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As new faculty, student, and course projects are beginning, this is a reminder for anyone who uses Unmanned Aerial/Aircraft Systems (UAS)/drones for SIUE activities.

If you plan to purchase, build and/or fly a drone or other UAS on property owned by SIUE or off-campus for University business, you must first obtain permission before any flights occur by doing the following:

1. Complete the SIUE Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Registration Form, if your drone is not yet register...

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The Graduate School is seeking applications for the Distinguished Research Professor award. The Distinguished Research Professor rank recognizes faculty members who have made an outstanding contribution to research or creative activities as a result of their continued commitment to scholarship beyond the period of their promotion to Professor. Recipients of the Award will be recognized with the rank of "SIUE Distinguished Research Professor" for the duration of their tenure a...

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Emergency grants of up to $250,000 available to economics-related research projects that have had NSF funding terminated from the Economic Research Rescue Fund.  The Economic Research Rescue Fund is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Application Deadline: Rolling; funds are limited – grantseekers should apply as soon as possible

Funds Available: Grants will range from $25K to $250K, with most awards under $50K

Eligibility: To be eligible for rescu...

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The calendar below highlights upcoming grant opportunities focused on STEM Education, covering a range of grantmakers. Short-term targets with set deadlines are included alongside longer-term opportunities expected to occur across the next year and beyond. 

Grants Calendar for STEM Education

Interested in applying? Click here to contact ORP

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Join us Tuesday, September 9, 12-1 p.m. Eastern time for the U.S. National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology's (NSF DEB) next virtual office hour. Program officers will provide insight into how to write a great proposal. Representatives from NSF DEB core programs will be available for questions. To participate, please use the registration link below.

For additional assistance with Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations, contact...

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The Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award is presented to a SIUE faculty member in order to recognize the role of interdependence of research/scholarship and teaching. The Award confirms SIUE's belief that an individual must be a good scholar to be a good teacher.

The Paul Simon Award recognizes faculty members who contribute original research or creative activities and integrate that research or creative activity into their teaching activities. A certificate and a $5...

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The Representing Research Impacts (RRI) competition is designed to encourage SIUE scholars to communicate to the public the results and impacts of their research and creative activities.

The product can be any public facing representation of the scholar/artist/researcher’s research including photo, drawing, painting, collage, sound recording, digital data visualization, diagram, recorded piece of performance art, and so forth. Scholars can create the product individual...

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The goal of the SIU System Collaboration Grant (SSCG) program is to promote new biomedical research collaborations between faculty within the SIU System: SIU School of Medicine (SIUSOM), SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), and SIU Carbondale (SIUC).

To qualify as a new team (co-PIs), faculty may not have previously published together as co-authors or worked together previously on internal or external grants or grant submissions.  Faculty from at least two separate campuses must be...

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Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL will host the 2025 IIN Sustainability Research Conference on September 25-26, 2025.

This gathering will provide a forum for university faculty, students, program managers, and real-world innovators from across the state to discuss and learn about sustainability- and social innovation-related projects. This is a remarkable opportunity to develop connections with potential collaborators on issues that are important to Illinois.

The C...

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The Graduate School is seeking applications for the Distinguished Research Professor award. The Distinguished Research Professor rank recognizes faculty members who have made an outstanding contribution to research or creative activities as a result of their continued commitment to scholarship beyond the period of their promotion to Professor. Recipients of the Award will be recognized with the rank of "SIUE Distinguished Research Professor" for the duration of their tenure a...

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The Graduate School's Office of Research and Projects (ORP) is offering this monthly e-newsletter of foundation-sponsored grant opportunities available to support the diverse research and creative activities of all faculty.

Les Paul Foundation
Grant Opportunity: General Grants
Summary: Awards grants to programs and projects that encourage innovation in music production and/or performance and to innovative STEM and STEAM programs for students and others in challenging si...

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The Graduate School is now accepting nominations for the Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award, which is made to tenure-track SIUE faculty members to bring recognition to and support individual programs of research or creative activities. These Awards recognize faculty members whose research or creative activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their field of study.

To be eligible, a nominee must have:  

• earned the appropriate terminal...

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Supports research and practice in informal STEM learning settings, with a focus on engaging diverse audiences, increasing STEM participation and fostering a sense of belonging, particularly for historically excluded and underrepresented groups.

Synopsis

The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program is committed to funding research and practice, with continued focus on investigating a range of informal STEM learning (ISL) experiences and environments that make lifelong...

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The goal of the SIU System Collaboration Grant (SSCG) program is to promote new biomedical research collaborations between faculty within the SIU System: SIU School of Medicine (SIUSOM), SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), and SIU Carbondale (SIUC).

To qualify as a new team (co-PIs), faculty may not have previously published together as co-authors or worked together previously on internal or external grants or grant submissions.  Faculty from at least two separate campuses must be...

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The Graduate School is now accepting nominations for the Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award, which is made to tenure-track SIUE faculty members to bring recognition to and support individual programs of research or creative activities. These Awards recognize faculty members whose research or creative activities have the promise of making significant contributions to their field of study.

To be eligible, a nominee must have:  

• earned the appropriate terminal...

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Join the Illinois Innovation Network for the Falling Walls Lab Illinois idea competition on Friday, Sept. 12, at Innovate Springfield's new home! 

This fast-paced pitch competition for early-career innovators will bring together the top young minds in Illinois to share how their discoveries will break through walls of science and society. And the winner receives a trip to Berlin, Germany, to compete in the Falling Walls Lab global finale in November! 

Falling Wall...

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Thursday, August 21, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

During this office hour, the NSF Information and Intelligent Systems (NSF IIS) program staff will talk about the newly released Computer and Information Science and Engineering Core Solicitation: The Future of Computing NSF 25-543. The NSF IIS office hours are for researchers interested in learning about programs and policies within IIS in the NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate. Office hours a...

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The Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award is presented to a SIUE faculty member in order to recognize the role of interdependence of research/scholarship and teaching. The Award confirms SIUE's belief that an individual must be a good scholar to be a good teacher.

The Paul Simon Award recognizes faculty members who contribute original research or creative activities and integrate that research or creative activity into their teaching activities. A certificate and a $5...

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The Representing Research Impacts (RRI) competition is designed to encourage SIUE scholars to communicate to the public the results and impacts of their research and creative activities.

The product can be any public facing representation of the scholar/artist/researcher’s research including photo, drawing, painting, collage, sound recording, digital data visualization, diagram, recorded piece of performance art, and so forth. Scholars can create the product individual...

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The goal of the SIU System Collaboration Grant (SSCG) program is to promote new biomedical research collaborations between faculty within the SIU System: SIU School of Medicine (SIUSOM), SIU Edwardsville (SIUE), and SIU Carbondale (SIUC).

To qualify as a new team (co-PIs), faculty may not have previously published together as co-authors or worked together previously on internal or external grants or grant submissions.  Faculty from at least two separate campuses must be...