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Research Prizes and Honors
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HISTORY PROF RECEIVES JOHNS HOPKINS MEDAL
David Oshinsky, history professor, has been presented with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dean’s Medal. He was cited for his book, “Polio: An American Story” (Oxford University Press), which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006.
The Dean’s Medal is the highest honor given by the school and recognizes people who have made significant contributions to the field of public health. Oshinsky received the medal and spoke at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2009 Convocation Ceremony on May 20.
Find more information at the College of Liberal Arts.
News and Information
OSP SCREENS PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS
The Office of Sponsored Projects offers the second program in the National Council of University Research Administrators TV Broadcast series titled “Cost Sharing: Why No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.”
The screening is June 16th from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the EME/CEER Building (Building 133) on the Pickle Campus.
Register through TXClass SP202
(requires UT EID), or contact Maria Winchell.
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.]
The Washington Post
June 8, 2009
HEADLINE: Brazil’s Novelas May Affect Viewers’ Lifestyle Choices;
Shows Started Fads in the Past — Now They’re Linked to Lower Fertility and Higher Divorce Rates
Scholars say Globo’s novelas have played an outsize role in shaping opinions in Brazil because, for many years, they were one of the few forms of free entertainment available to the masses.
“What’s absolutely unquestionable is that the novelas have a big impact on people’s lives; they pay attention,” said Joseph Potter, a University of Texas sociologist who has studied the relationship between fertility and television in Brazil. “It’s not a literate society, it’s not a place where there are books and newspapers, outside the upper 10 percent, and television fills that space.”
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.
ARRADEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Recovery Act: Seismic Upgrades
Deadline: July 1, 2009
Recovery Act: National Fish Habitat Action Plan
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2009
Recovery Act Funds: Environmental Internships
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2010 (closing date)
ARRADEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Recovery Act: Energy Efficient Information and Communication Technology
Deadline: July 21, 2009
ARRANATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Protection of Human Health by Immunology and Vaccines
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Sept. 15, 2009; Application, Oct. 15, 2009
[This is a limited submission. For more information, please contact limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu.]
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Algal Road-Mapping Request For Information (Request for information)
Deadline: Aug. 3, 2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Development and Validation of Disease Biomarkers
Deadline: Oct. 5, 2009
Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging
Deadline: Oct. 16, 2009
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
William T. Grant Scholars Program (for early-career researchers to understand and improve the everyday settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States)
Deadline: July 8, 2009
[This is a limited submission. For more information, please contact limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu.]
Research Project
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