Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2022-26

Updated NJIT Office of the Provost Website

https://www.njit.edu/provost/

The updated NJIT Office of the Provost website has been launched with the information and links to academic affairs, faculty affairs, academic policies, and provost office priorities and initiatives including the “Breakfast with Interim Provost” and “Provost Advisory Cabinet” to receive direct input and feedback from the NJIT community. Please visit the website and send your feedback and comments to Interim Provost Atam Dhawan (dhawan@njit.edu). Appointments to see Interim Provost can be scheduled by sending an email to Elizabeth DiBlasio (diblasio@njit.edu).

NSF: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT); Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR:TMRP); Synthesis Center for Molecular and Cellular Sciences (SCMCS); Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs: No Deadline Pilot (CHE-DRP:NDP); Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS); Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS); Mid-Career Advancement (MCA); Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

NIH: Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Centers (MDSRC) (P50); Research Coordinating Center to Support Climate Change and Health Community of Practice (U24); BRAIN Initiative: Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs - TeamBCP (U19); NINDS Interdisciplinary Team Science Grant (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA; DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Translational Research Award; DOD Parkinson's Investigator-Initiated Research Award; FY22 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)

Department of Transportation: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Graduate Fellowship; UTC Program Competition 2022-2026 Grants

Department of Agriculture: Conservation Reserve Program Decision Support Tools

Department of Labor: Targeted Topic Training

Department of Commerce/EDA:  Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunity; FY2021 to FY2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

EPA: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Department of Energy: Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Industrial Decarbonization through Electrification of Process Heating; Basic Energy Sciences - Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (BES-RENEW)

NASA: University Leadership Initiative (ULI); ROSES 2022: Living with a Star Science; Space Technology Research Institutes Appendix

National Endowment of Humanities: Humanities Connections; Public Humanities Projects; Summer Stipends

Private Foundations: Global Partnerships and Grand Challenges

The Pentagon's Plan for 'Responsible AI': The Defense Department is rolling out the long-awaited implementation strategy for its responsible artificial intelligence principles.  Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed out the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation Pathway, which was released June 22.  "It is imperative that we establish a trusted ecosystem that not only enhances our military capabilities but also builds confidence with end-users, warfighters, the American public, and international partners. The Pathway affirms the Department's commitment to acting as a responsible AI-enabled organization," Hicks said in a news release announcing the new pathway.  The 47-page document outlines the Pentagon's plan to incorporate its two-year old ethical AI principles throughout a system's design, development, and use. Each of the six tenets – governance, warfighter trust, product and acquisition, requirements validation, the responsible AI ecosystem, and workforce –  includes lines of effort, goals, and estimated timelines. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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IARPA Researchers Want Immersive, 3D Imagery for Training and Simulation: Intelligence community researchers want to make it easier for operators, law enforcement, and rescue personnel to scope out difficult terrain before setting out on a mission, according to a new solicitation.  An Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity broad agency announcement, which was issued in partnership with the Department of Interior, calls for the development of software systems “that can create photorealistic, navigable site models using a highly limited corpus of imagery” taken from the ground, traffic cameras, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellites. The WRIVA project, which stands for “Walkthrough Renderings for Images of Varying Altitudes," aims to enhance the intelligence community’s imagery surveillance to make them more realistic. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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TMF Announces $95 Million in New Funding Focused on Security and Networks: The Technology Modernization Fund announced new investments in the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Trade Commission to support a reduction in legacy systems and new projects that will put agencies on the path towards implementing enterprise-wide zero trust security frameworks. The awards include $64 million for USDA to help reduce its legacy systems from 17 to one, as well as to support cybersecurity improvements for the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Nutrition Service. TMF is also putting $3.9 million towards FTC's establishment of a new security operations center, which the General Services Administration said will allow the agency "to better protect sensitive data and scale security operations to meet future threats." The fund is also providing DHS' Security Information Network (HSIN) service with a $26.9 million investment as the agency seeks to overhaul its information sharing platform  for the private sector and government partners, including first responders and law enforcement. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Biden Signs a Bill Creating a Federal Cybersecurity Rotational Program:  The intent, lawmakers say, is to attract and retain cybersecurity workers by offering them new professional experiences at different federal agencies. The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act becomes law amid a serious shortage of cybersecurity workers. There are over 714,000 open cybersecurity jobs with nearly 39,000 for the public sector, according to a cyber workforce tracker backed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Certain feds in information technology or cybersecurity positions will be able to accept assignments outside their agencies for a single year, with the opportunity for a 60-day extension. The law makes rotational assignments open to cybersecurity professionals in the competitive and excepted services. More information is posted on the GovExec website.

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