The Office for Research Advancement announced  the continuation of the Research Advancement Academy (RAA) for Academic Year 2024-25. Applications are due 9/18/24 on InfoReady(https://oregonstate.infoready4.com ).

“Focused on early and mid-career faculty, the RAA seeks Fellows who are successful researchers and ready to start developing their big ideas into a large and solutions-oriented research enterprise. RAA Fellowships last two-three years. Year one includes a series of (in-person) workshops to help Fellows hone their big ideas and develop the skills, relationships, and mindsets of a research leader. The workshops are followed by an opportunity for Fellows to apply for seed funds (up to 50K) to advance and develop their solutions research partnerships and funding. Fellows who receive seed funds will be provided with ongoing coaching and support from ORA during year two as they pursue their research advancement plans. Fellows may be invited to compete for additional seed funds in year three (up to 100k) to maintain momentum or scale-up their research advancement plans.”

You can read more here: https://research.oregonstate.edu/ora/advancement-academy/apply-2024-2025

Please share with your researchers and let me know if you have anyone interested in participating. 

$75,000 fellowships awarded to exceptional junior faculty in the sciences, mathematics, and economics

Eligibility

Candidates must be tenure-track (not yet tenured) faculty whose position carries a regular teaching obligation at a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada.  No more than three candidates may be nominated from any one department.

Candidates must be nominated by a department head or other senior researcher. Please inform your faculty about this opportunity and consider nominating one of your outstanding junior colleagues for a fellowship.

Nomination

Nomination Period

Opens: July 15, 2024Closes: September 15, 2024

In keeping with the Foundation’s long-standing tradition of supporting underrepresented groups in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics, we strongly encourage the nomination of women, Black, Indigenous, and Latina/o/e candidates.

For more information, including eligibility details,see https://sloan.org/fellowships or email researchfellows@sloan.org.

Apply Now!

The Office for Research Advancement announced  the continuation of the Research Advancement Academy (RAA) for Academic Year 2024-25. Applications are due 9/18/24 on InfoReady(https://oregonstate.infoready4.com ).

“Focused on early and mid-career faculty, the RAA seeks Fellows who are successful researchers and ready to start developing their big ideas into a large and solutions-oriented research enterprise. RAA Fellowships last two-three years. Year one includes a series of (in-person) workshops to help Fellows hone their big ideas and develop the skills, relationships, and mindsets of a research leader. The workshops are followed by an opportunity for Fellows to apply for seed funds (up to 50K) to advance and develop their solutions research partnerships and funding. Fellows who receive seed funds will be provided with ongoing coaching and support from ORA during year two as they pursue their research advancement plans. Fellows may be invited to compete for additional seed funds in year three (up to 100k) to maintain momentum or scale-up their research advancement plans.”

You can read more here: https://research.oregonstate.edu/ora/advancement-academy/apply-2024-2025

Please share with your researchers and let me know if you have anyone interested in participating.

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office

Funding Notice: $33 Million Available for Smart Manufacturing Technologies to Accelerate a Clean Energy Economy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) released a $33 million funding opportunity to accelerate the advancement of smart manufacturing technologies and processes necessary to develop and deploy the innovative technologies and materials needed for the nation’s clean energy transition. FOA NUMBER: DE-FOA-0003329FUNDING AMOUNT: $33 MillionCONCEPT PAPERS DUE DATE: 8/21/2024 at 5 p.m. ET

Smart manufacturing is the use of advanced technologies and processes – including digitalization and artificial intelligence – to improve the technical performance, productivity, quality assurance, and security of the manufacturing sector.Topic 1: Smart Manufacturing for a Circular EconomyTopic 2: Smart Manufacturing of Tooling and Equipment for Sustainable TransportationTopic 3: Smart Manufacturing for High-Performance MaterialsTopic 4: Smart Technologies for Sustainable and Competitive U.S. Mining Applicants must submit a concept paper by 5 p.m. ET on August 21, 2024, to be eligible to submit a full application.

LEARN MORELearn more about other open funding opportunities within DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

What Types of EERE Funding Exist?How Do I Apply for EERE Funding?

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Creighton University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor appointment beginning August 2025. Specific interest is for individuals with synthetic chemistry specialization in the field of organic chemistry (or a closely related field). A Ph.D. in chemistry is required. We seek individuals committed to being excellent teacher-scholars at a primarily undergraduate institution. The successful applicant will be expected to teach a 3/3 course load including foundational organic chemistry courses and advanced courses in their sub-discipline while developing a very active, independent research program involving undergraduate students. The candidate hired for this position will be assigned laboratory and office space appropriate to their teaching and research needs.

Applicants must submit their application material online at http://apply.interfolio.com/148871. General questions related to submissions should be sent directly to HR@creighton.edu. Specific questions about the position or department can be sent to stephengross@creighton.edu. Complete applications must include: (1) letter of intent, including candidate’s potential contributions to Creighton’s mission (https://www.creighton.edu/about/mission-history), (2) curriculum vitae, (3) statement of teaching philosophy, (4) research proposal, and (5) all undergraduate and graduate transcripts (photocopies acceptable for initial review). In addition, three letters of recommendation should be submitted separately using the online application link. Review of completed applications will begin on Monday September 30, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

We are a very collegial department with 27 faculty and staff and graduate an average of 35 majors each year. Demonstrating our commitment to the teacher-scholar model, faculty in our department have received several notable grants/awards over the last five years from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Chemical Society, NIH-INBRE, NSF-EPSCoR, NASA, Research Corporation, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. More information about our department can be found here – http://www.creighton.edu/ccas/chemistry/.

