Greetings, faculty!
Please see the list of announcements, funding opportunities, and resources below.
Announcements
- The Vice Chancellor for Research and ORSP invite you to participate in a Site Visit to Oak Ridge National Laboratory on February 23, 2024. To participate, you must register for the trip in InfoReady Review by December 15, 2023 at https://tennessee.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1923432. NOTE: Capacity is limited to 30 individuals. Slots will be filled based on the order of registration.
- ORSP has a limited number of resource manuals focused on preparing biomedical publications. Please contact Meredith-Perry@utc.edu if you would like to receive a free copy.
Funding Opportunities
If you are interested in applying to any of the opportunities below, please notify ORSP at least 4-6 weeks in advance of the deadline. A minimum of five (5) business days’ advanced notice is required. More information about ORSP’s proposal development timeline and services is available here.
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI-2024/25) | January 17, 2024(Letter of Intent) February 22, 2024(Full Proposal) | LOIs are required but will not be reviewed. Individuals may participate as either PI or co-PI in only one proposal per fiscal year. A minimum of one PI and two co-PIs must participate in each proposal. The lead PI must be full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty. Either the PI or one of the co-PIs must have a full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment within a College/Department of Engineering. |
| NSF Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences (RaMP) | January 18 2024 | Addition of Co-PIs must be well justified. Budgetary restrictions apply. |
| NEH Institutes for K-12 Educators | February 14, 2024 | A live Q&A session will be held at 12 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, December 19. Program Officers will review a full or partial draft if submitted to institutes@neh.gov by January 5, 2024. |
| NEH Institutes for Higher Education Faculty | February 14, 2024 | All Institute participants must be recruited from outside of UTC. A live Q&A session will be held at 12 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, December 19. Program Officers will review a full or partial draft if submitted to institutes@neh.gov by January 5, 2024. |
| NSF Formal Methods in the Field (FMitF) | February 20, 2024 | Three tracks are solicited: research proposals (Track 1), transition to practice proposals (Track 2), and education proposals (Track 3). PI requirements vary by track. An investigator may participate as PI, co-PI, or Senior Personnel in at most one proposal in each track per deadline. |
Sponsored Projects Policy Spotlight: Subawards
Sponsored Projects Policy FI0230 lays out the policies and procedures for subaward origination and monitoring. As a reminder, ORSP’s Award Services team is the starting point for developing all subaward contracts to and from other institutions. It is the PI’s responsibility to notify ORSP when they are ready to issue a subaward to a collaborating institution and to monitor the subrecipient’s spending and milestone/deliverable completion. More information is available on ORSP’s award management webpage.
Best,
Ashley Ledford,
Director of Pre-Award Services
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
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