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Research Prizes and Honors
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PROFESSOR NAMED ‘BRAVE THINKER’
Camille Parmesan, associate professor in the Section of Integrative Biology, has been named a Brave Thinker by The Atlantic magazine.
The magazine defined its 27 brave thinkers as “a small group of men and women who have risked their careers, reputations, fortunes, and, in some cases, even lives to advance ideas that upend an established order.”
Parmesan was chosen because “She’s devising new ways to save endangered species from climate change,” according to the magazine.
News and Information
CHANGE MADE TO VISITING RESEARCHER/SCHOLAR PROGRAM
Effective Nov. 2, 2009, the Visiting Researcher/Scholar Program will be incorporated into Phase 2 of the Human Resource Management System (HRMS), under the Affiliated Worker module. The HRMS document will serve as the nominating instrument, while a curriculum vitae and appropriate agreement will continue to be required as backup documentation. Please consult with your departmental human resources manager for internal procedures on visiting scholar nominations and access to HRMS.
For more information about the visiting researcher/scholar program contact liza@austin.utexas.edu, 471-2877.
RESEARCHERS SHOULD APPLY ONLINE NOW
FOR POSSIBLE AWARDS OF UP TO $35,000 ANNUALLY
The application cycle for the NIH extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) is underway and ends on Dec. 1, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. EST. Highly-qualified health professionals who are or will be engaged in biomedical or behavioral research and who have started an online application should complete it now; those who have not yet started should visit http://www.lrp.nih.gov to learn more about the programs and apply.
UNIVERSITY TESTS NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY DATABASE
The university is evaluating a new research database called SciVal, which provides a service similar to that of the Community of Science. SciVal will remain open to the university community, free of charge, through April 30, 2010.
You should send feedback about SciVal to the Office of the Vice President for Research Office. at vp-research-sr@mail.utexas.edu
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
Oct. 17, 2009
HEADLINE: When 2+2 Equals a Privacy Question
(From an article about digital privacy.)
Vitaly Shmatikov, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author of the ”de-anonymization” study, says the researchers were able to analyze users’ public postings and connect that to their Netflix preferences — including how a person may have rated films with controversial themes. Those are choices a person may or may not want to make public, Dr. Shmatikov said.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2009
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DoD Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award(Opens PDF)
Deadlines: Pre-Application, Nov. 18, 2009; Application, Dec. 2, 2009
DoD Breast Cancer Era of Hope Scholar Award(Opens PDF)(for early-career scientists)
Deadlines: Pre-Application, Nov. 18, 2009; Application, Dec. 2, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges
(Search on project title)
Deadline: Nov. 24, 2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Bioengineering and Obesity
Deadline: Feb. 5, 2010
Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants
Deadline: Feb. 16, 2010
Behavioral and Integrative Treatment Development Program
Deadline: Feb. 16, 2010
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
Deadline: Dec. 8, 2009
Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Deadline: Dec. 9, 2009
Petrology and Geochemistry
Deadline: Jan. 6, 2010
Arctic Research Opportunities: Arctic Natural Sciences; Arctic Social Sciences; Arctic System Science; Arctic Observing Networks; and Cyberinfrastructure
Deadline: Jan. 14, 2010
ARTS, HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
American Philosophical Society
Franklin Research Grants (travel for research purposes)
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2009
Camargo Foundation
Fellowship (residential grant for one semester for studies related to French and francophone cultures or creative projects)
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2010
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Institutional Grants Program
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2010
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial for Mental Health Dissertation Award
(for UT-Austin doctoral dissertation research related to mental health)
Deadline: Nov. 13, 2009
American Cancer Society
Research Professor (for mid-career investigators who have made seminal contributions in cancer research)
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Feb. 1, 2010; Application, April 1, 2010
American Philosophical Society
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology (for grad student or postdoc field studies)
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2010
Research Project
[Let the Research Alert know about your research projects.]
People, Power, and Conflict in the Eurasian Migration System
RESEARCHER: Cynthia Buckley principal Investigator Timothy Heleniak (University of Maryland), Beth Mitchneck (University of Arizona) and Blair Ruble (Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars
AGENCY: National Science Foundation
AMOUNT: $960,345
The project will assess how international migration affects human security and patterns of international influence with focus on analysis of migration within Eurasia, where documentation is often inadequate. As a result, migration in the region is rarely included in debates over migration theory despite its large population and significance for U.S. foreign policy.
Focusing on the Russian Federation, the investigators explore how migration generates conflict and alters national power. Russia’s emergence as the core destination country within the Eurasian migration system, coupled with its increasing tendency towards authoritarian rule, challenges assumptions concerning the importance of liberal political orientations in destination states, and may pose a strategic challenge to U.S. interests within the region.
