Inside this Issue
- CFAES Central Analytical Services Update, a message from Dr. Gary Pierzynski.
- Summer 2025 Undergraduate Research Experiences Survey now available for faculty members.
- R&GE would like to inform you of some upcoming changes to the SPO team supporting CFAES.
- The CFAES Office for Research and Graduate Education is pleased to announce D.C. Days 2025.
Funding Opportunties
As funding opportunities are announced we will compile a full list on our website. The web page will be updated periodically as new opportunities are discovered.
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Programs of Excellence
To support and promote high-impact engaged scholarship, the Office of Outreach and Engagement has instituted a process to certify programs of excellence in engaged scholarship. The certification process seeks to identify and certify up to 20 projects annually.
Deadline: December 15, 2023 -
AFRI Foundational and Applied Science
AFRI provides funding for fundamental and applied research, education, and Extension. AFRI-FAS invests in agricultural production research, education, and Extension projects for a more sustainable, productive, and economically viable plant and animal production system.
Deadline: Varies Until December 31, 2024
View All Funding Opportunities
CFAES Central Analytical Services
Dr. Gary Pierzynski, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education
Over the past six months, the CFAES Office for Research and Graduate Education (R&GE) has reorganized central analytical services offered by the Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center (MCIC) and the Service Testing and Research Laboratory (STAR Lab). This was done with considerable input from faculty users, department chairs, and the CFAES Research Advisory Committee after the retirement of the MCIC Director last year.
Central analytical services are now divided into three pillars: Bioinformatics/Microscopy, Molecular Biology, and Soil/Water/Plant Analysis. The pillars encompass the entirety of operations and services offered through MCIC and the STAR lab. Each pillar has a lead person: Jelmer Poelstra for Bioinformatics/Microscopy; Wirat Pipatpongpinyo for Molecular Biology; and Sunjeong Park for Soil/Water/Plant Analysis who report to the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, Dr. Gary Pierzynski.
The efficiencies gained by this reorganization will allow for better coordination of centrally supported analytical services and opportunities to enhance offerings to further support research and Extension activities. Watch for future announcements about expanded services. As a reminder, MCIC and the STAR Lab serve the entire college and university. Check out their websites to learn more about current offerings.
Spotlight
Ag Outlook & Policy Conference on 11/19/24
This conference is the premier annual forum related to Ohio’s agricultural and food industries, covering issues important to producers, agribusinesses and elected officials.
From the CFAES News on 11/4/2024
CFAES Faculty and Staff Awards
The nomination window for the 24-25 CFAES faculty & staff awards is open through 11/29/24. Visit the Award Nominations page for requirements, past recipients, and the link to submit. From the CFAES Newsletter on 11/6/24
NIH Data Management and Sharing
Learn about the newly implemented NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy, including the requirement to submit a DMS plan with all new applications and renewals.
From The Research Commons Updates Email on 10-24-2024
In the News
Power Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
The Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge (ERIK) Research Development has opened the internal competition for the Ralph E. Power Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. These competitive research awards provide seed money for junior faculty members in one of five disciplines: engineering & applied science; life science; mathematics/computer science; physical sciences; and policy, management or education. The deadline to apply to be considered for one of two Ohio State nominations is 11/18/24 at 9 a.m.
From an email from Krista Richardson (ERIK) on 10/24/24
Research Development & Grant Writing News
We invite you to access the current issue of Research Development and Grant Writing News. The Enterprise for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge | Research Development Office provides access to this subscription-based newsletter for the entire campus community.
- October 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News ? We list funding opportunities for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.
- Academic Writing as if Readers Matter by Cassuto Leonard? We discuss Cassuto?s book and how his insights can be applied to proposal writing.
- Redesigned NIH Grants and Funding Website & Writing Tips ? We discuss NIH?s relaunched NIH Grants and Funding website, along with key tips provided by NIH.
- FY2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the DOE Office of Science ? DOE?s Office of Science has issued their ?open call? for proposals for the next year. We provide the highlights.
