UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter: October 10, 2014
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
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NIH Talk By Sally J. Rockey, Ph.D., Oct 15
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National Science Foundation Funding Seminar, Oct 23
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Some Pragmatic Strategies for
Obtaining DoD Research Funding, Nov 14
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ICAM is Now Accepting Applications for Postdoctoral and
Senior Faculty Fellowship
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Statistical Consulting Collaboratory
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TEDxRiverside: Oct
16, 2014
NIH Talk by Sally J. Rockey, Ph.D.
Hosted
by Dr. David Lo
Wednesday,
October 15, 2014
4:00pm
– 5:30pm
SOM
Education Building, Ground Level, Lecture Hall G650
UCR OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPENT IN
COLLABOPRATION WITH THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PRESENTS: Sally J. Rockey,
Ph.D., NIH's Deputy Director for Extramural Research, serving as the
principal scientific leader and advisor to the NIH Director on the NIH
extramural research program.
Please join special visitor, Dr. Sally Rockey, who will
be holding a special session to meet researchers on campus, especially young
faculty who are either NIH funded or would like to be NIH funded. We invite you
all to this special presentation to ask questions and get some ideas on grants
and strategies. This will be taking place on Wednesday, October 15th
at 4:00 in the SOM Education Building, Ground Level, Lecture Hall G650.
For updates on funding priorities, best strategies, and
funding success over the years, please visit Dr. Rockey’s “Rock Talk” blog,
targeted for NIH funded or aspiring NIH-funded researchers (http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/category/blog/)
All interested researchers are invited, including
graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Please
RSVP to marisela.martinez@ucr.edu by October 13th.
National Science Foundation Funding Seminar
Thursday,
October 23, 2014
10:00am
– 11:00am
Genomics
Building Auditorium
Please
join us for a National Science Foundation Seminar on Thursday, October 23rd
at 10:00am in the Genomics Building Auditorium. Presenting will be three
UCR faculty who have been program directors or division directors at NSF:
Jan
Stets
Michael
Allen
Michael
Pazzani
Some Pragmatic Strategies for Obtaining DoD Research
Funding
Suveen
Mathaudhu, Ph.D.
November
14, 2014
10:00am
– 11:00am
Orbach
Science Library 240
Suveen
Mathaudhu, a BCOE faculty member, will be holding a seminar entitled, "Knowing is Half the Battle: Some Pragmatic
Strategies for Obtaining DoD Research Funding” on Friday, November 14th at
10:00 in the Orbach Science Library 240.
Mathaudhu
serves as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and
Materials Science and Engineering Program, where he studies the underpinning
mechanisms that will make metallic materials and composites lighter and
stronger. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M
University in 2006. There, he studied processing methods to produce bulk nanoscrystalline
and metastable metals for structural and defense applications. He
subsequently served as an ORISE post-doctoral Fellow and then a Staff Scientist
at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory from 2006-2010. From 2010 - 2014, he
was the Program Manager for the Synthesis and Processing of Materials at the
U.S. Army Research Office, and also, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the
Materials Science and Engineering Department at North Carolina State
University. He is active in several technical societies, and frequently
speaks and writes on science of superheroes as a broad STEM outreach
tool."
NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM
Education Webinars
Thursday, November 6, 2014, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Thursday, November 13, 2014, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 11:00am – 1:00pm
(All will be held in UOB 210, Lunch will be served)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new program entitled, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). The IUSE program is designed to address the immediate challenges facing undergraduate STEM education. Proposals concerning new structures or functions of undergraduate learning, new methods for certification or credentialing, and teaching enterprise are currently being accepted.
The program features two tracks:
(1) Engaged Student Learning: This focuses on the design, development, and research involving means to increase student engagement in a measurable and lasting way; and
(2) Institutional and Community Transformation: This focuses on inventive approaches to substantially increase the dissemination of highly effective methods of STEM teaching and learning.
