A universitywide review will identify opportunities to strengthen alignment, collaboration and strategic investment across K-State’s research enterprise.

BioRender, a web-based software platform designed to help scientists, researchers, and educators create publication-ready biological and medical illustrations, flowcharts, and timelines, is now available for all K-State faculty, staff and students.

The Office of the Vice President for Research is no longer offering the Faculty Development Award and University Small Research Grant programs.

Internal funding is now available through two new opportunities, the Ad Astra Awards Program and the Humanities, Education, and Arts Research Travel Program, along with the previously established Design, Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Award.

The Ad Astra Intramural Grants Program will offer two annual funding cycles with proposals due Oct. 1 and March 1. The program includes four award categories: Launch Awards for seed projects, Thrust Awards for competitive proposal resubmissions, Orbit Awards for interdisciplinary teams, and Touchdown Awards for intellectual-property commercialization.

The Humanities, Education, and Arts Research Travel, or HEART, Program is a travel grant initiative that supports humanities, arts, architecture, design, and social science faculty presenting original research, scholarly work, or creative work at significant professional venues in the United States and abroad. HEART is administered on the same two-cycle calendar as the Ad Astra Intramural Grants Program.

Applications for the fall 2026 cycle are due no later than 5 p.m. on October 1.

Please note that proposals must now be submitted through Piestar. Applicants can use their K-StateUserID@ksu.edu, but will need to create a unique password to access the application portal.

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Research Development at ord@k-state.edu.

Agency-Wide Announcement

The Department of Defense, DARPA’s Agency-Wide Announcement aims to strengthen the DARPA Program Manager (PM) community by engaging academic researchers capable of addressing DARPA's hard problems. Through this opportunity, DARPA will pioneer revolutionary solutions, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and empower the brightest minds to make the impossible possible.  This opportunity includes research thrust areas in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office, the Defense Sciences Office, the Information Processing Techniques Office, the Multi X Office, and the Tactical Technologies Office.

Fiscal Year 2027 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program

The Department of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFSOR) Fiscal Year 2027 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) supports individual early career scientists and engineers who have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 01 April 2019 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force and Space Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.

NSF webinars & office hours:

September 24, 2026

The DOE Office of Science invites the community to participate in a virtual town hall focused on developing innovative approaches for preparing domestic doctoral-level students for science and technology jobs through the Genesis Mission. Input from participants will inform an anticipated Genesis Mission Graduate Fellowship Pilot. 

The town hall will include discussions on addressing the needs and challenges in standing up a four-year PhD track, concepts for integrating laboratory and industry research experiences into an accelerated PhD model and identifying major merit review criteria for evaluation of the Genesis Mission Fellowship Pilot. 

View the full announcement and register to attend.