From: Aaron Shonk, Senior Director, Foundation Relations

            Oregon State University Foundation

Funding Opportunity:  Keck Foundation – Call for concept papers

Deadline:  May 29, 2018

This is a call for concept papers for research projects in either science & engineering or medical research. Proposed projects should have the potential to meet the funding interests of the W.M. Keck Foundation. Please forward this call for concept papers to department chairs and any faculty who may be interested.

Criteria

The Keck Foundation seeks to support outstanding basic research in science, engineering, and medicine that will have a significant impact in solving complex issues and problems. The Foundation strives to fund endeavors that are distinctive and novel in their approach.

Keck encourages projects that are high-risk with the potential for transformative impact. “High-risk” comprises a number of factors, including questions that push the edge of the field, present unconventional approaches to intransient problems, or challenge the prevailing paradigm. “Transformative” may mean creation of a new field of research, development of new instrumentation enabling observations not previously possible, or discovery of knowledge that challenges prevailing perspectives.

The Keck Foundation looks for projects that would not qualify for federal funding from agencies like NSF and NIH due to the project’s high-risk nature. Projects that have received federal funding or that have applications pending for federal funding are unlikely to be funded.

Keck also looks for outstanding project personnel who are very accomplished in terms of publications and journal citations and highly regarded in their area of research. Keck is open to funding faculty at either the junior or senior level.

The maximum amount of funding available for a Keck research grant is $2 million. Research projects can run from one to five years.

Further details can be found at:

http://www.wmkeck.org/grant-programs/research/application-process-14030/222-grantprograms/medicalresearch/1090-phase-i-application

Concept Paper

Concept papers should be limited to one page using 12 point font with 1” margins. Concept papers should include the following:

• Indication as to whether the proposal’s emphasis is for (1) science/engineering or (2) medical research. (Simply state one term or the other at the top of the page in the title.)
• Overview of the research proposed emphasizing unique aspects of the project and pilot studies.
• Brief description of the methodologies and key personnel
• Brief justification of the need for Keck support
• Length of time for the project
• Estimated budget showing major areas of expenditures such as personnel, equipment, consumable supplies, etc.
• Availability of, or potential for, matching funds from OSU or other funding sources\

On a second page, please provide a brief description of any previous or pending funding requests for your project.

Do not include illustrations in the concept paper.

Interested faculty should email their concept paper to Elizabeth Ocampo, Foundation Relations Coordinator at the OSU Foundation by the deadline above. Elizabeth’s email address is Elizabeth.Ocampo@osufoundation.org. Any questions about these concept papers can be directed to Elizabeth at 541-737-7362.

Timing

If you are interested in submitting a concept paper for consideration, please carefully review the following information about the timeline for this funding cycle.

A concept paper submitted for this funding cycle would result in the following deadlines:

May 29                     Deadline for concept papers submitted to OSU Foundation

May 30 – June 21    Research Office reviews concept papers and selects 1- 2 concepts

for pre-application advice from Keck.

July 1 – Aug 15       Research Office has pre-application advice session with Keck.

Aug 15 – Aug 30     Research Office notifies PIs of Keck feedback and whether PI

can submit a Phase I application to Keck.

November 1             Phase I deadline

January 15, 2019      Keck notifies PI if s/he is invited to submit full proposal.

February 15              Phase II deadline

June 2019                 Keck Board meeting for review and funding decision

Anyone wishing to be considered for this funding cycle at Keck must be available to meet the above deadlines.

Please keep in mind that Keck has two funding cycles per year. A concept paper on your research project could be considered for future funding cycles if the timeline for this funding cycle does not work for your schedule.

Other Considerations

If you have proposed this project to other funders, please provide that information as an addendum to your concept paper. This includes both proposals currently pending a decision and proposals that have been declined.

Keck looks for strong evidence of institutional support for a proposed research project. Keck favors projects that (1) present a matching amount of institutional resources and (2) have obtained or applied for support from external private funding sources. Keck will allow the OSU indirect costs of the project to be counted as institutional support.

Keck asks that the PI of a proposal disclose if he/she is considering leaving the institution.

I have a short consulting project requiring a small amount of wet chemistry in a lab to fabricate a sensor, basically following a procedure disclosed in a journal article and a patent in 1991. It probably could be done by anyone with good lab skills, including a graduate student or a BS level chemist or even a good undergraduate with supervision. Let me know if you have any interest or can help with any leads. Unfortunately, the work would need to be done on a short timeline, within the next few weeks.

Scott E. Davis
Attorney

One World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 1600
Portland, OR 97204 U.S.A.

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We are pleased to announce the session schedule for the Cayuse Workshop scheduled for Monday, April 30, in Milne (MCC) 130. Bethany Northquist, Professional Services Consultant from Cayuse, will be on campus to conduct a full day Cayuse Workshop comprising multiple sessions. Presentations will include basics of Cayuse, new features of recent upgrades, and reporting/data tools. Please note the computer classroom holds just 20 people so we have provided a Google Docs sign up list below for anyone who wants to reserve a seat.  Non-reserved seats will be open to anyone on a first come basis.  All sessions are open to our Outreach Community as well as Faculty and others who use Cayuse for proposal creation and submission.

