Contact Information:

Phone: 814.865.2883
Email: TFM2@psu.edu
Mail: 119 Technology Center, University Park, PA 16802
Focus area: industrial contracting
Education: PhD Nutrition, Cornell University
Academic experience:
College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University; 21 years in research administration

Please RSVP to John McKee jrmdo@engr.psu.edu so that we can make sure we have sufficient space and refreshments to make this a productive session.

We Are:

Building the MorningStar Home, a solar-powered home that will help usher in a new age of renewable energy.

Helping Penn State, Pennsylvania, and the Planet by promoting and exploring sources of renewable energy.

Partnering with the Northern Cheyenne to construct a production version of the MorningStar Home in Lame Deer, Montana.

We Are Penn State . . . This is Our Home...

http://www.solar.psu.edu/index.aspx

Energy is the engine of technological and economic progress.  Energy choices influence the environment across a range of scales, mold political alliances, and shape national defense commitments.  

Penn State is already a leader in many areas of energy and now is the time for the University to strengthen those areas and to invest in new areas of energy science and engineering in order to be an even stronger leader.  Penn State has many strong energy sciences and technology assets in its colleges and institutes.

For a full report, please visit:  http://www.research.psu.edu/Energyreport.pdf

The research administration team of OGSRO has new assignments. We welcome Gregory Dauber to the research administration team as he joins other recent hires of Michael Patten and Cheryl George. They along with Sarah Cohen and Cindy Musser form one of the most knowlegeable research administration teams at Penn State. The research administration team in OGSRO is responsible for direct support and assistance to faculty in proposal development, preparation and processing; grant and contract administration; and coordination of activities with University and sponsor offices. The attached sheet shows the team and their department assignments.

Research Administrative Team

MRI Funding Request Service

Welcome to the MRI Funding Request Service - a fast and easy method to initiate a new funding request or to check on your existing requests.

Authentication to use the MRI Funding Request Service is handled through Penn State WebAccess. If you have not authenticated with WebAccess, you will be taken to the Login Page. After you have authenticated, you will be redirected back to the MRI Funding Request Service. Please visit the WebAccess Help Page if you have any questions about WebAccess.

Start Using the MRI Funding Request Service

Penn State faculty members and their students continue to "make original investigations and publish them to the world," says Pell — generating knowledge that serves both Pennsylvania and the nation, and helps in many ways to improve the quality of life for all Americans.

You:

Cannot transfer it to someone else.|
Cannot dispose of it.
Cannot upgrade it.
Cannot disassemble it.
Cannot loan it to someone else.
Cannot destroy it.
Cannot trade it in on a new model.
Cannot sell it.

In short, if the Government equipments works, use it.

If it does not work, tell your program monitor and wait for written instructions from the contract officer (not the program monitor) before doing anything.

NSF - Engineering Research Centers 
(ERC) Partnerships in Transforming Research, Education and Technology

The goal of the Generation Three (Gen-3) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program is to create a culture of innovation in engineering research and education that links scientific discovery to technological innovation through transformational engineered systems research in order to advance technology and produce engineering graduates who will be creative innovators in a global economy. These ERCs will be at the forefront as the U.S. competes in the 21st century global economy where R&D resources and engineering talent are internationally and domestically distributed. Recognizing that optimizing efficiency and product quality is no longer sufficient for U.S. industry to remain competitive, these ERCs will optimize academic engineering research and education to stimulate increased innovation. They will develop this culture of discovery and innovation through a symbiotic relationship between academic researchers, small innovative firms, and larger industrial and practitioner partners. These ERCs will build bridges from science-based discovery to technological innovation by focusing on research needed to realize transforming engineered systems. They will have the opportunity to partner with foreign universities and provide unique opportunities for research and learning collaboration that will prepare U.S. engineering graduates for leadership in innovation in a global economy. Their faculty will be diverse and talented individuals who will prepare diverse and talented domestic and international graduates who can function in a global world where design and production efforts cross national borders. Their transforming engineering education programs will strategically impart the capacity to create and exploit knowledge for technological innovation.

NSF - Engineering 
Research Centers

Program Solicitation

Memo from Hank Foley

Effective immediately for the 2007-08 GSRP Program:

Research opportunities sponsored by the NASA Headquarters Mission Directorates are available only to renewal students (students entering the 2nd and 3rd year of the GSRP). Renewal students are eligible for fellowships sponsored by the Centers and the Mission Directorates. New (first time) applicants are not eligible for Mission Directorate research opportunities. Mission Directorates include the Science Mission Directorate - SMD (Earth/Space), the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), and the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SMD). New (first time) applicants may only apply for research opportunities at the NASA Centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

The new Aeronautics Fellowship opportunity, sponsored by the Aeronautics Mission Directorate for Masters Degree applicants is open to new (first time) and renewal applicants.

Information on additional support for Masters and doctoral students pursuing degrees in Earth and space science is available through the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program at:  http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

On September 16, 2005 the University was awarded a new academic services contract with the marine Corps.  From time to time the Marine Corps will issue RFP's based on a Marine Corps statement of work.  The Marine Corps plans on issuing the first RFP's soon. The submission protocol will be part of the RFP.

The scope of work of the new contract includes the following:

Non-lethal Technologies
Alternative Power Sources
Human Factors
Imaging Technologies and Sensor Systems
Modeling and Simulation Research
Applied Research
Quantitative Analysis
Independent Evaluations
Supply Chain and Logistics Technologies
Manpower Analysis
Development Technology Investment

For more information please contact:

LtCol Ron Madrid, USMC, (Ret)
117 Transportation Research Building
865-3911

Web site:  http://www.mcru.org/

Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) Proposals

Brief biographical information is required for the PI and co-PI(s) only, and must list no more than five significant publications or other research products. The box for "Small Grant for Exploratory Research" must be checked on the proposal Cover Sheet.

