Regional Water Research Planning Workshop


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The WATER Hub, funded through the NSF Phase I Convergence Accelerator, is hosting a workshop to gather water scholars from Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa to look at federal research funding opportunities that support water research infrastructure improvements in the Midwest.

 

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Friday, January 17th, 2025

9 AM - 5 PM

Gray-Little Hall 1146

1567 Irving Hill Rd, Lawrence, Kansas 66045


Discuss funding opportunities during our afternoon breakout sessions.

 

Breakout Session A

  • NSF Regional Innovation Engines (Engines)

  • NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Programs (SBIR/STTR Phase I)

  • University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC) program

  • DOD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)

  • Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR) Research Concept

  • Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program

  • EPA - Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program

  • NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Program

Breakout Sessions B

  • NSF Engineering - Environmental Engineering

  • NSF Engineering - Environmental Sustainability

  • NSF Biological Sciences - Ecosystem Science Cluster

  • NSF Geosciences - Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ)

  • NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering - Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

  • NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)

  • NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-1 (MSRI-1)

  • NSF Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF)


Lunch provided and travel support available.

Contact Mandy Frank, mandy.frank@ku.edu, with questions