Highlights from this Newsletter:

• Internal Funding Opportunities
• Federal Government Updates
• Office of Research Social and Postdoctoral Showcase on Friday, May 30

Internal Funding Opportunities

NEW! Good to Great Grant (G2G) Program
This program supports faculty efforts to resubmit or prepare revised proposal submissions to the National Institutes for Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF) or other funder for proposals that previously scored favorably but were unfunded.
Deadline: Tuesday, July 15

NEW! Summer 2025 Writing and Publishing “WRAP” Funding
This internal grant opportunity is designed to support faculty in “wrapping up” their single-authored or co-authored 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: Tuesday, July 15

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 

Federal Government Updates

Received a Request from a Federal Agency?
If you receive a communication from a federal agency or other entity requesting changes to your existing federal agency award, please share that communication with your Office of Sponsored Program research administrator and your associate dean for research (ADR). This includes any changes to budget, scope of work or publicly facing project information for current awards, or requests for certification or verification of compliance with laws, regulations or executive orders. For pending awards, please consult with your ADR if requests for changes go beyond the usual scope of the award process.

Tracking Federal Changes
The Office of Research and the Office of University Counsel have been working with the Office of Government and Community Relations 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 guidance from individual agencies are available.

Office of Research Social and Postdoctoral Showcase

The Office of Research will host a social on Friday, May 30, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Milton Atrium and Patio of the Life Sciences Complex. 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.

Postdoctoral scholars are invited to showcase their research or creative activities through a poster display that attendees will be able to peruse during the social. Sign up to present.

Upcoming Research Events

Office of Research Events

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and Beyond Proposal Writing Workshop – Part II
Monday, May 19 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Faculty Commons (548C Bird Library)
Tuesday, May 20 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Faculty Commons (548C Bird Library)
Hosted by the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the second phase of this two-part workshop is designed to support faculty who plan to submit proposals for this year’s NYSCA Individual Grants for Artists or comparable programs. Faculty are asked to bring a working draft of their proposal to day 1 and will leave day 2 with substantial feedback and a roadmap for revision. You are welcome to participate if you did not attend part I. Email srworkma@syr.edu to register for the workshop by Monday, May 12.

Other Research-Related Events

Open Science 101: Processes & Perspectives, Pearls & Perils
Friday, May 2 | 2 to 3 p.m. | 347 Hinds Hall
In this seminar sponsored by the Open Source Program Office, Newhouse associate professor Nick Bowman will describe the origins and foundational aspects of the open science movement, demonstrate how he implements and utilizes it in his own research and review best practices for others engaging with open science.

Limited Submission Opportunities

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

NEW! 2026 Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Thursday, May 8
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This award is designed to support creative, exploratory, innovative basic and clinical neuroscience research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators.

NEW! November 2025 NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Monday, June 30
Number of Internal Nominees: 4
This program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our nation’s institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. We strongly encourage faculty to talk to their NSF program officer first to determine if the NSF Division will be receptive to an instrument request.

2025 Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Grants
Internal Proposal Due Date: Tuesday, May 6
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This foundation supports early-stage biomedical investigators engaged in basic and translational research that has the potential to make fundamental advances in biomedical science.

2025 NSF Research Traineeship Program – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Wednesday, May 28
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This 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. 

W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Research Program – June 2026 Research Grants
Internal Proposal Due Date: Monday, June 16
Number of Internal Nominees: 1 (4 for initial program discussion)
This program seeks to support medical research and science and engineering projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm or have the potential to break open new territory in their field.

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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 William T. Grant Scholars Program

2025 Oak Ridge Associated Universities Innovation Partnerships Program

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

External Funding Opportunities

NVIDIA Academic Grant Program
This program advances academic research by providing world-class computing access and resources to researchers. NVIDIA is requesting proposals from academic researchers who are working in simulation modeling or either generative AI training and model development or alignment and interference. 
Deadline: Monday, June 30

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Short-Term Research Fellowships
The Beinecke Library offers short-term fellowships to support research in the Yale Library special collections. This application is open to academic and independent scholars, locally and globally, who would like to apply for funding to pursue research projects that require up to two months of onsite research with the collections.
Deadline: Thursday, July 31

Office of Research Development (ORD) Proposal Repository

ORD is collecting examples of successful grant proposals from internal award recipients to develop a proposal repository that will be hosted on SharePoint and available to Syracuse University faculty by request. If you are interested in adding a proposal to our repository, please complete the intake form.