Greetings, faculty!
Please see the list of announcements, funding opportunities, and resources below.
Announcements
- Welcome, new faculty! ORSP looks forward to working with you. Check out our New Faculty Resources here and please feel free to reach out with questions. If you are bringing an award with you from another institution, please contact Angie-Morelock@utc.edu as soon as possible.
- This Friday, August 18, Dr. David Sholl, interim director of the UT Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, will be holding a virtual town hall for UTC faculty to discuss the call for concept papers on topics for future Convergent Research Initiatives within the Institute. The virtual town hall will begin at 11:30am Eastern. Click here to join.
- On Friday, August 25, the UTC Research Institute will be hosting a Brown Bag Lunch to discuss the upcoming FY24-25 CEACSE competition. Come learn what’s new about the program and connect with researchers across campus. The Brown Bag Lunch will be held in UTC Library Room 435 from 11:30am – 1:30 pm.
- On September 20, the UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be hosting a talk with Dr. Kusum Rathore, the Vice President for the UT Research Foundation (UTRF). Dr. Rathore’s talk will focus on how UTC faculty can take advantage of UTRF’s services for research translation and commercialization. The talk will be held in Mapp Building Room 212 from 10:30am – 12:00pm. Register to attend here.
- On September 21-22, UTC will be hosting a UT-wide colloquium for Research Administration personnel. Please expect delayed response times during the event. ORSP and ORI will be working intermittently while we connect with our inter-campus colleagues.
Funding Opportunities
- Catalyze has released a call for proposals for Round 3 of the Catalyze Challenge program. This round is focused two themes: Career Exploration for Young Adolescents and Activating Employer Partnerships. Applications to either theme must focus on innovative, exploratory work that will ultimately directly benefit young adolescents (ages 11-22), including at least historically underserved group. Proposals are due September 22, 2023. Learn more at https://www.catalyzechallenge.org/round-three-grant-funding. Please notify ORSP by September 1 if you are interested in this opportunity.
- NSF has released a new solicitation for the Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) program, which supports innovative, interdisciplinary research focused on areas of high need in the biomedical and public health fields. The full solicitation is available here. Proposals are due November 9, 2023. Investigators are limited to participating in no more than two proposals (in any role) per year. Please notify ORSP by September 15 if you are interested in this opportunity.
REMINDER – ORSP is accepting Notices of Intent for two limited submission programs:
- FY24 NEA Grants for Arts Projects – Read more about the program here. UTC is limited to 1 proposal 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 Friday, September 8. Click here to review the requirements and submit an NOI.
- NSF AI Research Institutes – Institutes must advance foundational AI research, conduct use-inspired research, incorporate multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to workforce development. Focus themes are Astronomical Sciences (FY24), Discovery in Materials Research (FY25), and Strengthening AI (FY25). Read more about the program here. UTC is limited to 2 preliminary 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 Friday, September 8. Click here to review the requirements and submit an NOI.
Sponsored Projects Policy Spotlight: Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property: UT Statement of Policy covers your rights and what to do if you invent or create something while working on a university grant, contract, or other externally-sponsored activity. Intellectual property include inventions, discoveries, products, computer code and software, written materials, methods, recordings, arts, crafts, and technology-based academic materials. See more information at the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning’s IP webpage.
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes the commercialization of UT intellectual property, encourages an entrepreneurial culture, contributes to state and regional economic development, and promotes research and education to benefit the people of Tennessee and beyond. While UTRF is a separate entity from UT, it provides assistance and resources to the research activities of faculty, staff and students of the UT system (including campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Martin, the Health Science Center in Memphis, the state-wide Institute of Agriculture, the UT Space Institute in Tullahoma, and the UT Institute of Public Service). UTRF works to help move ideas to the marketplace.
Best,
Ashley Ledford,
Director of Pre-Award Services
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
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