UCR Research and Economic
Development Newsletter: April 06, 2014
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research
and Economic Development
Back Issues of Newsletter: http://reserach.ucr.edu/vcr/newsletters.aspx
Grant Opportunity Search: http://pivot.cos.com
·
NSF CAREER Statistics and Advice
· CAREER Workshop: April 15, 10:30
·
Welcome Kaitlin Chell,
Director of Federal Relations
·
USDA: Specialty Crop Funding, April 11
Letter of Intent (Citrus, Asparagus, etc.)
·
USDA: Water for Agriculture Funding, April
17 Letter of Intent
·
NSF Research Traineeship
Program (NRT) Solicitation: Data Enabled-Science and Engineering
·
Lewis-Burke Report on FY15
Funding
· DARPA BIO
·
UC Innovation Day: April 22@5PM
·
UCR Q3 Funding
·
Scissor-tailed flycatcher
NSF CAREER Statistics and
Advice
Below is a table of the NSF
organization and the average 5-year budget of the CAREER awards funded to date
in 2014. Note that there are large differences in the size of the
CAREER awards funded based on the culture, philosophy and needs of various
parts of NSF. Engineering and Mathematics tend to give small awards and Bio and
Physical Science larger ones.
BIO |
CAREER $ |
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BIO/MCB |
$955,000 |
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BIO/DBI |
$879,000 |
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BIO/IOS |
$913,000 |
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BIO/DEB |
$990,000 |
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BIO/EF |
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CISE |
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CISE/ACI |
$525,000 |
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CISE/CCF |
$719,000 |
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CISE/CNS |
$559,000 |
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CISE/IIS |
$615,000 |
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EHR |
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Division of Research on
Learning in Formal and Informal Settings |
EHR/DRL |
$660,000 |
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EHR/DGE |
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EHR/HRD |
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EHR/DUE |
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ENG |
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Division of Chemical,
Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems |
ENG/CBET |
$434,000 |
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ENG/CMMI |
$401,000 |
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ENG/ECCS |
$463,000 |
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ENG/EEC |
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ENG/IIP |
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ENG/EFRI |
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GEO |
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GEO/AGS |
$658,000 |
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GEO/EAR |
$840,000 |
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GEO/OCE |
$929,000 |
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GEO/PLR |
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MPS |
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MPS/AST |
$835,000 |
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MPS/CHE |
$830,000 |
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MPS/DMR |
$703,000 |
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MPS/DMS |
$454,000 |
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MPS/PHY |
$629,000 |
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SBE |
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SBE/SES |
$477,000 |
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SBE/BCS |
$719,000 |
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SBE/NCSE |
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SBE/SMA |
Here is some general advice:
·
In
spite of the differences in award size, apply to the most appropriate division
and program. You can visit the web site of the divisions to see where
your proposal may fit.
·
For
divisions with small awards, a typical budget would be a graduate student for a
year, a month summer salary, and some travel and supplies. It doesn’t
hurt to ask for a little more, e.g., an undergraduate student for the summer
and perhaps a second month of summer salary, but it’s possible your budget will
be cut. It’s unlikely that a budget of twice the average will be funded
and this is likely to upset the program officers and reviewers.
·
For
divisions with midsized awards, adding an extra graduate and undergraduate
student during the summer, a two months’ summer salary and some equipment
(probably under $50K) is appropriate. The equipment might be an accessory
to enhance equipment in a core facility or provided as part of a start-up
package.
·
For
divisions with large awards, two graduate students for the full year, or
perhaps one graduate student and one postdoc is appropriate. It’s
possible to get a necessary piece of equipment perhaps under $100K
funded. It’s possible if your proposal is borderline, the budget
may be cut substantially. Think about dividing the project into two
related halves so if this happens, there is still a justification for funding
half the award.
·
These
are general guidelines. It is a good idea to talk with a NSF program director
about your planned project from a science viewpoint first and then mention
budget. The data may include some outliers that would not be
representative of future awards.
This section has
focused on the budget. The most important part of a NSF CAREER award is
to propose an innovative project that is ambitious but achievable, integrated
with an educational plan and with a broader impact component.
NSF CAREER Workshop:
April 15: 10:30
The CAREER is NSF’s most
prestigious award in support of untenured faculty who exemplify the role of
teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the
integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their
organizations. See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214
for the NSF solicitation.
PLEASE RSVP AT https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JBT6G7D
CAREER proposals are due July
21-24, 2014; the exact deadline varies by discipline. It pays to
start a few months early to make sure the proposal is well thought out and
addresses all criteria for funding.
UCR will offer a workshop on
preparing an NSF CAREER proposal on Tuesday April 15th from 10:30 – 12:00 PM in
the Highlander Union Building, Room 355.
