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College-Level Faculty Funding and Awards
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Research Innovator Award
The purpose of this award shall be to recognize faculty and staff in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have commercialized technologies generated through Penn State research.
Nomination Deadline: March 15, 2021
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Alex and Jessie C. Black Award for Excellence in Research
The purpose of this award shall be to recognize, tenure-track faculty, in the College of Agricultural Sciences whose significant accomplishments include exceptional and original agricultural research conducted at Penn State.
Nomination Deadline EXTENDED: March 15, 2021
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Roy C. Buck Faculty Award
The purpose of this award shall be to honor and recognize an untenured, tenure-track faculty member in the College of Agricultural Sciences, whose research involves the social or human sciences, for the best refereed article published in a scholarly journal in the previous two years.
Nomination Deadline EXTENDED: March 15, 2021
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Research Applications for INnovation (RAIN)
RAIN is a source of competitive funds for researchers within the College of Agricultural Sciences who are prepared to take the next steps in transitioning technologies generated through their research to commercialization. Concept notes are strongly recommended but not required.
Concept Note Deadline: February 15, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: March 31, 2021
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College Graduate Student Funding and Awards
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Paul Hand Award for Graduate Student Research Achievement
The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students who are excelling in research and scholarly accomplishments. These may include laboratory research and analysis, journal article publication, paper/poster/abstract presentations at conferences, and grant funding.
Application Deadline: March 11, 2021
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Paul Hand Award for Graduate Student Teaching Achievement
The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students who are excelling in classroom teaching. This may include teaching/co-teaching undergraduate level courses, assisting faculty in teaching graduate level courses, preparing course materials, and grading of tests and papers.
Application Deadline: March 11, 2021
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Evans Family Award for Graduate Student Extension Achievement
The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students who are excelling in extension educational programming. This may include working with extension educators, specialists, and contributions to extension program development, program delivery, and evaluation, and assisting in Extension workshops/training, etc.
Application Deadline: March 11, 2021
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2021 Apes Valentes Graduate Student Award
The Penn State Center for Pollinator Research is seeking graduate student applicants to support student-led projects in pollinator biology and health. Research, extension, education and/or outreach projects related to all aspects of pollinator biology and health are encouraged. Students from non-biology backgrounds that would like to develop artistic or other scholarly works related to pollinators to be disseminated to the public are also encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2021
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2021 Farm Internship Openings
The position will be live soon! Once live in Workday, please upload a cover letter, resume, and contact information for two references. If you have any questions, please send them to studentfarm@psu.edu and we will be happy to help!
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University-Level Faculty Funding and Awards
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Upcoming Info and Training Sessions
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SAFES' Spring 2021 workshop series will take place on Thursdays at 3 p.m. The series supports faculty researchers and administrators in expanding their knowledge of external funding opportunities and internal Penn State programs that can support new interdisciplinary research collaborations. For questions, please email safes@psu.edu
Upcoming:
Mar. 18, 3 p.m. Interdisciplinary Proposal Support at Penn State: Mike Lanagan, Assistant Director of the Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Office (SIRO) and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics will discuss the support SIRO offers for investigators pursuing complex or non-traditional funding opportunities.
April 8, 3 p.m. Amplifying Your Impact: Dan Azzara, Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, and Maria Spencer, the John and Patty Warehime Entrepreneur-in-Residence in the College of Agricultural Sciences, will discuss how your intellectual property can be harnessed to help broader audience.
View the rest of the series online!
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This webinar will provide information on the eligibility, goals and objectives of the ALE and OCPD priority areas within AFRI’s Education and Workforce Development RFA. Briefly, ALE seeks proposals to provide a programmatic review of NIFA’s Agricultural Literacy and Workforce Development portfolio while OCPD seeks proposals to develop, pilot, and maintain mechanisms that will track the impacts of NIFA's investment on individual career development beyond their participation in a NIFA-supported scholarship or fellowship program.
Registration is required.
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The Access Points to Advance your Research Webinar Series is designed to introduce researchers in the college to the people and resources available to them at Penn State that can help to advance their research programs. Join Maria Spencer of the CAS Entrepreneurship and Innovation team and Tim Hurley of the Penn State Office of Technology Management for an introduction to the resources and support available to you for research commercialization.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UPrCo6EuS9OB6fZyA04p1g
Upcoming:
April 14, 3 p.m. Expanding your Research Support with Private Source Funding: Join Sophie Penney of the Penn State Office of Foundation Relations and Melissa Erekson of the Penn State Center for Corporate Engagement for a discussion of the support and resources offered by these offices for seeking private funding through foundations and industry or corporate sponsors. Registration Required: https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AFFu4J1eSTmGDMQjvhsRew
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The AWT program area seeks to develop a technology- and data-savvy workforce, ready for the field and industrial jobs in the food and agricultural sector. Through the development of new workforce training programs, or the expansion, improvement, or renewal of existing workforce training programs at community, junior, and technical colleges/institutes, this program will expand job-based, experiential learning opportunities for students to enable a work-ready labor force for 21st century agricultural jobs.
Registration is required.
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The NSF CAREER program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of 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. An NSF CAREER Proposal Workshop focused on engineering will be held virtually on April 21 – April 23, 2021. The objective of the 2021 NSF ENG Directorate Workshop is to introduce junior faculty who are interested in submitting NSF CAREER proposals to the Directorate for Engineering. The workshop aims to provide individuals with proposal development insights and a forum in which they can interact with NSF program directors and recent NSF CAREER awardees. Registration is required.
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External Research Funding Opportunities
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Regular Funding Opportunities
If you are planning to submit a proposal for external funding, please complete the Office of Grants and Contracts Notice of Intent at least 3 weeks prior to the sponsor deadline. A proposal preparation and deadline timeline was developed with a team of faculty, the Associate Dean for Research and the OGC. Please prepare your grant in concert with your OGC research administrator and in accordance with the proposal submission timeline so that we may meet PSU standards and sponsor deadlines in a timely manner, and submit a competitive and compliant grant proposal.
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Penn State Limited Submission Program
The Penn State Limited Submission Program manages the response to research funding opportunities for which a limited number of submissions are permitted from Penn State. Opportunities of this kind include an earlier submission deadline for an internal submission and downselect process.
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 Faculty Research Funding Opportunities
 Graduate Student & Postdoc Funding Opportunities |
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Regular Funding Opportunities
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Innovation Gateway
Opportunities linked through this portal require that you sign in (or create an account if you haven't already), using your Penn State credentials.
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Additional Funding Opportunities
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Opportunities from USDA, NSF, NIH, and other granting agencies are regularly posted on the Grants & Contracts Funding Opportunities webpage for your convenience.
If you are looking to form a collaborative team or need assistance in developing a complex grant proposal, please feel free to reach out to the
Research Initiatives Associate
Gretta Tritch Roman gst118@psu.edu
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Commonly Requested Facts
from the Grants & Contracts Office
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The Commonly Requested Facts sheet is a single page document that provides the “quick and dirty” information needed to answer administration related questions for grants. It include official names, addresses, dates, rates and other commonly requested data bits. Print it out and keep it handy for quick reference.
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