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
How can OSP help you?
The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) supports and partners with faculty and staff in identifying funders, developing strategies for seeking external grant support, submitting proposals to public and private organizations, and managing institutional, federal and research compliance obligations. Whether you have a specific opportunity in mind or are just starting to think about seeking external funding for a program, project or an upcoming academic leave, OSP is happy to support you. Also, if you are not sure whether your proposal requires internal approval prior to submission, please contact us at osp@bucknell.edu.
Once grants are awarded, we work with faculty to manage awards, institutional compliance aspects, budget revisions, no-cost extensions, and communications with sponsors.
Sabbatical and Untenured Faculty Leave (UTFL): Application Information Session August 30, 2024 at 12pm via Zoom
The Faculty Development Committee (FDC) and the OSP will hold an information session on Friday, August 30th for faculty who have questions about the application process (for the current or future cycles) or who simply wish to learn more about how it all works.
Faculty Development Committee members will provide an overview of the application process, share insights into FDC expectations, and answer any questions you have about applying. In addition, OSP staff will help applicants address and identify external funding opportunities that can further support and enhance academic leaves.
Please register using this RSVP form. The RSVP includes the zoom link and you will also be added to the google calendar invite.
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Recent External Funding Awards
(June - August 2024*)
College of Arts & Sciences
Tulu Bayar (Art and Art History). "Mosaic: Immersive Portfolio of Environmentally Friendly Photographic Transfers of Immigrants." Puffin Foundation 2024 Fine Arts Grant; Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency Fellowship for the Fall 2024 cycle.
College of Engineering
Rich Kozick (Electrical and Computer Engineering). "Heterogeneous Networks with Directional and MIMO Nodes: Covert Communication and Routing." Army Research Laboratory.
Elizabeth Mamros (Mechanical Engineering). "Compact Litter Assist for Warfighters (CLAW) Phase 1 STTR." Department of Defense, via The University System of New Hampshire.
Jonathan Torres (Mechanical Engineering). "Process-Property-Microstructure Relationships to Enable Use of Additively Manufactured Materials in Expeditionary Environments." Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division.
Ben Wheatley (Mechanical Engineering). "Developing a Link Between Muscle Microstructural Form and Function - Towards Improved Treatments for Age Related Muscle Impairments." Transatlantic Research Partnership, Albertine Foundation.
Institutional
Steve Stumbris (Small Business Development Center). "SBA 2024 Funding." U.S. Small Business Administration, via Kutztown University.
*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 InfoGlobal SPIN database search.)
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Book Development
10/11/24. Princeton University Press: Supporting Diverse Voices - Underrepresented Voices in Sciences. Princeton University Press (PUP) offers two grant cycles per year to support historically excluded and underrepresented scholars around the globe with the opportunity to develop a book proposal in group or one-on-one settings with one of its partnering book coaches. Each grantee will have a sponsoring PUP editor who will work with authors and coaches throughout the process. Following coaching, grantees agree to give PUP the right to consider the resulting proposals exclusively, before they are submitted to any other publisher. For the October 11, 2024 deadline, PUP is seeking non-fiction work by scholars in the sciences belonging to groups whose voices have been historically underrepresented. Specific fields are physics and astronomy, earth science, biology, natural history, neuroscience, computer science, and the mathematical sciences. Intended readership can be generally readers, scholarly monographs, or textbooks. The opportunity is open to previously published and first-time authors alike. Note: for its March 2025 deadline, PUP will focus on non-fiction work by BIPOC scholars in the humanities and in the social sciences.
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Social Sciences
1/9/25, 7/10/25. NSF: Human Networks and Data Science: Core Research (HNDS-R). This program supports research that enhances understanding of human behavior by leveraging data and network science research across a broad range of topics. The Core Research track will advance theory in a core discipline in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, yielding results that will enhance, expand and transform theory and methods; most Research proposals should be submitted to the primary SBE discipline’s solicitation. Direct proposals to HNDS-R require permission of the program officer.
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Natural Sciences and Mathematics
9/6/24. American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund: Research Grants. ACS PRF has two grants categories for non-doctoral departments: Undergraduate New Investigator (UNI) for faculty within their first 5 years of their first academic appointment and Undergraduate Research (UR) for faculty of all ranks. Research areas include chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science. The spring submission window will be February 10 to March 7, 2025. Successful UNI and UR proposals are now eligible for a competitive $25,000 supplement to enhance research activities, capabilities, and engagement at the department level.
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Humanities
9/25/24. ACLS: 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 now open to faculty of all ranks, and recommendation letters are no longer required.
11/20/24. NEH: Collaborative Research. This program supports sustained collaboration between two or more scholars, from one or more institutions. The program includes four grant categories - Planning International Collaboration, Conference, Manuscript Preparation, and Scholarly Digital Projects - which have different performance periods and budget ceilings.
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Creative and Performing Arts
9/27/24. New York Public Library: Cullman Center Fellowship. Fellowships are for scholars and writers - academics, independent scholars, journalists, creative writers, translators and visual arts whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Fellows work at the Cullman Center for the September through May fellowship term. The fellowship includes an $85,000 stipend, the use of an office with a computer, and access to the Library's resources.
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Engineering
NSF Funding Opportunities by Division/Office in the Directorate for Engineering:
9/18/24. NSF: CISE Research Initiation Initiative. This program in the Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering supports research independence among early-career academicians. It is expected that funds will support untenured faculty or research scientists in their first three years in a primary academic position after the PhD but not more than six years after completion of their PhD. Review the updated solicitation for changes in the proposal requirements.
10/9/24. NSF: Engineering Research Initiation. This program invests in new academic investigators who have yet to receive significant research funding from Federal agencies. Note this change in eligibility: at the time of submission, the PI may not have been a PI, Co-PI or equivalent on any current or prior awarded NSF research grant (including subaward) with certain exceptions including NSF fellowships/DDRI grants and Major Research Instrumentation grants, or have had more than $200,000 in research support in the last 5 years from other Federal agencies. Grants are for 24 months with budgets up to $200,000. Proposals may only be submitted in engineering research areas supported by participating Divisions in the Directorate for Engineering. Note: In 2025, the deadline will return to mid-September.
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Management, Business and Commerce
10/29/24, 4/1/25. (LOI). Russell Sage Foundation: Research Grants. For its October 29th deadline, the Foundation will accept letters of inquiry in the social sciences (and fields employing social science methods) under the core programs for Future of Work and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality, and for the new special initiative Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities.
11/15/24. AAUW: Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship. 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 pre-tenure women scholars in all fields of study; follow the link for additional eligibility criteria.
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News from the Field
NSF Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Innovative Use of Scientific Collections
The National Science Foundation encourages submission of proposals to participating programs that foster Innovative Use of Scientific Collections (IUSC) and/or associated digital data for novel research, education, and training applications within and across STEM disciplines. A number of programs in the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, Directorate for Geosciences, and Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences welcome proposals responsive to the Dear Colleage Letter. The DCL contains more information and a list of participating programs.
NSF Panel Service: What to Expect
The NSF Division of Environmental Biology published a blog entry Panel Service: What to Expect which provides background on how DEB selects panelists and explains the review process, which may be useful for anyone interested in serving as a reviewer for NSF or other funders.
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