Tracking Federal Changes

The Office of Research and the Office of University Counsel have been working with our Federal Relations team to assess developments related to federal government grants and contracts and have created a SharePoint page that will be updated with information as we receive it. Information about executive orders and regulatory guidance, FAQs and individual agency updates are available.

Highlights from this Newsletter:

• The Role of Professional Societies in Advocating for Your Research Priorities
• Office of Research Social
• Syracuse University Libraries Preserving Federal Data Guide
• WRAP Funding Program
• Spring 2025 Faculty Creative Activities and Research Internal Grants Program
• Office of Research Development Proposal Repository

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.

Looking for U.S. Government Data?

Syracuse University Libraries has a research guide on preserving federal data. The guide includes links to various external efforts currently being undertaken to preserve U.S. federal data.

Open Funding Opportunities

Spring 2025 Writing and Publishing “WRAP” Funding 
This pilot internal grant opportunity is designed to support faculty in “wrapping up” their single-author book projects and will help offset costs associated with the final stages of publication/production, when a book will soon appear in print or on digital platforms.
Deadline: Wednesday, March 5, 5 p.m.

Spring 2025 Faculty Creative Activities and Research (FCAR) Internal Grants Program
We are now accepting submissions from full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members for the Spring 2025 FCAR Internal Grants Program. The program provides up to $5,000 for one-year projects in order to support new research and creative endeavors and increase high-quality scholarly output by faculty. Read more.
Deadline: Monday, March 17, 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 

Upcoming Research Events

2025-2026 Syracuse Symposium Call for Posters
The Syracuse University Humanities Center invites proposals for this annual series, which invites the community to freely engage with innovative work in the humanities by dynamic scholars, artists, filmmakers, authors and performers. This year’s theme is “CREATIVITY.” Posters must be submitted online by Friday, March 7, at noon.

The Citation Style Language (CSL): Maintaining a High-impact Open Source Project with Broad Community Participation
Friday, March 7 | 2 to 3 p.m. | 347 Hinds Hall
In this seminar sponsored by the Open Source Program Office, Director Sebastian Karcher will describe the CSL project and how it facilitates contributions from hundreds of users, many of whom are first-time open source contributors. He will also touch upon the rewards and challenges of maintaining large open source projects.

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) Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Friday, Feb. 28
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
The IGE program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training.

NEW! 2026 Beckman Scholars Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Tuesday, April 8
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The Beckman Scholars Program helps stimulate, encourage and support research activities by talented, full-time undergraduate students under the guidance of a full-time, approved science faculty member.

NEW! 2026 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Internal Proposal Due Date: Thursday, April 10
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The Pew Scholars Program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.

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.

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.

2024 National Institutes of Health (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 MARC program promotes 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.

G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation: 2025 Basic & Translational Research Grants

2025 Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award

2025 NSF Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)

2025 Oak Ridge Associated Universities Innovation Partnerships Program

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

2025 Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program (FRA)

2025 CLIR Recordings at Risk

NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) – May 2025 Deadline

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

Campus Funding Programs

Engaged Humanities Network (EHN) Engaged Communities Grant
College of Arts and Sciences faculty are eligible to apply for $5,000 grants to develop and implement publicly engaged projects designed in collaboration with community partners.
Deadline: Tuesday, March 4

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 18, 5 p.m.

EHN Sustaining Engagement Grant
Sustaining Engagement Grants are designed to support the continuation and/or expansion of publicly engaged
research, creative work and programming already associated with the EHN’s Engaged Communities and/or
Engaged Courses programs.
Deadline: Thursday, May 15

External Funding Opportunities

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Regional Network – Mid-Atlantic Winter/Spring 2025 Partnership
This program supports prototyping and validating research innovations with potential utility in defense applications and commercial market applications. All project ideas require a member of the AFRL to serve as co-PI. Find an AFRL collaborator.
Deadline: Friday, March 21

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis and clear writing. NEH invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines and encourages submissions from independent scholars and junior scholars.
Deadline: Wednesday, April 9

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation.
Deadline: Friday, April 25

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.