Sponsored Projects - Funding Forecast
A periodic newsletter for Bucknell faculty researchers, scholars and grantseekers with information on external funding opportunities, recent grant successes, upcoming deadlines, and updates and resources from the Office of Sponsored Projects.
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News and Updates
Internal Nomination for NEH Summer Stipends due 7/15
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends grant program offers a competitive and prestigious funding opportunity for two months’ work on a scholarly project. This program awards $8,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. While most recipients use the award during the summer, awardees may start the two-month funding period anytime between May 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026. (For example, the awarded funds could also be used during an anticipated leave during academic year 2025-26.)
For a complete description of the Summer Stipends program and eligibility/submission requirements, please see application guidelines posted on the NEH website at:
https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends.
In order to be eligible for this award, tenured/tenure-track applicants must be nominated by their university. Bucknell may nominate only one applicant each year. In a change to NEH eligibility criteria, faculty may not have received a previous individual NEH award (Summer Stipend, any of the Fellowships, Public Scholar, etc).
If you are interested in being nominated, please send a one-page expression of interest and a two-page CV by Monday, July 15th to the Office of Sponsored Projects (osp@bucknell.edu) and please include "NEH Summer Stipend" in the subject line. Expressions of interest should focus on describing the research project and its significance, but should at least briefly address the proposed workplan for the 2-month project period. If you were previously nominated but were not funded by NEH, please include your NEH reviewer comments.
Faculty members who submit drafts by the internal deadline will be notified of a nomination decision by the Dean's Office by July 19th. Bucknell will select one nominee and one alternate. The nominee must then prepare and submit their complete application to the NEH by the deadline of September 18, 2024. NEH will offer a webinar focused on writing tips on August 21st at 2pm Eastern. NEH expects to announce funding decisions by April 30, 2025.
Rhonda Newton (rrn007@bucknell.edu), Research Development Manager in the Office of Sponsored Projects, is happy to review draft proposals this summer and answer any additional questions.
If you have recently prepared an application for other internal funding or for an external fellowship, consider adapting that proposal for NEH Summer Stipends!
ACS PRF to Offer Virtual Open House with Program Officers, 7/17 at 2pm
This event is an opportunity for interested faculty members to ask questions of grants program staff of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. ACS PRF offers two grants to faculty at predominantly undergraduate institutions: the Undergraduate Research grant and the Undergraduate New Investigator grant. The next submission window opens Aug. 12th. Learn more about a broad range of eligilble STEM fields and types of projects, and be sure to register in advance for the open house.
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Recent External Funding Awards
(May - June 2024*)
College of Arts & Sciences
Tim Strein (Chemistry). "The Impact of Smoking and Parkinson's Disease on Blood Lithium Concentrations." Bucknell Geisinger Research Initiative, Stage I.
College of Engineering
James Arthur (Mechanical Engineering). "Thermal and Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamic Effects on Particle Transport Within Porous Media." American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Undergraduate New Investigator Grant.
Elizabeth Mamros (Mechanical Engineering). "Single point incremental forming for fabrication of patient-specific orbital floor implants." Bucknell Geisinger Research Initiative, Stage I.
Kenny Mineart (Chemical Engineering). "Revolutionizing Orthotic Design: Cutting-Edge Biomaterial Innovations." Bucknell Geisinger Research Initiative, Stage I.
Joshua Stough (Computer Science). "Measuring Brown Adipose Tissue in PET and CT Images for Assessing Metabolic Health." Bucknell Geisinger Research Initiative, Stage I.
Freeman College of Management
Joe Wilck (Analytics & Operations Management). "Optimization and Patient Improvement Processes for Specialty Pediatrics, such as Autism & Developmental Medicine and Cleft Management." Bucknell Geisinger Research Initiative, Stage II.
Cross-College
Richard Crago (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Janine Glather (L&IT). "American View through PA View FY24 Funding." U.S. Geological Survey, via Pennsylvania Western University.
Institutional
Shaunna Barnhart (Center for Sustainability and the Environment). "Fireflies at Sylvan Dell: Art, Science, Nature and the Land." Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Education Program.
*Grant and contract awards being administered at the university, or that have been communicated to OSP and via the Sponsored Projects Approval (SPA) form.
