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Research Prizes and Honors
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BARD NAMED DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST BY SOUTHEASTERN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) today announced that Dr. Allen Bard, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will receive its 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award.
The award honors a research scientist whose extraordinary work fulfills the SURA mission of “fostering excellence in scientific research.” The award and its $20,000 honorarium will be presented to Bard on April 7 at the SURA Board of Trustees meeting in Washington, D.C.
News and Information
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY CELEBRATES RESEARCH
Systematic inquiry takes center focus on April 14 as The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy observes its fifth annual Celebrating Pharmacy Research Excellence Day.
The event showcases the research contributions of the college’s professional degree students, graduate students and post-doctoral/residency students. Three of the students have been cited for special recognitions. Research initiatives by these students are featured at an afternoon poster showcase. All lectures will be offered in room PHR 3.106 of the South Pharmacy Building.
QuotedUT Researchers in the News
[A sampling of recent quotes by university faculty members and researchers. To be included in this section, let the Research Alert know when you or a colleague have been quoted.]
Forbes.com
March 26, 2009
HEADLINE: Texas Smoosh ‘Em
A University of Texas team has proposed a fusion-fission hybrid reactor using current technology
[Swadesh Mahajan, a research scientist at The University of Texas, quoted in an article about a proposed new design for nuclear reactors.]
“The physics requirements of our machine are very modest,” says Mahajan. “They are being demonstrated every day [at experimental fusion reactors around the globe].”
Research Opportunities
Important university research deadlines:
Awards and Grants
Limited Submissions
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
The University of Texas at Austin Stimulus Package Web page is online.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Supporting New Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources through Biomedical Research Core Centers
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, April 29, 2009; Application, May 29, 2009
NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators
Deadline: Open (See Institute/Center web sites for specific deadlines)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Applications of Nuclear Science and Technology
Deadline: May 6, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NIST Technology Innovation Program
Deadline: June 23, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
International Research and Studies Program
Deadline: April 23, 2009
Postdoctoral Education Research Training Program in the Education Sciences
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, April 27, 2009; Application, June 25, 2009
Statistical and Research Methodology in Education Request for Applications
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, April 27, 2009; Application, June 25, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Climate Modeling: Simulating Climate at Regional Scale
Deadline: April 27, 2009
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Center for Nanophase Materials Science
High-Impact Nanoscience Research
Deadline: May 1, 2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Basic and Translational Research in Emotion
Deadline: June 5, 2009
Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors
Deadline: June 5, 2009
Exploratory Collaborations with National Centers for Biomedical Computing
Deadline: June 16, 2009
Promoting Careers in Aging and Health Disparities Research
Deadline: June 12, 2009
Announcement of the US-JAPAN Brain Research Cooperative Program – US Component
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2009
Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Aug. 20, 2009; Application, Sept. 18, 2009
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
NSF Graduate Stem Fellows In K-12 Education
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, May 19, 2009; Proposal, June 29, 2009
Ecosystem Science
Deadline: July 9, 2009
Developmental and Learning Sciences
Deadline: July 15, 2009
Physics of Living Systems
Deadline: July 31, 2009
Science of Learning Centers
Deadline: Aug. 3, 2009
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Entrepreneur Fellows Program
Deadline: May 1, 2009
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Grand Challenges in Global Health
Deadline: May 28, 2009
American Psychological Foundation
Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant
Deadline: June 1, 2009
Research Project
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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: QUANTIFYING THE KINETIC ENERGY PATHWAYS TO DISSIPATION IN THE WORLD OCEAN
RESEARCHER: Robert Scott, research scientist, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, principal investigator
AGENCY: National Science Foundation
AMOUNT: $266,218
The goal of this project is to quantify from observations and numerical models the major pathways towards dissipation in the global oceans. The analysis will be global, but particular attention will be paid to the Southern Ocean, because most of the large scale wind forcing powers this part of the ocean and the resulting currents play a key role in driving the meridional overturning circulation.
It is widely believed that most of the wind power input to the surface geostrophic flow drives the large reservoir of available potential energy of the large-scale mean flow, and that this energy is released by baroclinic instability, driving mesoscale eddy kinetic energy (EKE).
How this energy is dissipated is much more controversial. The hypotheses to be tested are: 1) A majority of the EKE cascades to the bottom of the ocean through an inverse cascade into larger horizontal scale barotropic motions. 2) A large fraction of this energy flux is dissipated in the bottom boundary layer by quadratic drag. 3) A significant residual energy flux generates topographic waves over rough topography, which have the potential to propagate and upon breaking to drive mixing and dissipation higher in the water column.
A combination of satellite and in situ observations, and two realistic, high-resolution ocean general circulation models (OGCMs) will be used.