- A Summary of NSF Funding for the Bioeconomy ? NSF has a number of funding opportunities that support biotechnology and bioeconomy-related research. We discuss them
- Understanding NSF?s Expectations for the 2026 STC Competition ? The competition for the next round of NSF Science and Technology Centers is starting up. We discuss questions that teams should answer when deciding whether to pursue an STC.
- NSF BioFoundries & Related Programs ? We discuss NSF investments, including BioFoundries, aimed at advancing biotechnology and the bioeconomy (reprinted from June 2023 issue).
- What is Use-Inspired Science ? NSF is increasingly focused on use-inspired research. We discuss what that means (reprinted from June 2023 issue).
From the October 2024 Issue of Research Development & Grant Writing News on 10/15/2024 - Subscribe
Summer 2025 Undergraduate Research Experiences SurveyCalling all faculty who are interested in mentoring an undergraduate student as part of a CFAES summer research experience. Please complete this survey as soon as possible! We will use this information to aid in planning and matching students with labs for the summer 2025 programs.
The college will default to matching only one student per faculty member for each program (ORIP/SROP), unless funding allows. If you have available funding to sponsor additional student researchers, please indicate this in the survey.
Faculty matches will be made by the college and will generally be prioritized using the following criteria:
- Student mentions a specific faculty member within their application;
- Student research interest is aligned with faculty project/lab;
- Faculty has successfully mentored a student in the past;
- Faculty was matched with a student in the past that was unable to be funded through the program;
- Faculty has participated in mentoring training, including but not limited to those provided through the University;
- Faculty is actively recruiting graduate students to be funded the following academic year.
Completing this survey does not guarantee that you will be matched with a student.
Communication of student-faculty matches will be coordinated by either Alexis Didinger for ORIP or Tiffany Halsell for SROP. Where more than one student is matched with a single faculty member, we may ask you to assist us by prioritizing applicants based on their application strength for your lab.
CFAES participates in two primary summer undergraduate research experience (REU) programs, SROP and ORIP. The college will aim to sponsor one student per faculty member per program. Please indicate if you have funding available to sponsor more than one student. Note that student matches cannot be guaranteed and ultimately depend on the interests indicated in the applicant pool.
Summer Research Opportunities Program
SROP is run through the Big Ten Academic Alliance. The anticipated dates for the OSU program are May 28 to July 25. SROP is used as a graduate student recruitment tool. SROP operates at a cost share between the College and the Graduate School, allowing participation at no cost to faculty who mentor one student over the summer. If you would like to host more than one student, this cost is estimated at $5,000 per student.
OSU Research Internship Program
ORIP takes place on the CFAES Wooster Campus. ORIP targets young researchers age 18+ hoping to gain research experience over the summer. Through lab and field research, interns receive hands-on experience in data collection and analysis, project design, and scientific communication of results. This year’s program will run from May 12 to July 18. ORIP operates at a 50/50 cost share between the college and interested faculty. If more than one student is desired, you may be asked to fully fund students beyond the first match.
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CFAES Sponsored Program Officer (SPO) Update
R&GE would like to inform you of some upcoming changes to the SPO team supporting CFAES, which will impact the SPO assigned to your unit. You’ll see these updates reflected in the PI Portal when viewing your projects. Below are the updated department assignments.
