LEADERSHIP TRAINING
2025 PUBLIC POLICY COLLOQUIUM (PPC)
Washington Marriott Capitol Hill | February 3-5, 2025
The Public Policy Colloquium of the ASEE Engineering Deans Council (EDC), is organized by a Public Policy Committee and comprised of engineering deans – members of EDC.The Colloquium has a dual role: to strengthen the discussion of engineering education and research issues between the deans of engineering and key public policy makers, and to enable the deans to refine their public policy agenda. Attendance is open only to deans of engineering and their federal/government relations representatives*. Registration is open.
*University federal government relations representatives have to be registered for the conference by their dean.
2025 ACE Women’s Network Leadership Conference (WNLC) “Advancing Women in Leadership via Systemic and Personalized Strategies” Washington, DC, February 13–14, 2025
The 2025 ACE Women’s Network Leadership Conference (WNLC) will convene on February 13–14 in Washington, DC in conjunction with and immediately following ACEx2025. This event aligns with ACE’s Moving the Needle: Advancing Women in Higher Education Leadership® initiative, which has an aim for gender and racial parity among higher education chief executives by 2030. This year’s conference will focus on advancing women in leadership through systemic and personalized strategies and preparing women leaders and state network chairs for upcoming challenges and policy changes after the 2024 elections.
2025 ENGINEERING DEANS INSTITUTE (EDI)
JW Starr Pass Resort, Tucson | Arizona, April 6-8, 2025
The 2025 ASEE Engineering Deans Institute (EDI) is an exclusive annual gathering that provides a unique platform for engineering deans to engage in meaningful discussions on the pivotal challenges and opportunities within their schools, colleges, and the broader engineering profession. Over the course of three enriching days, our single-stream program will facilitate robust dialogue among deans, industry leaders, and distinguished speakers, enabling the exchange of best practices and insights into career prospects for graduates. EDI also aims to amplify the collective voice of engineering education and underscore the critical role of engineering in society. Complemented by social activities and ample opportunities for informal conversations, this event promises to cultivate valuable relationships and deliver an intensely rewarding experience. Hosted by the ASEE Engineering Deans Council and its dedicated planning committee, EDI 2025 is set to be an extraordinary event for all participants.
The 2025 HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY CONFERENCE
Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 11-14, 2025.
The annual Policy Conference is the preeminent gathering of leaders from state higher education policy agencies, national higher education policy organizations, institutions, and state and federal government.Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about trending topics and perspectives and hear from leading higher education experts from across the nation. The Higher Education Policy Conference will feature ample space and time for networking with your colleagues.
EVENTS
Understanding the Implications of The SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision: What Have We Learned, and Next Approaches
January 22, 2025, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine on January 22 for an engaging and timely symposium exploring the far-reaching impacts of the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Supreme Court decision.
Building on the insights from the November 27, 2023, symposium, Understanding the Implications of the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision, this event is part of an ongoing series delving into the societal and institutional repercussions of the ruling. Designed to examine how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies are evolving in response to the decision, this 2-hour virtual symposium will provide an in-depth analysis of new admissions data, key trends, and innovative strategies to sustain equitable access to higher education and professional schools.
2025 The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD), Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX, February 9-11, 2025.
CoNECD isthe only conference dedicated to all the diverse groups that comprise our engineering and computing workforce. The vision of the CoNECD (pronounced “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented populations in the engineering and computing professions, including gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, disability, veterans, LGBTQ+, 1st generation, and socio-economic status. Registration is open.
2025 AAAS Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, February 13-15, 2025
The 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting “Science Shaping Tomorrow” invites you to celebrate and strengthen the projects and collaborations among science, policy, and communication that already exist and promote the infusion of scientific and technical expertise into the public discourse and policy making. The conference will highlight not only the responses to challenges and crises, but also marvel at what the future could be. Registration is open. Discounted registration rates are available through January 22, 2025. Standard registration rates will be in effect thereafter. Meeting badges are required to attend all sessions and events. Please be advised of the following: Registration must be completed prior to conference arrival. Walk-in registration will not be available. Online registration will be open as late as the last day of the meeting.
