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Research drives excellence in the College of Engineering by serving as a magnet to attract and retain outstanding faculty and students. Funding opportunities relevant to the College of Engineering will be posted here. If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities please contact Lori Jarmon (ljjarmon@iastate.edu, 294-3316) for assistance or additional information. New opportunities are posted weekly. To have the new opportunities delivered directly to your inbox please subscribe using your ISU email address. One email per week.

Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

HHS/NIH

Solicitation: PAR-25-084

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357177

Posted Date: November 18, 2024

Application Due Date(s): February 13, 2025 / June 13, 2025 / October 10, 2025

The purpose of the Advancing Research Careers (ARC) program is to support cohorts of promising, late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds pursuing research training in NIH mission areas. The program has two components: an individual predoctoral-to-postdoctoral transition award (F99/K00) and a research education cooperative agreement (UE5) awarded to organizations to provide F99/K00 fellows with additional mentoring, networking and professional development activities to support their transition to and success in mentored postdoctoral research positions. The ARC program supports NIH’s efforts to develop a biomedical research workforce that will benefit from the full range of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds needed to advance discovery.

The ARC Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00) is a two-phase award that will provide support for promising late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds pursuing research related to the mission areas of participating NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), to complete their doctoral research training (F99 phase) and transition into and succeed in postdoctoral biomedical research and career development opportunities (K00 phase). The program also is designed to support predoctoral researchers who have, appropriate to their career stage, demonstrated contributions and propose meaningful plans to promote broad participation in the biomedical research workforce. It is anticipated that completion of this phased award program will position ARC scholars to advance in impactful careers in the biomedical research workforce that typically require postdoctoral training (for example, academic research and teaching at a range of organization types, industry, or government research).

FY 2025 Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Competative Program

DoT

Solicitation: FTA-2025-003-TRI

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357154

Posted Date: November 18, 2024

Application Due Date: January 17, 2025, by 11:59 PM ET

Webinar: December 03, 2024 at 2:30 PM ET /  Register for the webinar

The strategic goal for this program is to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for their passengers. The Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program seeks proposals to research standard bus designs, safety innovations and systems, and bus compartments that support these safety and accessibility goals. Additionally, this NOFO will require the development of detailed design specifications and production of a prototype that is available through a retrofit on existing buses and for installation in new buses.

Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program

DoA/NIFA

Solicitation: USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-011077

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357159

Posted Date: November 18, 2024

Application Deadline: February 13, 2025, 5 PM ET

Grant funds will support innovative extension education initiatives that address risks, hazards, and threats that may lead to disasters. The SLSNCGP enables the Cooperative Extension System (CES) to assist in preparing for, providing an educational response to, recovering from, and mitigating disasters and disaster threats. Disaster-related projects that were funded in previous years include uncertainties caused by losses of economic infrastructure, extreme weather or other disasters, security breaches, human disease, volunteerism, local coordination, or high consequence animal diseases and plant pests. The SLSNCGP promotes awareness and capacity building of urban and rural communities’ response to disasters by strengthening individual, family, farm, and small business disaster preparedness, particularly for those who have been historically underserved, through education and collaborations with other agencies or volunteer organizations.

 

Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement and Planning (R-STEP) Technical Assistance Provider Opportunity

DoE

https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/doe-seeks-experts-support-new-state-based-siting-planning-and-permitting-initiatives

Posted Date: November 15, 2024

Proposal Due Date: January 09, 2025 by 3:00 pm ET

Large-scale renewable energy and battery energy storage projects have a pivotal role as the United States moves to a clean energy system. Where and how these facilities are sited is a complex process that involves many considerations and parties.

To further support state and local governments and Tribal nations with this process, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking applications from organizations with expertise on key renewable energy and energy storage planning, siting, and permitting topics to provide technical assistance (TA) to previously selected State-Based Collaboratives awarded under the Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement and Planning (R-STEP™) program.

Selected applicants will provide technical assistance to R-STEP Collaboratives as they develop trainings, tools, and other resources for use by communities, state, local, and Tribal governments, renewable energy developers, and others in their state. Technical assistance providers will provide expertise on key topics to strengthen the ability of Collaboratives to serve as a trusted source of information on clean energy planning, siting, and permitting within their states.

Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)

NSF

Solicitation: 25-510

https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf25510

Posted Date: November 13, 2024

Full Proposal Due Date: March 05, 2025 (First Wednesday in March, Annually Thereafter)

The objectives of the CEDAR program include the study of 1) dynamics, energetics and comparative aeronomy of the upper atmosphere of the Earth and other planets in our solar system; 2) coupling among the mesosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere; 3) horizontal coupling between adjacent geographic regions; 4) and impacts from lower atmosphere, magnetosphere and solar radiation and, (5) utilization of novel methods (for example, arti cial intelligence and machine learning tools), open data and open science practices to advance the upper atmospheric research. Proposers are strongly encouraged to take a systems perspective of geospace in their projects and explore innovative ways to integrate observation and modeling to answer science questions. Observational datasets from any relevant sources may be included but data from NSF funded observations are particularly welcome.