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External Funding Opportunities and Upcoming Deadlines
Are you interested in applying for external funding to support your research, project or program at Bucknell? Here are just a few examples of opportunities, from federal, state, private and foundation sources. (For a more customized list based on your project needs, timeline and scholarship/research focus, contact OSP for a consultation or InfoEdGlobal SPIN database search.)
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Looking Ahead to an Academic Leave?
If you will be applying for competitive 75% sabbatical funding, please reach out to Rhonda Newton, Research Development Manager (rrn007@bucknell.edu) as soon as you are able to discuss external grant opportunities and deadlines.
All Ranks
9/25/24. American Council of Learned Societies: Fellowships. This program offers six to twelve month fellowship opportunities in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to be initiated between July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026 and completed by December 31, 2026. The 2024 deadline is open to faculty of all ranks.
Accepted anytime. NSF: Research Opportunity Supplemental Funding Requests for Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (ROA-PUI). This program enables a faculty member at an eligible NSF organization to pursue research as a part of a collaborative research team as a visiting scientist at another NSF-supported institution. Most frequently, NSF-supported ROA-PUI research activities occur during the summer, but support for research during the academic year can be requested. ROA-PUI recommendations are made at the discretion of the program that will provide the funding. Contact OSP for assistance identifying potential host institutions.
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Selected Pre-Tenure Opportunities
10/18/24. The Institute for Citizens & Scholars: Career Enhancement Fellowship. Applicants must apply during their 3rd year of a tenure-track position. Eligible applicants are minority junior faculty members and other faculty members committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and humanities. Bucknell faculty applying for this fellowship must contact OSP as soon as possible - the fellowship requires commitments from Bucknell and requires internal approval prior to application. The Institute for Citizens & Scholars was formerly The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
11/15/24. AAUW: American Fellowships Postdoctoral Leave Fellowships. The AAUW American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship is intended to increase the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and promote equity for women in higher education. The fellowship is designed to assist scholars in obtaining tenure by spending a year pursuing independent research; tenured faculty are not eligible. The fellowship year runs July 1 to June 30. The Fellowship is open to women scholars in all fields of study; follow the link for additional eligibility criteria.
6/16/25. Smith Richardson Foundation: Strategy & Policy Fellows Program. This program awards three research grants of $60,000 to enable the recipients to research and write a book. Within the academic community, this program supports junior or adjunct faculty, research associates, and post-docs who are engaged in policy-relevant research and writing on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history.
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Selected Post-Tenure Opportunties
11/1/24. Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences: Fellowship (Palo Alto, CA). This residential fellowship is for scholars working to advance research and thinking in social science. Fellows represent a range of disciplines including anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, sociology, the humanities, education, linguistics, communications, and the biological, natural, health, and computer sciences. Applicants may be 3-4 years past the doctorate, but post-tenure applicants preferred.
11/1/24. The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation: Object Based Arts and Installation Based Arts (creative) and Art History, Architecture, and Visual Culture (scholarly). The Foundation will consider proposals from artists in any field who work with object or installation based works, for creative work. The Foundation will consider proposals from scholars in any field whose work is focused in Art History, Architecture, or Visual Culture. Successful applicants are early mid-career who have completed at least one major project, and have up to 4 years to use the award, as the Foundation recognizes that its cycle of focus areas may not align with individuals’ career plans. Note: The 2025 deadline will be for Fiction and Poetry, and Literary Studies. The 2026 deadline will be for Playwriting and Choreography, and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies.
3/3/25. NSF: Mid-Career Advancement. This program offers an opportunity for those at the Associate Professor rank to substantively enhance and advance their research program and career trajectory. The MCA program provides protected time, resources, and the means to gain new skills through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than the candidate’s home institution. Partners from outside the Principal Investigator’s own subdiscipline or discipline are encouraged, but not required (note: the Directorate of Mathematics and Physical Sciences does not participate). The grant budget may include up to 6.5 months of salary for the PI across the three-year project. NSF strongly encourages contacting a program officer from the appropriate directorate; see a list here. Note: FULL professors at primarily undergraduate institutions may now apply if their research falls under a participating program in the Directorate of Biological Sciences or the Directorate for Geosciences.
For faculty whose research fits under NSF's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (ENG Directorate) or the Division of Chemistry (MPS Directorate), review the Re-entry to Active Research Program (RARE).
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