Highlights from this Newsletter:

• The Role of Professional Societies in Advocating for Your Research Priorities
• Office of Research Social on Friday, Feb. 28
• Office of Research Development Proposal Repository
• Book Proposal Shortcut with Laura Portwood-Stacer
• Spring Semester Collaboration Sessions

The Role of Professional Societies in Advocating for Your Research Priorities

Professional societies play a pivotal role in advocating for research and scholarship by harnessing their collective expertise and influence. These coordinated efforts are one of the most impactful ways of advocating to Congress for funding and support. Faculty members can actively participate in this process by joining their professional societies and supporting students and postdocs’ memberships. Faculty who engage in professional societies can help amplify the collective voice of their community and demonstrate widespread support for sustained investment in research. Many professional societies engage their members in advocacy for their field’s priorities with Congress. If you participate in advocacy through your society, please inform the University Government Relations Team and follow the Provost’s Guidelines for Advocacy.

Office of Research Social

The Office of Research will host a social on Friday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Lyman Hall, first floor lobby. 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.

Office of Research Development (ORD) Proposal Repository

ORD is collecting samples of successful grant proposals from internal award recipients to develop a proposal repository that will be hosted on our SharePoint. Samples will be available to Syracuse University faculty by request, providing successful examples for future internal applicants. If you are interested in adding a proposal to our repository, please fill out our intake form.

Upcoming Research Events

Getting Your Book Published: A Roundtable
Friday, Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. to noon | Virtual
Area university press editors demystify the book publishing process by discussing the questions they most often hear from authors at this online roundtable for CNY Humanities. Register for the event.

Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR) – Open Science Foundations and Best Practices
Monday, Feb. 10 | 2 to 3:30 p.m. | Hall of Languages, 500 or
Thursday, Feb. 20 | 2 to 3:30 p.m. | Virtual
Join Nick Bowman, associate professor from the Newhouse School with expertise in open science practices, as he shares the origins and foundational aspects of the open science movement. Register for the in-person or virtual session. 

Individual Development Plan (IDP) Panel Event
Monday, Feb. 17 | 3:15 p.m. | Virtual
Join the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs for a panel where faculty members and fellow postdocs will share their experiences navigating the IDP process. More information can be found on the postdoc SharePoint.

Voices of Service: A Showcase of Veteran-Focused Research, Curriculum, and Programs – Call for Posters
Thursday, April 10 | 12:30 to 3 p.m. | National Veterans Resource Center
Poster abstracts are now being accepted for an inaugural event spotlighting diverse and dynamic work related to the interests and needs of veterans and military-connected populations. Contributions from all disciplines and fields that intersect with veteran and military-connected topics are welcome. Poster abstracts are due Monday, Feb. 24.

Upcoming Research Programs

Book Proposal Shortcut with Laura Portwood-Stacer
Deadline: Friday, Jan. 31
Apply now to the Book Proposal Shortcut led by Laura Portwood-Stacer of Manuscript Works, author of The Book Proposal Book. Full-time scholars with book projects in the pipeline from any discipline/field are invited to apply for this is a self-paced, online course.

Spring Semester Collaboration Sessions
The Office of Research will be hosting collaboration sessions with flash talks on specific research topics in the spring semester. Our first research topic of cross-university collaboration sessions will be artificial intelligence (AI). If you are conducting research in this field and would like to explore collaborations to pursue sponsored funding opportunities, please respond to our initial survey. This collaboration session will not address AI and its role in teaching.

Limited Submission Opportunities

The following opportunities are active internal competitions. Competitions marked “Letter of Intent” require a short form only; please submit an application as soon as you know you are interested rather than waiting for the deadline.

NEW! 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Monday, Feb. 17
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
MIP is a mid-scale infrastructure program designed to accelerate advances in materials research. This year’s topic areas are alloys, amorphous and composite materials.

NEW! 2025 Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program (FRA) – Intent to Submit
Internal Intent to Submit Deadline: Monday, Feb. 24
Number of Internal Nominees: Unlimited
This program funds fellowships to faculty members who propose to conduct research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies to improve their skill in languages and their knowledge of the culture of these countries.

NEW! National Institutes of Health (NIH) Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) – May 2025 Deadline – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Monday, Feb. 24
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This program is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six researchers to address ambitious and challenging research questions.

NEW! 2025 Council on Library & Information Resources Recordings at Risk – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Tuesday, Feb. 25
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program designed to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting.

NEW! 2025 NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)
Internal Proposal Due Date: Monday, March 17
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The MRSEC program provides sustained support of materials research and education of the highest quality while addressing fundamental problems in science and engineering. 

NEW! 2025 William T. Grant Scholars Program – Pre-Proposal
Internal Pre-Proposal Due Date: Monday, March 17
Number of Internal Nominees: One per school/college
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods and content areas.

NEW! 2024 NIH Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) (T34) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Thursday, May 1
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The goal of the MARC program is to promote broad participation in the biomedical research workforce by strengthening research training environments and expanding the pool of students who complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs.

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Internal deadlines for these opportunities have passed, but “slots” remain. Please email LimitedSubmissions@syr.edu if you are interested in applying to the sponsor.

2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program

2024 Empire State Development (ESD) Green CHIPS Community Investment Fund

2025 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)

2025 NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net)

For more information about limited submissions and to view all opportunities, visit the Office of Research webpage.

Internal Funding Programs

Call for Applications: Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Fellowship
This two-year faculty fellowship supports full-time faculty with research focused on a contemporary social issue. Faculty fellows work with a team of student research fellows. They receive $5,000 each year and $7,500 each of two summers for research support, plus another $5,000 to help publicize and present findings at the annual Lender Center symposium.
Deadline: Friday, April 11 at 5 p.m.

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
The purpose of this program is to allow 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 

Sponsor Updates

Call for Abstracts: 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHRS)
MHSRS is the best location to learn about Department of Defense (DOD) medical research priorities and to network with DOD program officers. For faculty whose MHSRS abstracts are accepted, the Office of Research is able to provide limited travel funds to attend the symposium this year. The abstract deadline is Feb. 16.

NSF Changes to research.gov Sign-In
NSF now requires multifactor authentication for research.gov sign-in. The most direct way to sign in is to select the option “Organization Credentials” and then select “Syracuse University” from the drop-down list. Learn more.