Consortium on Moral Decision-Making announces grant funding
The Consortium on Moral Decision-Making at Penn State is seeking proposals for Ember Grants to support up-start interdisciplinary research related to the conceptual and empirical study of human morality and ethical decision-making. The grant program is open to faculty-led teams…
Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research seeks proposals
Penn State emeritus professor Tom Lloyd and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) invite proposals for the annual Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research at Penn State. The Lloyd Prize is funded by an endowment of more than $500,000 for an annual prize that will…
SSRI Launches Mid-Career Research–Practice Partnership Fellows Program
The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) has opened applications for its 2026–2027 Mid-Career Research–Practice Partnership Fellows Program, a new initiative designed to strengthen collaborative research that drives real-world impact. Supported in part by a William T. Grant…
Sharkey to lead SSRI Grants and Contracts Office
Nicole Sharkey was recently named the Director of Grants and Contracts for the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). In this role, Sharkey will lead SSRI’s newly created Grants and Contracts Office, a team of administrators who support researchers with complex, multi-disciplinary proposal…
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Keesler Graham Professorship accepting applications
The Dr. Frances Keesler Graham Early Career Professorship provides supplemental funding to social and behavioral science faculty members at Penn State whose research is focused on relationships between the human brain and human behavior (psychological and brain science). The deadline to apply…
Federal science cuts threaten our natural resources
By Anne Pisor for The Times-Tribune What if I told you the friendships you’ve built on the lake, river or trail could help protect Pennsylvania fisheries — would you believe me? With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), I’ve been studying how our everyday relationships — like those…
New program aims to help faculty build skills in AI, quantum sciences
A call for proposals out of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) seeks to provide University faculty members with the opportunities to learn new skills and make use of available resources in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum…
Child Maltreatment Solutions Network announces funding recipients
The Child Maltreatment Solutions Network (CMSN) at Penn State has awarded funding to support six projects through its University-sponsored endowment. “The Network is proud to support Penn State faculty as they lead innovative, interdisciplinary work to better understand and respond to…
NIH announces new Public Access Policy
Change in NIH Public Access PolicyEffective July 1, 2025 Attention all researchers! There has been a change in NIH's public access policy. The policy still requires that all NIH-supported journal publications be submitted to PubMed Central. However, there are new requirements…
Andrew Read to host conversation focused on executive action affecting research - May 2025
The Penn State community is invited to attend a conversation hosted by Penn State Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read at 1:45 p.m. on May 28 at the University Park campus and live online. The conversation will provide an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to engage in dialogue…
Penn State social scientists support federal research funding at COSSA Day
A distinguished delegation of Penn State researchers traveled to Washington, D.C., March 24-25, to participate in the annual Consortium of Social Science Association's (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day. The event brought together social and behavioral scientists from across the nation to engage…
New partnership brings evidence-based parenting support to Air Force families
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State (Clearinghouse) has received $1.4 million from the U.S. Air Force for a major initiative to expand access for airmen and their families to evidence-informed parenting programs to strengthen military…
SSRI and CTSI awards Penn State faculty fellowships
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four Penn State faculty members were recently named the inaugural Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year by SSRI and CTSI. SSRI and CTSI Fellows will engage in work,…
SLEIC co-director receives Penn State Opportunity Grant Award to expand neuroimaging research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Xiaoxiao Bai, co-director of human imaging at the Social, Life and Engineering Imaging Center (SLEIC), was recently awarded the 25-26 Opportunity Grant through Penn State’s Opportunity Grant Professional Development Program. The Opportunity Grant Professional Development…
Saunders named as 2024-25 cohort member of the Health Equity Scholars Program
Tracee Saunders, assistant professor of political science and Social Science Research Institute co-funded faculty member, was announced in fall 2024 as a member of the 2024-25 cohort of the Scholars Strategy Network (SSN)’s Health Equity Scholars Program (HESP). This fellowship supports…
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NIH cost recovery update
On Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the world’s leading public funder of biomedical research — announced that the agency is making cuts to grants that support research institutions across the country by limiting the amount of indirect cost recovery for research projects to 15%.…
2025 IEE Seed Grant Program accepting energy, environmental project proposals
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Proposals are now being accepted for Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment’s (IEE) 2025 Seed Grant Program. All proposals must align with at least one of IEE’s research themes: climate and natural systems; health and the environment; integrated energy systems;…
Penn State awards five new seed grants to support inter-institutional research
The 2024 awardees of Penn State’s Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research (IPDR) initiative comprise five collaborative projects that connect Penn State researchers with colleagues from Morgan State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University…
Global Social Science Research Impact Grants
Through a partnership between the Center for Global Studies and the Social Science Research Institute, Global Social Science Research Impact Grants support tenured and tenure-track social science faculty at University Park with a grant of up to $5,000 to advance global social science…
Clinical and Translational Science Institute awards six pilot grants - 2024
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute is helping to generate innovative health research ideas and promote collaboration through the awarding of pilot grants in its Bridges to Translation program. The institute has awarded $250,000, with co-sponsorship from the …
ECMC Foundation Funding: Research on Advancing Rural Postsecondary Education
We are pleased to announce the launch of ECMC Foundation: Research on Advancing Rural Postsecondary Education: Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2024 Funding Organization's Deadline: Sunday, July 14, 2024 Cycle: Up to 3 years Discipline/Subject Area: …
Two SSRI-funded Penn State Berks professors elected as INFORMS DEI Ambassadors
Penn State Berks has announced that two of its professors have been elected as 2024 INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) Ambassadors. In this role, Sadan Kulturel-Konak, professor of management information…
Inter-Institutional Program for Diversifying Research (IPDR) opens call for proposals
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences in collaboration with the Social Science Research Institute, Materials Research Institute, the Institute of Energy and the Environment, the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and…
Rural health symposium being held Jan. 24
The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) is hosting a Symposium on Social Science Research on Rural Health at Penn State on Jan. 24, 3 - 5 p.m., in 110 Henderson Building. According to symposium organizer Danielle Rhubart, assistant professor of biobehavioral health and demography and…
Theatre professor and psychology faculty expand research on drawing and anxiety
For the past six years, Bill Doan’s research and creative work has focused on how drawing can be a tool for managing mental health. He is now involved in a joint-funded project that is taking that work to a new level by measuring individuals’ physiological responses while drawing. Doan, professor…