At the workshop, we will go
over the essential components of the CAREER award, including
•
Research Plan
•
Educational Plan
•
Broader Impacts
•
Data Management Plans
Previous winners of the NSF
CAREER awards will discuss what worked (and what didn’t work) for them. We will
go over NSF requirements, suggestions and best practices from past winners, and
your questions and ideas. Sample funded proposals will be made
available.
PLEASE RSVP AT https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JBT6G7D
USDA:
Specialty Crops, April 11 Letter of Intent
The USDA Specialty Crop
Research Initiative (SCRI) has deadlines for letters of intent on Friday, April
11: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/specialtycropresearchinitiative.cfm.
Two -page Letters of Intent are due April 11 (next Friday) at 2pm.
Specialty Crops
include citrus, asparagus, dates and, grapes. Full Applications will be
invited and are due June 20.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: NIFA requests applications for the
Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) for fiscal year (FY) 2014 to solve
critical United States specialty crop issues, priorities, or problems
through the integration of research and extension activities that use
systems-based, trans-disciplinary approaches. The intent of the SCRI program is
to solve the needs of the various specialty crop industries through the
promotion of collaboration, open communication, the exchange of information,
and the development of resources that accelerate application of scientific
discovery and technology. NIFA anticipates the total amount available for
support of the SCRI program in FY 2014 will be approximately $76.8 million. Of this,
approximately $24 million will be reserved for the Emergency Citrus Disease
Research and Extension Program component of
SCRI, in accordance with Section 7306 of P.L, 113-79, the Agricultural
Act of 2014. The SCRI program will give priority to projects that are
multistate, multi-institutional or trans-disciplinary (see Definitions, Part
VIII (E)), and include clearly defined mechanisms to communicate results
to producers and the public.
Content of the Letter of Intent (LOI) for Research and
Extension Planning Grant
a.
Name,
professional title, affiliation and email address of the principal investigator
b.
Name,
professional title and affiliation of all known collaborators, including
industry stakeholders
c.
The
legislative focus area to be addressed as a result of the planning process
d.
Descriptive
title
e.
The
specialty crop sector that will benefit from the planning activity
f.
Significance
of the problem being addressed
g.
Potential
impact
PLEASE NOTE: The LOI cannot exceed 2 pages in length. The
LOI must be formatted
with margins no less than 1 inch on all sides. Text must be
12 point or larger and must be
left-justified. The LOI must be submitted in the portable
document format (PDF). An LOI
not submitted in the PDF format runs the risk of not being
accepted. Completed LOIs must
be submitted by email to scri@nifa.usda.gov by 5:00 Eastern
Time on April 11, 2014.
USDA:
Water for Agriculture Funding, April 17 Letter of Intent
The release of the USDA Water for Agriculture RFA builds upon the Obama Administration’s efforts to address and to draw attention to climate change and related impacts as well as the California drought. In a press release today, Secretary Vilsack noted NIFA will fund three main topic areas:
1.
“Ensuring the water security of surface
and ground water needed to produce agricultural goods and services;
2.
“Improving nutrient management in
agricultural landscapes focused on nitrogen and phosphorous; and
3.
“Reducing impacts of chemicals and the
presence and movement of environmental pathogens in the nation’s water supply.”
Letters of Intent: Letters of Intent are required and are due April 17, 2014.
Application Deadline: Applications are due on August 13, 2014.
Total Funding and Award
Size: NIFA is soliciting only CAP,
FASE, and Conference grants. CAP grants are capped at $1 million per year for
up to five years for a total of $5 million.
Notes
·
UCR
is eligible for Strengthening Grants which provide priority in this
program. Randy Black randall.black@ucr.edu
can get you a letter describing our eligibility. The letter must be
included with a letter of intent.
·
I
will be coordinating a letter of intent for a conference grant on the impacts
of the California Drought (unless someone else wants to step up). If you
want to participate in the planning, please let me know.
NSF
Research Traineeship Program (NRT) Solicitation: Data Enabled-Science and
Engineering
National Science Foundation (NSF) released the first
solicitation for the NSF Research Traineeship Program (NRT), a new graduate
education initiative that replaces the longstanding Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT). The objective
of NRT is to innovate interdisciplinary, transformative models for STEM
graduate education in order to prepare the scientists and engineers of the
future. NRT is intended to build on IGERT but additionally includes “training
for multiple career pathways, rotating priority research themes, inclusion of
both master’s and doctoral students, a broader definition of trainees, and
greater budgetary and programmatic flexibility.”
Unlike IGERT, the new NRT
program has specific research themes that will rotate every two to three years,
with the initial focus on Data Enabled-Science and Engineering (DESE).
