RESEARCH REMINDERS
From: Mark Riley
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The College of Engineering has had an outstanding research activity over the 2018 Academic Year. The hard work of our college has led to the highest sponsored project expenditures ever, totaling nearly $39 million, which tops the previous high of $37 million in AY10 (which included federal stimulus funds). Often, we hear about reaching such financial goals as a measure of success; however, what is most important are the good works that come from access of dollars provided by our sponsors and partners as investments in our people.
New funding garnered for projects in AY 2018 totaled more than $32M. Note that expenditures and new sponsored projects are two deferent measures with their own timelines so it is not appropriate to compare expenditures to new funds.
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15.5% $5,069,794 Biomedical Engineering and Health
Care Environments
3.0% $968,645 Energy Materials and Energy Systems
19.9% $6,505,833 Engineering in Agriculture, Natural
Resources, and Life Sciences
25.6% $8,360,128 Materials and Manufacturing
14.0% $4,560,113 National Defense and Security
22.1% $7,216,522 Transportation and the Built
Environment
Total $32,681,035
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is now accepting applications for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program (2018 Solicitation 2). Applications are due 4 p.m. (Central Time) on Nov. 15, 2018.
The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program and online application can be found at https://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/.
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The most current and complete source of information about Fellowships and Scholarships for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars can be found at University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Graduate Studies site: http://research.unl.edu/gradstudies/cms-support/funding/. Select categories to limit what's displayed or use your browser's Find feature to search for keywords on the page (hint, search under both Engineering and Science). Current funding listed includes:
*National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (due in November). http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=NSF
*U.S. DOD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (due in January), http://ndseg.asee.org/
*AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows (due in January), http://www.aaas.org/page/about-1
*Association of Women in Science (AWIS) Education Foundation Fellowships (due January) http://www.awis.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=66
*American Physical Society (APS) and American Institute of Physics (AIP): Congressional Science Fellowships (due January) http://www.aps.org/policy/fellowships/congressional.cfm
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SAVE THE DATE: Principal investigators must attend the Collaboration Initiative Retreat to be eligible for funding from a Planning or Seed grant. Attendance is highly encouraged, but not required, for those wishing to submit a Big Ideas proposal. Registration opens Sept. 24; a formal RFA, including Big Ideas submission instructions, also will be available on the 24th. Proposals will be due on Jan. 11, 2019.
RETREAT DATE: Friday, November 9, 2018
-- Mark Riley