At Creighton, we offer meaningful work driven by a 475-year old Jesuit tradition committed to social justice and serving others. Through this tradition, we push the boundaries on innovation. We pursue new knowledge for the betterment of society, and we seek to improve our world through Catholic and Jesuit values. Recent Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College rankings recognized Creighton among the top 20% of institutions in its survey and among the Top 10 big-city colleges in the Midwest. Creighton is also ranked in the top third National Universities by U.S. News & World Report and was previously recognized for 16 years in a row as No. 1 among Best Regional Universities – Midwest. Over the past 17 years, Creighton is the No. 1 Goldwater-producing Catholic university in the US and top 20 of private universities producing Goldwater Scholars over the last decade. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska a diverse community of 850,000 with four Fortune-500 companies, an active sports scene, and a vibrant arts scene.

Creighton is committed to providing a safe and non-discriminatory educational and employment environment. The University admits qualified students, hires qualified employees, and accepts patients for treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or other status protected by law. Its education and employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other programs and activities, are administered without unlawful discrimination.

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Please share as appropriate, the deadlines for these industry opportunities are June 30^th, but it’s an ‘easy application’ of only a concept paper to pitch the idea. There is more information in the attached email. 

The following partnering opportunities have received fewer than 10 submissions and offer up to $200,000 for initial proof-of-concept collaborations with opportunities for follow-on and additional in-kind resources:

• Amcor: AI/ML model development for automated packaging design 
• BASF: High throughput screening for testing adhesion of adhesives or coatings
• BASF: Processes for pigment separation from recycled thermoplastic polyurethane
• Private Company: Translational approaches for mitochondrial function driven diseases
• Private Company: Preclinical autoimmune/senescence model for antibody-based cell depletors
• East West Seed: Low-cost instrument for generalized real-time multi-category seed sorting

The bi-annual internal limited submission for Keck Foundation research grants is open in InfoReady and due on July 3, 2024 @ 11:59 pm.  

Please help us to identify principal investigators with a compelling project, a strong storyline, and a high-risk, high-reward approach. 

Thank you!

Leah

Keck Foundation’s Interests for Its Research Grants 

For science/engineering projects and medical research projects, the Keck Foundation seeks to support projects likely to lead to new models or breakthroughs in fundamental science, engineering, and medical science. (The Keck Foundation is not interested in applied science.) 

A successful Keck Foundation proposal in either category could lead to the creation of a new field of research, development of new instrumentation that facilitates observations and the science of the previously unobservable, or discovery of knowledge that challenges prevailing perspectives and paradigms. Proposals should provide new and transformative answers or approaches to underlying questions in fundamental science and should address issues that seem unsolvable, unattainable, or intractable. 

The Keck Foundation funds proposals that are necessarily high-risk projects that push the edge of the field(s) and present unconventional approaches to intransient problems. The Keck Foundation does not fund projects that represent the “next logical step” in research or applied research. The Keck Foundation also prefers projects that do not qualify for funding from—or, better yet, have been previously rejected by—federal agencies, such as NSF and NIH, due to the proposed project’s high-risk nature. 

The ideal concept paper would attest to a previous federal agency’s declination due to the high-risk nature of the proposal in spite of high reviewer scores in federal agency proposal submissions. Successful proposals should hold promise of a significant breakthrough or new discovery in science, engineering, or medical research.

Leah Gorman, MS, MEd

Strategic Research Development Specialist

Office for Research Advancement

Oregon State University

Tel: (541) 737-1755

Pronouns : She/Her/Hers

leah.gorman@oregonstate.edu

AARON SHONK

Senior Director of Development 

Foundation Relations

Oregon State University Foundation
4238 SW Research Way | Corvallis, OR | 97333-1068

Cell: 541-231-8749 |  fororegonstate.org

Current Funding Opportunities:

OSU Foundation ∙ Research Office

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine administers postdoctoral and senior research awards at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) under the Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program (AF STFP).

We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are U.S. citizens and hold, or anticipate earning, a doctorate in a variety of fields of science or engineering.
 

Application deadline dates (four annual review cycles):

• February 1
• May 1
• August 1
• November 1

Awardees have the opportunity to:

• Conduct independent research in an area compatible with the interests of the Air Force laboratories
• Devote full-time effort to research and publication
• Access the excellent and often unique Air Force research facilities
• Collaborate with leading scientists and engineers

Awardee benefits:

• Base stipend starting at $95,000/year; may be higher based on experience
• Health insurance (including dental and vision), relocation benefits, and a professional travel allowance

Applicants should contact prospective AFRL, AFIT and USAFA Research Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.

For detailed program information, to search for AFRL, AFIT, USAFA, and USSF Research Opportunities, and to contact prospective Research Adviser(s), visit www.nas.edu/afstfp.

Thank you for your assistance in promoting this opportunity.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth M. Prescott, D.Phil.

Director, Fellowships Office