Technology Development Research for Establishing Feasibility and Proof of Concept (R21 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

HHS/NIH

Solicitation: PAR-25-202

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357113

Posted Date: November 14, 2024

Application Due Date(s): February 16, 2025 / June 16, 2025 / October 16, 2025

Applications to this NOFO should propose technology development at a conceptual stage, not yet supported by any proof-of-concept data, in order to demonstrate feasibility of the proposed technology and/or establish the most likely path to successful development. When compared to current state-of-the-art technology, the proposed concept should lead to a technological breakthrough or a significant tool to advance current biomedical research. The project’s starting point should be the current state of knowledge, and concepts of the new technology must not have been already tested for feasibility. Project aims should focus on either(a) exploratory research to identify, among several possibilities, the approach with the highest likelihood of success, or (b) demonstrating feasibility of a specific novel approach.

For this NOFO, technology refers to tools, methods, and techniques that enable a broad spectrum of biomedical research that falls within the NIGMS mission including, but not limited to:

  • laboratory instruments and other devices,
  • algorithms and software,
  • chemical reagents and processes,
  • biological molecules or systems that have been modified by human intervention for use as research tools.

Further, this NOFO calls for innovative exploratory technology development predicated on an explicitly described broad need or challenge in biomedical research. This need should exceed current technological capability, with the state-of-the-art technological performance defining the starting point. Comparison of the proposed technical performance improvement to the state of the art will provide the rationale for developing a fundamentally different technology. While specific well-characterized test systems may be used for validation, applications should highlight the broad utility of the technology for biomedical research.

Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

HHS/NIH

Solicitation: PAR-25-203

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357112

Posted Date: November 14, 2024

Application Due Date(s): February 05, 2025 / June 05, 2025 / October 05, 2025

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports projects relevant to the NIGMS mission that focus solely on the development of technologies with potential to enable acquisition of biomedical knowledge. Projects should be justified in terms of technical innovation and utility of such technical innovation for impacting future biomedical research. Outcomes or products of the proposed project should significantly advance the current state of the art and be sufficiently characterized for application in addressing a broad range of biomedical research questions. These outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • laboratory instruments and other devices,
  • algorithms and software,
  • chemical reagents and processes,
  • biological molecules or systems that have been modified by human intervention for use as research tools.

The goal of this NOFO is to support the development of technologies that have demonstrated proof-of-concept but must overcome significant technical hurdles to prototype development and tests of potential broad utility. As such, applications should not propose to test specific biological questions. Applications that do propose tests of specific biological questions are not responsive to this NOFO and will be administratively withdrawn without review. Applications with a focus on optimization, hardening, or obvious extrapolations of established technology will be a lower priority for funding.

Strategic Technology Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement

DARPA

Solicitation: HR001125S0001

https://sam.gov/opp/4fec19a30ac44fcda1362c7c63be95a3/view

Posted Date: November 15, 2024

Proposal Due Date: October 31, 2025 by 11:59 pm ET

DARPA’s STO seeks innovative ideas and disruptive technologies that provide the U.S. military and national security leaders with trusted, disruptive capabilities across all physical domains
(Air, Space, Sea, and Land) and across the spectrum of competition. STO programs deliver solutions at speed and scale for today’s warfighters while developing the resilient “breakthrough”
systems and technologies needed for future battlespaces. STO does not focus on one area of responsibility or phenomenology. Rather, STO programs capture the strategic, logistical, and
tactical complexity of today’s national security environments.
STO is a “systems office” seeking to create new “proof-of-concept” mission systems. Its goals are to develop and demonstrate new capabilities that expand what is technically possible.

ROSES 2024: A.22 NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study

NASA

Solicitation: NNH24ZDA001N-NEWS

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357108

Posted Date: February 24, 2024

1 Step Proposal Due Date: January 9, 2025

2 Step Proposal Due Date: February 20, 2025

This program element seeks proposals to leverage the NEWS-IA dataset and ongoing development work to better quantify and characterize changes to Earth’s water and energy cycles. Proposers are required to adopt one or more of the following project objectives:

  • (1) Improve the methodology used by NEWS-IA and demonstrate reduced uncertainty of the water and energy cycle components
  • (2) Improve the applicability of NEWS-IA to Earth System Model evaluation and refinement
  • (3) Quantify the abrupt or time-averaged effect of anthropogenic activities (i.e. urban, agricultural) on NEWS-IA estimates of the coupled global water and energy cycle

Projects are encouraged to develop and use new methods, tools and/or data sets not currently employed by the NEWS-IA team. These may lead to either improved individual components of the methods, or provide improved overall constraint. In particular, projects are encouraged to use observations of components of the global carbon cycle (e.g. Solar-Induced Fluorescence) to further hone in on understanding water and energy cycle processes and how they may be changing.

NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Rapid Response Research (R3)

NASA

Solicitation: NNH24ZHA003C-EPSCORR3

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357111

Posted Date: November 15, 2023

Proposal Submission Deadline: February 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits proposals that are expected to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to NASA’s strategic research and technology development priorities and contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science, and technology capabilities of higher education, as well as the economic development of the jurisdiction receiving funding. Each funded NASA EPSCoR proposer shall work closely with a NASA researcher to focus on developing competitive research and technology for the solution of scientific and technical issues of importance to the NASA Mission Directorates and Centers as listed in the Appendix-A, NASA Mission Directorates and Center Alignment. This will allow EPSCoR researchers to work alongside NASA and commercial partners and is intended to strengthen the bonds among NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions, NASA, commercial partners, and other entities.

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