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

 

Office of Research Open House

and

Faculty Research Advisory (FRAB) Board Meeting

 

October 28, 2025; 2.00 PM – 3.30 PM; Agile Strategy Lab

(Light refreshments will be served.)

 

RSVP: Please register here for the OR Open House by October 21, 20025
 

The mission of the Office of Research is to facilitate and enhance the NJIT research, innovation and entrepreneurship enterprise towards maximizing research impact for faculty and student success.

 

The Office of Research (OR) invites all faculty and research staff to meet with the research office staff to discuss support services to NJIT community engaged in the research, innovation and entrepreneurship (RIE) enterprise, and current research funding trends, challenges and opportunities.

 

The research office will host an open house on October 28 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm during which the senior vice provost for research will provide an overview of current strategic plan initiatives designed to enhance the NJIT collaborative research and innovation enterprise and OR staff from all of the units within the research office will be available to discuss the services they provide, listen to faculty feedback and answer your questions and queries. 

OR Open House Agenda

 

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM:    The NJIT Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enterprise

Atam Dhawan, Senior Vice Provost for Research

 

2:20 PM - 3:30 PM:    Conversation Stations: Representatives from each unit within the office of research will be available to discuss specific issues with attendees.

  • Pre-award Services (Jesus Novoa, senior director, and Theresa Walton, assistant director)
  • Post-award Management (Mariel Diaz, executive director, and Brenda Garcia, assistant director)
  • Research Compliance (Robert Rasmussen, director of export controls, and Raju Tamot, assistant director for research compliance)
  • Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer (Sherie Dodson, associate director)
  • Office of Research Leadership (Shawn Chester, associate vice provost, and Eric Hetherington, associate vice provost)

Please join us for an open discussion and information session on research and innovation funding, services and related topics.

 

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Recent NJIT Provisional Patent Applications (Filed)

 

Patent Title:    Virtual Reality Headset System

NJIT Ref No.:   25-007

Inventor(s):    Wang, Guiling / Dash, Ankan

Patent Application Status:   Filed Provisional Patent Application

Patent Application Filing Date:  9/30/2025

Application Filing No.:   63/890,723

Technology Licensing Status:  Available 

 

Grant Opportunity Alerts

NSF: NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program; Accelerating Research Translation (ART)

NIH: Forecast: Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program (R25); BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Biological Technologies; Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026

Recent Research Grant and Contract Awards
NJ Commission on Higher Education
FY26 Global EIR
Principal Investigator:
Kathleen Naasz
Department: Martin Tuchman School of Management
Duration: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 to Thursday, December 31, 2026
US NIH
General Brain Arousal and Risk for Eating Disorder
Principal Investigator:
Xiaobo Li
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Duration: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 to Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Langan Engineering and Environmental Services Inc
ISS Treatability Study
Principal Investigator:
Michel Boufadel
Department: Center for Natural Resources
Duration: Friday, August 8, 2025 to Wednesday, August 5, 2026
US Dept. Of Education
McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program
Principal Investigator:
Durgamadhab Misra
Department: Office of the Provost
Duration: Saturday, October 1, 2022 to Thursday, September 30, 2027
Webinars and Events
National Science Foundation
NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation program webinar
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 14:00 - Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 15:00
Research Grant Opportunities: 

National Science Foundation

RFP Number/Website: NSF 25-549
Awards: Standard Grant; Estimated Number of Awards: 240
Anticipated Funding Amount: $12,000,000
Letter of Intent: Not Required
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: Proposals Accepted Anytime
RFP Number/Website: NSF 25-548
Awards: Standard Grant or Continuing Grant or Cooperative Agreement NSF anticipates making up to: 20 Track 1 awards, 10 Track 2 awards, 5 Track 3 awards, 4 Track 4 awards, and 2 Track 5 awards, depending on the quality of submissions and the availability of funds.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $178,000,000
Letter of Intent: Not Required
Limit on Number of Proposals:: There are limits on submission of proposals. Please see the description for details and contact Shawn Chester at shawn.chester@njit.edu if you are interested in submission of a proposal..
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15 2026 - Deadline date Tracks 2 and 5 March 12 2026 - Deadline date Tracks 1, 3 and 4 Due by 5pm submitting organization's local time

National Institutes of Health

RFP Number/Website: PAR-26-025
Awards: TBD
Letter of Intent: Please contact the program director
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: TBD
RFP Number/Website: RFA-DA-27-004
Awards: Application budgets are not limited, but are expected to range between $150,000 to $350,000 direct costs per year. Investigators are expected to request a budget that is required to accomplish the proposed work.
Letter of Intent: Not Required
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: October 28, 2025

Department of Defense

RFP Number/Website: DARPA - Biological Technologies Office HR001126S0003
Awards: Multiple awards are anticipated.
Letter of Intent: Please contact the program director
Preliminary Proposal Deadline: Abstracts may be submitted on a rolling basis until September 30, 2026, at 4:00 PM
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: Proposals may be submitted on a rolling basis until September 30, 2026, at 4:00 PM
RFP Number/Website: DARPA - Defense Sciences Office DARPARA2502
Awards: Multiple awards are anticipated.  Each award will include a 24-month base period (a maximum of $500,000) and a 12-month option period (a maximum of $500,000).
Letter of Intent: Please contact the program director
Preliminary Proposal Deadline: Executive Summary Due Date: October 15, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: January 20, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
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.