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 NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Program (MRSEC) – Letter of Interest Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 1 The Office of Research is soliciting letters of interest from researchers who would like to participate in the 2022 NSF MRSEC Program. NEW! NIH Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 1 Number of Internal Nominees: 1 Funding Amount: $400,000 This solicitation invites applications for support to purchase and install advanced equipment to enhance and modernize research-supporting operations of biomedical research facilities. Targeted are core facilities, animal research facilities and other research spaces that are used on a shared basis. NEW! Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 8 Number of Internal Nominees: 1 Funding Amount: $50,000 Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program administered by CLIR to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. NEW! NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes – Letter of Intent Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 8 Number of Internal Nominees: 2 Funding Amount: $20,000,000 This National AI Research Institutes program solicitation will fund Institutes comprised of scientists, engineers and educators united by a common focus on advancing the research frontiers in AI. NEW! NSF Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) – Letter of Intent Internal Proposal 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. NEW! NSF Innovations in Graduate Education Program – Letter of Intent Internal Proposal 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. NEW! 2021 Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program – Letter of Intent Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 17 Number of Internal Nominees: 1 Funding Amount: $80,000 This program will provide start-up monies for new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health or other outside funding sources. Applicants must be full-time assistant or associate professors. UPDATE! 2022 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 1 Number of Internal Nominees: 2 Funding Amount: $5,000 A prior version of this solicitation noted that eligibility was limited to faculty within “two years of their initial tenure track appointment.” However, the sponsor has updated their eligibility. Faculty are eligible if they are within two years of their appointment at Syracuse University. Prior tenure-track appointments do not count against your eligibility. 2022 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 17 Number of Internal Nominees: 1 The program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment and are normally expected to have been appointed no earlier than mid-year 2016. 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. |