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. 

Working with the Office of Sponsored Accounting – Best Practices and Updates

Dec. 1 | 10-11:30 a.m. ET | Zoom

Join us for a presentation and discussion with the Office of Sponsored Accounting (OSA) about financial management of sponsored awards. Register for Working with the Office of Sponsored Accounting.

Writing, Procrastination and Resistance: How to Identify your Writing Blocks and Move Through Them

Dec. 3 | 10 a.m.-noon ET | Zoom

Join us for a workshop with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). Register for How to Identify your Writing Blocks and Move Through Them.

Research News

More research news stories can be found on the Office of Research website.

NIH Awards $1.95M to Study State-Level COVID Policies, Mental Health

Researchers Examine COVID’s Toll on NYC Children’s Health, Education

IVMF Awarded New $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Small Businesses

Professor Loredana Lanzani Named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Physicist Stefan Ballmer Named APS Fellow

Study Looks at Family Military Service and Teen Mental Health

Engaged Humanities Network Integrates Research and Community Engagement

Physicists Part of Cosmic Explorer Project Deemed ‘Crucial’ by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Working Group to Review Cluster Hire Initiative

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 Blavatnik Regional Award Nomination for Postdoctoral Scientists
Internal Proposal Due Date: Jan. 5, 2022
Number of Internal Nominees: 15
Funding Amount: $30,000
This award celebrates the excellence of outstanding postdoctoral scientists from institutions in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut working in life sciences, physical sciences & engineering and chemistry. Nominations are requested from postdoctoral faculty advisors.

NEW! 2022 NSF Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships (Letter of Intent)
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Dec. 13
Number of Internal Nominees: 3
Funding Amount: $5 million annually
The program supports exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs focus on creating new scientific paradigms, establishing entirely new scientific disciplines and developing transformative technologies which have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact.

NEW! January 2022 NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)—Research Partnerships (Letter of Intent)
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Dec. 13
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
Funding Amount: $550,000
Offers researchers funded by NSF the opportunity to perform translational research and technology development, catalyze partnerships and accelerate the transition of discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace for societal benefit.

NSF Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) (Letter of Intent)
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Dec. 1
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
Funding Amount: $600,000
ER2 funds research projects that identify (1) factors that are effective in the formation of ethical STEM researchers and (2) approaches to developing those factors in all STEM fields that NSF supports. 

NSF Innovations in Graduate Education Program (Letter of Intent)
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Dec. 1
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
Funding Amount: $500,000
The program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. 

Keck Science and Engineering Research Program—December 2022 Research Grants
Internal Proposal Due Date: Dec. 6
Number of Internal Nominees: 4
The Keck Foundation supports pioneering science and engineering research and the development of promising new technologies. It encourages projects that are high-risk with the potential for transformative impact. 

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:

American Philosophical Society— Franklin Research Grant
This program is designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. $6,000.
Deadline: Dec. 1

Social Science Research Council—The Mercury Project
Discover new, evidence-based, data-driven tools, methods and interventions to counter mis- and disinformation and to support the spread and uptake of accurate health information.
Deadline: Rolling

NSF Biodiversity on a Changing Planet
The program supports a comprehensive and integrative approach to understanding planetary biodiversity from a functional perspective, and it encourages the use of new technology and team science approaches.
Deadline: March 25, 2022

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. With the full return to in-person work at Syracuse University, updates to this process are forthcoming.

Visiting Scholars Requests—Visiting scholars are those who are coming to campus from outside of the Central New York region for the purpose of long-term academic research. 

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.