Letters of Intent: Optional letters of intent are due May 20, 2014.
While optional, NSF requests that letters of intent be submitted to help NSF
gauge estimated proposals submissions and review requirements.
Eligibility and
Limitations: Unlike IGERT, the NRT
program is open to graduate students in research-based master’s and
doctoral degree programs. NRT stipends and cost-of-education
allowances are limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. However,
international students can be trainees in a NRT program and participate fully
in NRT training elements or activities.
UCR can submit up to two
proposals. Please contact me (pazzani@ucr.edu)
if you are interested in a submission. Rather than having four groups compete
for two slots, I’d like to see if we can put two strong proposals together by
combining the best ideas of several people.
See https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505015
for details on the NRT program.
Welcome Kaitlin Chell,
Director of Federal Relations
I’d like to welcome Kaitlin Chell,
UCR’s new Director of Federal Relations to campus. Kaitlin was formerly with
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, a government relations firm specializing in
advocating for the public policy interests of institutions of higher education
and other research and education organizations. Before that, she was the public
affairs coordinator for the American Geophysical Union. Kaitlin earned her
bachelor’s degree in international studies and Spanish at Randolph-Macon
Woman’s College and got her master’s degree in environmental science and policy
from Johns Hopkins University.
Lewis-Burke Report on FY15
Funding
I’ve attached a 66 page
Lewis-Burke report on FY15 Federal Funding. The report indicates both the
funding levels and priorities of nearly every federal agency that provides
research funding to the universities. Please do not circulate this outside
of UCR.
Some excerpts from the report
are below:
·
The
FY 2015 DOE budget request would also support new investments in key clean
energy programs across EERE, proposing a significant 21.4 percent increase for
renewable energy and applied technology programs and energy efficiency
activities. The proposed initiatives within EERE include three offshore wind
energy projects, continuation of the SunShot solar initiative ($282 million),
and the Electric Vehicles (EV) Everywhere initiative.
· The budget request would support cross-NSF activity in cognitive science and neuroscience at $29 million (an increase of 109.4 percent over the FY 2014 level) as part of NSF’s contribution to the Administration’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. The initiative focuses on four goals: develop innovative neurotechnologies, models, tools, and approaches to advance neuroscience; identify fundamental relationships among neural activity, cognition, and behavior; transform our understanding of how the brain responds and adapts to changing environments; and train a new generation for a competitive workforce in neuroscience and neuroengineering.
· The Obama Administration has positioned certain NIH programs, such as the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, Big Data, Alzheimer’s disease research, and the new Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), at the center of its Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative. The Opportunity Initiative would provide an additional $970 million, bringing the total NIH budget to $31.3 billion.
· A new emphasis in the FY 2015 budget request focuses on research to tailor treatments to patients’ unique characteristics, known as “precision medicine.” Included in this category is the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) efforts to reengineer drug discovery and development in collaboration with industry, academia, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
·
The
FY 2015 NEH budget request would provide funding for a new initiative, titled “Standing
Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War,” which would “support
the nation’s active duty military, veterans, military families, and civilians
by encouraging and expanding humanities projects that focus on the history,
experiences, and meaning of war and military service.”
·
The President requests a 16.1 percent increase
for ARPA-E with plans for an open funding call to solicit ideas across energy
sectors that could lead to “transformational breakthroughs” in new energy
technologies.6 The agency also plans to continue the Innovative Development in
Energy-Related Applied Science (OPEN IDEAS) initiative announced in September
2013 to support innovative ideas that could lead to new program focus areas for
future research. Up to five new focus areas could be announced for FY
2015. For OE, the budget request would provide a 22.2 percent increase to
accelerate smart grid R&D and energy storage activities and focus on
infrastructure security and energy restoration as part of the President’s
Climate Action Plan. Efforts will be made in concert with EERE to integrate
renewable energy sources onto the electricity grid.
·
In agreement with recommendations of the
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the USDA
budget request would provide $75 million to create three multidisciplinary
institutes, each funded at $25 million per year for at least five years. The
institutes are intended to leverage public-private partnerships to address
specific challenges related to agricultural research. One institute would focus
on pollinator health research, a second would establish a National
Network for Manufacturing Innovation focused on bio-manufacturing and
bioproducts research, and a third would focus on anti-microbial
resistance research and mitigation.
DARPA BIO
DARPA has created a new division,
the Biological Technologies Office (BTO),
to explore the increasingly dynamic intersection of biology and the physical
sciences. Its goals are to harness the power of biological systems by applying
the rigorous tools of engineering and related disciplines, and to design
next-generation technologies that are inspired by insights gained from the life
sciences. BTO’s programs will operate across a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales—from individual cells to humans and other organisms and the
communities in which they operate, and from the time it takes for a nerve to
fire to the time it may take a new virus to spread around the world one sneeze
at a time. All told, BTO will explore the intricate and highly adapted
mechanisms of natural processes and demonstrate how they can be applied to the
mission of national defense.
