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Grants newsletter
In this issue
- March 2023
- Featured Funding
- UWL, UW System & Wisconsin Grants
- External Grants
- Arts/Humanities/International
- Education/Economic & Community Development
- Health
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
- Recent submissions
- Recent awards
Featured Funding
This month's featured funding opportunity is:
Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Apr 3, 2023
Program Description: The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin partners with Wisconsin’s 13 public universities to advance freshwater research and education, build partnerships with communities and industry, and contribute to a thriving water agenda in Wisconsin. The purpose of the 2023-2025 State Legislative Funding Request is to support cross-campus projects that engage undergraduate students in courses, research, hands-on experiences, and internships. Proposals can either be for continued funding to enhance existing Freshwater Collaborative projects or fund new projects that will expand cross-campus collaborations
UWL, UW System & Wisconsin Grants
WiSys Spark Grant - Mar 16, 2023
UWL Margins of Excellence Fund - Mar 17, 2023
UWL Carol Dobrunz Endowment Fund - Mar 31, 2023
Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin - Apr 3, 2023
UWL International Scholarship Grant - Apr 24, 2023
UWL Crowdfunding - May 1, 2023
UWL Extraordinary D&I Service: Faculty Research Award - May 12, 2023
UWL Advanced Online Instructor Training - May 19, 2023
UWL Lesson Study Grant - May 22, 2023
UWL Course Improvement Grants - May 22, 2023
UWL Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) - May 22, 2023
External Grants
Most grants listed below require the institutional GRC log-in to access. If you need the GRC log-in, please see the newsletter in your UWL inbox or contact ORSP.
Arts/Humanities/International
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Russell Sage Foundation
- Research and Scholar Programs - May 03, 2023 (social science research to improve social policies)
Wisconsin Humanities Council
- Major Grants - Apr 15, 2023 (exhibitions, performances, community discussions, guest speakers, workshops, oral history projects, panels, town halls, films, and more)
Education/Economic & Community Development
Coca-Cola Foundation
Koch (Charles G.) Charitable Foundation
- Grants for Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions – Apr 1, 2023 (academic and public policy research directed at solving significant social problems)
Spencer Foundation
- Research and Conference Grants - Apr 1, 2023 (education, racial equity)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant (RISE) Program - Apr 20, 2023 (improve the ability of distressed rural and energy communities to create high wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, and help rural communities identify and maximize local assets)
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Labor
Health
Alternatives Research & Development Foundation
- Research Grants - Apr 17, 2023 (develop alternative methods to advance science and replace or reduce animal use)
- Drug-Free Communities Support Program - Apr 11, 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health
- NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13) - Apr 12, 2023
- Novel Tools and Devices for Animal Research Facilities and to Support Care of Animal Models – Apr 5, 2023
- Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34) - May 26, 2023
- Maximizing Investigators' Research Award - May 16, 2023
- NINDS Institutional Research Training Program - May 25, 2023
- Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award - May 26, 2023 (faculty investigators who have prior experience in leading externally-funded, independent research but are not currently funded by any NIH Research Project Grants)
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
American Chemical Society
- Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Grants - Mar 10, 2023 (fundamental research related to petroleum derived materials)
Environmental Research and Education Foundation
- Grants Program - May 01, 2023 (waste minimization; recycling; waste conversion to energy, biofuels, chemicals or other useful products; strategies to promote diversion to higher and better uses; and landfilling)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Early Career Faculty - Mar 16, 2023
- Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) - Apr 1, 2023 (basic and applied research and technology in space and earth sciences)
National Geographic Society
- Grants for Field-Based Scientific Research - Apr 12, 2023 (conservation, education, research, storytelling, or technology)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
National Science Foundation
- Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions - May 1, 2023
- S-STEM Research Hubs - Mar 29, 2023
- ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions - Apr 27, 2023 (develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity in the STEM academic workforce)
U.S. Department of Defense
- Consortium Research Fellows Program - Apr 1, 2023 (behavioral and social sciences)
M. Keck Foundation
- Science and Engineering/Medical Research Programs - May 01, 2023 (creation of advanced instruments used to further research ideas)
Recent submissions
Sierra Colavito (PI), Biology; Jaclyn Wisinski (Co-PI), Biology; Scott Okuno (Co-PI), Mayo Clinic Health System
- Sponsor: Mayo Clinic Health System & UWL; Project Title: Are Megakaryocytes and Platelets Harmful or helpful in Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis?