| SPO | SPO Email | Assigned Cost Centers |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Clayton | Clayton.296@osu.edu | CC11928 FAES | Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| CC11930 FAES | Plant Pathology | ||
| CC12040 FAES | School of Environment and Natural Resources | ||
| Bojan Brkljacic | Brkljacic.2@osu.edu | All County Extension Cost Centers |
| CC11885 FAES | Ashtabula Station | ||
| CC11896 FAES | Dayton Adventure Central | ||
| CC12146 FAES | 4-H | ||
| CC12138 FAES | South Centers Piketon | ||
| Hannah Dible | Dible.40@osu.edu | CC11914 FAES | Horticulture and Crop Science |
| CC12132 FAES | Soybean Research Center | ||
| CC11898 FAES | Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics | ||
| CC11909 FAES | Agriculture Communication Education and Leadership | ||
| Jessica Tweed | Tweed.20@osu.edu | CC11887 FAES | Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
| CC11911 FAES | Food Science and Technology | ||
| CC11882 FAES | Animal Sciences | ||
| ATI Cost Centers | ||
| Johanna Withers | Withers.73@osu.edu | CC11967 FAES | Wooster Campus Administration |
| CC12008 FAES | OSUE Community Development | ||
| Kevin Bloomfield | Bloomfield.63@osu.edu | CC11908 FAES | Entomology |
| Phillip Troyer | Troyer.121@osu.edu | CC10991 FAES | Center for Lake Erie Area Research |
| Stephanie Harrier | Harrier.4@osu.edu | CC11945 FAES | Center for Food Animal Health |
| CC11968 FAES | International Programs | ||
| CC12125 FAES | Agroecosystems Management Program | ||
| CC11913 FAES | Research and Graduate Education Administration | ||
| CC12101 FAES | Family and Consumer Sciences |
For cost centers with a new SPO assignment, here is a brief introduction to your new SPO:
Hannah Dible
Hannah has been with OSP for over a year, beginning as a Sponsored Programs Coordinator before transitioning to her current role as a Sponsored Program Officer. Prior to OSP, she worked in the School of Environment and Natural Resources. Most recently, Hannah has supported Horticulture and Crop Science as well as Food Science and Technology.
Jessica Tweed
Jessica has been with OSP for 2.5 years, supporting units such as Horticulture and Crop Science, Food Science and Technology, AEDE, and the ATI campuses. She has also served as a job coach for several new SPOs over the past two years. Before joining OSP, Jessica was an Assistant Director in the BuckeyeLink office at OSU.
Stephanie Harrier
Steph has been with OSP for nearly five years and currently serves as Associate Manager, providing leadership to the SPOs supporting FAES. She has previously served as SPO for multiple units, including Entomology, Plant Pathology, ACEL, Animal Sciences, the Center for Food Animal Health, and the Center for Lake Erie Area Research/Sea Grant.
As a reminder, when contacting your SPO, please include the award, grant, or EPA-005 number in the subject line for faster processing.
The CFAES Office for Research & Graduate Education, Grant Development Support Unit (GDSU), is available to support investigators in the development of their external research and extension proposals. If you would like to meet with one of our grant specialists to discuss your proposal development needs, please fill out our Request Services form. Additionally, please visit our website for other grant-related information.
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Apply Today for D.C. Days 2025!
The CFAES Office for Research and Graduate Education and the Grant Development Support Unit (GDSU) are pleased to announce D.C. Days 2025.
This program provides an opportunity for faculty researchers from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) to become more competitive by visiting federal program officers and federal funding agencies in Washington D.C. It enables researchers to determine if their basic research concepts align with the sponsor’s mission, seek advice concerning project design and appropriate funding tracks, and better understand the peer review process.
Participants will be chosen through a competitive application process to attend the 3-day trip. Applications are accepted from any interested faculty member; however, priority is given to those with the rank of Assistant Professor (pre-tenure), especially those who have grant writing experience.
Previous attendees are welcome to apply; however, they will not be eligible for the GDSU stipend.
Applications are due January 8, 2025.
BuckeyeLearn: Grants Management in Workday
ERIK is happy to share that the "Grants Management in Workday" tutorial is now available in BuckeyeLearn. This includes information on one-time set up for PIs which allows viewing of sponsored as well as internal (e.g. department) funds. The link is go.osu.edu/grantsworkday.
Please share the link with your faculty and staff who would find this helpful. This resource provides an overview of the Principal Investigators Summary dashboard with helpful information related to managing funding in Workday.
Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge
Mapping Your Research Agenda virtual Workshop on 11/18 from 11-12:30 PM
Keep your research goals on track by setting aside some time to map out your research agenda with the Enterprise for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge. This virtual workshop will share practical steps and tools for early and mid-career faculty to break down long-term research goals into short-term action plans.
