Research Announcements
Keep up on the latest news and announcements from SLU Research.
Latest Research Announcements
Below are the latest announcements from the Saint Louis University Research Institute. These announcements are submitted to the Research Institute from units across the University, and they are shared every other week in the SLU Research Biweekly Update. You can sign up to receive the SLU Research Biweekly Update here, and you can submit your announcements here. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis by our editorial team and may be edited to fit the format of the newsletter or this webpage. Please note there is a separate process for submitting to SLU Newslink; you can find more information on that process here.
Announcements
Open Source with SLU is Ready to Help Faculty Succeed!
Open Source with SLU is a core software development facility that builds open-source software solutions for SLU faculty proposal and research needs. Our team engages students to apply industry-standard best practices to deliver high-quality software tools. If your next grant proposal includes any aspect of software development, we would love to discuss your needs with you. If your current research lab has tedious manual work that could be automated with smartly designed software, we would love to discuss that with you, too.
Especially as the deadline for NSF CAREER grant applications rapidly approaches, Open Source with SLU could be your ticket to success.
By partnering with us, you can:
- Access a dedicated team of software experts and student developers.
- Strengthen your proposal's Broader Impacts section by contributing to open-source initiatives and providing students with practical experience.
- Leverage our expertise to develop robust, custom software for your research.
Here's some suggested text for the Broader Impacts section on your proposal:
"Our collaboration with Open Source with SLU ensures an industry-standard, open-source tool development, fostering innovation, sharing, and continuous improvement. Students gain valuable software development experience, preparing them for future technology careers."
Contact us at oss@slu.edu to discuss your needs and associated costs. Together, we can advance your research while contributing to the open-source community and nurturing future software professionals.
Scholarly Works and Grant Winners Honored At Reception
Saint Louis University’s Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) honored the work of faculty members, research staff, and graduate students at its annual Scholarly Works and Grant Winners reception on Friday, April 5.
The annual ceremony celebrates research excellence and recognizes success in publications and other scholarly outputs as well as grants and service from SLU faculty and staff. Winners were recognized for accomplishments from 2023.
For more information and a full list of winners, click here.
SLU ASBMB Hosts High School Research Symposium
The SLU American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Chapter organized its second High School Research Symposium Outreach Event on Saturday, April 6. This event attempts to merge research and presentation experience to help provide high school students in the St. Louis area with exposure to the scientific experimentation process.
For more information and a full list of winners, click here.
Grant Opportunities
Pivot Fellowship - The Simons Foundation
Application Deadline: May 15, 2024
A Pivot Fellowship provides one year of salary support of the fellow’s academic-year salary, whether normally paid over 9 or 12 months and a $10,000 research, travel and professional development allowance during the fellowship training year. Mentors will receive a $50,000 research fund during the fellowship year. The mentor’s research funds may be used for salary support for the mentor and lab personnel, as well as small and large equipment (including major research instrumentation), supplies, travel, publication, tuition, and other research expenses. Indirect costs are limited to 20 percent of the modified total direct costs (see grant policies). Funding for fellowships must be activated within 18 months of award notification. Please note that in the event of budgetary or other considerations, The Simons Foundation, Inc. reserves the right to refer an application to The Simons Foundation International, Ltd. (SFI) for consideration and funding, in which case SFI’s grant policies would apply.
At the end of the fellowship year, fellows will be invited to apply for a research award in their new field for up to $1.5 million, including indirect costs, over five (5) years.
NIH Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program - National Institutes of Health Office of Research Infrastructure Programs
Application submission deadline: June 3, 2024
The Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single high-priced, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system.
The BIG Program is limited to institutions that have not received S10 instrumentation funding of $250,001 or greater in any of the preceding 3 Federal fiscal years (FY). Use the following to determine applicable funding periods:
- for the application due date of June 3, 2024, consider S10 funding in FYs 2021-2023.
The minimum award is $25,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $250,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to, basic cell sorters, confocal microscopes, ultramicrotomes, gel imagers, or computer systems.
Limited Submission Opportunity: Brain Research Foundation: 2025 Scientific Innovations Award
Number of university slots: 1 senior faculty member
Internal Deadline: May 3, 2024
LOI Submission Deadline: June 25, 2024
Full Proposal Deadline: October 8, 2024
The objective of the Scientific Innovations Award is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high-impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high-impact journals. To be eligible, the nominee must be a full-time associate or full professor working in the area of brain function in health and disease. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. The grant period is two years, totaling $150,000. The support focus is for new research projects of the highest scientific merit.
Limited Submission Opportunity: Beckman Scholars Program
Number of university slots: 1
Internal Deadline: May 6, 2024
Full Proposal Deadline: June 14, 2024
Interested faculty are invited to apply for a Beckman Scholars Program, sponsored by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, at Saint Louis University. The program is a 15-month mentored research experience for exceptional undergraduate students in chemistry, biological sciences, or interdisciplinary combinations thereof. The program's purpose is to help stimulate, encourage and support scientific research activities by full-time undergraduate students, under the guidance of a full-time, approved faculty member.
Upcoming Events
RSVP for SYNAPSES Discussion Panel April 2024 — The Use of Gene Therapy for Neurological Diseases
SYNAPSES is a series of events to allow communication and discussion about the newest advances in neuroscience. The idea is to bring awareness to the most recent developments in neuroscience and technologies that can impact multiple fields and, ultimately, everyday life. The event is free and open to everyone. Light food and refreshments will be served.
3:30 p.m., CST, April 24, 2024
Sinquefield Stateroom, DuBourg Hall, Room 409, Saint Louis University
Registration deadline: 6 p.m., CST, Sunday, April 23, 2024.
Center for Iberian Historical Studies Hosts Mediterranean Seminar 2024: "Mediterranean Ecologies"
The Center for Iberian Historical Studies (CIHS) invites you to "Mediterranean Ecologies," the Mediterranean Seminar 2024 Spring Workshop on April 26-27. The Mediterranean region represents both a human and a natural archive. Scholars past and present have drawn on this archive to define patterns of interaction and explain cultural or political outcomes across the Mediterranean region or connecting it to other regions. The multiplicity of forms of such interactions offers an opportunity to rethink our understanding of the relationship between human and natural processes as defining characteristics of Mediterranean history. This event brings together specialists from a range of humanistic, social scientific, creative, and scientific disciplines to engage with diverse practices--past and present--that connected a multitude of beings across diverse Mediterranean environments.
April 26-27, 2024
Sinquefield Stateroom, DuBourg Hall, Room 409, Saint Louis University
If you would like to attend, contact mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org.
CREST Research Institute Two-Week Summer Institute on Critical Mapping and Spatial Analysis
Matthew Wilson, chair and professor of geography at the University, will lead this institute. Participants will learn the basics of cartographic representation and geospatial analysis while situating these techniques in a longer history of geographic inquiry, illustration and innovation. A combination of lectures and workshops will help ground participants in geographic information systems (GIS) technology, including geospatial data creation, collection, cleaning and organization. This institute will be open to the CREST Community of Scholars, all scholars in TGISH, and any scholars from the TGI Consortium. Those outside these institutions will also be considered if space allows. Application deadline: April 1 with notifications by April 15. To apply, visit the CREST website.
June 17-28, 2024
Saint Louis University