2025 CONFERENCE ON LEARNING AND STUDENT SUCCESS (CLASS)
San Juan, Puerto Rico and Virtual | April 3 - 5, 2025
AAC&U is excited to launch its newest event, the 2025 Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS). CLASS is designed to elevate, amplify, and extend AAC&U's core work on transforming student learning and the undergraduate experience by bringing together for the first time in one program the work traditionally delivered by AAC&U’s two largest thematic conferences: the Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success (DESS) and the Conference on General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment (GEPA). CLASS is the ultimate manifestation of AAC&U “practicing what we preach”—dismantling siloes and collaborating across organizational structures to harness the collective wisdom and power of our diverse expertise and experiences to make our shared vision of educational excellence a reality.
THE 3rd ANNUAL WEPAN WOMEN OF COLOR SUMMIT, April 4, 2025, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Women of Color Summit (WOCS) recognizes that, while critical to STEM fields, Women of Color are often underserved, under-resourced, and undervalued in their respective fields. The WOCS continues to raise awareness of both the common and the unique experiences of Women of Color as they navigate STEM careers while emphasizing the need to disaggregate WoC identities to develop effective practices. The WOCS brings together Women of Color in STEM with individuals and organizations who authentically support WoC in thriving and advancing in their chosen fields. WOCS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation and Partnerships and Translational Impacts (TIP/TI) Directorate.
PUBLICATION & PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES (PPOs)
2025 ADVANCE Equity in STEM Community Convening
Sheraton Puerto Rico Resort & Casino, San Juan, PR | June 1-4, 2025
Advancing equity in STEM requires an intentional focus on creating authentic, sustainable, and inclusive environments while simultaneously cultivating a community that collaborates, shares, and implements promising practices and tools shown to affect systemic change In lieu of traditional text-based abstracts, only visual abstracts will be accepted. Participants whose proposals are accepted are required to register for the 2025 ADVANCE Equity in STEM Community Convening and attend their scheduled presentation.
Submission deadline: December 16, 2024, 11:59 pm PDT
JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (JDHE) GENERAL CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRACTICE BRIEFS (no submission deadline)
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education publishes empirical research, literature reviews, and evaluations of promising practices and policies that support efforts to transform institutions, inspire colleagues, engage campus, governmental, and private sector leaders, and articulate culturally competent outcomes. Practice briefs are short-form scholarly articles that provide empirically-based recommendations for practitioners. The journal is also interested in work that explores issues related to teaching and learning, policy development and implementation, and leadership and organizational change in diverse learning environments. Multidisciplinary in scope, the journal publishes empirical work that supports efforts to transform institutions, inspire colleagues, engage campus, governmental, and private sector leaders, and articulate culturally competent outcomes.
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY LAB ON A CHIP
Royal Society of Chemistry Lab on a Chip is running a new Emerging Investigator Series to showcase some of the best work in the field of miniaturization at the micro- and nano-scale, being conducted by exceptional up-and-coming researchers across the microfluidics and miniaturization community. Lab on a Chip is the premiere journal that publishes cutting-edge research in the field of miniaturization. By their very nature, microfluidic/nanofluidic/miniaturized systems are at the intersection of disciplines, spanning fundamental research to high-end application, which is reflected by the broad readership of the journal. With this new Emerging Investigator Series, we want to celebrate the major up-and-coming players across this field. This is an on-going collection - with articles being published once they are accepted and collated online, meaning that there are no strict submission deadlines. Articles published in the Series will receive extensive promotion, including a featured interview on our blog and social media platforms. Your published article will be free to access for a limited period after publication and as part of the wider Emerging Investigator collection. To be eligible for the series, authors should be approximately within 10 years of completing their PhD (or equivalent), have an independent research career and be the corresponding author on their submitted manuscript. The journal is inclusive of any career breaks you may have had extending over this period.
SAGE OPEN ACCESS: Become a Guest Editor in an Open Access Journal
Sage welcomes proposals for new Special Collections in our Gold Open Access journals. Special Collections are intended to attract high-quality articles on topics of current interest in the journal field. They should be organized by Guest Editors who are recognized experts in their field. It is helpful for Guest Editors to have a list of potential contributors already in mind and reach out to them as soon as possible. Benefits for Guest Editors: Special Collections are selections of high-quality articles on topics of current interest, organized by Guest Editors who are recognized experts in their field. Running a Special Collection can:
Provide an enduring association between you and your chosen topic, as the research featured will be read for years to come.
