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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

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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

UWL Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Grant - May 22, 2023

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.

National Endowment for the Arts

• NEA Research Grants in the Arts - Mar 27, 2023

National Endowment for the Humanities

• Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities - May 09, 2023

 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)

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Coca-Cola Foundation

• Community Requests Grant Program - Apr 1, 2023

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

• Fulbright-Hays: Group Projects Abroad - Mar 27, 2023

U.S. Department of Labor

• Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program - Apr 23, 2023

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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

• NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings - Apr 12, 2023

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)

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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

• Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program - Apr 19, 2023

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)

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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

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