons at Bird Library. These small-group conversations will directly inform how we improve the support available to researchers pursuing external funding. We want to hear from you! Please sign up to participate. | | | | | |
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| Upcoming Research Events Connect, Discover, Celebrate: Research Social and Postdoctoral Scholar Showcase Friday, May 15 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Lyman main lobby and 132 Lyman Hall Colleagues working on research and creative activities are invited to take a break and enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and a selection of beer, wine and soft drinks. Postdoctoral researchers from across campus will present their work in a poster session during the event. | | | | | |
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| Internal Funding Opportunities Good to Great Grant (G2G) Program This program supports faculty efforts to resubmit or prepare revised proposal submissions to NIH, NSF or other funders for proposals that previously scored favorably but were unfunded. Deadline: Friday, May 15 Team Building for Large, Collaborative Grants These awards, intended for researchers with a track record of securing sponsored funding, aim to facilitate the development of collaborative research teams and support planning activities that enable the submission of a competitive research proposal to an external sponsor. Deadline: Rolling Faculty Bridge Funding Program This program allows a minimal level of activity while a proven principal investigator awaits expected federal funding, e.g., to prevent loss of key postdoctoral researchers, research faculty/staff or senior graduate students or loss of research materials in the interim period. Deadline: Rolling | | | | | |
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| External Funding Opportunities National Endowment for the Humanities Curriculum Development: Western Civilization These grants strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at institutions of higher education by developing or enhancing programs, resources or courses that explore, interpret and preserve the diversity of human cultures, ideas and practices, past and present. Deadline: Thursday, June 25 NIH Research on Chatbots and their Usage This topic encourages multidisciplinary research that identifies, measures and explains the benefits and harms associated with chatbot use across a variety of populations, use cases and settings. Deadline: Thursday, April 15, 2027 Hanover Research Grants Calendar for Early Career Research This calendar lists upcoming grant opportunities focused on early career research, covering a range of disciplines and focus areas. More grants calendars can be found on the Office of Research Development SharePoint. External Fellowship Opportunities for Spring 2026 An updated list of of external fellowships for humanities and creative arts faculty can be found on the Humanities Center website. | | | | | |
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| Reminders   - The Research.gov tool referred to in the DMSP section of the NSF PAPPG Supplement 2 Policy Notice will be released on Monday, April 27. Proposals submitted before that date should continue preparing the DSMP as a PDF upload.
Office of Research - Researchers can use the Core Facilities webpage to browse the University’s collection of shared research infrastructure. Complete a brief survey to provide feedback that will guide future expansion and ensure the cores meet evolving research needs across campus.
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