The Fulbright Scholar Program offers teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2018-2019 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others.

Interested faculty and professionals are encouraged to learn more about these opportunities, and hundreds of others, by visiting the Catalog of Awards. The application deadline for most awards is Aug. 1, 2017.  U.S. citizenship is required.

The Ohio State University Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC) was established to advance and disseminate our understanding of energy from underground sources and the intertwined environmental and socioeconomic issues. The current pace and scope of subsurface energy development require an integrated research approach to encourage the safe and economic harvesting and usage of subsurface resources.

To promote and facilitate cross-disciplinary research and collaboration at OSU, SERC is seeking applications from OSU faculty and research staff for seed grant funding. The total expected budget is $25,000, from which we will fund 3-5 subsurface-relevant proposals that are expected to leverage the SERC Seed Grants into a high return to the university.

Some example metrics for this return include the development of campus-based or online courses, workshops, publication of review papers that establish avenues for future fundable research, submission of proposals for competitive funding sources, and funding obtained from proposals that were generated in part from seed funds (e.g., proof-of-principle experiment or new model leading to a viable proposal). We will also entertain proposals to support modest travel costs to attend subsurface-related workshops, proposal and project planning meetings. Conference travel will not be considered. Proposals that demonstrate cross-campus integration and have a diversity of departmental and institutional affiliations will be evaluated highly. Cost share is not required, but it will be considered in the applications. The purpose of these funds is to not support individual research projects unless they identify proof-of-principle concepts that leads to a follow-on proposal.

Proposals should be submitted to Mike Kositzke (kositzke.2@osu.edu) by Feb. 17, 2017. The SERC Management Team will review proposals and make their decision by March 17, 2017.

The body of the proposal should be no longer than four pages including the narrative, figures, references and a budget. The proposal should include a title, team members and their affiliations, project summary, background, proposed work, expected outcomes and two page CVs of the PIs. For proposals to receive serious consideration, they must demonstrate a clear relevance to subsurface energy in areas such as technological advances, environmental impacts and/or socio-economic issues.

The funding is for one year and requires a mid-term and final report. The final report should detail the success of the project and outline the next steps to be taken that leverage the SERC funds for any follow-on effort. Questions pertaining to this solicitation should be directed to Prof. David Cole, Interim Director, SERC (cole.618@osu.edu).

The Foods for Health (FFH) Discovery Theme & Food Innovation Center (FIC) Seed Grant Competition is a university-wide initiative with a primary goal of advancing the use of metabolomics-based technology in food and nutrition research for the improvement of global health. Successful proposals will focus on food and nutritional metabolomics, are innovative, collaborative, create value, result in professional presentations and peer review publications, and stimulate the submission of competitive extramural grants.

Dates:

• RFP announced: February 3, 2017
• Proposal deadline: April 14, 2017
• Award notice: May 12, 2017
• Earliest start: May 22, 2017
• Midterm report due: 6 months after Official Start Date
• Final report: 11 months after Official Start Date

Budget:
Up to $25,000 in direct costs for 11 months per award. A total pool of $125,000 is available for distribution. No faculty salaries, fringe, or capital equipment (>$2,500 purchase price) are allowed. Travel essential for research is permitted while conference travel is not. Funds may be expended, starting at the earliest on May 22, 2017 and lasts 11 months past the start date. Funds will be incrementally transferred to the PI’s unit on award and again on receipt of a midterm report (50% to begin and 50% upon receipt of report). If awardee desires extension for use of funds, a maximum of 6 months will be allowed.

Eligibility:
Must have one faculty member as principal investigator (PI) per application along with one or more collaborating Co-PI(s). At least one co-PI must be from a different department than the PI.
No PI recipient of the 2016 FFH-FIC Seed Grant Award may apply as PI for the 2017 competition. However, there is no restriction on the number of awards for which one may serve as co-PI.  Co-PIs may be OSU faculty, research scientists or post-doctoral researchers.

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The Ohio State University Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC) is seeking applications from OSU faculty and research staff for seed grant funding. The total expected budget is $25,000, from which we will fund 3 to 5 subsurface‐relevant proposals that are expected to leverage the SERC Seed Grants
into a high return to the university.

Proposals should be submitted to Mike Kositzke (kositzke.2@osu.edu) by Jan. 31, 2017. The SERC Management Team will review proposals and make their decision by Feb. 28.

For proposals to receive serious consideration, they must demonstrate a clear relevance to subsurface energy in areas such as technological advances, environmental impacts and/or socioeconomic issues. The funding is for one year and requires a mid‐term and final report.

See attached flyer for additional details.

SERC Seed Grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of $2.9 million in funding for research to improve biorefinery technologies. The Integrated Biorefinery Optimization program is coordinated and co-funded jointly between NIFA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office.

Biofuels and bioproducts can be created from a range of renewable energy sources, such as wood waste, short rotation crops and non-food grasses. Currently, there are only a few integrated biorefineries that work with new energy sources and across the entire supply chain from raw material to finished product. NIFA and DOE support technology development and engineering solutions to overcome barriers to their operational success and economic growth. This research helps integrated biorefineries reduce costs and improve performance to enhance U.S. energy security by reducing dependence on foreign oil and fostering economic growth through the latest advances in biotechnology.

Eligible applicants include state agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, and other public and private U.S. research organizations. Research funded through this program will support projects that address the challenges surrounding the successful scale-up and reliable continuous operation of integrated biorefineries. Funding may be used to reduce risk and provide resources to accelerate commercialization of advanced or cellulosic biofuels and bioproducts.

Applications are due by April 3, 2017.

For more details, see the request for applications on the NIFA website.