Jessica Heier Stamm is using the science of better decision-making to make a difference in the lives of others, including those in her classroom.

Anyone at K-State can nominate a current faculty member for a Roots of Research award by completing the Qualtrics form.

Awardees will be honored at a spring semester ceremony, receive a plaque and have a tree planted on the Manhattan campus in their name. The names of selected faculty members will be announced in December, and trees will be planted during One K-State Research Week, April 26-30, 2027.

Nominations are due Nov. 1, 2026, by 11:59 p.m.

The University of Kansas Office of Research seeks nominations for the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards. Late Distinguished Professor Takeru Higuchi and his wife, Aya, partnered with KU Endowment to create four awards that recognize individuals for their accomplishments in research, scholarship and creative activity.

Faculty from any Kansas Regents institution are eligible, and your assistance in identifying outstanding candidates is critical. Winners receive $10,000 in support of research activities.

Awards include:

The deadline to nominate a colleague is December 15.

International Education Administrators Awards
The Department of State, Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Awards are two-week funded seminars for U.S. higher education administrators to learn about participating countries’ higher education systems, exchange information on best practices, explore the potential for partnerships with institutions of higher education in the host country, and raise the profile of your home institution within the host country and the U.S. participant cohort.  Currently, there are International Educator Opportunities available in the following countries:  France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan and Korea.

Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning for K-12
The National Science Foundation’s Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12 initiative aims to advance mathematics learning and education through purposeful collaboration that draws on the interdisciplinary Science of Learning (including neuroscience; cognitive, developmental, and social sciences; computer science; machine learning; engineering; and education research), deep experiences in education practice and teaching, and innovations in the use of data science, AI and technology.

Amazon Research Awards
As Amazon’s Amazon Research Awards (ARA) program continues to expand in scope, so does their call for proposals list. From Oct. 1-Nov. 4, the Fall 2026 call for proposals will be open in nine research areas: Agentic AI; AI for Information Security; Amazon Security; Automated Reasoning; AWS Cryptography; Build on Trainium: Agentic, Recursive Improvement of Kernels and Frameworks; Multilingual and Contextual AI Evaluation; On-Device Multimodal Perception; and Synthetic Data Generation for Multimodal Perception. 

Join us for the GROW Saturday workshop on Nov. 14, where middle school students will explore creativity, innovation and bold thinking through this year’s theme, “Think Green, Build Smart: STEM for Sustainability.”

Want to share your research or get youth excited about your field? Consider hosting a hands-on activity at the workshop. Submit a facilitator application by Oct. 26.

Learn more about the workshop and how to get involved on the

GROW/EXCITE facilitation page.

The GROW Saturday Workshop, hosted by the K-State KAWSE Office, engages students in grades 6-8 through hands-on STEM activities led by K-State faculty, researchers, staff and students.

New Prairie Press, Kansas State University Libraries' open access publishing program, is exploring the possibility of launching a new scholarly journal focused on short-form publications describing genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and annotation resources. We're currently looking for K-State faculty and researchers who might be interested in helping develop the journal and serving in editorial roles.

As sequencing and computational methods continue to advance, researchers are generating an enormous volume of biological data, but there are relatively few free publication venues dedicated to documenting and describing these resources. Short-form publications, often called Genome Notes or Genome Reports, provide a way to make these research outputs discoverable, citable, and reusable without requiring the extensive biological analysis expected of a traditional research article.

A recent article in Genome Biology and Evolution provides a useful overview of this publication model and the opportunities it presents for researchers, reviewers, and publishers.

Initial ideas for the proposed journal include:

At this stage, K-State Libraries is particularly interested in identifying faculty who might be willing to serve as founding editors or editorial board members and help shape the journal's scope, editorial policies, and publication standards. If this sounds interesting, or if you know a colleague who might be a good fit, please reach out to the New Prairie Press team at nppress@ksu.edu.

This is an exploratory effort, not a formal commitment to launch the journal. We'd like to gauge interest and identify potential editorial leadership before moving further into planning.

NSF webinars & office hours:

There are still opportunities to apply for the U.S. Scholar Program for 2027-28! Six International Education Administrator (IEA) awards are still accepting applications: Israel and Japan (November 2 deadline), and France, Germany, India, and South Korea (February 1 deadline).

Information about the review and selection process, including the timeline for notifications, is located on the Fulbright Scholar website.

Attend the 2027-28 U.S. Scholar “What’s Next?” Webinar:
Eligible applicants who have already submitted their applications to the 2027–28 awards will receive an invitation to join our "What's Next" webinar on October 29. Presenters will talk through the next steps and answer questions about the timeline and the review process. 

November 18, 2026 | Boulder, Colorado | BOK Financial Byron R. White Club Level

This November, DARPA is bringing its Mission Connect event to Boulder for researchers, founders, startups, and technology teams ready to explore what’s next with DARPA

Working in AI, biotechnology, autonomy, microelectronics, manufacturing, or another frontier of technology? Come explore how your work could help tackle national security challenges. Hear about DARPA’s research priorities, get practical guidance on engaging with the agency and join technical panels and research spotlights that could help you see your technology’s next possibility.

Register to attend on the DARPA Connect website. (In-person seats are limited and registration will close when full).