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Research Prizes and Honors
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THREE PROFESSORS SELECTED AS INAUGURAL FELLOWS
OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Donald R. Paul and C. Grant Willson in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Allen J. Bard in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, have been selected to the first class of the Fellows of the American Chemical Society.
This program recognizes members of the American Chemical Society for “outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession and the Society.”
Find out more about the fellowships at the American Chemical Society Web site.
News and Information
TWO STATE PROGRAMS ARE ACCEPTING PROPOSALS
TEXAS IGNITION FUND
The Texas Ignition Fund (TIF) has opened its latest round of funding. The TIF is a proof-of-concept grant program designed to stimulate commercialization activities at University of Texas System institutions by providing grants up to $50,000 for the development and maturation of research discoveries into marketable intellectual property.
The deadline to submit proposals to the Office of the Vice President for Research is Sept. 25, 2009. The TIF deadline is Oct.9, 2009.
THECB NORMAN HACKERMAN ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program, administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), also is seeking proposals. It has $16.4 million available for grants during the State of Texas 2010-2011 biennium budget cycle.
It is a competitive, peer-reviewed grants program that supports basic research projects of faculty members at Texas public and independent higher education institutions. It is administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
The deadline for registration and pre-proposals is Sept. 15, 2009.
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
Aug. 9, 2009
HEADLINE: When Mortals Work on Cosmic Time
(From an essay comparing the aspirations of Mayan pyramid builders to those of physicists working on the Large Hadron Collider.)
The collider – a multinational collaboration that includes the United States – has been idled by an electrical short involving its colossal magnets, leading some frustrated scientists to ask whether it will ever fulfill the dreams, and justify the money, that have been invested in it.
Many other scientists ardently believe that it would be an injustice if the collider, built in an underground ring 16 miles in circumference, were threatened by delays that are minuscule in comparison to the lifetime of the cosmos, which the experiment seeks in large measure to explain.
“I don’t see it in quite those apocalyptic terms,” said Steven Weinberg, the Nobel Prize-winning particle theorist, who said he visited CERN just a few days ago and saw no signs of a Maya-style pullout. “Everyone there was unhappy about the earlier accident, but I didn’t get the feeling that there was panic or that they were resigned to anything but a delay.”
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–DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program
(Opens PDF)
Deadline: Oct. 6, 2009
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FY09 Bone Marrow Failure Research Program Idea Award
(Opens PDF)
Deadlines: Pre-Application Preproposal, Sept. 22, 2009; Invited Application, Jan. 14, 2009
FY09 Bone Marrow Failure Research Program Synergistic Idea Award
(Opens PDF)
Deadlines: Pre-Application Preproposal, Sept. 22, 2009; Invited Application, Jan. 14, 2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology
Deadline: Oct. 5, 2009
The Role of Human-Animal Interaction in Child Health and Development
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Oct. 19, 2009; Application, Nov. 19, 2009
Population Research Infrastructure Program
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Oct. 24, 2009; Application, Nov. 24, 2009
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research Between U.S. Investigators and Their Counterparts Abroad
Deadline: Nov. 11, 2009
Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2009
CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative
Deadlines: Preliminary Proposal, Dec. 8, 2009; Full Proposal, March 10, 2010
ARTS, HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
NEH Enduring Questions
(to support faculty in developing a new undergraduate humanities course)
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2009
NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
(for brainstorming sessions, workshops, or support up to 18 months)
Deadline: Oct. 6, 2009
NEH Collaborative Research Grants
Deadline: Oct. 29, 2009
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Scholarly Fellowships
(Fellowship areas include: Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank; Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing; and Research Fellowships for journalists and independent scholars)
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2009
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sloan Research Fellowships for early-career faculty
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2009
Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Deadline Oct. 1, 2009
Texas Emerging Technology Fund
Commercialization Awards
Deadline: Oct. 20, 2009
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Ad Hoc Grants Outside Competitive Programs
Deadline: n/a
Research Project
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