Two tiers of projects exist within each track: (i) Exploration and (ii) Design and Development. These tracks will entertain research studies in all areas. The IUSE program also offers support for a variety of focused innovative projects that seek to identify future opportunities and challenges facing undergraduate STEM education.
Information about IUSE can be found here.
Workshop Topics
Each workshop lasts approximately 2 hours and will focus on:
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Incorporating
effective strategies into an educational proposal
or
·
Defining
project goals, objectives, and evaluation questions or
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Working
with an evaluator to develop a project evaluation plan or
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Addressing
NSF’s broader impacts expectations in a project or
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Designing
a project for impact and transportability.
DEADLINE:
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
The
Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM) invites applications for
postdoctoral and senior faculty fellow appointments tenable at ICAM branch
member institutions for the academic year 2015-2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30,
2016). These awards are intended to catalyze research and research
collaborations on complex adaptive matter, by supplementing existing
postdoctoral appointments or sabbatical leave support. Successful
applicants are expected to carry out a research program at ICAM institutions
and to participate actively in educational outreach. ICAM anticipates at
least 3 postdoctoral fellows and 1 senior faculty fellow will be awarded in the
fields of quantum matter, living matter, soft matter (including chemical and
biochemical matter), or emergent materials for renewable energy sources.
NOTE –
Postdoctoral (Senior) Fellowships have been increased to a maximum of $30,000
($25,000) per year, with final amounts at the discretion of the Fellows
Selection Committee and ICAM Board of Governors.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
Only applications that are complete by the deadline will receive full consideration. Applications must be submitted online at http://icam-i2cam.org/index.php/awards/.
ICAM encourages women and underrepresented groups apply.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now inviting applications for three new Grand Challenges:
- Putting Women and Girls
at the Center of Development
- Creating and Measuring
Integrated Solutions for Healthy Birth, Growth, and Development (part of
the All Children Thriving platform)
- New Interventions for
Global Health
Applications for these new challenges will be accepted beginning on November 4, 2014. Please also note that we are still accepting applications for six Grand Challenges Explorations topics.
For links to more information on these challenges, please visit the grant opportunity page at www.grandchallenges.org, which features a new homepage to support the next phase of Grand Challenges launched today with international partners at the 10th annual Grand Challenges meeting.
Statistical Consulting Collaboratory
The Statistical Consulting Collaboratory at UCR resides
in the Department of Statistics. The primary mission of the Collaboratory
is to provide UCR faculty and graduate students with an environment for
collaboration in research that demands the use of quantitative methods.
The Collaboratory can be called upon either for research collaborations that
require the development of new statistical methods, or alternatively for
immediate problem solving using state of the art methods. The
Collaboratory is also open to serving off-campus clients in the same ways, and
has had a number of successful relationships with external clients in
government, industry and academia. The following youtube link helps us
celebrate the 10th anniversary of the UCR Statistical Consulting
Collaboratory with highlights from its mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nhHg-zA50
Here is a handy resource from the Office of Naval Research that shows what research areas they are interested in and which program officer handles them. http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/Contacts.aspx
TEDxRiverside Oct 16 2014
TEDxRiverside will be held Oct 16, 2014, from 9AM to 5PM at the Fox Performing Arts Center. Talks will include three UCR alumni
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Richard
Schrock, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
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Steven
Breen, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Editorial Cartoonists from San Diego Union
Tribune
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Patrick
York, UCR MFA Alumni
Additional Speakers or Performers include Grammy Award
Winner Melissa Manchester, Garner Holt, CEO of the company that does
animatronics for Disney, Sally Rockey from NIH and Performance Artist
Gregory Adamson. UCR and other students can save $10 by using the Offer Code
Student10. UCR faculty can save $5 by using the offer Code UNEX5 See TEDxRiverside for
tickets.
The fall migration is picking up in Riverside. Here’s one of my favorite backyard migrants.
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
200 University Office Building
Riverside, CA 92521
Assistant: Linda Bejenaru
Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
200 University Office Building
Riverside, CA 92521
Assistant: Linda Bejenaru
Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu