April 15, 2026

K-State faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff engaged in research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery are invited to attend this year's Research Connections event as a part of One K-State Research Week. This event will take place Monday, April 20, 2026, from 3-5 p.m. in the K-State Alumni Center Banquet Room.

Research Connections offers K-State researchers a chance to learn what their colleagues are doing, promote their work and explore possible collaborations. Registration and additional information can be found on the K-State Research website. 

The Office of Research Development (ORD) is now hosting in-person office hours to assist and connect with K-State researchers. 

During ORD office hours, researchers can meet with members of the ORD team to discover funding opportunities, discuss specific funders and programs, review white papers or engage in casual conversation about research activity. 

The next session will take place April 23 from 2-4 p.m. at the Cornerstone Café inside Hale Library.

If you are interested in discussing your white paper, please send a copy of the paper to ord@ksu.edu at least three days in advance.

Additional office hours will be hosted at the Cornerstone Cafe from 2-4 p.m. on May 7.

Please contact ord@ksu.edu with any questions.

Join us for an informal one-hour information session on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, featuring two faculty members with firsthand Fulbright experience.

Location: Zoom from 11-12 p.m. Thursday, April 23rd: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/97263205914

On Thursday April 23rd, 11-12 p.m. the Philosophy Department will host an informational session with Jon Mahoney (Philosophy, KSU) and Lukasz Dominiak (Philosophy Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland and current Visiting Fulbright Scholar at University of San Diego)

Mahoney will open with a brief overview of the Fulbright Student Program — drawing on his own experience as a Fulbright alumnus in Kyrgyzstan. Dominiak, a Fulbright Scholar from Poland, will discuss his current Fulbright project. 

Audience members will also have an opportunity to ask Professor Dominiak about his current research and Fulbright experience.

Whether you're seriously considering applying or simply curious, everyone is welcome.

11 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday, April 21 
1960 Kimball Ave., Suite 145 

Come visit the front door to doing business with K-State. 

Are you a faculty member, staff researcher or student innovator interested in exploring how your ideas can make a difference beyond the lab or classroom? Do you want to engage with businesses and corporations, but don’t know where to start? 

Join us at an open house at the Edge District to engage with the Kansas State University Research Foundation, or KSURF, and the Office of External Engagement — Corporate Engagement teams. The open house is part of One K-State Research Week 2026. 

Get an inside look at the resources and support available through KSURF, from protecting your ideas, turning discoveries into thriving businesses and contributing to K-State’s culture of innovation. 

Learn how the Corporate Engagement team can help align K-State strengths with industry partners and set you up for long-term partnership growth. 

A free light lunch will be available from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration required. 

NSF CAREER awards require the recipients to show evidence of research and education excellence. During this April 28th workshop, the Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation (OEIE) will provide resources to assist CAREER award applicants and recipients in developing evaluation plans and collecting evaluation data. Logic models will serve as the foundation for the discussion about how to 1) determine evaluation activities based on professional goals, 2) consider data collection methods that fit the award timeline, and 3) tailor reporting to demonstrate the overall impact of the work. This hour-long session will start at 3:30 pm. 

Please register here.

NSF webinars & office hours:

The National Institute of Justice will host an informational webinar April 15, 2026, at 1 p.m. on its FY25 Graduate Research Fellowship program. This webinar will give an overview of NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship funding opportunity, which seeks to support doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, protecting the border, enforcing the law, promoting public safety, or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal or juvenile justice in the United States.

The presenters will discuss program scope, eligibility, application elements, and frequently asked questions.

Submit any questions in advance with the subject “Questions for GRF Webinar” to grf@usdoj.gov.

Register here.

USDA has fully implemented the use of SciENcv for preparing the USDA Biographical Sketch and USDA Current and Pending (Other) Support common forms, in alignment with the new U.S. Department of Agriculture General Terms and Conditions for Federal Awards and the government‑wide research security efforts under NSPM‑33. Applicants should now prepare these documents using SciENcv.

For proposals currently in development, applicants may submit the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents they have already collected. However, if selected for funding, all senior personnel are required to provide SciENcv-certified versions of both forms prior to award issuance.

NIFA encourages applicants and collaborators to begin using SciENcv as early as possible. The system is rapidly becoming the federal standard, and early adoption will streamline future submissions and reduce administrative burden.

For more information and detailed instructions, please refer to the NIFA Application Guide or email policyguide@usda.gov.

NIFA will host a webinar on Wednesday, April 15 at 1 p.m. to introduce the newly established USDA General Terms and Conditions and discuss updates to NIFA’s agency‑specific Terms and Conditions. The session will also provide guidance on using SciENcv and is designed to help applicants, awardees and research administrators prepare for these changes.

Register here: USDA’s New General Terms and Conditions and NIFA’s Updated Requirements: A Comprehensive Overview.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science welcomes the National Science Foundation's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) community to the 2026 EPSCoR Annual Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 19-22. We look forward to sharing research and leading practices from project researchers, students, and staff from 28 EPSCoR jurisdictions -- plus regional leaders to share stories from their work. 

The registration deadline is April 17.

See you in NOLA!

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

This webinar highlights and differentiates the range of funding opportunities from multiple U.S. National Science Foundation directorates that will help foster stronger research security-related practices throughout the community. It is appropriate for those involved in research security policy, implementation, administration and research itself. All organization types, including those in NSF Established Program to Simulate Competitive Research jurisdictions, are encouraged to attend.

Register here.

The U.S. National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (NSF CISE) invites the research community to participate in the NSF CISE Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) Program Workshop 2026, designed to support early-career faculty members preparing proposals for NSF CAREER.

This full-day workshop will provide guidance on developing strong and competitive CAREER proposals, with a particular focus on crafting compelling integrated research and education plans. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the CAREER program and hear advice from NSF program directors.

The workshop will be held May 11, 2026, as a hybrid event, allowing participants to attend either in person or virtually.

Registration deadline:
- May 8, 2026 – Virtual attendance

For additional information and registration details, please visit the NSF CISE CAREER Workshop 2026 website.