Three research focus areas
reflect the scale and scope of BTO’s mission.
UC Innovation Day: April
22@5PM
You are cordially invited to
attend the second Innovation Series event,
which will be hosted by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
Development (GO-Biz) and the University of California, Riverside. The
event will take place on April 22nd from 5 – 7 pm and will be
held at the UC Riverside Alumni & Visitor Center located at 3701 Canyon Crest
Drive, CA 92521. This event is one of a series to be
planned throughout the state’s 16 Innovation
Hubs.
The goal of the Innovation
Series is to increase the visibility of California’s higher education system as
a worldwide leader in education, research, and public service, and to expand
its potential to produce innovation that leads to new business growth.
The Series will highlight major updates and trends in innovation within
the UC and California State systems as well as beyond. This event will
include presentations on early, mid-level, and late stage campus-based
innovation in each region. It will also
provide an opportunity for networking and an interactive dialogue between
presenters and attendees.
The April 22nd event at
University of California, Riverside will feature the following speakers:
·
Kim Wilcox, Chancellor, University of California,
Riverside
·
Louis Stewart, Deputy Director, Governor’s Office of
Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
·
Anand Ray, Associate Professor, Entomology
·
Amro Albana, Founder and CEO, Innovation Economy Corporation
·
Frank Vahid, Professor, UC Riverside and Zyante,
Inc.
·
Sean Cutler, Associate Professor, Plant Cell Biology
·
Michael Nuccio, Chief Scientific Advisor and Chair,
Syngenta
·
Terry Bill, iHub Partner, ESRI
·
Peter Gardner, Founder and CEO, Startgrid
·
Regis Kelly, QB3 Director and Managing Partner at Mission Bay
Capital
·
Michael Pazzani, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic
Development, University of California, Riverside – Master of Ceremony
We welcome you to register
now for this event. Please note that space is limited, and will be on a
first-come, first-served basis. Registration is required. To
register, please click on the image below to send an RSVP to the team at UC
Riverside or call 951.827.6411.
UCR Q3 Funding
Here is a list of the new
awards received at UCR in Q3 of this year. So far, due to the quality and
hard work of our faculty our federal funding is up about $8M in FY14 from the
same period last year!!
PI |
Department |
TITLE |
SPONSOR |
AMOUNT |
Hammond, Kimberly |
Natural Reserves |
Prop 84 Facilities Improvement for Granite Mountains Desert
Research Center |
CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD |
$1,785,000 |
Cutler, Sean |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Improving plant stress tolerance with PYR/PYL genes and
ligands |
SYNGENTA AG |
$636,785 |
Garay, Javier |
Mechanical Engineering |
Naval Shipboard Generator Applied Research |
OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH |
$584,260 |
Raikhel, Alexander S |
Entomology |
Molecular Basis of Ecdysterois Action in the Mosquito |
NATIONAL INST OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
$504,315 |
O'Connor, Rollanda |
Graduate School of Education |
BRIDGES: Teaching Reading Through U.S. History |
SPECIAL EDUCATION & REHABILITATION SERVS, ASSISTANT
SECRETAR |
$494,980 |
Ai, Huiwang |
Chemistry |
CAREER: Expanding the Toolbox of Encodable Fluorescent
Probes to Image Macrophage Redox Dynamics |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$469,489 |
Seto, Richard K |
Physics and Astronomy |
Quantifying the strongly interacting Quark Gluon Plasma -
Heavy Ion Collisions at RHIC. |
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE |
$400,000 |
Mangolini, Lorenzo |
Mechanical Engineering |
CAREER: Synthesis of bulk nanostructured materials from
semiconductor quantum dots |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$387,500 |
Lo, David |
Biomedical Sciences |
Genes regulating M cell differentiation |
NATIONAL INST OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
$380,000 |
Nair, Meera |
Biomedical Sciences |
RELM-alpha regulation of hookworm-induced lung inflammation |
NATIONAL INST OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
$380,000 |
Sladek, Frances M |
Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
Nuclear Receptor DNA Binding in Human Physiology and
Disease |
DIABETES, DIGESTIVE & KIDNEY DISEASES, NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF |
$380,000 |
Messaoudi Powers, Ilhem |
Biomedical Sciences |
Impact of immune senescence on herpes zoster in a nonhuman
primate model of VZV infection |
AGING, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON |
$362,340 |
Roose, Mikeal L |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Integrated Citrus Breeding and Evaluation for California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$335,742 |
Mednick, Sara |
Psychology |
The Pharmacological Enhancement of Sleep for Memory
Improvement |
AGING, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON |
$311,600 |
Wang, Yinsheng |
Chemistry |
Repair of Radiation-induced Crosslink Lesions of DNA |
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF |
$304,722 |
Barth, Matthew J |
CE-CERT |
Next Generation Environmentally Friendly Driving Feedback
Systems Research and Development |
