Author: Fran Cook

Wichita Public Schools (USD 259) requests a minimum of 30 business days to process letters of support or participation in research. It is WSU’s responsibility to have appropriate support from the school(s)/personnel that will be involved in the project prior to submitting a request.

Letters of support/grant proposals: WSU personnel who need a letter of support or USD 259 participation on a grant proposal, should complete the External-Request for Grant Support form and are encouraged to reach out directly to Holly Wilson at hwilson@usd259.net early in the process for questions/clarification.

Research requests: WSU personnel who want to conduct research in USD 259, must download and complete the Research Request Document. Investigators are encouraged to reach out directly to Will Graves at wgraves@usd259.net early in the process for questions/clarifications.

As a reminder, all proposals submitted on behalf of WSU must be reviewed by the Office of Research prior to submission. This includes proposals where WSU is a direct recipient of funds and proposals where WSU is a proposed subawardee/subcontractor. Please contact the Office of Research at proposals@wichita.edu to get started.

Reminder: Reach out early to the Office of Research, as soon as you have identified a potential funding opportunity that you wish to apply for. Early notifications allow the Office of Research to minimize the risk of missing agency deadlines, to fix potential errors, to ensure compliance with WSU policies and procedures, and to ensure the best service from the office.

For access to WSU’s Pivot account to search for funding opportunities, sign up and affiliate with Wichita State using your WSU email address. To request assistance with a customized search, contact funding@wichita.edu.

If you are asked to collaborate on a externally sponsored project or if you find a potential funding opportunity, email proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible so that a grant specialist may be assigned to assist. Visit the Pre-Award Services website to find out more about applying for external funding.

The Office of Research wants you to know that soon, you will no longer need to create a separate password for Pivot; you will be able to use your myWSU credentials to access the Pivot funding database system through Single-Sign-On. To request assistance with a customized funding opportunity search, contact funding@wichita.edu.

Visit Pre-Award Services to find out more about applying for external funding.

Reach out early to the Office of Research as soon as you have identified a potential funding opportunity that you wish to apply for. Early notifications allow the Office of Research to minimize the risk of missing agency deadlines, to fix potential errors, to ensure compliance with WSU policies and procedures and to ensure the best service from the office.

For access to WSU’s Pivot account to search for funding opportunities, sign up and affiliate with Wichita State using your wichita.edu email address. To request assistance with a customized search, contact funding@wichita.edu. If you are asked to collaborate on a externally sponsored project or if you find a potential funding opportunity, email proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible so that a grant specialist may be assigned to assist. Visit Pre-Award Services to find out more about applying for external funding.

Reach out early to the WSU Office of Research (as soon as you have identified a potential funding opportunity that you wish to apply for). Early notifications allow the Office of Research to minimize the risk of missing agency deadlines, to fix potential errors, to ensure compliance with WSU policies and procedures, and to ensure the best service from the office.

• For access to WSU’s Pivot account to search for funding opportunities, sign up and affiliate with Wichita State University using your WSU email address.
• To request assistance with a customized search, contact funding@wichita.edu.
• If you are asked to collaborate on a externally sponsored project or if you find a potential funding opportunity, email proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible so that a grant specialist may be assigned to assist.
• Visit Pre-Award Services to find out more about applying for external funding.

Join Wichita State University’s Office of Research and WSU Foundation & Alumni Engagement from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 19 in the NetApp building to learn how industry and academia can work together to advance fundamental and applied research.

This event includes presentations on the basics of establishing and benefiting from industry-sponsored research projects and SBIR/STTR grants, including current examples of such collaborations from seven WSU faculty members. Two WSU faculty members will also describe start-up businesses that they established while employed at WSU. WSU’s Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host poster presentations about the research taking place within the departments of Fairmount College and additional academic colleges.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. RSVPs are due Friday, April 12.  More information and the agenda may be found at:  https://www.wichita.edu/research/ResearchWorkshops.php.

Kansas NSF EPSCoR is hosting a webinar with Dr. Dan Andresen, program director for NSF CISE/CNS at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 and the WSU Office of Research will host a live viewing of the webinar and discussion after the webinar to enable possible collaborations in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room.

Investigators in Kansas will learn about exciting funding opportunities in the area of computer systems research at the webinar. Refreshments will be provided at the viewing. For questions, email funding@wichita.edu.

The WSU Office of Research is hosting a viewing of the PCORI Town Hall on the “Advancing the Science of Engagement” funding opportunity at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room, with a brief discussion afterward.

Dr. Nikki Keene Woods, a successful principal investigator who has helped Wichita State secure PCORI funding in the past, will visit with attendees after the town hall to share about the experience of applying to PCORI.

Join Wichita State’s Office of Research for its award panel workshop, “Successful applications to the NIH R15 Research Enhancement program,” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 31 via Microsoft Teams.

WSU recently received several National Institutes of Health (NIH) R15 Research Enhancement Awards, so attend the workshop session to hear from a panel of successful researchers at WSU who have received this funding, including Dr. Moriah Beck, professor of chemistry; Dr. Nikki Keene Woods, professor of public health sciences; and Dr. Yongkuk Lee, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.

Email funding@wichita.edu to RSVP for the workshop, or sign up through myTraining in myWSU.

The Office of Research is hosting its virtual workshop, “Developing budgets,” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 via Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Ever wondered how to start budgeting a project for a grant proposal? Join Fran Cook, CRA, trainer from the Wichita State Office of Research, who will host the virtual workshop, demonstrating the proposal budgeting process, paying special attention to both funder rules and WSU processes and procedures.

For more information or to receive a link to the virtual workshop, contact funding@wichita.edu. Registration is also available via myTraining.