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Funding Opportunities

 

Internal Funding

Morehead State University supports the research endeavors of its faculty and staff by offering internal funding opportunities:

  • The Research and Creative Productions Committee. A pool of funds administered by the University Research and Creative Productions Committee is available annually to support small research and/or creative production projects (up to $5,000) of faculty. Proposals are due in October each year for one-year projects beginning January. Click here for research application guidelines. Click here for creative production guidelines. For more information on Research and Creative Productions Committee grant opportunities, click here.
  • Research and Creative Productions Committee Summer Fellowships. A pool of funds administered by the University Research and Creative Productions Committee is available annually to provide summer salary support ($5,000) for faculty engaged in research and/or creative production projects. Applications are due in November each year for projects the following summer. Click here for application guidelines.
  • Center for Regional Engagement Grants. Regional Engagement Grants are administered by the Center for Regional Engagement, and are designed to promote applied research activites that benefit MSU's service region and help further the Center for Regional Engagement's mission. MSU faculty and staff are eligible for awards between $1,000 and $5,000. For more information on Regional Engagement Grants, click here.

 

 

 

 

External Funding

Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) subscribes to the Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN), a valuable resource available to assist faculty and staff in identifying external funding sources appropriate for their projects.

The network, developed by InfoEd International, includes three separate features geared toward helping both MSU faculty and RSP staff search for external funding and collaborate with researchers across the globe:

  • SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network): A searchable database of funding opportunities from current national and international government and private funding sources, including fellowships, research grants, publication support, curriculum development, and more. SPIN can be used to conduct manual searches of funding opportunities, but also has an advanced search tool allowing users to identify funding by specific scientific keywords, grant types and sponsors.
  • GENIUS (Global Expertise Network for Industry, Universities and Scholars): GENIUS can assist investigators in identifying potential collaborators through a registry and expertise profile system that contains profiles and/or curriculum vitae created and updated by faculty. GENUIS is used to store specific information about the user, such as scientific areas of interest, biosketches, degrees and contact information.
  • SMARTS (SPIN Matching and Research Transmittal Service): An automated daily alert system that uses both the GENIUS profiles and SPIN database to notify investigators of relevant new programs that match their profiles. SMARTS sends relevant funding opportunities to users via daily E-mail reports (when there are relevant matches) in either summary or full program format.

ORSP will work individually with faculty and staff to develop customized SPIN searches and profiles to assist in identifying funding opportunities for their research interests. To schedule an appointment, contact Janet Cline at 3-2541, or via e-mail at jl.cline@moreheadstate.edu.

Click here to access the SPIN database.

Grants.gov

Grants.gov is a federally-managed central storehouse for information on more than 1,000 grant programs from the 26 federal grant-making agencies. The web site allows users to search for grant opportunities by agency, keywords, or specific opportunities. ORSP acts as the Authorized Organizational Representative for all proposals submitted from the University through Grants.gov.

Click here to access Grants.gov

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Research news

  • 2012 Distinguished Researcher Award recipient Dr. Lesia Lennex, Professor in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education, presented at the 2013 Research and Creative Productions Committee Annual Scholars Luncheon April 29, 2013. Her research focuses on the application of 3D technology in schools. Click here to access Dr. Lennex's presentation. For more information, contact Dr. Lennex at 606-783-2879 or via e-mail at l.lennex@moreheadstate.edu.
  • Associate Professor of Geology & Science Education Jen O'Keefe has been awarded an NSF EPSCoR Regional Research Enhancement Grant. Dr. O'Keefe will collaborate with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research Petrology Laboratory to study the development of ancient organic sediments through palynology/mycology, organic petrography, geochemistry, and stratigraphic relationships, allowing them to explore past climate systems and predict future events. For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Jen O'Keefe at (606) 783-2349 or j.okeefe@moreheadstate.edu, or visit the UK CAER website here.
  • Associate Professor of Biology Janelle Hare has been awarded a $248,000 competitive renewal on her existing National Institutes of Health (NIH) Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) grant. The project, titled Mechanisms of Action of UmuD in Regulating DNA Damage-Induced Genes in a umuC Def," investigates how the DNA damage response to antibiotic treatment of bacteria leads to the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence genes among bacteria. For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Janelle Hare at (606) 783-2951 or jm.hare@moreheadstate.edu.
  • Jeffrey Hill, associate professor in Morehead State University’s Department of Communication, Media and Leadership Studies, will have his new series “How Hollywood Does It” premiere in January on Kentucky Educational Television (KET). For more information, access the official press release here.
  • MSU Associate Professor of Space Science and Astrophysics Thomas Pannuti was named Distinguished University Scientist at the Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting. The award was based on Dr. Pannuti's long-standing body of work as a research astrophysicist. For more information, click here.

 

 

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