From an email from Krista Richardson ERIK on 10/24/2024
Applications open for 2025 GRO Academy
Want to build your skills and confidence as an interdisciplinary research leader? GRO Academy is a free, eight-week professional development program for Ohio State faculty interested in leading interdisciplinary research teams. Applications for the spring cohort are open until Friday, December 6th.
From an email from Krista Richardson ERIK on 10/24/2024
Recent Awards
- Vinayak Shedekar - FABE, Wm. Bruce Clevenger - OSU Extension, $50,000: Drainage intensity + tillage + cover = soybean success, Ohio Soybean Council
- Talita Resende - Animal Sciences, Jacqueline Nolting - VetMed, $146,290: PorkProspect: Nurturing talent for a sustainable swine industry, NPB project swine education & outreach professionals, National Pork Board
- Melanie L. Lewis Ivey - Plant Path, $10,000: Integration of biocontrol into commercial fungicide spray programs for control of apples diseases, Ohio Apple Marketing Program
- Victoria Mullins - OSU Extension, $65,000: We THRIVE HCPH Mini-Grant, Hamilton County Public Health
- Tracy Hawk, Jonathan Jacobs - Plant Path, $212,180: Characterizing cellular response to Xanthomonas translucens infection of barley at the single-cell level, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Jeffrey Firkins, Chanhee Lee - Animal Sciences, $45,000: Peptides at the crossroads of isoacid response to stimulate microbial protein synthesis, Zinpro Corporation
- Peter Ling - FABE, $40,000: Advancement of intelligent spray technology into greenhouse crop production, USDA Agricultural Research Service
- Bill Peterman - SENR, $388,629: Estimation & prediction: Using historic and contemporary pheasant abundance data to target future habitat investments, Pheasants Forever Inc
- Alex Hollingsworth - AEDE, $12,000: Lead exposure and mortality: Getting the timing right, Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Timothy McDermott - OSU Extension, $500,000: (COVID 19) The Franklin County agriculture in the classroom grant, Franklin County Board of Commissioners
- Linda Saif, Anastasia Vlasova - CFAH, $49,486: Design a PCR protocol that is able to detect coronaviruses from the 4 different genera (alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta- coronaviuses), World Health Organization
Events and Opportunities
Upcoming NIFA webinars
12/9/24 | 12:00 PM EDT, Technical Assistance Webinar: Crop Protection and Pest Management RFA
The CPPM program addresses high priority issues related to pests and their management using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches at the state, regional and national levels.
12/11/24 | 1:00 PM EDT, Reviewing and Evaluating Transdisciplinary and Engaged Research Projects
Join NIFA for a webinar series highlighting opportunities and challenges of transdisciplinary approaches within agricultural research.
12/11/24 | 3:00 PM EDT, NIFA's Contributions to Integrating Nutrition and Health
Join NIFA for an overview of contributions to the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health - Integrate Nutrition and Health and a panel discussion to reflect on efforts to date and shape work ahead.
1/8/25 | 2:00 PM EDT, NIFA’s Contributions to Tackling Food and Nutrition Insecurity
This webinar will provide an overview of NIFA’s contributions to tackling food and nutrition insecurity. Morderated by Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD, RDN, National Science Liaison – Food Safety and Nutrition.
From USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Daily Digest Bulletin 11/14/2024
Appointing Personnel Part 3 | 11/20/2024 from 9:00-10:00 AM
In part 3 of the RADS series on appointing personnel, they’ll discuss correcting appointments on grants in Workday.
From an email from Karla Gengler-Nowak on 8/9/2024
Introduction to Office of Secure Research | 12/4/2024 from 2:00-3:00 PM
Get an introduction to the office and its role in international research collaborations and engagement, and the tools OSR offers to ensure compliance with federal requirements.
From an email from Karla Gengler-Nowak on 8/9/2024
An Overview of Compliance Issues in Sponsored Programs | 12/18/2024 from 10:00-11:30 AM
Time and effort certification, common missteps in program management, recognizing red flags and handling appropriately and professionally.
From an email from Karla Gengler-Nowak on 8/9/2024