Issue: ORN-2026-28
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
NSF awards 12 new Regional Innovation Engines to fuel research, jobs and economic growth nationwide
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced it awarded the newest NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) awards to 12 U.S. teams across 20 states. These NSF Engines will build and scale innovation clusters that aim to accelerate the development of critical technologies, prepare talent for emerging jobs and grow regional economies. Building on decades of NSF investments in foundational research, the NSF Engines partner with the private sector to advance technology deployment and secure America's position at the forefront of science and technology.
The 12 newest NSF Engines are:
- NSF BRIDGES Engine in Alabama and Tennessee, led by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
- NSF Critical Materials Crossroads Engine in the Kansas City Region, led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
- NSF Critical Mineral Accelerator Engine in Alaska, led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
- NSF FAST Engine in Oregon, led by Oregon State University.
- NSF Grid Modernization Engine in the Carolinas, led by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
- NSF IMPACT Engine in Indiana, led by Indiana University.
- NSF NEO-SMART Engine in Northeast Ohio, led by Case Western Reserve University with more than 70 regional partners.
- NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut, led by the University of Connecticut.
- NSF RETI Engine in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, led by West Virginia University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and the U.S. Research Impact Alliance.
- NSF RuralSTAMINA Biomanufacturing Engine in Iowa and Nebraska, led by Iowa State University.
- NSF Seafood Engine in New England, led by the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems.
- NSF STELLAR Engine in the Rochester/Finger Lakes Region of New York, led by the University of Rochester.
To learn more about these NSF Engines, visit the NSF Engines Cohort 2 webpage.
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: Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (UG3/UH3); NIH Director's Transformative Research Award for Individual and Group Science (R01); NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1)
Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: ARPA-H: Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS); DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award
Department of Energy: Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2026 (IGNIITE 2026)
NASA: Early Stage Innovations - In Situ Resource Utilization (ESI26 ISRU); EARLY STAGE INNOVATIONS (ESI26)
Recent Research Grant and Contract Awards
In the News
White House announces ‘Gold Eagle’ AI clearinghouse for cyber vulnerabilities: The White House on Tuesday launched an AI-backed clearinghouse designed to consolidate software vulnerability findings from government and industry, prioritize the most consequential flaws and coordinate remediation across critical infrastructure. The initiative, dubbed Gold Eagle, has already begun processing vulnerability reports, the administration said. Gold Eagle was established under a June 2 executive order that, in part, directed the federal government to promote the development and secure use of advanced AI systems. The initiative brings together the White House, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the departments of Treasury and Defense with unnamed open-source software organizations and critical infrastructure providers. The White House press release announcing the initiative says that those partners had developed a system to “receive and patch” vulnerabilities, though it largely describes Gold Eagle as a coordination mechanism. It does not indicate that the initiative would compel companies to address vulnerabilities directly. More information is posted on the NextGov website.
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Tech bills of the Week: Screen time standards for kids; Teaching elementary school students about AI; Modernizing agriculture and more: A new bill asks the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new voluntary standards that would act as guidance for parents in managing screen time for children. The Tracking Online Time And Limits Screen Time Act, unveiled on July 15 by Reps. Pat Harrigan, D-N.C., and George Whitesides, D-Calif., asks NIST to solicit feedback from appropriate stakeholders to develop best practices for setting screen time limits on various devices for children, with the goal of developing a universal screen time standard. Those stakeholders include various government officials — including the chair of the Federal Trade Commission and the surgeon general — as well as privacy advocates, international standards-setting bodies and organizations composed of children's doctors. 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.