Issue: ORN-2026-23
NJIT Research Newsletter includes recent awards, and announcements of research related seminars, webinars, national and federal research news related to research funding, and Grant Opportunity Alerts (with links to sections). The Newsletter is posted on the NJIT Research Website https://research.njit.edu/funding-opportunities.
Special Announcements
Announcement
CTR 2026 Translational Research and Innovation Badge Workshop
Value Creation and Partnerships in Innovation Ecosystems: Translation Validation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialization
Sponsored by
NSF ART (Accelerating Research Translation) Program at NJIT
National Academy of Inventor (NAI) – NJIT Chapter
Date and Venue: July 13-14, 2026, Atrium, Student Campus Center, NJIT
(Breakfast and Lunch will be provided on both days.)
Faculty, Post-docs and Students are Welcome
For Full Program and Addition Information – Click Here
Attendees of the CTR Workshop will receive “Completion Trophy and NJIT Digital Badge Certificate with Professional Development Hours (PDH) Credits after competition.
Registration Required by June 30, 2026
Please Register using CTR Translational Research Badge Workshop Registration Form
Brief Description: The Center for Translational Research is committed to promoting excellence in collaborative research, innovation partnerships, entrepreneurial pathways, education, training and infrastructure development to translate technology into applications with a high societal and economic impact. To follow up on the CTR mission to enhance the research, innovation and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem at NJIT, we have initiated a series of CTR workshops on Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer in Translational Research for Value Creation to enhance our understanding and facilitate pathways to innovation partnerships and value creation. The CTR badge work will provide faculty, postdocs and students an opportunity to interact with experts on early and advanced translational research, tech transfer, licensing and creating partnerships-based start-ups for entrepreneurial and commercialization activities.
Why You Should Attend: The CTR workshop agenda will bring key stakeholder groups including academic innovators, industry, government and community leaders to focus on understanding their perspectives and expectations on developing and sustaining partnerships-based value creation roadmap for technology translation from lab to market.
The workshop will provide a unique forum of “Reverse Pitch Presentations” from successful entrepreneurs to learn about innovation translation and value creation for commercialization (please see the session protocol details with interactive participation of faculty and students in the agenda below). The start-up industry presentations will be followed by open discussion on understanding the importance of value based effective communication to stakeholders for securing investment funding.
Also, an experienced professional team from VentureWell will present a special interactive workshop session to understand various funder perspectives and alignment with business stage of startups, and investor perspectives and elements of a successful value proposition. Throughout the workshop, attendees will have opportunities to learn and discuss challenges and pathways to innovation translation and validation towards potential commercialization for societal benefits and economic impact.
Who Should Attend: Faculty, research staff, undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs and external partners who are pursuing or are interested in understanding pathways to translational research and innovation partnerships-based value creation for technology translation to use-inspired applications and societal impact should attend and would be benefited from the badge workshop.
The CTR badge workshop is required to all innovators and principal investigators funded by CTR translational research seed grants including TITA and CERT seed grants. Faculty who are planning to submit TITA or CERT seed grant proposals should attend as they will have the opportunity to network with TITA external advisory board members and learn value creation and investment presentation tactics from successful entrepreneurs.
For Full Program and Addition Information – Click Here
Grant Opportunity Alerts
NSF: Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs : A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation
NIH: Forecast: National Centers for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NCBIB) (P41); NIH Research Education Program - Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25)
Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE); Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Department of Energy: Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2026 (IGNIITE 2026)
NASA: MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR)
Recent Research Grant and Contract Awards
In the News
Anthropic suspends top AI models after U.S. export control order: The Trump administration has ordered Anthropic to restrict foreign national access to two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models, prompting the company to disable the systems for all customers and escalating a fight over how Washington should control frontier AI tools with powerful cybersecurity capabilities. Anthropic said Friday evening that the U.S. issued an export control directive suspending access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, including foreign nationals inside the United States and foreign national employees of the company. Anthropic said the order effectively forces it to abruptly disable both models for all customers while it works to comply, though the directive will not affect access to its other models.
The order marks one of the administration’s most aggressive steps yet to control access to frontier AI models, and significantly increases tensions with Anthropic, which has become a darling in Washington policy circles for its often public commitments to AI safety. More information is posted on the NextGov website.
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Tech bills of the week: Standardizing DHS communications; Nuclear power for space exploration; and more: Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., announced the introduction of legislation on Tuesday that would require the Department of Homeland Security to develop an agencywide policy for public-facing communications, in addition to providing social media training for employees. The Department of Homeland Security Communications, Accuracy, Neutrality, Disclosure, Oversight and Review — or DHS CANDOR — Act seeks to avoid the spread of factual inaccuracies from DHS official communication channels. The DHS secretary would be tasked with crafting departmentwide policy, and subagency leadership would also add components specific to their offices that complement the overarching guidance. Those officials would then submit their updates to the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of the General Counsel for review.
A House proposal rolled out Tuesday looks to leverage nuclear power and propulsion technologies to further galvanize U.S. space exploration, including by establishing a new framework to develop technologies specific to the U.S. Moon-to-Mars missions.
A bicameral bill seeks to require data centers handling AI workloads to report their environmental and energy demand-related impacts to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The AI Environmental Impacts Act, was reintroduced on Wednesday by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. The proposal looks to institute reporting requirements for data center owners and operators and would impose a fine if they do not comply. More information is posted on the NextGov website.
Webinars and Events
Research Grant Opportunities:
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
NASA
Proposal Submission and Streamlyne Information
The NJIT Proposal Submission Guidelines and Policy provides the expected institutional timeline for proposal submission. Streamlyne User Manuals are posted on https://research.njit.edu/streamlyne. For contact information on proposal submission, pre-award services and post-award grant management, please visit research website https://research.njit.edu/researchers and https://research.njit.edu/contact.