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY/MISCELLANEOUS OFFICES AND PROGRAMS |
$277,667 |
Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth |
Entomology |
Integrated Pest Management (CORE Program) - Elizabeth
Grafton-Cardwell |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$260,684 |
Yang, Zhenbiao |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Mechanisms behind Rapid Tip Growth |
GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF |
$244,107 |
Reznick, David |
Biology |
Experimental evolution in natural populations of guppies |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$241,597 |
Krishnamurthy, Srikanth |
Computer Science & Engineering |
MACRO: Models for Enabling Continuous Reconfigurability of
Secure Missions |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (INCL PENN STATE RESEARCH
FOUN |
$219,577 |
Bartels, Ludwig |
Physics and Astronomy |
Center for Spintronic Materials, Interfaces and Novel
Architectures (C-SPIN) |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA |
$212,500 |
Roose, Mikeal L |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Asparagus Breeding and Cultivar Evaluation |
EUROSEMILLAS S.A. (SPAIN) |
$210,061 |
Gonehal, Venugopala Reddy |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Spatio-temporal regulation of hormonal interactions in
Arabidopsis shoot apex: Live imaging and cell type-specific analysis |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$210,000 |
Maduro, Morris |
Biology |
Developmental Buffering in a Gene Regulatory Network |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$200,000 |
Jung, Heejung |
CE-CERT |
Very Low PM Mass Measurement |
COORDINATING RESEARCH COUNCIL |
$198,674 |
Roff, Derek A |
Biology |
Assessing the impact of mate choice on genetic architecture
and testing the "good genes" model |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$196,000 |
Messaoudi Powers, Ilhem |
Biomedical Sciences |
Impact of chronic ethanol self administration on T cell
function in a rhesus macaque model |
ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF |
$175,086 |
Reed, Christopher A |
Chemistry |
Chemistry with Carborane Anions |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$175,000 |
Stouthamer, Richard |
Entomology |
Biological Control of Asian Citrus Psyllid in California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$172,179 |
Brisk, Philip |
Computer Science & Engineering |
CAREER: Design Automation for Microfluidic Large Scale
Integration Laboratories-on-a-Chip |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$160,940 |
Bahreini, Roya |
Environmental Sciences |
Airborne Aerosol Composition and Light Extinction
Measurements during the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry
Experiment. |
REGIONAL AIR QUALITY COUNCIL |
$157,009 |
Russell, Robert |
CE-CERT |
Emission Verification Testing of Diesel Particulate Filter
(DPF) Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems for Two Tugboats |
HUG FILTERSYSTEMS |
$154,119 |
Jin, Hailing |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Identification and characterization of HLB-induced small
RNAs and mRNAs - towards the understanding of natural defense mechanisms
against HLB |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$136,000 |
Adaskaveg, Jim |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Epidemiology and Management of Phytophthora Diseases of
Citrus in California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$130,000 |
Stallings, James Tyler |
UCR ARTSBlock |
Critical Utopias: The Art of Futurismo Latino: Getty
Research/Planning Grant |
J. PAUL GETTY TRUST, THE |
$125,000 |
Morse, Joseph G |
Entomology |
Integrated Pest Management (CORE Program) - Joseph Morse |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$120,476 |
Ma, Wenbo |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Detection of Huanglongbing using secreted proteins of
Candidatus Liberibacter |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$115,303 |
Bartels, Ludwig |
Engineering - Dean's Office |
REU Site: Materials Connection (MaCReu R?Side) |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$110,000 |
Korotkov, Alexander |
Electrical Engineering |
Theory for Multi-Qubit Algorithms in Josephson Phase Qubits |
UC SANTA BARBARA |
$103,593 |
Allen, Robert |
Earth Sciences |
Observed Tropical Expansion: impact on the Hydrological and
Energy Cycles |
UC SAN DIEGO |
$100,288 |
Wyman, Charles |
CE-CERT |
Identification of Optimal Pretreatment and Conversion
Conditions (Activity leader:34330 C. Wyman, UCR) |
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY |
$100,160 |
Bartels, Ludwig |
Material Sci/Engr Pgm |
REU Site: Materials Connection (MaCReu R'Side) |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$100,088 |
Christidis, Evangelos |
Computer Science & Engineering |
IO Optimizations for Bigdata Stores |
SAMSUNG ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
$100,000 |
McMullin, Juliet M |
Cntr for Ideas and Society |
Narrative in Tandem: Creating New Medical and Health
Humanities Programming |
NFAH HUMANITIES, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE |
$100,000 |
Madhyastha, Harsha |
Computer Science & Engineering |
CAREER: Cost-effective Application Deployments Spanning
Multiple CloudServices |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$97,669 |
Ravishankar, Chinya |
Engineering - Dean's Office |
