UCRCA
University Committee on Research and Creative Activity fosters the development of regionally and nationally competitive research, promotes the application for external funding through startup and seed-money grants, and encourages a strong and diverse research commitment as an inseparable companion to the University's instructional program.
NU Collaboration Initiative Grants
The primary purpose of the Collaboration Initiative (CI) is to enhance the competitiveness of the University of Nebraska (NU) faculty for federal extramural funding by fully leveraging intellectual capacity and research resources across the NU campuses. All faculty in all disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Single-year seed grants from $10,000 - $100,000 total for one year that are designed to facilitate research collaborations among faculty in any discipline that would lead to federal funding. Grants are available to support new and existing research collaborations at two or more Nebraska campuses to: 1) Generate preliminary data critical to federally-funded research grant proposals or resubmissions, or 2.) Develop capabilities that allow the University of Nebraska's National Strategic Research Initiative, NSRI IRAD topics, to seek contract funding from its sponsor (U.S. Strategic Command), and other Department of Defense entities, or any additional federal agencies.
PIs are required to have attended the Annual Collaboration Initiative Meeting before applying for a Collaboration Initiative grant. Online registration for the 2023 NRI and Collaboration Initiative Grants Annual Meeting (for 2024-2025 funding applications) will open after the annual meeting.
This year, ORCA will have an internal application process to streamline the NuRamp submission process detailed in the RFA and to improve our ability to support you in your budget development.
- For all UNO PIs/Co-PIs, please respond to this survey by November 6, 2023, to indicate your intent to apply for a NU Collaboration Initiative grant.
- For UNO PIs/Co-PIs, please complete the budget form in the NuRamp online application and upload a budget justification as a PDF file. Please email Deanna Marcelino at deannamarcelino@unomaha.edu by December 1, 2023, with your budget requests to give you adequate time to complete the templates.
- Finally, in accordance with UNO's December Holiday Closedown schedule, ORCA will be closed from December 22, 2023 - January 1, 2024. Please note that applications must be submitted by January 2, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Central Time. [All routing signatures, after those required at submission, must be received by January 31, 2024.]
The STEM TRAIL Center
The STEM TRAIL Center conducts and supports research across a broad range of STEM programs and disciplines.
UNO Federal Work-Study Research and Creative Activity Program
The 2023-2024 UNO Work-Study Research and Creative Activity Program aims to expand student opportunities in research and creative activity by providing incentives to faculty who hire work-study eligible students to assist in and/or contribute to their research and/or creative endeavors. The program rewards faculty for the mentoring they provide to their work-study student employees as these students support the faculty members’ research and/or creative activity.
Students hired by faculty who participate in the program are expected to complete necessary training to participate in the research and/or creative activity, including, but not limited to, responsible conduct of research, IRB and/or IACUC training as appropriate.
All full-time faculty are eligible to apply. Awards will be decided based on the criteria described below and funding availability.
The student worker hired must be Federal Work-Study eligible and enrolled at UNO during the term in which the research and/or creative activity will be conducted.
Please click here to read the guidelines and for application instructions.
UNL's Research Jam
UNL is excited to invite you to apply to participate in a Research Jam to explore opportunities for transdisciplinary collaboration around arthropods* and grand challenges. [*Arthropods = insects, arachnids, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes]
We are looking for creative, open-minded, collaborative researchers from across Nebraska institutions to engage in a 1.5 day, in person event that aims to spark innovative research ideas, catalyze collaboration, and chart a future research agenda with the potential for significant impact. We invite colleagues from any discipline to apply and especially welcome junior faculty.
The Research Jam will take place in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's City Campus Union January 9th (all day) and January 10th (1/2 day).
This Research Jam aims to bring together researchers from across the state from disciplines spanning Biological Sciences; Biochemistry; Chemistry; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Computer Science and Technology; Education; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Entomology; Food Science and Technology; Math; Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Media Arts; Psychology; Public Health; Sociology; and more. We will also be joined by practitioners from a range of sectors outside of academia, who will bring novel perspectives and help to ground our conversations in real world challenges and opportunities.
The figure below represents potential topic areas for the Research Jam.
No prior knowledge of arthropods is required – all that we ask is that you come open, curious, and willing to learn from others.
Expect a highly interactive, fun and dynamic program, in which you will have the chance to trade ideas and explore new terrain with experts from fields very different from your own.
This event is funded through a Nebraska EPSCoR Planning grant with additional support from the School of Biological Sciences at UNL. Our hope is that potential collaborations and ideas for future funding proposals emerge as a result. No upfront commitment to collaborate in the future is needed, nor do we guarantee that participation will lead to future collaboration or funding. This is a space to learn, ideate, build community, and explore possibilities.
Space is limited for this event, so we are asking interested individuals to please fill out the following application form by December 8th. We will notify everyone by December 15th about their registration status.
Please reach out to Eileen Hebets (ehebets2@unl.edu) with any questions about this event.
Warm regards,
Eileen
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Eileen Hebets (she/her) George Holmes Professor School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
