Greetings, faculty!
Please see the list of announcements, funding opportunities, and resources below.
Announcements
- Reminder – We want to hear from you! The Vice Chancellor for Research and ORSP are planning to support a site visit and networking opportunities with researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the UT – Oak Ridge Innovation Institute. We are seeking to gather information about faculty interests and preferences to help us plan for a site visit and other potential activities in 2024. Any UTC faculty member or researcher is eligible to participate. Please take a few moments to complete the brief survey here to help us schedule activities of interest to you.
- On Thursday, October 12, the UTC Research Institute will host a Brown Bag session on High Performance Computing Resources and On-Demand Resources. The event will be held in the UTC Library Room 435 from 12:30 – 2pm.
- Friday, October 22, will be the last day that the NSF fillable PDF format for the biosketch and current and pending support can be uploaded and submitted in research.gov. For proposals due October 23, 2023 or after, investigators must use SciENcv to prepare the biosketch and CPS forms. Having trouble getting set up in SciENcv? Help guides are available on ORSP’s webpage here. You can also schedule a consultation with a grant specialist here.
Funding Opportunities
- The UT Research Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023 Maturation Grant Funding Program. The program is open to all UT researchers, faculty, staff and students who have an existing or are preparing a new invention/creation disclosure. Read more about the program and application requirements here. To be eligible for consideration, proposals must be fully routed and approved in Cayuse by 5pm on October 20, 2023. ORSP will submit all eligible proposals to UTRF. Please notify Lindsey-Nabors@utc.edu by October 4 if you are interested in applying to this program.
- NSF has released a new solicitation for the Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) program. The program accepts proposals to support early-stage research on teaching and/or learning strategies that develop and/or incorporate emerging technologies. The full solicitation is available here. An individual may participate on only one proposal per cycle. The next deadline for full proposals is January 24, 2024. Please notify ORSP by October 23 if you are interested in submitting a proposal to this opportunity.
- The NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) has released a Dear Colleague Letter soliciting EAGER proposals and supplemental funding requests to support innovative research focused on task-based interactions between human and synthetic actors. The DCL is available here and more information about EAGER proposals is available here. Both options require PO prior-approval. Requests submitted by May 1, 2024 will be considered for FY24 funding. Investigators are strongly discouraged from participating on more than one response to this DCL. Please notify ORSP if you are interested in submitting a proposal to this opportunity.
Reminder – Limited Submission Opportunities – ORSP is accepting Notices of Intent for two limited submission programs:
- FY24 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards – Read more about the program here. UTC is limited to 2 proposals per year. If you are interested in being considered for selection for the 2024 competition, you must submit an NOI via InfoReady by no later than Monday, October 16. Click here to review the requirements and submit an NOI.
- FY24 NSF S-STEM – Read more about the program here. UTC is limited to 2 proposals in response to this solicitation. If you are interested in being considered for selection, you must submit an NOI via InfoReady by no later than Monday, October 16.Click here to review the requirements and submit an NOI.
Please direct any questions about InfoReady Review to ashley-ledford@utc.edu. Quick guides on how to set up a profile and how to apply are available on ORSP’s Limited Submissions webpage.
Sponsored Projects Policy Spotlight: Cost Sharing
Sponsored Projects Policy FI0210 lays out the policies for cost sharing on sponsored projects. Curious why the UT System discourages including voluntary cost share on proposals? It’s all in this policy!
Best,
Ashley Ledford,
Director of Pre-Award Services
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
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