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Research Prizes and Honors
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CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR RECEIVES ASCE AWARD
John Breen, professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, received the 2009 T. Y. Lin Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Breen, along with three former graduate students and a former university faculty member, co-authored the paper titled: “Effects of Duct Types and Emulsifiable Oils on Bond and Friction Losses in Post-tensioned Concrete.”
News and Information
APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND WANTED
The Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC) is seeking applications for start-up funding from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. Central Texas-based entrepreneurs, inventors and businesses seeking early-stage investment in new, technology-based, private entrepreneurial entities that collaborate with a Texas public or private institution of higher education may qualify. Applications are due July 28, 2009.
Find more information at the CenTex RCIC. Call 512-322-5677 or send e-mail to mholody@austinchamber.com.
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 New York Times
June 25, 2009
HEADLINE: Attack of the Toaster Oven
(From a column in which Michael Starbird, professor in the Department of Mathematics, talks about the clustering of random events)
The problem is that most people have the wrong idea about what constitutes randomness, Professor Starbird said. What most of us think of as randomness is occurrences that are evenly distributed — the opposite of clustering. But in fact, clustering is a natural part of randomness.
”I do an experiment with my students where I tell them to think about flipping a coin 200 times, and to write a set of random ‘h’s’ and ‘t’s’ on the blackboard to indicate whether it came up heads or tails,” he said. ”Then I tell them to actually flip a coin 200 times, and write those results next to the other list. I leave the room when this is happening. When I come back, I can always tell them which list was actually random.”
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.
Recovery Act Competition
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Sept. 15, 2009; Application, Oct. 15, 2009
ARRA: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Recovery Act: Geologic Sequestration Training and Research
Search Fed Connect with reference number: DE-FOA-0000032
Deadline: Aug. 11, 2009
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Synergistic Idea Award (USAMRAA)
(Click on Full Announcement to get to PDF link)
Deadline: Dec. 9, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Program Announcement: Chronically Low-Performing Schools Research Initiative
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Aug. 3, 2009; Application, Oct. 1, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Topical Collaborations in Nuclear Theory
Deadline: Sept. 1, 2009
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Keeping up: Technology’s Rapid Changes and Effects on People with Disabilities
(Opens Word document)
Deadline: Aug. 7, 2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards
Deadlines: Aug. 21, 2009 and Dec. 21, 2009
Partnerships for Biodefense Food- and Water-borne Diseases
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Aug. 24, 2009; Application, Sept. 23, 2009
Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Oct. 3, 2009; Application, Nov. 3, 2009
Resource Core Alcohol Research Centers
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Nov. 2, 2009; Application, Dec. 2, 2009
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences
Deadline: July 23, 2009
Biosensing
Deadline: Sept. 17, 2009
Climate Process and Modeling Teams
Deadline: Sept. 24, 2009
ARTS, HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
National Endowment for the Humanities
Teaching Development Fellowships
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009
W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
Albright Fellowships, Council of American Overseas Research Centers Awards, and Dever Memorial Prize
Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.
Deadlines: October 2009 through March 2010
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Dana Foundation
Clinical Neuroscience Research Grant Program
Deadline: Continuous
Research Project
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