Boost the impact of your work by providing increased exposure and expanding your research network.
Provide practical experience in journal editing and deeper insights into how the peer-review process should work. This can streamline the future publishing process for the Guest Editor and lead to additional roles.
CALL FOR PAPERS IN COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY JOURNALS
Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field by submitting to our Collections, carefully curated to capture trends in fast-moving fields of science and regularly associated with an open call for papers. All manuscripts in curated Collections are selected and managed by the journal's Editors according to our standard procedures. Deadlines vary depending on the specific journal.
JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: GENERAL CALL
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, the official journal of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and published by APA, offers insights into theory and research that can help guide the efforts of institutions of higher education in the pursuit of inclusive excellence. The journal largely publishes empirical research focused on issues related to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in post-secondary environments. The manuscripts address the experiences and outcomes of individuals from underrepresented and underserved communities, focusing on institutional barriers and challenges, patterns of access and achievement, and the impact of engaging with diverse students, faculty, and administrators.
The journal is also interested in work that explores issues related to teaching and learning, policy development and implementation, and leadership and organizational change in diverse learning environments. Multidisciplinary in scope, the journal publishes empirical work that supports efforts to transform institutions, inspire colleagues, engage campus, governmental, and private sector leaders, and articulate culturally competent outcomes.
URBAN REVIEW: ISSUES AND IDEAS IN EDUCATION
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Education provides a forum for the presentation of original investigations, reviews, and essays, which examine the issue basic to the improvement of urban schooling and education. The broad scope of topics presented reflects awareness of the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary educational problems. Urban Review promotes communication among urban educators, scholars, and policy makers as well as encourages a cross-disciplinary approach and welcomes contributions from sociology, psychology, philosophy, political science, history, economics and other areas as well as from education.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE’S FELLOWSHIPS OFFICE
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Fellowships Office has conducted the NRC Research Associateship Programs in cooperation with sponsoring federal laboratories and other research organizations since 1954. NRC Research Associateships are awarded to exceptionally talented postdoctoral and senior scientists and engineers through a rigorous selection process. These selected individuals are granted tenure as guest researchers at participating laboratories, highlighting their outstanding contributions and potential in their respective fields. The NRC Research Associateship Programs aim to:
Offer uniquely promising postdoctoral and senior scientists/engineers the chance to pursue self-directed research that aligns with the goals of the sponsoring laboratories.
Enhance the comprehensive research efforts of these laboratories.
Provide recent doctoral graduates with a platform to conduct focused research in collaboration with select members of the permanent professional laboratory staff.
Foster the professional growth of Associates by providing opportunities to gain skills, experience, and connections through collaboration with leading scientists, enhancing their future career prospects in academia, industry, or government research roles.
Applications open: December 1, 2024
Application deadline: February 3, 2025
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Spencer Foundation - Research Grants on Education (Small)
The Small Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept applications three times per year. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. Applications open: Mid-February 2025. Application deadline: Mid April 2025. Program contact: smallgrants@spencer.org
NSF 25-509: Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)
The Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) program seeks to stimulate the development of innovative mathematical theories, techniques, and approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers. It supports truly integrative research projects in mathematical biology that address challenging and significant biological questions through novel applications of traditional, but nontrivial, mathematical tools and methods or the development of new mathematical theories particularly from foundational mathematics, including the mathematical foundation of Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning/Machine Learning (AI/DL/ML) enabling explainable AI or mechanistic insight. The program emphasizes the uses of mathematical methodologies to advance our understanding of complex, dynamic, and heterogeneous biological systems at all scales (molecular, cellular, organismal, population, ecosystems, evolutionary, etc.).
This solicitation is meant to encourage new collaborations between mathematical, computer, and biological scientists as well as to support innovative research activities by existing teams of researchers from mathematical and biological sciences. Each proposal should include balanced participation from both the mathematical sciences and the biological sciences (the proposal must include PI/Co-PIs with expertise in mathematical sciences and biological sciences, or a single PI needs to demonstrate expertise in both mathematical and biological sciences).
Full Proposal Target Date(s): March 3, 2025. Due by 5pm submitting the organization's local time.
