{"id":56344,"date":"2025-03-13T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?p=56344"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:26:41","slug":"unlocking-nsf-funding-opportunities-for-infrastructure-and-instrumentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/2025\/03\/13\/unlocking-nsf-funding-opportunities-for-infrastructure-and-instrumentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking NSF Funding Opportunities for Infrastructure and Instrumentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">Looking to boost your research capabilities with <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">state-of-the-art<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"> instrumentation or infrastructure? <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">Join Dr. Alicia Knoedler, head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/od\/oia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of Integrative Activities<\/a>\u00a0at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Science Foundation<\/a> (NSF), as she discusses the range of funding opportunities for research infrastructure across the NSF<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">NSF plays a vital role in supporting research and education activities and advancing science and engineering in all scientific fields. <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">Whether <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">you\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"> preparing your first proposal or refining your approach, Dr. Knoedler will share perspectives on building strong NSF partnerships, crafting compelling proposals, and navigating the funding process.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW215433646 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:225,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\"> Dr. Knoedler joined the NSF in 2021, dedicating her career to cultivating and expanding research and innovation through an emphasis on collaborative, interdisciplinary work.<\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"\/research\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/BU_Infrastructure_Workshop.pdf\" class=\"button button-base\">View Event Materials (Kerberos Log-in Required)<\/a>\n<p><a href=\"\/research\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/BU_Infrastructure_Workshop.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215433646 BCX4\">About the Speaker<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-at-3.41.54\u202fPM-426x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"333\" class=\"wp-image-56586 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-at-3.41.54\u202fPM-426x636.png 426w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-at-3.41.54\u202fPM-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-at-3.41.54\u202fPM-768x1147.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-at-3.41.54\u202fPM.png 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>Dr. Alicia J. Knoedler is the Head of the Office of Integrative Activities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/od\/oia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>at the NSF. She joined the NSF in 2021 after serving as the Vice President for Research and Innovation at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Dr. Knoedler\u2019s career has focused on cultivating and expanding research and innovation through an emphasis on collaborative, interdisciplinary work aligned with institutional strengths and interests as well as the development and cultivation of strong and diverse research infrastructure and competitive capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In leadership and service to the national research enterprise, Dr. Knoedler has held leadership positions within the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP), served as Vice-Chair of NSF\u2019s Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE), was a member of NSF\u2019s Business and Operations Advisory Committee, and developed professional development programs for senior research leaders within the Association if Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Council on Research. She is also the former Co-PI of Oklahoma\u2019s EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track 1 award from NSF.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Knoedler received her MS and PhD from Purdue University in cognitive psychology and her BA in psychology from Trinity University. The depth and breadth of her experience in both instruction and training (psychology, quantitative research methodology, statistics, grant writing, and research development) and institutional capacity building were shaped through various educational, research and administrative contributions at Purdue University, San Jose State University, University of California Santa Cruz, Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, Penn State University, and the University of Oklahoma, Miami University, and Exaptive, Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\" bu-callout aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<h2>Request an Accommodation<\/h2>\n<p>For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation (e.g., ASL interpreters, Communication Access Realtime Translation CART), please email <a href=\"mailto:research@bu.edu\">research@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about building strong partnerships, crafting compelling proposals, and navigating the funding process at the National Science Foundation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22832,"featured_media":56621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[669,636,633,635],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56344"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57162,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56344\/revisions\/57162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}