Ward Dobbs (PI), Exercise & Sports Science; Daniel Freidenreich (Co-PI), Exercise & Sports Science; Andrew Jagim (Co-PI), Mayo Clinic Health System; Jacob Erickson (Co-PI), Mayo Clinic Health System
- Sponsor: National Strength & Conditioning Association; Project Title: Predictors of Non-functional Overreaching/Overtraining in Wrestlers
Jason Freund (PI), Biology; David Schumann (Co-PI), Biology
- Sponsor: US Fish and Wildlife Service; Project Title: Occurrence Patterns and Relative Abundance of Sculpins as Indicators of Ecosystem Diversity in the Kickapoo Watershed
John May (PI), Chemistry & Biochemistry; Basudeb Bhattacharyya (Senior Personnel), Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Sponsor: National Institutes of Health; Project Title: Structure and Function of DcrB, an Enterbacterial Copper Resistance Protein
Dipankar Mitra, Computer Science
- Sponsor: WiSys Technology Foundation; Project Title: Development of Flexible and Wearable Phased Array Antenna System (PAAS) for Astronaut's Bodysuits Applications
- Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration via Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium; Project Title: Development of Flexible and Wearable Phased Array Antenna System (PAAS) for Astronaut's Bodysuits Application
Heather Schenck, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Sponsor: WiSys Technology Foundation; Project Title: Assessment of Learning Gains from Two Organic Chemistry Pedagogies Delivered in Video Format
Daniel Schneider, Philosophy
- Sponsor: Wisconsin Humanities Council; Project Title: Spinoza and Conservative Judaism Philosophy Workshop 2023
Bill Schwan (PI), Microbiology; Robin Patel (Co-PI), Mayo Clinic Health System
- Sponsor: Mayo Clinic Health System & UWL; Project Title: Transcriptomic Analysis of Genes Regulated by the Putative BrpR/BrpS Two-Component System in Staphylococcus Aureus
Sierra Rooney, Art
- Sponsor: Gundersen Community Foundation; Project Title: Sewn in Memory: AIDS Memorial Quilt Panels Reception
Steven Verrall, Physics
- Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration via Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium; Project Title: Novel Electrodynamic Model for Deuteron Quark-Gluon Plasma
Jennifer Wiesjahn, Human Resources
- Sponsor: Employee Trust Funds (ETF); Project Title: 2023 Wellness Grant
Recent awards
Jean Dowiasch, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
- Sponsor: ProSource Technologies LLC; Amount: $1,900.00
- Sponsor: ProSource Technologies LLC; Amount: $1,800.00
- Sponsor: ProSource Technologies LLC; Amount: $900.00
- Sponsor: Juneau County Forestry & Parks Amount: $4,743.01
- Sponsor: ProSource Technologies LLC; Amount: $7,179.17
- Sponsor: CBS Squared, Inc.; Amount: $4,591.56
- Sponsor: Ayres & Associates; Amount: $10,125.14
- Sponsor: Winona County; Amount: $899.87
- Sponsor: ProSource/NNG; Amount: $999.67
Allen Hill, Police Services
- Sponsor: US Department of Treasury via Wisconsin Department of Administration; Amount: $23,242.50
Wendy Holtz-Leith, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
- Sponsor: EOR, Inc; Amount: $2,535.37
- Sponsor: Excel Engineering; Amount: $399.86
Spencer Hulsey, Extended Learning
- Sponsor: National Science Teaching Association; Amount: $25,704
Amanda Krafft, University Centers
- Sponsor: Campus Vote Project; Amount: $1,000
- Sponsor: Andrew Goodman Foundation; Amount: $750
Adam Schneider, Biology
- Sponsor: California Tomato Research Institute, Inc.; Amount: $19,631.00
Sujat Sen, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Amount: $15,080.00
Katherine Stevenson, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
- Sponsor: La Crosse County; Amount: $14,222.34
Vicki Twinde-Javner, Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
- Sponsor: Village of Ridgeway; Amount: $900
- Sponsor: DOD via US Army Corps of Engineers; Amount: $2485.25
- Sponsor: ProSource Technologies LLC; Amount: $6,968.10
- Sponsor: MSA Professionals; Amount: $3,611.23
- Sponsor: Mead & Hunt; Amount: $3,493.56
- Sponsor: Mead & Hunt; Amount: $8,389.71
- Sponsor: ISG, Inc; Amount: $991.12
- Sponsor: Westbrook Associated Engineers, Inc; Amount: $3,845.34
- Sponsor: Dairyland Power Cooperative; Amount: $1,336.24
- Sponsor: Gerrard Companies; Amount: $6,290.03
- Sponsor: Best Custom Homes, Inc.; Amount: $995.23