ORSP Investment Grant proposals are sought to conduct a research project focusing on one or more of the following Topics of Interest:  Bias, Discrimination, Inequity, Disparity, Oppression, Anti-oppression, or related themes, in the context of Race, Ethnicity, Color, Religion, Sex (including Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Pregnancy), National Origin, Age, Disability, or Genetic Information—or other categories of difference or exclusion.  In order to maximize impact of this important work, consideration should be given to ho

View Request for Applications (RFA)

Key Dates   

RFA Announced:                 November 18, 2019
Applications Due:               January 24, 2020, by 5pm 
Awards Announced:           March 2020

GSC Grants Workshops:     Various times in November, December, and January

The University of Mississippi (UM) Graduate School and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) will co-sponsor a Lunch and Learn Information Session on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, from 11:15 am to 12:30 pm in the MEC at the Jackson Avenue Center (the JAC).

PIs on active NSF grants may apply for supplemental funding for student/teams to conduct related, mentored engineering design projects.

Notes:

The Mississippi Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence (MBRACE) has issued a Request for Proposals a for Competitive Research Program Awards to address critical research gaps in the north-central Gulf of Mexico related to Water Quality and/or Oyster Reefs and their Sustainability. Click here to read the RFP.

Brain Wellness Constellation (BWC)
Neuroscience Summer Research Education Program
Request for Applications (RFA)

The objective of the BWC is to realize a fuller understanding behind brain function as a result of injury, addiction, and disease. Engagement in population-based research, clinical care, education, and basic research will assist with the development of technologies and evidence-based practices that bolster prevention of and recovery from brain impairment.

Faculty may apply by April 30 for funds to visit one or more other Southeastern Conference (SEC) university campuses in the 2019-20 academic year. 

See http://research.olemiss.edu/SECTravelGrants,

See also https://www.thesecu.com/programs/sec-faculty-travel-program/.

UM Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (UM-SURE) 2019:
Call for Proposals for Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs seeks applications in two tracks for UM Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (UM-SURE); also, for Undergraduate Travel Grants.

Track-1: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)

See Request for Applications (RFA) v8a.

Key Dates   

RFA Announced:                 November 27, 2018
Applications Due:                February 4, 2019, by 5:00 pm
Awards Announced:            Week of March 26

https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/society-fellowships

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University invites applications for residential fellowships from scholars whose research projects reflect on the 2019-20 theme of ENERGY. Six to eight Fellows will be appointed. The fellowships are held for one academic year. Each Society Fellow will receive $50,000.