San Bernardino Valley College Inland Empire MSEIP |
SAN BERNADINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT |
$97,135 |
Ezcurra, Exequiel |
UC MEXUS |
Sustainable Management of Fisheries and Spawning
Aggregations in the Gulf of California |
UC SAN DIEGO |
$96,600 |
Krishnamurthy, Srikanth |
Computer Science & Engineering |
QUANTA: QoI-Aware Networks for Tactical Applications |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (INCL PENN STATE RESEARCH
FOUN |
$96,568 |
Wilson, Gillian |
Physics and Astronomy |
Is the Size Evolution of Massive Galaxies Accelerated in
Cluster Environments? |
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY |
$96,263 |
Mohsenian-Rad, Amir Hamed |
Electrical Engineering |
PEV-Based Active and Reactive Power Compensation in
Distribution Networks: Design Optimization and Technology Demonstration |
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY |
$95,000 |
Park, Chan Seung |
CE-CERT |
Development of a Fuel Sensing Technology for a
Variable-blend Natural Gas Vehicle |
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY |
$94,407 |
Morikis, Dimitrios |
Bioengineering |
Acquisition of a Thermophoresis Instrument for Molecular
Association Thermodynamic Studies |
DA ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND |
$88,882 |
Barth, Matthew J |
CE-CERT |
University of California Center ON Economic Competitiveness
in Transportation: UCCONECT |
UC BERKELEY |
$88,667 |
Reznick, David |
Biology |
Experimental evolution in natural populations of guppies |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$84,276 |
Kahn, Tracy L |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Integrated Citrus Breeding and Evaluation for California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$82,689 |
Wang, Albert Z |
Electrical Engineering |
A high-precision bandgap reference circuit for ICs in CMOS
technology |
ZTE CORPORATION |
$80,000 |
Byrne, Frank |
Entomology |
Assessment of Systemic Neonicotinoid Insecticides for the
Management of ACP |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$77,856 |
Adaskaveg, Jim |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Disease Forecasting and Management of Septoria Spot of
Citrus |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$64,080 |
Stouthamer, Richard |
Entomology |
Impact of resident predator species on control of Asian
Citrus Psyllid populations: conservation biocontrol and selection of
candidates for mass relea |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$63,866 |
Lukaszewski, Adam J |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Improvement of Turfgrasses for Water Conservation and
Stress Resistance |
CALIFORNIA TURFGRASS & LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION |
$62,200 |
Bergner, Julie Elizabeth |
Mathematics |
CAREER: Equivariant topological field theories and higher
cluster categories |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$59,599 |
Close, Timothy J |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Improving Barley and Wheat Germplasm for Changing
Environments |
UC DAVIS |
$55,128 |
Mauk, Peggy |
Agricultural Operations |
Acquisition of Goods and Services |
US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
( |
$55,000 |
Korotkov, Alexander |
Electrical Engineering |
Control of Quantum Open Systems: Theory and Experiment |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
$54,625 |
Adaskaveg, Jim |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Evaluations of New Postharvest Treatments to Reduce
Postharvest Decay and Improve Fruit Quality in Citrus Packinghouse Operations |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$53,400 |
Hoddle, Mark |
Entomology |
Release and Monitoring of Tamarixia radiata in Southern
California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$52,150 |
Dahanukar, Anupama Arun |
Entomology |
Functional Analysis of Insect Taste Receptors |
DEAFNESS & OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, NATIONAL
INSTITUTE |
$51,821 |
Byrne, Frank |
Entomology |
Developing a Management Plan for Asian Citrus Psyllid in
Retail Nurseries: Evaluating Uptake and Retention of Systemic
Insecticides in Containerized |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$51,761 |
Vidalakis, Georgios |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
High Throughput QuantiGene Plex Based Assay for Rapid and
Accurate Multiplex Detection of Citrus Pathogens |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$50,847 |
Schiller, Neal L |
SOM - Student Affairs |
FastStart Summer Academy Program |
CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION (WOODLAND HILLS) |
$50,000 |
Xu, Shizhong |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Drought and Salinity Tolerant Cultivars for South China and
South/Southeast Asia by Designed QTL Pyramiding |
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH |
$47,780 |
Morse, Joseph G |
Entomology |
Optimizing Chemical Control of Asian Citrus Pysllid in
California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$46,802 |
Goliff, Wendy |
CE-CERT |
Development and Operation of a Test Facility for
Determination of Emissions Control Efficiency for Commercial Cooking
Operations |
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT |
$45,700 |
Adaskaveg, Jim |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Epidemiology and Management of Olive Knot Caused by
Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Savastanoi |
CALIFORNIA OLIVE COMMITTEE |
$44,000 |
Eskalen, Akif |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Investigating important diseases of citrus in California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$43,224 |
Wessler, Susan |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
TRPGR: The Amborella Genome: An evolutionary Reference for
Plant Biology |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (INCL PENN STATE RESEARCH
FOUN |
$42,506 |
Lovatt, Carol J |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Use of PGRs to Increase Bud Break and Growth of Vegetative
Shoots During the On-Crop Year and Bud Break in Spring the Following Year to
Increase... |
CALIFORNIA OLIVE COMMITTEE |
$42,286 |
Walling, Linda |
Institute of Genomics |
Innovations in plant virus-vector interactions using
advanced technologies in conjunction with the Second Hemipteran-Plant
Interaction Symposium(HPIS) |
U.S.-ISRAEL BINAT'L AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEV FUND |
$40,000 |
Bergner, Julie Elizabeth |
Mathematics |
CAREER: Equivariant topological field theories and higher
cluster categories |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$36,959 |
Byrne, Frank |
Entomology |
Optimizing Chemical Control of Asian Citrus Pysllid in
California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$33,752 |
Trumble, John T |
Entomology |
Characterization of potato breeding clones to determine
mechanisms conferring observed resistance/tolerance to zebra chip disease |
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH |
$32,905 |
Brisk, Philip |
Computer Science & Engineering |
CAREER: Design Automation for Microfluidic Large Scale
Integration Laboratories-on-a-Chip |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$31,996 |
Hayashi, Cheryl |
Biology |
Functional Protein Structure in Spider Silk for Ultra-High
and Exceptionally Tunable Thermal Conductivity |
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$31,991 |
Bahreini, Roya |
Environmental Sciences |
Integrated Experimental And Modeling Studies of the
Chemistry of Organic Aerosol Formation from the Atmospheric Oxidation of
Hydrocarbons |
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER |
$31,224 |
Trumble, John T |
Entomology |
Insecticide rotation programs for the control of potato
psyllid and zebra chip |
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH |
$31,000 |
Funning, Gareth John |
Earth Sciences |
Kinematics of Faulting in the Northern San Francisco Bay
Region from GPS measurements: Collaborative Research with the Massachusetts
Institute of Tech |
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (INCL NATL BIOLOGICAL SERVICE) (USGS) |
$30,706 |
Schwabe, Kurt |
Environmental Sciences |
Economics of Sustainable Vineyard Water Management
Strategies with Limited and Impaired Water Supplies |
US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
( |
$30,501 |
Tan, Xiang-Dong |
Electrical Engineering |
Electro-migration-induced degradation analysis for 3D Ics |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$30,000 |
Crohn, David M |
Environmental Sciences |
Evaluation of Grodan rockwool media as a compost amendment |
GRODAN INC NORTH AMERICA |
$29,968 |
Anderson, Michael A |
Environmental Sciences |
Alum Treatment, Internal Recycling and Water Quality in Big
Bear Lake |
BIG BEAR MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT |
$29,400 |
Ma, Wenbo |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Identifying and Characterizing Citrus Targets from
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$27,852 |
Hoddle, Mark |
Entomology |
Host Specificity Testing of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis
Sourced from the Punjab of Pakistan for Classical Biological Control of Asian
Citrus Psyllid |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$27,755 |
Baird, James H |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Irrigation Requirements for Salinity Management on
Perennial Ryegrass Turf (Lolium perenne L.) |
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION |
$26,109 |
Liu, Haizhou |
Chemical/Environ. Engineering |
Minimizing Hexavalent Chromium in Californian Water:
Understanding Hiding Reaction Pathways in Drinking Water and Reinventing
Treatment Process |
UC AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
$25,000 |
Sickman, James O |
Environmental Sciences |
Measurement of Total Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Using
the ITNI Approach |
US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE |
$25,000 |
Prager, Sean |
Entomology |
Baselines for evaluation of resistance to common
insecticides used for management of potato psyllids |
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH |
$24,615 |
Walker, Ameae M |
Biomedical Sciences |
Immune Development: Role of Milk Cell Transfer and
Recipient Gender |
CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF |
$22,816 |
Roose, Mikeal L |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Asparagus Breeding and Cultivar Evaluation |
CALIFORNIA ASPARAGUS COMMISSION |
$20,217 |
Miller, J Wayne |
CE-CERT |
Measurement of Criteria Pollutant Emissions from Vessels
Operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers and using Advanced Fuels |
Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. |
