In this issue (from AFRS):

June 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News – We list funding opportunities for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.

Applying for an NEH Humanities Initiative at Your College or University – We discuss an NEH funding opportunity to improve humanities teaching and study.

What is Use-Inspired Science and Why Do You Need to Know That? – NSF has announced a number of funding opportunities focused on “use-inspired research.” We discuss what that means.

Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification – We discuss recent cases brought by NSF’s Office of Inspector General, which can be instructive for PIs.

The Chips & Science Act: What is it Funding? – We discuss how the huge amount of funding authorized by the Chips and Science Act is being translated into funding opportunities.

NSF BioFoundries & Related Programs  – Biotechnology is one of NSF’s five industries of the future. We discuss how this and related funding opportunities support that priority and provide a good example of “use-inspired research” that’s of interest to NSF.

Planning to Write as a Team - Writing team proposals is all about integration of team members’ contributions. We discuss this challenge and how to meet it (reprinted from the November 2014 issue). 

Avoiding A Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research – Reviewers often criticize proposals for being “descriptive.” We discuss this problem and how to avoid it (reprinted from the March 2021 issue).

Do You Know Where Your Research Fits in Your Discipline’s State of the Art? Placing your research in the context of how it advances the state of the art is critical in a research proposal. We discuss how to describe the state of the art in your proposal in a compelling way (reprinted from the May 2019 issue).