MICRA seeks career seed grant applications

MICRA, an NSF-funded Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program project, is accepting new applications for its career seed grant.

The grant provides funds to build and enhance the research careers of assistant professors at K-State in resilient agriculture in the Central High Plains, offering up to $10,000 for research, professional development, and/or professional travel. Awarded funds should be spent within 12 months with an anticipated start date of Jan. 15, 2026.

Applicants must be a tenure-track assistant professor or a non-tenure-track research assistant professor with a home department in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, the College of Agriculture, or the College of Arts and Sciences, and have an official research appointment.

Applications can be completed online and are due Dec. 8. For questions or more information, contact Mirit Shamir at mirit@k-state.edu.

— Submitted by Mirit Shamir