Office of Research Newsletter

Office of Research

NOVEMBER 2024

Highlights from this Newsletter:

Open Source Software Development Program
Upcoming Research Events
Sponsored Projects Updates
Internal Funding Programs

Open Source Software Development Program

Attention faculty: do you have a research project that would benefit from open source software development? The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is funding a program to connect students with faculty to develop or update open source software that will help advance the faculty’s research goals and benefit the wider community. If selected, OSPO will find, fund and offer technical support to a student that will work on the project on a part-time basis. For questions, email ospo@syr.edu.

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Upcoming Research Events

Office of Research Events

Department of Defense (DoD) and Quad Chart Overview
Tuesday, Nov. 19 | 2 to 3:15 p.m. | Life Sciences Complex, 106 (Lundgren Room)
The Office of Government Relations and the Office of Research Development invite you to learn more about extramural funding opportunities from the DoD’s research and development programs and agencies.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Information Session
Wednesday, Nov. 20 | 3 to 4 p.m. | Bird Library, Hillyer Room 606
Please join the Office of Research for an information session about the NSF CAREER program. Pre-tenure tenure-track faculty engaged in research on topics supported by NSF are invited to attend. This session will provide an overview of the CAREER program requirements, help you decide if the CAREER program is right for you, and guide you on the best time to apply.

Peer Review Strategies: How to Give (and Receive) Feedback
Friday, Dec. 13 | 10:30 a.m. to noon | Virtual
Join the Central New York Humanities Corridor and the Office of Research for a discussion on how to give and receive peer review feedback for scholars across ranks. Registration is required.

Sponsor Events

Fall 2024 NSF Virtual Grants Conference
Dec. 9-12 | Virtual
This conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF staff will provide up-to-date information about policies and procedures, specific funding opportunities, and answer attendee questions. Registration is free.

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 NSF Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Monday, Dec. 2
Number of Internal Nominees: 5
DMREF seeks to foster the design, discovery and development of materials to accelerate their path to deployment by harnessing the power of data and computational tools in concert with experiment and theory.

NEW! 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Monday, Dec. 16
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences, based on institutional nominations.

NEW! 2025 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Monday, Dec. 16
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
The goal of this program is to enable low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields.

2025 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Internal Submission Due Date: Sunday, Nov. 24
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty in one of the following five areas: engineering and applied science; life sciences; mathematics/computer sciences; physical sciences; or policy, management or education.

2025 ORAU Innovation Partnerships Program – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Friday, Jan. 31, 2025
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This program is structured to strengthen relationships between University members and ORAU collaborators by focusing on research and education topics that align well with ORAU’s expertise and current priorities. An ORAU collaborator will be assigned to the principal investigator for each award.

W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Research Program December 2025 Research Grants
Internal Submission Due Date: Monday, Dec. 2
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This program supports pioneering science and engineering research and the development of promising new technologies. It encourages high-risk projects with the potential for transformative impact.

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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.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) – January 2025 Deadline

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

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.

Funding Opportunities

The Office of Research 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 the highlighted opportunities:

Call for Proposals: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chair’s Grants, 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth
In celebration of the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, the NEH Chair invites Chair’s Grant requests of up to $30,000 to support free Juneteenth Open House events exploring African American history and culture.
Deadline: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Equitable and Transformative Approaches to Educating the Semiconductor Workforce (ETA-ESW)
This DCL announces a cooperative activity between NSF and the Micron Foundation to stimulate transformative approaches to improve and impact education and training of the advanced memory manufacturing, microelectronics and semiconductor workforce of the future; and expand equitable opportunities and access to experiential learning programs in cleanrooms and other teaching laboratories.

NIH Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to enhance the sustainability and impact of research software tools by enabling the use of best practices and design principles in software development and by leveraging continuing advances in computing. Please contact Collin Capano, director of the Open Source Program Office, if interested.

Internal Funding Programs

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

NIH Reminder

Upcoming Changes to the Peer Review Framework
NIH is implementing a simplified framework for the peer review of the majority of competing research project grant applications, beginning with submissions due Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. NIH will continue to update its website with guidance for applicants on the new framework. Learn more about this new process.