DARPA Forward Conference
Opportunity for Boise State Faculty to Meet with Program Officers
DARPA Forward is taking national security innovation on the road. From August to December 2022, six regional events held at leading research and development universities nationwide will connect Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leaders with new communities of talent and partnerships. The ultimate goal: to energize regional and national innovation ecosystems, fuel breakthroughs in national security, and help deliver the U.S. technological advantage.
DARPA Forward participants will hear from world-renowned scientists, accomplished innovators, and senior defense leaders about new capabilities as well as the rapidly evolving challenges faced by warfighters. Participants will also get the opportunity to network with current DARPA Program Managers with representation from all of DARPA’s six technical offices.
Boise State’s VPR office is looking for faculty with DARPA relevant projects who are interested in meeting with POs at the WSU conference on September 13th-14th. Please fill out this DARPA Forward Conference at WSU – Interest google form if you would like to attend.
Link to DARPA website with more information on the event.
NSF Funding Opportunity
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
The MCA program offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the mid-career stage (see restrictions under Additional Eligibility Information) to substantively enhance and advance their research program and career trajectory. Mid-career scientists are at a critical career transition stage where they need to advance their research programs to ensure long-term productivity and creativity but are often constrained by service, teaching, or other activities that limit the amount of time devoted to research. MCA support is expected to help lift these constraints to reduce workload inequities and enable a more diverse scientific workforce (more women, persons with disabilities, and individuals from groups that have been underrepresented) at high academic ranks.
The MCA program provides protected time, resources, and the means to gain new skills through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than the candidate’s home institution. Partners from outside the Principal Investigator’s (PI) own sub-discipline or discipline are encouraged, but not required, to enhance interdisciplinary networking and convergence across science and engineering fields. Research projects that envision new insights on existing problems or identify new problems made accessible with cutting-edge methodology or expertise from other fields are encouraged.
A key component of a successful MCA will be the demonstration that the PI’s current research program could substantively benefit from the protected time, mentored partnership(s), and resources provided through this program, such that there is a substantial enhancement to the PI’s research and career trajectory, enabling scientific and academic advancement not likely without this support. The MCA is the only cross-directorate NSF program specifically aimed at providing protected time and resources to established scientists and engineers targeted at the mid-career stage. Participating programs in the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Geosciences (GEO), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), Education and Human Resources (EHR), and Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) will accept MCA proposals.
Due Dates: Feb. 1, 2023 – March 1, 2023
Research Development & Grant Writing News
The June 2022 issue of this valuable newsletter is now available via the Albertsons Library: (Bookmark this page for future reference.)
This month’s Featured Articles:
- Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
- NSF Begins Using Broad Agency Announcements
- NSF’s New TIP Directorate
- NSF’s Semi-Annual “Shout Out to Those Guilty of Research Misconduct and Plagiarism
- Adjectives are Not Numbers
- Defining and Supporting Your Premise
- Research Grant Writing Web Resources
- Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
- Agency Research News
- Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
- New Funding Opportunities
- About Academic Research Funding Strategies
The Research Development and Grant Writing Newsletter is available to faculty, staff, students, and affiliates with log-in access to the Albertsons Library. This subscription is sponsored by the Division of Research and Economic Development with support from the Albertsons Library.