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Links of the Week:
From rivalry to results: KU, K-State research partnerships deliver big wins for Kansas

KU research growth boosts Kansas communities, fuels economy

CRISP: Course Release for Increased Scholarly Productivity
Deadline: March 13
The CRISP program is designed to provide  faculty with additional time to expand research efforts; the program offers course releases for faculty engaged in high-impact institutional research that goes beyond typical disciplinary expectations and demands significant time investment.

College Awards: Call for Nominations
Deadline: March 23
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce awards to recognize outstanding faculty service, teaching excellence, and exemplary advising. We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to bring formal recognition to the excellence in your department. Brief descriptions of the awards can be found at the link above.

New Faculty Research Development Awards
Deadline: March 23
The Office of Research invites proposals for three internal funding opportunities designed to support KU faculty establishing their research programs, pivoting existing research to align with new funding agency priorities, or developing collaborative research projects that span the Lawrence and Medical Center campuses.

The awards are designed to begin building a sustainable program of research, scholarship and/or creative activity for applicants. Potential outcomes could include publications, conference papers, presentations, websites, technologies or techniques, databases or datasets, physical collections, audio or video products, or educational aids or curricula with the potential for proposal to an external funding opportunity. Applicants are encouraged to indicate the specific external funding opportunity or potential sponsor(s) in the proposal.

Eligibility: Applicants must be in their first 60 months on the Lawrence or Edwards campus as either an untenured, tenure-track faculty member or as a faculty-equivalent unclassified academic staff (UAS) member.

Amount: Up to $25,000.

One KU Collaborative Research Awards
Deadline: April 1
The One KU Collaborative Research Awards provide seed funding to launch or strengthen innovative, interdisciplinary research partnerships between KU Lawrence and KU Medical Center. These awards support projects in key research growth areas with strong potential for external funding. Funded teams are expected to generate preliminary data that establishes the feasibility of their overarching research question or hypothesis, positioning them to pursue competitive extramural grant opportunities at the conclusion of the internal funding period.

Eligibility: Any tenured or non-tenured faculty member in the KU Lawrence or KU Medical Center research community. Proposals must include at least one investigator from each campus. 

Amount: $25,000-$100,000  

One KU Research Pivot Awards
Deadline: April 1
The One KU Research Pivot Awards are designed to help KU researchers explore and align novel ideas with new opportunities and build internal capacity to maintain research momentum when their usual sources of external funding in a given topic area have become unavailable.

The proposed research is expected to generate preliminary data or investigations to support competitive proposals for extramural research grant opportunities. Recipients are expected to apply for at least one extramural opportunity within one year of the Pivot Award’s expiration date.

Eligibility: Any tenured or non-tenured faculty member in the KU Lawrence or KU Medical Center research community.

Amount: $25,000-$100,000  

2026-27 Senior Administrative Fellows
Deadline: April 6
Senior Administrative Fellows have the opportunity to meet face-to-face and learn from those with administrative roles at KU, develop their personal leadership skills and understanding, engage with challenges that leaders face in academia and consider leadership pathways in higher education.  

Red Hot Research - Keeler Fellows
Friday, March 27 | 4 p.m. | Watson Library, 3 West
Hosted by The Commons, Red Hot Research brings together scholars from all disciplines to reveal overlaps and connections across areas of interesting and methodological approaches. The format of these sessions is inspired by Pecha Kucha, which features short, slide-based talks that introduce audiences to a topic. Each installment features researchers, speaking for six minutes each. Audience members are encouraged to connect with the speakers (and each other) during breaks. This series offers researchers at KU a venue for cross-disciplinary partnering and exploration. 

Alyssa Appelman, Journalism / Hosted by Jewish Studies
Meredith Bagwell-Gray, Social Welfare / Hosted by School of Business
Maria Velasco, Visual Art / Hosted by American Studies
Luis Corteguera, History / Hosted by Spanish & Portuguese

State of the College
Wednesday, April 1 | 4 p.m. | Berkley Room | Jayhawk Welcome Center
The Executive Dean will deliver the annual State of the College address followed by a reception. All College faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.