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Research Prizes and Honors
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GEOLOGY SOCIETY NAMES JACKSON SCHOOL
RESEARCHER OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN SCIENCE
The Geological Society of America, in partnership with Subaru, has awarded Jaime Barnes its annual Outstanding Woman in Science Award. Barnes is an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences. The award honors women who have had a major impact on geosciences through on their Ph.D. research.
News and Information
OSP WILL BE CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAK
The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) and the Sponsored Projects Award Administration (SPAA) will be closed for Winter break from Dec. 22, 2009-Jan. 1, 2010. Researchers must work with OSP to submit proposals and finalize award actions prior to the close of business on Dec. 21, 2009.
A skeleton crew will not be available during the break. All inquiries can be sent to osp@austin.utexas.edu. The OSP mailbox and OSP voicemail will be checked on limited days during the Winter Break and someone will respond only to emergency requests.
NIH RESTRUCTURES APPLICATION FORMAT
The National Institutes of Health has changed application forms for proposals with due dates on or after Jan. 25, 2010, due to changes resulting from the Enhancing Peer Review initiative. These changes will affect all competing applications, including new, renewal, revision and resubmission applications.
NSF TO RE-ESTABLISH “APPLY” OPTION TO GRANTS.GOV
The National Science Foundation plans to re-establish the option for grantees to apply for NSF funding opportunities on Grants.gov no later than Dec. 1, 2009. NSF continues to make all of its funding opportunities available on Grants.gov FIND.
EVALUATE SCIVAL, A RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY DATABASE
The University is in the process of evaluating a new research database called SciVal, which provides a service similar to that of the Community of Science. The system will remain open to UT free of charge through April 30, 2010. The information is live and current.
Send feedback about SciVal to: 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.]
Time
Nov. 19, 2009
HEADLINE: Can These Parents Be Saved?
(From an article that describes a retreat from what it calls overprotective, helicopter parenting)
Some of the hovering is driven by memory and demography. This generation of parents, born after 1964, waited longer to marry and had fewer children. Families are among the smallest in history, which means our genetic eggs are in fewer baskets and we guard them all the more zealously. Helicopter parents can be found across all income levels, all races and ethnicities, says Patricia Somers of the University of Texas at Austin, who spent more than a year studying the species at the college level. “There are even helicopter grandparents,” she notes, who turn up with their elementary-school grandchildren for college-information sessions aimed at juniors and seniors.
Research Opportunities
Important university research deadlines:
Awards and Grants
Limited Submissions
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
The University of Texas at Austin Recovery Act Web page is online.
ARRA–NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Funds for Administrative Supplements to Support Core Consolidation
Deadline: Jan. 13, 2010
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP)
Fiscal Year 2010 Basic Research Award (Opens pdf)
Deadlines: Pre-application, Dec. 10, 2009; Invitation to Submit Full Proposal, by Jan. 15, 2010; Proposal, Feb. 17, 2010
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
High School Longitudinal Study (First Follow-up) HSLS09 (pre-solicitation)
Deadline: Dec. 24, 2009
(Marilyn: the Dec. 24 date is No. 5 on this page/tg)
International Research and Studies Program
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Increasing Scientific Data on the Fate, Transport and Behavior of Engineered Nanomaterials in Selected Environmental and Biological Matrices
Deadline: Feb. 2, 2010
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Leveraging Existing Health care Networks to Transform Effectiveness Research
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Dec. 11, 2009; Application, Jan. 12, 2010
Limited Submission
Biosignature Discovery for Personalized Treatment in Depression
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Dec. 14, 2009; Application, Jan. 13, 2010
NIBIB Quantum Projects: Implementation Phase II
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Dec. 22, 2009; Application, Jan. 22, 2010
National Centers for Biomedical Computing
Deadlines: Letters of Intent, Dec. 9, 2009; Application, Jan. 8, 2010
Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis
Deadline: Feb. 5, 2010
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Ecosystem Science
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2010
Evolutionary Processes
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2010
Developmental Systems
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2010
ARTS, HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
Dedalus Foundation
Institutional Grants (for educational programs, exhibitions, and publications by museums, universities, art schools, and other educational institutions)
Deadline: March 15, 2010
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Grants to organizations and Grants to individuals
Projects should focus on architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society
Deadlines: For organizations, Feb. 25, 2010; for individuals, Sept. 15, 2010
OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Texas Emerging Technology Fund
Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (Opens Word document)
biotechnology and life sciences, nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing and technology, energy, semiconductors, aerospace and defense, petroleum and chemical processes, and information and computer technology
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2010
Chemical Heritage Foundation (history of chemistry and related sciences)
Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2010
Research Project
[Let the Research Alert know about your research projects.]
Platform-Driven Innovation Within and Across Firms
RESEARCHERS: Geoffrey Parker, Tulane University; Marshall Van Alstyne, Boston University; and Edward Anderson, University of Texas at Austin
AGENCY: National Science FoundationAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act
AMOUNT: $703,950
In this set of studies, the research team examines questions about how to better coordinate innovation by means of platforms, including personal computers, cell phones, games, and telecommunications systems. They conduct work first at an industry level and then at a within-firm level, looking to understand principles pertinent to both external and internal innovation environments. The two projects should yield distinct but complementary insights into managing innovation.
