UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter:  May 27, 2015

Michael Pazzani

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

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·         Limited Submission: Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences:  June 18, 2015

·         Limited Submission: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend: August 8, 2015

·         NEH Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions: June 25, 2015

·         UC Team Science Retreat - Oct 23-26 at Asilomar, Deadline Monday, 6/15/15

·         REMINDER:  New Biographical Sketch Format Required for NIH and AHRQ Grant Applications

·         Temple Physics Dept. chair accused of selling sensitive information to China

·         National Endowment for the Humanities:  audit of Eastern Michigan University

·         Western Tanager


Limited Submission: Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences: June 18, 2015

 

The Pew Charitable Trusts has invited UCR to submit a candidate for the 2016 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences award. The Pew scholars program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The award provides $240,000 in flexible support—$60,000 per year for four years.   The deadline for submitting applicants to UCR for consideration is June 18

Interested applicants should submit pre-proposal materials, including a research project summary, curriculum vitae, and a letter of support from the chair of their division, to the office of sponsored research, which will submit them to an internal selection committee for consideration.  See
http://research.ucr.edu/ord/limitedsubmissions.aspx

 

Unsuccessful candidates who still meet eligibility criteria may reapply once (two applications in total) in a future competition by submitting new pre-proposal materials.

 

Candidates must have been awarded a doctorate in biomedical sciences or medicine.

A complete description of the Pew program, its terms, and its eligibility requirements can be found at www.pewscholars.org.


Limited Submission: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend: August 8, 2015

 

UCR may nominate two faculty to apply for NEH summer stipends for summer 2016. (see http://www.neh.gov/files/grants/summer-stipends-oct-1-2015.pdf for NEH guidelines).  

 

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.

 

See http://research.ucr.edu/ord/limitedsubmissions.aspx for UCR application process. Deadline to UCR is August 8, 2015


NEH Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions: June 25, 2015

NEH Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions are intended to strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities in subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature. These grants may be used to enhance existing humanities programs, resources, or courses, or to develop new ones.

NEH Humanities Initiatives may

·         create opportunities for faculty members to study together, in order to improve their capacity to teach the humanities;

·         support new humanities programs (which may include but are not limited to new humanities minors, first-year seminars, and capstone courses), and enhance existing ones;

·         support humanities contributions to professional training (in such fields as business, law, economics, technology, and nursing and medicine);

·         develop bridge programs for at-risk and nontraditional students;

·         help institutions take advantage of humanities resources, especially in the digital humanities; and

·         support collaborative projects in the humanities between the applicant institution and another institution, such as a college or university, a school or school system, a museum or library, or a historical or cultural society.

Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.

Details and sample applications available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-initiatives-hispanic-serving-institutions,.  Helen Magid  helen.magid@ucr.edu can assist with this and other NEH proposals.

 


UC Team Science Retreat - Oct 23-26 at Asilomar Deadline: Monday, 6/15/15

 

Applications are now being accepted for the

 

2nd Annual UC Team Science Retreat

October 23-26, 2015

 

Join UC colleagues, Team Science experts, and federal program directors, to

·         expand your capacity to conduct Team Science

·         enhance your research leadership skills and competencies

·         learn winning proposal writing techniques and strategies

 

The Retreat will be held at the beautiful Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, CA.  All expenses for travel, lodging, and meals are provided for successful applicants, along with on-site child care (sponsored by the Elsevier Foundation).

 

More information about the UC Team Science Retreat can be found here: https://oru.research.ucsb.edu/teamscience/

 

Information about eligibility is here: https://oru.research.ucsb.edu/teamscience/apply/

 

For questions, please contact Susan Carter, scarter3@ucmerced.edu, (209) 228-4695

 

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015

 

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REMINDER:  New Biographical Sketch Format Required for NIH and AHRQ Grant Applications –

 

NIH and AHRQ now require a new Biographical Sketch Format,

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-032.html for details and http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2014/05/22/changes-to-the-biosketch/ for background andhttp://www.ipscell.com/2015/03/newnihsketch/ for some advice

 

The new format applies to all programs (e.g, research, training, fellowship) and all types of applications (e.g., new, resubmission, revision, renewal, progress reports).

 

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Temple Physics Dept. chair accused of selling sensitive information to China

Here’s a practice to avoid

 

The chairman of Temple University's physics department was charged Thursday in an alleged scheme to provide sensitive U.S. defense technology to entities in China, including its government.  Federal prosecutors allege Xiaoxing Xi, a world-renowned expert in the field of superconductivity, sought prestigious appointments in China in exchange for sharing information on a device invented by a private company in the United States…. Prosecutors allege he took a sabbatical from his university position in 2002 to work with an American firm identified in court filings only as "U.S. Company." Around the same time, experts at the company invented a device that prosecutors say "revolutionized the field of superconducting magnesium diboride thin film growth… Prosecutors allege that starting in 2004, Xi took steps to buy the device from the company and eventually obtained a Defense Department grant to finance the purchase.

From http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20150522_Temple_Physics_Dept__chair_accused_of_selling_sensitive_information_to_China.html

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National Endowment for the Humanities:  audit of Eastern Michigan University

Here’s another practice to avoid.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has performed a limited audit of the Eastern Michigan University: 5/1/2006- 4/30/2012 Amount Awarded $228,026

Grant Expenditures: The intent of the grant award was to document Wichi, an indigenous language of South America. Resulting materials were to include a dictionary, grammar reference guide, collection of morphologically analyzed and translated texts in two versions - one for linguists and one for non-specialists, related website, online database, and archived recordings.

OIG determined that the grantee erroneously double-billed NEH for plane tickets associated with the 2007 site visit to Argentina ($3,093.60). It appears that a lack of communication between the two primary researchers, who work at two separate institutions -- EMU and University of Utah, resulted in both individuals submitting the expense for payment.

 

Source http://www.neh.gov/about/oig/reviews

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Western Tanager


Western Tanager

Here’s a photo of a western tanager. They migrate through Riverside in Late April and May, with a few stopping at my loquat tree.

 

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Michael Pazzani

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development 

Professor, Computer Science & Engineering

University of California, Riverside

200 University Office Building

Riverside, CA 92521

pazzani@ucr.edu

 

Assistant:  Linda Bejenaru

Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu

951-827-4800

 

 

 

Michael Pazzani

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

Professor,  Computer Science & Engineering

University of California, Riverside

200 University Office Building

Riverside, CA 92521

pazzani@ucr.edu

 

Assistant:  Linda Bejenaru

VCREDadmin@ucr.edu

951-827-4800