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Research Prizes and Honors
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CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR RECEIVES AWARD FROM CHEMISTRY SOCIETY
Richard Crooks, professor and chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is the 2010th recipient of the Charles N. Reilley Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry from the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry.
Crooks’ research focuses in electrochemistry, nanomaterials, catalysis, chemical and biological sensing, and microanalytical systems.
News and Information
OSP OFFERS CLASS: THE LIFE CYCLE OF A SPONSORED RESEARCH GRANT
The Office of Sponsored Projects is presenting a class called The Life Cycle of a Sponsored Research Grant.
The class takes place May 20, 2009, from 1:30-4 p.m. in Room 4.106 in the North Office building (NOA). Registration is through TXCLASS SP101.
Participants will learn about the services available from the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP), which serves as the coordinating office for externally funded research projects submitted by The University of Texas at Austin.
The presentation will provide an overview of the grant award process and will include information and tips on using electronic research administration tools, budget development, and other pre-award issues, as well as grant account administration issues. Related policies and procedures will also be discussed. This class is open to everyone but is most appropriate for entry-level research administrators.
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.]
Discover
June 2009
HEADLINE: Life After Silicon
(From an article about graphene.)
Rod Ruoff, a physical chemist at the University of Texas at Austin and co-founder of a spin-off company, Graphene Energy, says even the first experimental model rivaled the best available ultracapacitors in energy storage. Ruoff believes that graphene ultracapacitors could eventually have twice the storage capacity of those available today. He expects to have useful prototypes in a couple of years. “We want to have an impact on the grid,” he says.
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.
ARRA–NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
NSF TO HELP IMPROVE ACADEMIC RESEARCH FACILITIES
The National Science Foundation has announced a new solicitation in a program to fund repairs and renovations at the nation’s academic research facilities. The grant program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114656andorg=OLPAandfrom=news
Major Research Instrumentation Program
Deadline: Aug. 10, 2009
[This is a limited submission. For more information, please contact limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu.]
Academic Research Infrastructure Program
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, July 1, 2009; Full Proposal, Aug. 24, 2009
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Sciences Addressing Asymmetric Explosive Threats
Deadlines: White Paper, June 4, 2009; Proposal, Aug. 13, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Joint Mathematics/Computer Science Institute
Deadline: June 5, 2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIDCR Small Research Grants for Data Analysis and Statistical Methodology
Deadline: June 16, 2009
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Population and Community Ecology
Deadline: July 9, 2009
Evolutionary Processes
Deadline: July 9, 2009
Perception, Action and Cognition
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2009
ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts
The Arts on Radio and Television
Deadline: Sept. 3, 2009
Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation
Arts Writers Grant Program
http://www.artswriters.org/home.php
Deadline: June 8, 2009
Council on Library and Information Resources
Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives
Deadlines: Pre-proposal, June 15, 2009; Proposal, Sept. 4, 2009
Library of Congress
Kluge Fellowship (for postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences)
Deadline: July 15, 2009
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
National Clinical Research Program (for early career investigators)
Deadline: July 22, 2009
National Scientist Development Grant (for faculty/staff beginning scientists)
Deadline: July 22, 2009
SUSAN G. KOMEN for the CURE (breast cancer)
Investigator Initiated Research
Deadlines: Pre-application, June 1, 2009; Full Application, July 31, 2009
Career Catalyst Research Grant (for early-career faculty)(opens PDF)
Deadlines: Pre-application, June 1, 2009; Full Application, July 31, 2009
—OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Renewable Fuels Foundation (ethanol)
Research Grants
Deadlines: Continuous
Research Project
[Let the Research Alert know about your research projects.]
Individual Differences in Alcohol-Related Aggression
RESEARCHERS: Peter Giancola, University of Kentucky, and Robert Josephs, The University of Texas at Austin, investigators
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health
AMOUNT: $730,000
The project will study the effects of alcohol on aggression. It has two overarching goals: 1) Identify neuropsychological and personality traits that place an individual at risk for behaving aggressively when intoxicated, and 2) Determine how alcohol intoxication leads to aggression by examining its effects on cognitive and emotional factors.
