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| Highlights From This Newsletter: - New Federal Requirements for Research Security Training
- 2025 Is a Strong Year for National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal Funding, Early-Career Faculty Awards
- Internal Funding Opportunities
- Upcoming Research Events and Deadlines
- Proposal Approval Form (PAF) Replaced Internal Routing and Review (IRR) Form
- Federal Government Updates
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| New Federal Requirements for Research Security Training Federal agencies are now requiring researchers in senior/key personnel roles on federally funded or proposed projects to complete research security training before submitting proposals. Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will enforce this requirement for all federal proposals. Outstanding training completions by any senior/key personnel named in the proposal may delay or prevent OSP from submitting the proposal to the sponsor by the submission deadline. To access the training or for more information, visit the Research Security Training webpage. | | | | | |
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| 2025 Is a Strong Year for NSF Proposal Funding, Early-Career Faculty Awards NSF funding for Syracuse University faculty research projects totaled $19.7 million in fiscal year 2025, an increase of $5.8 million over last year’s total. NSF also recognized four faculty members with prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards. Read the article. | | | | | |
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| Internal Funding Opportunities Faculty Creative Activities and Research (FCAR) Grant Program
We are now accepting submissions from full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members for the Fall 2025 FCAR Program. The program provides up to $5,000 for one-year projects in order to support new research and creative endeavors in the humanities, arts, social sciences and related fields and to increase high-quality scholarly output by faculty.
Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 15 Good to Great Grant (G2G) Program
This program supports faculty efforts to resubmit or prepare revised proposal submissions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NSF or other funders for proposals that previously scored favorably but were unfunded. Application deadlines will occur on a quarterly basis.
Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 15 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: Wednesday, Oct. 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 | | | | | |
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| Upcoming Research Events Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Training: Open Science Origins and Uses
Thursday, Sept. 25 | 2 to 3:30 p.m. | 020 Lyman Hall
Join Nick Bowman, associate professor from the Newhouse School, as he explores the origins and core principles of the open science movement. Register for the event.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collaboration Session
Wednesday, Oct. 8 | 3:30 to 5 p.m. | 220 Eggers Hall (Strasser Legacy Room)
This cross-university AI collaboration session is open to faculty who are conducting research in the field of AI and would like to explore collaborations to pursue sponsored funding opportunities. This session will not address AI and its role in teaching. Register for the event. Office of Research Social
Friday, Oct. 24 | 4 to 5:30 p.m. | first floor lobby, Lyman Hall
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.
Applying for Early Career Funding at NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Thursday, Nov. 6 | 2 to 4 p.m. | 548C Bird Library (Faculty Commons)
Carlos Castañeda, associate professor of biology and chemistry, will present this workshop on applying to the NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) (R35) grant program. This workshop will provide valuable insights into the application and review process, as well as strategies for successful submissions. It is open to all faculty members interested in this funding program, with a special emphasis on early-stage investigators. Registration is required. | | | | | |
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| Office of Research Updates Proposal Approval Form Replaced IRR Form
As of Aug. 15, the new Proposal Approval Form (PAF) has replaced the IRR form. As you get familiar with the new form, please review the Form Guidelines and FAQs [PDF]. OSP FY26 Budget Template
OSP has released the updated Budget Template for FY26 with appropriate fringe rates. The new FY26 template should be used for all proposals going forward. | | | | | |
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| Federal Government Updates Developments related to federal government grants and contracts are being updated on our SharePoint page. Information is available about executive orders and regulatory guidance, FAQs and guidance from individual agencies. | | | | | |
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| 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! Aaron Copland Fund for Music 2025 Supplemental Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Monday, Sept. 29
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The program’s objective is to support non-profit organizations that have a history of substantial commitment to contemporary American music but whose needs are not met by the Foundation’s other grant opportunities. NEW! 2026 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Internal Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, Oct. 22
Number of Internal Nominees: 3 (1 in each discipline category)
These awards celebrate the past accomplishments and future potential of young faculty members (born in or after 1984) working in the three disciplinary categories of life sciences, physical sciences and engineering and chemical sciences.
NEW! 2026 Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Internal Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, Nov. 5
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This program provides seed money intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. NEW! W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Research Program – December 2026 Research Grants
Internal Proposal Due Date: Monday, Dec. 1
Number of Internal Nominees: 1 (4 for initial program officer discussion)
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.
NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) – January 2026 Deadline – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Wednesday, Oct. 1
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This program is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six researchers to address ambitious and challenging research questions. For more information about limited submissions and to view all opportunities, visit the Office of Research webpage. | | | | | |
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| External Funding Opportunities National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grants
This program encourages projects that incorporate multiple points of view, explore new avenues of inquiry in the humanities and lead to manuscripts for print publication.
Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 19 American Council of Learned Societies Digital Justice Grants
This program aims to promote and provide resources for projects at various stages of development that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues.
Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 20 NSF Integrated Data Systems & Services
This program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation and education.
Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 4 National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Start-Up Project Request
In the NAIRR Pilot, NSF, the U.S. Department of Energy and numerous private and non-profit sector partners are providing an opportunity for the research community to request access to a set of computing, model, platform and educational resources for projects related to advancing AI research.
Deadline: Rolling External Fellowship Opportunities for Fall 2025
An updated list of of external fellowships for humanities and creative arts faculty can be found on the Humanities Center website. | | | | | |
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| 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. | | | | | |
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