UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter: May 12, 2017
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research
and Economic Development
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After
Outcry Over Rejected Department of Education Grants, DeVos
Forbids Formatting Rules
· Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (AAW)
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NEH
Summer Stipends
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Pew
Biomedical Scholars
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GRAMMY
MUSEUM® GRANT PROGRAM
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory talk: The Road Ahead for Solar, Wind, and
Bioenergy Technologies
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NASA:
Computational Modeling Algorithms and Cyberinfrastructure
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After Outcry Over Rejected Grants, DeVos
Forbids Formatting Rules
By Goldie Blumenstyk May 08, 2017
Washington
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department faced public criticism following
news reports that the department had flat-out rejected dozens of colleges’
Upward Bound grant applications based on minor line-spacing and
font-size errors. Now, Ms. DeVos has issued an order forbidding department officials
from mandating any page or formatting rules in grant applications.
Details in the
Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/article/After-Outcry-Over-Rejected/240022
The new policy
memo is available at http://www.chronicle.com/items/biz/pdf/Internal%20memo%20within%20DoE.pdf and reads in part
“Effective
immediately, program offices may only establish voluntary page limit and
formatting requirements for grant applications and may not reject grant applications
that do not meet those voluntary requirements. Program offices may suggest page
limits and formatting standards (such as font size, line spacing, and the like)
but may not use ignoring these suggestions as a basis to reject grant
applications.”
Antarctic Artists
and Writers Program (AAW)
Full Proposal Deadline Date:
June 1, 2017
Program Guidelines: NSF 16-542
The Antarctic Artists and
Writers Program furnishes U.S. Antarctic Program operational support, and
round-trip economy air tickets between the United States and the Southern
Hemisphere, to artists and writers whose work requires them to be in the
Antarctic to complete their proposed project.
Details at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503518&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
Limited Submission: NEH
Summer Stipends
UCR may nominate two faculty
for this program. The internal deadline for pre applications is: June 26, 2017.
Apply at https://research.ucr.edu/ord/limitedsubmissions.aspx
following the instruction that reads “complete only the cover sheet and attach a one-page
narrative on the project idea, how it aligns with the RFP, and roles of
investigators.”
NEH Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Eligible projects usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, 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.
Eligible projects usually
result in: articles, monographs, books, digital materials and publications, archaeological site reports, translations, editions,
or other scholarly resources.
Summer Stipends may not be used for
·
projects
that seek to promote a particular political, religious, or ideological point of
view;
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projects
that advocate a particular program of social action;
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specific
policy studies;
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research
for doctoral dissertations or theses by students enrolled in a degree program;
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the
preparation or revision of textbooks;
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curriculum
development;
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the
development of teaching methods or theories;
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educational
or technical impact assessments;
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empirical
social science research, unless part of a larger humanities project;
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inventories of collections;
works in the creative and performing arts (for example, painting, writing
fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.);
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the
writing of autobiographies, memoirs, or works of creative nonfiction; or
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the writing of guide books, how-to books, and
self-help books.
Pew Biomedical Scholars
The current grant level is
$240,000; $60,000 per year for a four-year period.
UCR may nominate two faculty for this program. The internal deadline for pre
applications is: June 21, 2017.
Apply at https://research.ucr.edu/ord/limitedsubmissions.aspx
following the instruction that reads “complete only the cover sheet and attach a one-page
narrative on the project idea, how it aligns with the RFP, and roles of
investigators.”
Eligibility for the 2018
award
Based on their performance during their education and
training, candidates should demonstrate outstanding promise as contributors in
science relevant to human health. Strong proposals will incorporate particularly
creative and innovative approaches. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles, and brings in concepts
and theories from more diverse fields, are encouraged to apply.
Risk-taking is encouraged. Selection of the successful candidates will be based
on a detailed description of the work that the applicant proposes to undertake,
evaluations of the candidate’s performance, and notable past accomplishments,
including honors, awards and publications. In evaluating the
candidates, the National Advisory Committee gives considerable weight to
evidence that the candidate is a successful independent investigator and has
published significant work.
An award of $60,000 per year will be
provided to the sponsoring institution for use by the scholar over the four-year period.
The
awarded funds may be used at the discretion of the Pew
scholar, for personnel, equipment, supplies, or travel directly related to the
scholar's research and as to best advance his or her research and career.
During the four-year scholarship term, program participants are required to
attend an annual meeting held in March. All expenses for attendees’ travel,
lodging, and meals are paid by Pew. The meeting
provides Pew scholars with an opportunity to present their research and for
scientific collaboration and exchange with other scholars and members of the
National Advisory Committee.
The Limited internal deadline is: May 18, 2017
Pew Deadline is: July 6, 2017
GRAMMY
MUSEUM® GRANT PROGRAM
Funds Will Provide Support For Archiving And Preservation Programs And Research Efforts
That Examine The Impact Of Music On Human Development
SANTA
MONICA, Calif. (May 8, 2017)—The
GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program announced today that more
than $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 14
recipients in the United States to help facilitate a range of research
on a variety of subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and
preservation programs. Research projects include a study that will investigate
the effects of group singing therapy on people with Parkinson's disease, a
study that examines the effects of household sounds on infants and their
development, and more. Preservation and archiving initiatives will evaluate the
sound collections of the Fort Sill Chiricahua/Warm Springs Apache tribe,
digitize traditional Yiddish folk recordings, preserve carillon music, and
more. The deadline each year for submitting letters of inquiry is Oct. 1.
Guidelines and the letter of inquiry form for the 2017 cycle are available
at www.grammymuseum.org.
The Road Ahead for Solar,
Wind, and Bioenergy Technologies
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
3:00
PM-4:00 PM
WCH 205/206
Martin Keller
Director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden,
Colorado
Martin Keller will be joining us a seminar speaker on May 17, 3:00PM. This is the
schedule.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_yXCq4DRMxurEWomUJ4LWiuuoJTzPuyS9xXEqf2Iygw/edit
Abstract:
Every day, we face fluctuating oil and gasoline prices. We hear
reports on the rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and its impact
on the climate. And we see a growing world population
with increasing needs for energy. Solar, wind, and bioenergy technologies are
at the forefront of renewable, sustainable energy options that are meeting
these needs now. Although renewable technologies have gained much greater
levels of cost parity with fossil energy sources, continued innovation is
necessary to meet global de-carbonization targets. Solar electricity can be generated by photovoltaic technologies. Scientific
advances in this area continue to squeeze more power from the solar modules,
but are also boosting efficiencies, reducing costs, and improving reliability
of other photovoltaic devices such as thin films, multijunctions,
and emerging technologies. In the area of solar fuels, research targets
semiconductor devices that can efficiently and economically
split water to produce hydrogen as an energy carrier. Wind energy will
continue to be a fundamental component of the next era of energy projects that
connect to the electricity grid. Interest in wind power continues to grow as
technologies continue to make wind an affordable clean energy solution. Bioenergy
technologies include biological and chemical approaches to create solid,
liquid, and gaseous fuels for electricity, transportation, and chemicals for
industrial uses. Solid biomass can be combusted directly for heat and power.
Various energy crops are used to produce a range of
fuels. Significant new innovation in the solar, wind,
and bioenergy areas are pushing the boundaries for the science and deployment
of renewables. This presentation will feature the latest scientific
accomplishments and discuss the global imperative of continued investment in
clean energy research.
Bio:
Martin Keller
became the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) director on November
30, 2015. NREL is the Department of Energy’s primary laboratory for energy
efficiency and renewable energy research and development. NREL is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Alliance). Martin also serves as the
President of Alliance. Martin joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in
July 2006. He was appointed to the role of Associate
Laboratory Director at ORNL in 2009. In 2010, a new directorate was formed,
Energy and Environmental Sciences, and he was asked to lead this newly-established directorate. As Associate Laboratory Director
of this directorate, he was responsible for the energy, biological,
and environmental research programs at ORNL supported by DOE, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the National Institutes of Health. Martin served as the
Founding Director of the DOE BioEnergy Science
Center, and, before being named Associate Laboratory Director at ORNL, he
served as the Director of the Biosciences Division. Between 1996 and 2006 Martin held a series of research management positions
within Diversa Corporation, a publicly-traded
biotechnology company in San Diego. Martin joined Diversa
Corporation in June 1994 as a consultant to build and develop the microbiology
expertise within Diversa, before joining Diversa Cor-poration full time in
1996.Martin was elected Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013. Martin received his Ph.D.
in Microbiology from the University of Regensburg,
Germany.
If you have not signed up to
meet with him, you may do so by clicking the link below.
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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration ROSES 2017: Computational Modeling Algorithms and
Cyberinfrastructure
Notice of Intent Due: May
25, 2017
Proposal Due Date: July
27, 2017
Expected Number of
Awards:
Estimated Total Program
Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
Funding Opportunity
Number: NNH17ZDA001N‐CMAC
Purpose: The Earth Science Division (ESD) within NASA’s Science
Mission Directorate (SMD) pioneers the
scientific use of remotely sensed measurements to
advance understanding of the Earth as an integrated
system and to provide direct societal benefits.
Numerical models represent key achievements in NASA’s
Earth science endeavors, as the models codify consistently our
quantitative knowledge about selected
portions of the Earth system. Coupled with data
assimilation systems, models are used to synthesize
diverse arrays of information from satellite and
in situ measurements; high‐fidelity models driven and
constrained by sufficient data can yield accurate
predictions and essential insights into a wide range of
complex Earth system processes and interactions,
spanning many space and time scales and involving
many aspects of our environment. NASA
considers the use of data‐driven models to be central to our
approach to Earth system science. Because the most
advanced models are run on supercomputers
available only at computing centers, the
Computational Modeling Algorithms and Cyberinfrastructure
(CMAC) program funds research and development activities to
optimize the products and services at
high‐end computing (HEC) centers to increase the
productivity of the users who use HEC to produce
modeling products and the users who need to
analyze the modeling results using the HEC resources.
CMAC builds advanced modeling infrastructure used at NASA
computing centers to support Earth
system science investigations while
fundamentally utilizing both models and data.
Contact: Tsengdar Lee, Earth Science
Division, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Telephone: (202) 358‐0860. E‐mail: tsengdar.j.lee@nasa.gov
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