$17,220 |
Brisk, Philip |
Computer Science & Engineering |
CPS: Small: System support for generally programmable
digital microfluidic biochip devices |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$16,000 |
Zur Nieden, Nicole |
Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
Skeletal teratogenicity of environmental chemicals
predicted with human induced pluripotent stem cells in vitro |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY |
$16,000 |
Brint, Steven G |
Undergraduate Education |
University Alliance Grant |
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY/TEMPE |
$15,000 |
Talbot, Prue |
Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Health Risk Assessment |
UC SAN FRANCISCO |
$15,000 |
Baird, James H |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Evaluation of Products for Turfgrass Water Conservation
Using a Linear Gradient Irrigation System (LGIS) |
CALIFORNIA TURFGRASS & LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION |
$13,000 |
Baird, James H |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Tall Fescue and Bermudagrass Establishment and Management
Using Subsurface Drip Irrigation vs. Overhead Sprinkler Irrigation |
CALIFORNIA TURFGRASS & LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION |
$13,000 |
Mangolini, Lorenzo |
Mechanical Engineering |
CAREER: Synthesis of bulk nanostructured materials from
semiconductor quantum dots |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$12,500 |
Mauk, Peggy |
Agricultural Operations |
Acquisition of Goods and Services |
US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
( |
$12,280 |
Arpaia, Mary Lu Lu |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Planning Grant: I/U CRC in Sensory Sciences and Innovation |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$11,500 |
Ai, Huiwang |
Chemistry |
CAREER: Expanding the Toolbox of Encodable Fluorescent
Probes to Image Macrophage Redox Dynamics |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$10,511 |
Ramakrishnan, Subramanian K |
Political Science |
Community-engaged research on immigrant integration |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
$10,000 |
Bartels, Ludwig |
Material Sci/Engr Pgm |
REU Site: Materials Connection (MaCReu R'Side) |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$9,912 |
Baird, James H |
Botany and Plant Sciences |
Leaching Requirements for Turfgrass Salinity Management |
CALIFORNIA TURFGRASS & LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION |
$8,917 |
Borneman, James |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
ET3-EDNRB Signaling in Enterocolitis Associated with
Colonic Aganglionosis |
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER |
$7,992 |
Reznick, David |
Biology |
Experimental evolution in natural populations of guppies |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$7,500 |
Gerry, Alec |
Entomology |
Development of a Publicly Accessible, Query-Driven Database
of Registered Products for Management of Ectoparasites of Animals |
UC AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
$5,571 |
Hayashi, Cheryl |
Biology |
Functional Protein Structure in Spider Silk for Ultra-High
and Exceptionally Tunable Thermal Conductivity |
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$5,000 |
Adaskaveg, Jim |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Epidemiology and Control of Bacterial Spot of Almond in
California |
ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA |
$4,800 |
Krishnamurthy, Srikanth |
Computer Science & Engineering |
QUANTA: QoI-Aware Networks for Tactical Applications |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (INCL PENN STATE RESEARCH
FOUN |
$4,267 |
Roff, Derek A |
Biology |
Assessing the impact of mate choice on genetic architecture
and testing the "good genes" model |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$4,000 |
Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth |
Entomology |
Optimizing Chemical Control of Asian Citrus Pysllid in California |
CITRUS RESEARCH PROGRAM |
$1,780 |
Curras-Collazo, Margarita C |
Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
Investigating the role of D-serine in NMDAR-mediated
vasopressin release |
SIGMA XI, THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY |
$700 |
Curras-Collazo, Margarita C |
Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
Osmosensory activation may produece cGMP signals after
TRPV1 activation |
SIGMA XI, THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY |
$471 |
Scissor-tailed flycatcher
I recently received a book of
poems with a scissor-tailed flycatcher on the cover. Scissor-tailed
Flycatchers are relatively common in the south-central United States.
However, they occasionally “overshoot” their migration and wind up in the
northeast or southern California. One is occasionally reported at Prado
Regional Park in Chino. I was in Little Rock, Arkansas at my
son-in-law’s Ph.D. graduation when one was spotted in Connecticut.
Birders from around the northeast made hundred mile trips to go see it, and I
debated going .
On the way to the Little Rock airport, our GPS took us on a weird route past
the fenced in grasslands around the runway. As my wife was driving, I spotted
five scissor-tailed flycatchers on the airport fence. Here’s one photo.
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: Johanna Bowman