VentureWell E-Teams
VentureWell’s E-Teams program provides funds for faculty-led multidisciplinary student teams to bring inventions to market. E-teams must contain a minimum of two active undergraduate or graduate RIT students as key members, and a faculty mentor who will serve as Principal Investigator (PI).
Applicants for the May program cycle must submit project abstracts (described below) to Charles Bush at cebsrs@rit.edu by April 14, 2021 at 5:00 pm.
Five Day Deadline for Sponsored Research Proposals
Effective October 15, 2019, proposals for external funding must be received by the office of Sponsored Research Services a minimum of five business days before the sponsor deadline.
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VentureWell Sustainable Design Faculty Grants
Synopsis.
VentureWell Sustainable Design Faculty Grants fund up to $30,000 for colleges and universities to strengthen existing curricular programs and/or build new programs that incorporate key concepts of sustainability and environmental responsibility with the end goal of developing novel inventions and technologies.
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Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering
The NSF Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering program supports fundamental engineering research that will improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities through: development of new technologies, devices, or software; advancement of knowledge regarding healthy or pathological human motion; or understanding of injury mechanisms. The full announcement is available at
National Institutes of Health Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration
Each year, the Office of Extramural Research (OER) sponsors the NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration. These seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify Federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. The seminars serve the NIH mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientists.