SOURCE Young Research Fellows Deadline Approaching

The Young Research Fellows program is currently seeking student applications for its 2022-24 cohort. Young Research Fellows, guided by a faculty mentor, engage in two years of group mentoring in early research and creative inquiry development and have access to up to $7,000 in funding toward research expenses upon submission of approved budgets. Faculty mentors are eligible for a two-time grant of $750 in research funds. The program is supported by the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE) and the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA). Faculty mentors are typically tenured or tenure-track faculty. The faculty endorsement link can be found here. Faculty are encouraged to work with students to apply! 

Deadline: March 31

NSF Broader Impacts 101 Workshop

April 22, 10 a.m. – noon 

Do you write National Science Foundation (NSF) grants and feel that you would benefit from a deeper understanding of the NSF’s Broader Impacts (BI) criterion? Would you like tips and strategies for addressing the BI criterion in more compelling (and, hopefully, more fundable) ways? The NSF-funded Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Center is the national leader in supporting BI professionals and providing BI training for researchers and grant-writers.

Syracuse University and SUNY ESF will host ARIS to present their “Broader Impacts 101” workshop. The program has helped thousands of people make sense of the BI criterion and empowered them to approach their grant writing with more clarity and confidence. This two-hour, activity-based virtual workshop will cover the history of the BI criterion, provide strategies for conceptualizing, developing, implementing and evaluating BI activities, and share tips on leveraging existing resources and establishing robust partnerships to build your “BI identity.”

This free workshop is limited to the first 50 faculty registrants. This workshop is sponsored by both Syracuse University and SUNY ESF Offices of Research.

Office of Research Events

Below are upcoming research events. A full list of events from the Office of Research can be found on this downloadable flyer [PDF] or the Syracuse University Events Calendar. Most past events are recorded and can be found on the Office of Research trainings webpage. 

Logic Models for Project and Proposal Development

March 30 | 10 – 11:30 a.m. ET | Zoom

The School of Education’s Office of Professional Research and Development will present on the use of logic models in project and proposal development. Register now.

Supporting Research with the SAMtool and Other Resources

April 6 | 10 – 11:30 a.m. ET | Zoom

Join the Office of Sponsored Accounting to discuss the SAMtool and other sponsored accounting resources. Register now.

Data Management Planning

April 13 | 10 – 11:30 a.m. ET | Zoom

Join the Office of Research and experts from the Libraries and the Qualitative Data Repository in a discussion about the role of data in research and how to translate those needs into a data management plan for funders. We will walk through data repositories that are available for Syracuse University researchers and the tools available to build a data management plan for government sponsors. Register now.

Research Computer Series

April 13 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET | Zoom

Hosted by the ITS Research Computing team, the Research Computing Series provides a forum for faculty and students to learn how to move their work forward by using a wide range of tools available to them—including the SUrge graphics processor unit (GPU) cluster. At the next edition of the Research Computing Series, we’ll hear from NVIDIA Senior Solutions Architect Brad Palmer about how faculty and student researchers can get the most out of their GPU resources. Register now.

Scholarly Book Publishing Today: A Conversation with University of California Press Editors

April 22 | 2 – 3 p.m. ET | Zoom

Three UC Press editors will engage in a discussion about how to find a good home for your book. Register now.

Research News

Professor Pramod K. Varshney Honored With 2021 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Pioneer Award

A&S Professor to Serve as President of Rhetoric Society of America

School of Architecture Professor Elevated to AIA College of Fellows

Second Lender Symposium Honors Life of Evan Weissman

New Center for Experiential Pedagogy and Practice Will Advance Innovative Methods for Educator Training and Professional Development

Collaborative Partnership Between Syracuse University and Leading Research Universities Receives Presidential Award

Syracuse University and RIT Partner to Reduce Wasted Food

Design Professor Co-Authors Book on Design Thinking for a Regenerative Future

New Book Edited by School of Education Faculty Explores Live-Actor Simulations as Effective Training for Real-World Educational Challenges

Researchers Explore the Factors That Shaped the Cauca River Canyon in the Andes

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow to Join Mathematics Department

Limited Submission Opportunities

The following Limited Submission Opportunities were announced over the past month and are currently open. Competitions marked as “Letter of Intent” only require a short form; please submit an application as soon as you know you are interested rather than waiting for the deadline. A full explanation of the process may be found on the Office of Research website.