These proposals will be subject to internal NSF merit review only. Renewed funding of SGER awards may be requested only through submission of a non-SGER proposal that will be subject to full merit review. The maximum SGER award amount will not exceed $200,000. Although the maximum award amount is $200,000, the award amount usually will be substantially less than a given program's average award amount. The project's duration will normally be one year, but may be up to two years.

At the discretion of the Program Officer, and with the concurrence of the Division Director, a small fraction of especially promising SGER awards may be extended for a period of six additional months and supplemented with up to $50,000 in additional funding. The SGER award extensions will be possible for awards of two-year initial duration as well as for those of shorter initial duration. Requests for extensions must be submitted one to two months before the expiration date of the initial award. A project report and outline of proposed research, not to exceed five pages, must be included.

More information available: http://www.nsf.gov/index.jsp

CLICK HERE

http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USAF/AFMC/AFOSR/AFOSR-BAA-05-4/Attachments.html#upload4549

Program Announcement

More: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm

Effective May 10, 2005 - All applications for Public Health Service Grant (PHS 398) with receipt/submission dates on or after May 10, 2005 are required to use only the 9/2004 version of the instructions and corresponding form pages. After this date, applications submitted using previous versions of the instructions and form pages will be returned to the applicant. Applicants may not mix old and new versions of the form pages; e.g. versions of the modular budget format page published prior to 9/04 will not be accepted if included in the PHS 398 application on or after May 10, 2005.

PHS 2590, Rev. 9/04

Effective May 1, 2005 - All Progress Reports using the “U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Non-Competing Grant Progress Report” (PHS 2590) submitted on or after May 1, 2005 must use only the 9/2004 version of the instructions and form pages.

Useful Reminders
Instructions and forms for the PHS 2590 and PHS 398: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. The forms are available on the web site in two formats—MS Word and PDF-fillable using Adobe Acrobat Reader Software. Instructions and forms provided via the Internet provide valuable links to current policy documents and allow easy navigation of the instructions. Free Adobe Software may be accessed at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

Awards eligible for such an extension are generally three-year continuing grants. Special Creativity Extensions are initiated by the NSF program officer based on progress during the first two years of a three-year grant; PIs will be informed of such action a year in advance of the expiration of the grant.

Documentation necessary for processing of special creativity extensions should be submitted electronically via the "Supplemental Funding Request" function in FastLane.

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/5.jsp

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.

Program Announcement 

Solicitation Download 

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

GRACE WOODWARD GRANTS for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine

Application Receipt Date:  June 1, 2005
Please note:  Applications must be submitted to OGSRO, College of Engineering, 101 Hammond

A. Background: 

Enabled by the Grace Woodward Endowments provided to the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine by the Woodward Foundation, the Dean of the College of Engineering, and the Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine announce the availability of the Woodward Grants for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine. The Woodward Engineering-Medicine grants are intended to support projects that create or capitalize upon opportunities for new applications of engineering to problems in the life sciences and medicine.

For full details, follow this link:  Grace Woodward Grants

New Science.gov Service Delivers Weekly Science Information to Desktops

Now you can easily keep track of the latest updates on your favorite science topics from information across 12 Federal science agencies. By setting up a free Alert Service account at Science.gov, information will be delivered weekly through your customized emails. Science.gov, an interagency Web portal, is the science companion to FirstGov.

To take advantage of this new service, register at the Science.gov homepage (www.science.gov). Then just define your search terms - such as nanotube, dark energy or fuel cell - and let Science.gov do the searching for you. Each Monday, up to 25 relevant results from your selected information sources will be sent to your email account. Results are displayed in the Alert email and in a personalized Alert Archive, which stores six weeks of alerts results. From the email, you can access your account to review past activity as well as edit or cancel Alert profiles.

Science.gov promotes knowledge diffusion and global discovery by breaking through traditional boundaries in science organizations to search across multiple science agencies representing over 96 percent of the federal R&D budget. Science.gov drills down into hard-to-find research information collections, spanning close to 50 million pages of R&D results. More than 1,700 government information resources and 30 databases on a wide variety of scientific topics are available - all in one place and searchable with just one query.

Science.gov is hosted by DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) within the Office of Science. The Science.gov Alliance is a collaboration of 12 federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services and the Interior, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Government Printing Office, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation, with support from the National Archives and Records Administration.

The Alert Service was launched February 17, 2005, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. Now it is available to all science patrons.

http://www.science.gov/

Science.gov is hosted by DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) within the Office of Science. The Science.gov Alliance is a collaboration of 12 federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services and the Interior, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Government Printing Office, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation, with support from the National Archives and Records Administration.

The Alert Service was launched 
February 17, 2005, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. Now it is available to all science patrons.

http://www.science.gov/

Exciting New Websites for NSF and NASA

Take a look, explore. . .  lots of funding opportunities exist. . .

NSF at a Glance !!!

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $5.5 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. 

http://www.nsf.gov/index.jsp

NASA to space and beyond . . .

NASA won a significant 2006 budget increase yesterday to $16.5 billion to fund President Bush's initiative to pursue human exploration of the moon and Mars in 2006.

Bush "really believes that science is important," said John H. Marburger III, the president's science adviser and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Although the budget is "austere," he said, "we are not going backward. We are not going down."

NASA's $16.5 billion budget request was 2.4 percent higher than 2005's final appropriation of $16.1 billion. "The president's endorsement is unabated," O'Keefe told reporters at a NASA headquarters budget briefing.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html