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iMERS: NIH Grant Workshop
| FALL 2022 NIH GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY |
| We’re accepting applications through Monday, August 15th, for our expenses-paid grant writing workshop on the University of Kentucky campus. View our event flyer and workshop ebook for more information. Apply here Applicants: Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions Location: University of Kentucky Campus, Lexington, KY Workshop Date: Oct. 12-14, 2022 Application Deadline: Monday, August 15, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT Applicants Notified: Monday, August 29, 2022If you’re a faculty member at a Minority Serving Institution with promising research, consider applying for our immersive three-day workshop. Successful applicants will have an expense-paid opportunity to attend didactic lectures, participate in interactive exercises, and work with a faculty mentor for personalized post-workshop support. A Specific Aims draft is optional to apply, but providing one will be weighed heavily in the decision-making process. The August 2022 issue of the Grant Announcement Letter (GAL) from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) is now available at |
iMERS: Workshop NIH SuRE-First R16
Wed, August 17, 2022, 1:00-3:00 PM EST
Two 60-min virtual sessions with breaks, plus live Q&A
Register here
| Interested in pursuing a SuRE-First grant? The NIH SuRE program supports research at institutions with a significant number of students who are underrepresented in the biomedical workforce and have limited NIH research support. Join our presentation to learn about SuRE-First awards supporting investigators who have not had prior independent external research grants. Session One: Programmatic Evaluating Scientific Merit: Specific Aims page and components of the Research StrategyCollaborating with Others: Strategic use of co-investigators and required student researchHighlighting Your Role and Qualifications: Biosketch guidelines and structure Session Two: Administrative Understanding Specifics: A SuRE-First R16 funding opportunity overviewJustifying Costs: Concepts for appropriate budgetsManaging the Package: Administrative pieces of the proposal package explained |
PRESENTERS
| Brett Spear, PhD iMERS Co-Director University of Kentyucky Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, ad Molecular Genetics Member, Hepatobiliary Pathophysiology Study Section (HBPP), NIDDK Sean Scott, CRA iMERS Research Administration Lead Founder of Coalition for the Advancement of Research at Minority Serving Institutions Society of Research Administrators International Distinguished Faculty |
NASA Newsletter
Here are the latest updates on NASA opportunities for the Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) community from NASA’s MSI Engagement Team, including upcoming events, funding opportunities, and other opportunities for faculty and students.
Upcoming Events
- REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: NASA MUREP’s HBCU/MSI Technology Infusion Road Tour hybrid event at Texas Southern University in Houston! (more…)
Fulbright New Awards
We would like to introduce you to 3 new Fulbright opportunities in Canada that may interest scholars at your institution.
Fulbright Canada offers more than 50 Research Chairs at top Canadian Institutions. Our grants support research with colleagues across Canada for a 4-to-9-month period.
US Scholars can do several activities during their Fulbright: conduct research; deliver lectures; network and promote their work; formal teaching (if the awards allow it).
These opportunities are for a start date of September 2023 or January 2024.
Applications are accepted through September 15th, 2022.
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NEW AWARD
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Healthy Planet and People, University of Victoria
- Specializations: Climate; environment; clean tech; energy; sustainability; security; social justice; equity; Indigenous-led scholarship; technology; health; wellbeing; aging; innovation; applied science; impact; public policy; knowledge mobilization; UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Northern Policy, Yukon University
- Specializations: Indigenous self-governance/self-determination; land claims, modern treaties, and ancestral lifeways; entrepreneurship in remote/rural communities; community economic development, northern decolonization, and decolonial business development northern public policy in the context of climate change; arctic sovereignty
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity, Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Specializations: Cybersecurity; Cognitive Sciences; Forest Sciences; Environmental Sustainability; Autism; Family Sciences; Finance and Accounting; Nursing; Regional and International Development; Museology; Design; Policy and Governance; Industrial Relations and Labour Studies.
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OTHER AWARDS
1. The Research Chair awards (click here for more details) are 4-month awards in the categories listed below. You will find more than 40 awards under this category.
| Arts, Humanities, and Culture | Agriculture & Food Studies | Policy, Law, and Governance |
| Business and Management | Health Studies | Language, Culture & Identity |
| Education | Indigenous Studies | Science and Technology |
| Environmental Studies | North America Studies | All Disciplines |
| Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship on Global Economies |
2. Distinguished Chairs (click here for more details)for US Scholars with more than ten years of experience, offered for 9–months by Carleton University in Ottawa on the following topics:
| Arts and Social Sciences in Canada and North America | – Entrepreneurship – Social Innovation |
| Public Affairs in North America: Society, Policy, Media | Environmental Science |
3. Postdoctoral research awards (click here for more details) support promising new scholars and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.
Eligibility requirements
· Be a US citizen (Permanent residence is not sufficient)
· Hold a Ph.D., MFA, MPH, LLM or equivalent terminal degree
· Scholars at all levels are welcome to apply (tenure not required)
· NOT have resided abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six years preceding the application deadline are ineligible.
· Recipients of a Fulbright Scholar award are eligible to apply for another award two years after the previous award’s completion date.
Application Components
No project budget is required. The main pieces of your application are described below: See the detailed application requirements page.
· Project Statement: Up to five pages
· CV/Resume: Up to six pages; up to eight pages for Distinguished Chair
· Letters of Recommendation: Two letters
· Bibliography: Up to three pages
· Syllabi/course outlines: Only for Teaching & Teaching/Research awards, up to ten pages
· Letter of Invitation: Only for the Traditional All Disciplines Awards
Review Criteria
| Applicant training, background, and experience: Possess the training, credentials, and active professional standing appropriate for the project, discipline, and career path and meets all stated requirements for the award. Quality of the project: Is feasible, original, well-designed, innovative, and sophisticated, with sufficient resources and time allocated, and can be adapted if needed. Can be understood by individuals outside of the applicant’s discipline. Project’s potential impact, outcome, and benefits: The project exhibits potential for impact, which is significant, broad, and sustainable in discipline, at their home institution and community and in the applicant’s development. Personal qualities: Ability to be adaptable, culturally sensitive, collegial, and serve as a cultural ambassador. |
Considering applying but unsure which award is right for you?
| · Talk to Us and Clarify your Questions: Schedule a call via this link |
Join the more than 600 Fulbright Canada alumni and apply for one of our awards!
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