NSF 23-510: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU)
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hold much promise as sectors of the economy where we can expect to see continuous vigorous growth in the coming decades. STEM job creation is expected to outpace non-STEM job creation significantly, according to the Commerce Department, reflecting the importance of STEM knowledge to the US economy. IUSE: EDU also seeks to support projects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including improved diversity of students and instructors participating in STEM education, professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional partnerships for collaborative research and development. IUSE: EDU especially welcomes proposals that will pair well with the efforts of NSF INCLUDES (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsfincludes/index.jsp) to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society. The IUSE: EDU program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 15, 2025 Institutional and Community Transformation (Level 2) proposals and Engaged Student Learning (Level 2 and Level 3) proposals; Institutional and Community Transformation (Capacity-Building and Level 1) proposals and Engaged Student Learning (Level 1) proposals. Due by 5pm submitting the organization's local time.
NSF 24-604: Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)
The ER2 program supports projects that promote, improve and disseminate responsible and ethical research practices in STEM fields, focusing on individual, organizational and cultural factors influencing ethical conduct across career stages and research environments. Specifically, the ER2 program supports projects that focus on what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical research in STEM fields. Proposers to the ER2 program may examine responsible and ethical research practices across one or more career stages. This can include, for example, the research practices of students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, or practitioners. ER2 projects seek to improve responsible and ethical STEM research practices in teams, organizations, or communities, or between researchers and the public.This solicitation will consider proposals for four types of projects: (1) Conference Projects with a total maximum budget of $50,000 and a duration of up to 12 months, (2) Incubation Projects with a total maximum budget of $100,000 and a duration of up to 12 months, (3) Standard Research Projects with a total maximum budget of $400,000 and a duration of up to 3 years, and (4) Partnership for Transformational Research Projects with a total maximum budget of $700,000 and a duration of up to 4 years. Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 23, 2025.
APA Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP) is pleased to announce their Early Career Service Grants. This year, CECP is excited to award grants that align with their strategic priorities. Awardees selected will be granted up to $1,500 each. Grants will be given to support the implementation of direct psychological services/programs that (1) are not eligible or likely to receive financial support from other funding agencies, and (2) are not likely to be delivered without the funding support. Examples of the type of services/programs CECP is seeking to support include, but in no way are limited to:
services that provide evidence-based training to community serving organizations,
mental health workshops,
professional development programs for community staff providers, and
programs that address the psychological needs of diverse communities.
Grants will be given to support the implementation of direct psychological services/programs that (1) are not eligible or likely to receive financial support from other funding agencies, and (2) are not likely to be delivered without the funding support.
Deadline: October 28, 2025
NSF 24-582: NSF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH/SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH/SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FAST-TRACK PILOT PROGRAMS (SBIR-STTR Fast-Track)
Program Solicitation: This new pilot effort shares the same goals as the NSF SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II funding opportunities, but the NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track pilot programs have different eligibility requirements. Small businesses applying to the NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track pilot programs must have a lineage of NSF research funding, at least one Senior/Key Personnel to have undergone formal customer discovery training, and the entire team must already be in place (not yet to be determined) at the time of proposal submission. The NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track pilot programs do not support clinical trials or proposals from companies whose commercialization pathway involves the production, distribution, or sale by the company of chemical components, natural or synthetic variations thereof, or other derivatives related to Schedule I controlled substances. All proposals must be submitted through Research.gov.
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time): March 5, 2025.
NSF CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND OPEN SCIENCE (CI PAOS)
The Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science (CI PAOS) program within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) aims to catalyze new and transformative socio-technical partnerships supporting research data infrastructure ecosystems across domains through early-stage collaborative activities between cyberinfrastructure researchers, scientists, research computing experts, data management experts, research labs, university libraries, and other communities of practice.
Program Solicitation: Supports early-stage socio-technical partnerships focused on research data infrastructure ecosystems.
Full Proposal Accepted Anytime
NIH Education Grants Program - Research Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-23-277
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this NCI R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated overarching goal, this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Research Experiences. Applications are encouraged that propose innovative, state-of-the-art programs that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, or the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients, in order to advance the NCI mission. Due dates: January 25, 2025 and May 25, 2025.