Virginia McDonough receives new NIH award

Virginia McDonough, Professor of Biology, received a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) award of $246,972 for a project titled Regulation of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase by dietary fatty acids.  The award period is 1 April 2019 through 31 March 2022. This project will determine some of the normal mechanisms of regulation of gene expression of a …

Register Now for an NIH Virtual Panel Session

The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at Hope College and the Office for Sponsored Programs and Research Activities at the University of Detroit Mercy will host an NIH Virtual Panel Session on Monday 15 April 2019 at 1 pm in Schaap 3000 for Hope faculty.  We will have a live-feed between Hope College and the University of Detroit Mercy so …

Resource Feature: NIH Specific Aims Section

The BioScience Writers Journal has a wonderful resource for those individuals contemplating (or developing) a National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposal.  The most important section of your NIH proposal is the one-page Specific Aims section–it sets the stage for all of the other parts of your application. To assist investigators in developing their Specific Aims …

John Krupczak receives new National Science Foundation award

John Krupczak, Professor of Engineering, received a new National Science Foundation (NSF) award of $50,944 via the University of Texas at Austin for a project titled Capacity-Building Workshops for Competitive S-STEM Proposals from Two-Year Colleges in the Western US.  The award period is 1 January 2019 through 31 December 2020. This project will develop workshops …

Hope receives 9 new awards from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium!

Hope faculty and students are the recipients of NINE new Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) grants for 2019-2020! Four Hope students will receive fellowships: Meredith Bomers (mentor: Peter Gonthier), Eric Leu (mentor: Brian Yurk), Armandine Uwimana (mentor: Michael Misovich), and Carmen Chamberlain (mentor: Amanda Eckermann).  Students will work their mentors on a research project during …

SMARTS/SPIN Workshops Offered in March

Are you interested in searching our funding database for sponsors and programs interested in funding your research, educational, or outreach activity?  Are you interested in receiving targeted funding opportunities that align with your interests daily or weekly? If so, please consider participating in a brief workshop on the use of SPIN and SMARTS.  SPIN is …

National Science Foundation resumes operations

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has posted a notice regarding the resumption of operations following the government shutdown.  NSF will be focusing on high-priority areas as it works to restart its operations following the shutdown. While FastLane remained open to accept proposals during the shutdown, a number of Program Solicitations and Dear Colleague Letter deadlines …

Deirdre Johnston receives new Great Lakes Colleges Association award

Deirdre Johnston, Interim Associate Dean for Global Education and Professor of Communication, received a new Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) award of $27,000 for a project titled Global Health in the Liberal Arts Collaborative.  The award period is 10 June 2019 through 14 June 2019. This project will send eight Hope faculty members to the …

Impact of Government Shutdown on Federal Grants and Contracts

With the ongoing federal government shutdown, there may be some impacts to proposals and awards.  The government shutdown does not impact all federal agencies–the following agencies are open and following standard business operations: Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services (including the National Institutes of Health) Department …

Anna-Lisa Cox’s The Bone and Sinew of the Land one of 2018’s best history books!

Anna-Lisa Cox’s book, The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America’s Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality, was recently listed as one of Smithsonian’s Best History Books of 2018! Anna-Lisa explores the stories of nearly 300 African-American families that migrated to the Northwest Territory in the early 19th century.  In what would later become …