NEW! 2022 Sloan Foundation Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education
Internal Proposal Due Date: March 30
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
Funding Amount: up to $500,000
These grants will support institutional pathways from MSIs to master’s and doctoral degree programs in astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, Earth sciences, economics, engineering, marine science, mathematics, physics and statistics.

NEW! 2022 William T. Grant Scholars Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: May 9
Number of Internal Nominees: 1 per school or college
Funding Amount: $350,000
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The foundation supports research within two focus areas: 1) reducing inequality; and 2) improving the use of research evidence.

NEW! Spring 2022 VentureWell Sustainable Design Course and Program Grants
Internal Proposal Due Date: April 11
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
Funding Amount: $30,000
The goal of this program is to strengthen existing curricular programs and/or build new courses and programs that engage student teams in developing and pursuing scalable solutions to real world needs through innovation and entrepreneurship.

NEW! Mellon Higher Learning 2022 Call for Concepts
Internal Proposal Due Date: April 11
Number of Internal Nominees: 3
Funding Amount: $500,000
the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation invites ideas for research and/or curricular projects focused on civic engagement and voting rights; race and racialization in the United States; or social justice and the literary imagination.

NEW! NIH Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: April 4
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on courses for skills development. Programs should include innovative approaches to enhance biomedical engineering design education.

NEW! 2022 FuzeHub Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund Round 2 – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: April 13
Number of Internal Nominees: 3
These grants are designed to encourage collaboration between not-for-profit organizations and small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies in New York State. Up to three different centers or departments at Syracuse University may apply.

2023 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Internal Proposal Due Date: April 13
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
Funding Amount: $300,000 (typically $25,000 or less)
The Pew Scholars program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. Candidates must hold a doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine or a related field and must not have been appointed prior to June 13, 2018.

2022 NIH Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: March 28
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on courses for skills development and research experiences for undergraduate freshmen and sophomores from diverse backgrounds.

2022 NIH Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) (T34) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: March 28
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This program seeks to develop a diverse pool of undergraduates who complete their baccalaureate degree and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs.  

Funding Opportunities

The Office of Proposal Support Services has updated its Sponsored Funding Opportunities webpage with federal, state and foundation funding opportunities relevant to campus in a variety of topic areas. Below are some highlighted opportunities:

Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field Labs
This program will improve the science underpinning our understanding of climate and environmental predictability across complex and variable urban regions. Research will focus on systems level research aimed at identifying the foundational principles of dynamic physical, biogeochemical and human processes and interactions and advancing fundamental understanding of the predictability of the climate and broader Earth system. Responses to this program are institutionally coordinated; please contact Chetna Chianese if you are interested in participating.
Deadline: April 26

Bogliasco Foundation Arts and Humanities, Genoa, Italy
Approximately 60 fellowships-or residencies-are awarded to artists and scholars in the various disciplines of the arts and humanities per year. Projects should lead to the completion of an artistic, literary or scholarly work, followed by publication, performance, exhibition or other public presentation.
Deadline: April 15

NSF Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
This convergence program focuses on how fundamental knowledge about human reasoning and decision-making, governance, and social and cultural processes enables the building and maintenance of effective infrastructure that improves lives and society and builds on advances in technology and engineering.
Deadline: May 5

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
Fellows in this national leadership program are researchers and community partners working together in three-person teams to strengthen communities and advance a Culture of Health.
Deadline: May 4

Sponsored Funding Awards

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides monthly updates on all proposals submitted through OSP and awarded to the Syracuse University community. 

You may access OSP Highlights on answers.syr.edu (NetID and password required). 

Campus Research Approvals

Below are reminders for approvals required during the COVID-19 pandemic:

Face-to-Face Human Participant Research – Human participant research is being conducted in person, but requires the submission and approval of a Return to Face-to-Face Research Plan prior to the conduct of in-person research. 

Visiting Scholars Requests – Visiting scholars are those who are coming to Syracuse University campus for the purpose of long-term academic research and scholarship, and who will remain on campus for longer than one week. 

Approval for Essential International Research Travel – The University is allowing non-essential domestic travel for University business purposes without constraint. International travel remains for essential purposes only and travelers must submit an application for approval for international research travel.