Academic Strategic Plan Engagement and Feedback Opportunities

As part of the work to reimagine and redefine academic excellence at Syracuse University, the University is refreshing the Academic Strategic Plan. Seven working groups are hosting virtual Campus Conversations to solicit feedback on the group’s focus area. Campus participation and input are critical to the work of each group and the overall success of the Academic Strategic Plan.

The next Research and Creative Excellence Campus Forum takes place, Monday, Oct. 3, 10-11 a.m. Other campus forum opportunities and the feedback survey may be found on the Academic Strategic Plan website. 

Office of Research Events

Below are upcoming research events. A full list of events from the Office of Research can be found on the Syracuse University Events Calendar. Most past events are recorded and can be found on the Office of Research trainings webpage. 

• Making Your Presentations Inclusive: Big Responsibilities and Little Tricks for Accessibility,
  Oct. 12 | 10-11 a.m. ET | Zoom
  The Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s accommodation specialist and director and its ADA director will provide an interactive, one-hour introduction to practices you can implement to proactively make your research presentations more inclusive for audience members with disabilities. Register now.
• Placing Your Book in the Rapidly Changing Academic Publishing Landscape,
  Oct. 19 | 10-11:30 a.m. ET | Zoom
  Dylan Mohr, open scholarship librarian and former assistant editor of “Cultural Critique,” will discuss how open access is driving the changing academic publishing landscape in the humanities. He will lead us through the benefits and drawbacks of making your monograph open access, and you will leave equipped with questions to bring to publishers to help you best decide if open access is right for your work. Register now.
• Working With CASE and Industry Partners,
  Nov. 9 | 10-11:30 a.m. ET | Center for Science and Technology (CST), 1-218
  Join the Office of Research and the Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) to learn more about how CASE can help you work with Industry Partners. Funded by New York State, CASE’s mission is to catalyze growth in the high-technology economy of New York State by fusing technical competency with industry-specific knowledge to advance applications of complex behavioral, information and communication systems. Register now.

Regional Funding Opportunity – Central New York Humanities Corridor Call for Proposals

The CNY Humanities Corridor welcomes proposals by new and existing Working Groups led by faculty and academic staff at Syracuse University and the 10 other Corridor universities and colleges. 
Deadline: Oct. 17

Shared Research Space Highlight – Digital Scholarship Space

Located in room 458 of Bird Library, the Digital Scholarship Space (DSS) is a workshop, laboratory and classroom space designed for the study and creation of digital artifacts and experiences. The Digital Scholarship Space supports software design, game study and development, statistical analysis and data visualization, digital mapping and digital humanities projects across a variety of disciplines. To learn more or to reserve the space for an event or course meeting, please send an email to dss@syr.edu.

Have a shared research space you’d like to highlight? Email vpr@syr.edu!

Research News

Bulman Researches Artistic and Community Impact of ‘Micro Theater’ as Fulbright Global Scholar

College of Law’s Driesen Using Fulbright in Canada to Study Carbon Pricing and Climate Policies

Syracuse University Part of a Team Awarded $60 Million USDA Grant to Promote Climate-Smart Commodities

Syracuse University Joins Consortium in NSF I-Corps Hub’s $15M STEM Innovation Program

CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research

Supporting a Pathway to Success for Resettled Refugee Youth in CNY

Professor Julia White Awarded $1.14M Grant for Recruitment of Special Education Teachers, Counselors

Unlocking the Mysteries of Speech Processing

NSF, Department of Energy Grants Enable Physicists to Continue Cutting-Edge Research in Neutrino Discovery

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Continue Gravitational Wave Detector Research

A&S Physicists Part of NSF PAARE Grant to Diversify Astrophysics

ECS Research Team Receives Grant to Advance the Ethereum Blockchain Ecosystem

3D Bioprinting at the Frontier of Medical Innovation

View more research stories on SU News.

Limited Submission Opportunities

The following Limited Submission Opportunities (LSOs) 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.

UPDATED! NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Oct. 24
Number of Internal Nominees: 3
An MRI award supports the acquisition or development of a multi-user research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. 

NEW! 2023 Moore Inventor Fellows Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Oct. 21
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This competition seeks to identify outstanding early-stage inventors who harness science and technology solutions to enhance scientific research, strengthen environmental conservation or improve the experience and outcomes of patient care. Candidates must be no more than 10 years past receiving the terminal advanced degree in their field. 

NEW! 2023 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Internal Proposal Due Date: Nov. 2
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This program provides seed money to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. The program is restricted to full-time assistant professors within two years of their tenure track appointment (Jan. 1, 2021 to Jan. 7, 2023). 

NEW! Fall 2022 VentureWell Sustainable Design Course and Program Grants – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Oct. 3
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
These grants of up to $30,000 are awarded to support curricula to grow and expand the entrepreneurial ecosystem in order to engage students in science and technology innovation and entrepreneurship.

NEW! 2023 NSF Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QuSeC-TAQS) – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Oct. 24
Number of Internal Nominees: 2
This program supports interdisciplinary teams of three (3) or more investigators to explore highly innovative, original and potentially transformative research on quantum sensing.

NEW! NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) – January 2023 Deadline – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Oct. 31
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This program will support highly integrated research teams of three to six PDs/PIs to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are important for the mission and are beyond the scope of one or two investigators.

NEW! Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program – Letter of Intent
Internal Letter of Intent Due Date: Nov. 14
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This 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 2017.

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 the highlighted opportunities:

National Endowment for the Humanities Public Humanities Projects
The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. 
Deadline: Jan. 11

Amazon Research Awards
The awards program offers unrestricted funds and AWS Promotional Credits to support research. The four research areas in this call are: Artificial Intelligence, Automated Reasoning, Prime Video and Sustainability.
Deadline: Oct. 19

NSF Entrepreneurial Fellowships for Engineers and Scientists
The Fellows will be scientists and engineers from a variety of backgrounds and regions across the U.S. who will translate research breakthroughs to new products and services with broad societal benefits. 
Deadline: Oct. 31

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

Visiting Scholars Requests: Visiting scholars are those who are coming to the Syracuse University campus for the purpose of long-term academic research and scholarship, and who will remain on campus for longer than one week.