Funding Opportunities

Southeastern Louisiana University subscribes to SPIN (Sponsored Programs and Information Network), a comprehensive and current searchable database of federal, non-federal, and international funding opportunities from more than 10,000 sponsors.  SPIN is funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents for Louisiana universities and is available for all faculty/staff at Southeastern to use.  SPIN enables users to search using different criteria, such as keywords, locations, sponsors, deadlines, etc.

In addition, SMARTS (SPIN Matching And Research Transmittal Service) is available for Southeastern faculty/staff use.  This "alert" service of funding opportunities will email links to funding information based on individualized keywords of the user.

In order to use SPIN or SMARTS, follow this link and create a user profile:  https://spin.infoedglobal.com/Authorize/ModifyProfile.

To access Training Videos provided by InfoEdGlobal, follow this link:  https://spin.infoedglobal.com/Home/TrainingVideos

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News You Can Use

*** The Louisiana Board of Regents requests for proposals (RFPs) for FY 2023-24 are now available on the Research and Sponsored Initiatives website https://rsi.laregents.edu

To find the Request for Proposals for individual competitions:  https://rsi.laregents.edu/downloads_page/rfps-policies-forms/

For external deadlines for grant submissions:  https://rsi.laregents.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SCHEDULE-OF-DATES-FY24.pdf

BoRSF staff will provide opportunities for potential applicants to receive a general overview of the BoRSF and meet one-on-one with program managers. A general session on BoRSF funding opportunities will be held in late August via Zoom. In addition, virtual sessions with individual program managers will be available to potential applicants in September.

*** View the recording of the 2023 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program supports early career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. CAREER proposals are due July 26, 2023. 

*** View the recording of the 2023 ITEST Solicitation Overview webinar, hosted by STELAR. The Innovative Technology Experience for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program seeks to advance the equitable and inclusive integration of technology in the learning and teaching of STEM from preK through high school. ITEST proposals are due August 11, 2023. 

*** Discovery Research in PreK-12 Education (DRK-12) Program at the National Science Foundation: The DRK-12 Program seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of STEM and computer science by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of STEM education innovations and approaches.  NSF released the DRK-12 Solicitation 23-596.   Proposals are due November 8, 2023.

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News You Can Use - From the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Looking for resources to help you with your proposal?  Visit our NSF Proposal Toolkit for a collection of important resources and tools, including Tips for Developing NSF Proposals - http://cadrek12.org/resources/nsf-proposal-writing-resources

Wondering what NSF EHR funding opportunities are out there?  View a list of upcoming NSF Directorate of Education & Human Resources funding opportunities at http://cadrek12.org/nsf-solicitation-deadlines

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Research Integrity has posted an interactive movie and facilitator's guide on research misconduct entitled " The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct.” To view this movie or download the guide go to http://ori.hhs.gov/TheLab .
 
National Science Foundation Program Number: 02964
Title:Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID)

SYNOPSIS: The RAPID funding mechanism is used for proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events.
Program URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/gpg_2.jsp#IID1
Award Type(s): Equipment , Facilities-Access To Research Grants/R & D
OBJECTIVES: The RAPID funding mechanism is used for proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events. The applicant must include clear statements as to why the proposed research is of an urgent nature and why a RAPID award would be the most appropriate mechanism for supporting the proposed work.
FUNDING: Requests may be for up to $200K and of one year duration. The award size, however, will be consistent with the project scope and of a size comparable to grants in similar areas. Cost sharing is not required. Indirect Costs are unspecified.

Louisiana Sea Grant has an online forum or bulletin board system (BBS) through which researchers collecting samples subsequent to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill can coordinate their efforts.
The forum section can be accessed directly either at http://sg-server.lsu.edu/forums/ or at LSG's website (www.laseagrant.org, scroll to the bottom; look to the left). Researchers wanting to coordinate their collection trips should post threads under the “Research Sample Collection” topic.Using the forum requires registration, which only takes a few minutes to complete. Once registered, users can create threads, post and respond to messages, and maintain a profile. Louisiana Sea Grant does not share forum user information. Other registered users, however, can access certain profile information.Users also have the ability to upload photos and other attachments up to 500K in size.
 
In addition, in response to consumer concerns about oil contaminated seafood from the Gulf of Mexico reaching the marketplace, Louisiana Sea Grant has produced a short video outlining the precautions taken to ensure tainted shell and finfish don't end up on the table.The video demonstrates how trained inspectors detect oil contaminated seafood as part of the daily screening process. The one-minute LSG Seafood Safety Video is available for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/user/LouisianaSeaGrant. A high-definition version of the video also can be viewed or downloaded from Louisiana Sea Grant's website at http://www.laseagrant.org/communications/newsroom/. The HD video is an AVI file and may require a plug-in for your media viewer.
Contact Roy Kron (rkron@lsu.edu, 225-578-6564) if you have questions.

Oil Spill Sites -The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System products site under the GCOOS-RA project has been developed and redesigned. https://gcoos.org/projects-services/
This site, as a guide, covers oil-spill related web sites including news, current conditions and forecast models.

Other funding opportunities can be found at the following web sites:

FEDERAL AGENCY PAGES

U. S. Department of AgricultureDept. of Agriculture (USDA)

U. S. Department of CommerceDept. of Commerce

U. S. Department of DefenseDept. of Defense

National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

U. S. Department of Energy Dept. of Energy

U. S. Department of EducationDept. of Education

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Housing & Urban Development (HUD)Dept. of Housing & Urban Dev. (HUD)

U. S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)Dept. of Health & Human Services

National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institutes of Health (NIH)

U. S. Department of the InteriorDept. of the Interior

U. S. Department of Justice Dept. of Justice

NASANASA

National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF)

grants.gov

The Federal Register

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Board of Regents

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries

Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)

Society of Research Administrators (SRA)