To RESERVE a seat, please sign up on the Google Doc available at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l9Vzy8ZXDdhaEVO_W6WLG9sDerripyNtoHKgTfGZLWw/edit?usp=sharing. If you have trouble signing on to this site, reply to this email  <Julie.Meier@oregonstate.edu> and I will add your name to the session(s) you want to attend.

10:30am-Noon: Intro to Cayuse/Cayuse Basics
Basic Navigation
Proposal Creation in Cayuse SP
Creating a paired proposal in Cayuse 424
Proposal Submission

Noon-12:30pm: Break

12:30-1:00pm: Open Session/Workshop/Q&A
Open to anyone that is interested in learning more about Cayuse. Feel free to drop in even if you already attended an earlier session.
 
1:00-2:00pm: Reporting with Cayuse
How to access the canned reports in Cayuse SP
Who can see what within the reports
Cayuse SP/Cayuse 424 Data Connect

2:00-3:00pm: Navigating Cayuse SP
Advanced navigation in Cayuse SP
How to locate, view, and edit proposals in Cayuse SP
Roles and Access within Cayuse SP

3:00-5:00pm: Open Session/Workshop/Q&A
Open to anyone that is interested in learning more about Cayuse. Feel free to drop in even if you already attended an earlier session.

Julie

Julie Meier, Cayuse Administrator
Office for Sponsored Research and Award Administration

Reduce the cost of textbooks and save OSU students money! OSU Faculty are invited to submit a proposal to replace a current textbook with high-quality, no or low-cost alternatives. Winners receive $500 to $1,000 to compensate them for time spent in locating, evaluating and selecting open educational resources or low-cost alternatives. This grant is sponsored by the Women’s Giving Circle. Proposals are due by May 30, 2018. Contact Stefanie Buck (stefanie.buck@oregonstate.edu).

All individuals with an interest in computational biology are invited to attend and participate.

The Spring Conference/Colloquium will feature excellent science from invited guests, OSU faculty, students and staff.

http://cgrb.oregonstate.edu/spring-conference

ASBC Customers,

I wanted to let you know about a special Benny Buy training to be provided to ASBC staff and customers.  The training will cover primarily the requestor role, with considerable overlap with the shopper role.   The same training will be offered on two separate days, May 7 & 10.  Both trainings will be identical content, but are being offered at different times to make it easier for you to find a time that works with your schedule.

While Benny Buy is not yet required for all our purchasing, my understanding is that it will be our main mode for purchasing in the future.  This would be a great opportunity to get first time training, get extra training to help reinforce what you’ve already learned, ask questions directly to Alex Sims (trainer), bring examples to work through, and share observations/suggestions, etc.

This training would be particularly beneficial to unit administrative assistants, key contacts, and  office staff.  Unit heads and directors are also assigned the requestor role in the system, and may benefit from this training to help them handle requests themselves, or to assist them in supervising those who do.  Please also feel free to pass this invitation along to others in your units that you feel would benefit.  Examples would be individual PI’s or lab managers who have a particular interest in learning to use the new system in the requestor role.

The trainings will be 2 hours each in Kidder Hall, Room 278

May 7 from 3PM to 4:50PM

May 10 from 8AM to 9:50 AM

Hopefully, one of those times will work for you.  There is no need to RSVP, just show up.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thank you.

Mark

Mark Johnson, C.P.A.

Manager, Arts & Sciences Business Center

Oregon State University

Hovland Hall, 011

Corvallis, Oregon 97331

541-737-3125

Mark.Johnson@oregonstate.edu

This email is to request your assistance in identifying any OSU graduate students or faculty (adjunct or otherwise), with a master’s degree or greater in chemistry, who is available to teach our General Chemistry course as an adjunct during the Fall 2018 term (August 29^th – December 14^th), please see Fall 2017 syllabus attached.

As our lecture (CHEM 121) and lab (CHEM 121L) are two separate courses, that need to be taken simultaneously, there is an option for the adjunct in question to teach the lecture only, with me teaching the lab.  Teaching both or lecture only is up to the adjunct we hire.

I ask that you direct interested parties to me, for questions, and to the link at https://www.nwcu.edu/employment/adjunct-instructor-pool/ for the application process.

Thank you.

Tim

Tim Rogers, M.Ed.

CHEM121_MCNEIL_FA17 08-24-17

Prof. May Nyman and her research group will be participating.  Make sure you attend and VOTE Nyman Group!!

Hello,

This award, presented each September at University Day, recognizes a classified employee, professional faculty, or faculty member who excels in mentoring, supporting, and encouraging OSU employees, especially women and those from under-represented groups. The deadline for nominations is Friday, May 4. To access the nomination form link, visit http://leadership.oregonstate.edu/pcosw/awards-scholarships