UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter:  April 06, 2014

Michael Pazzani

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

http://research.ucr.edu

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·         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.

 

Directorate for Biological Sciences 

BIO

CAREER $

 

Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences

BIO/MCB

$955,000

 

Division of Biological Infrastructure

BIO/DBI

$879,000

 

Division of Integrative Organismal Systems

BIO/IOS

$913,000

 

Division of Environmental Biology

BIO/DEB

$990,000

 

Emerging Frontiers Office

BIO/EF

Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering 

CISE

 

Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

CISE/ACI

$525,000

 

Division of Computing and Communication Foundations

CISE/CCF

$719,000

 

Division of Computer and Network Systems

CISE/CNS

$559,000

 

Division of Information and Intelligent Systems

CISE/IIS

$615,000

Directorate for Education & Human Resources 

EHR

 

Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings

EHR/DRL

$660,000

 

Division of Graduate Education

EHR/DGE

 

Division of Human Resource Development

EHR/HRD

 

Division of Undergraduate Education

EHR/DUE

Directorate for Engineering 

ENG

 

Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

ENG/CBET

$434,000

 

Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation

ENG/CMMI

$401,000

 

Division of Electrical, Communications & Cyber Systems

ENG/ECCS

$463,000

 

Division of Engineering Education & Centers

ENG/EEC

 

Division of Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

ENG/IIP

 

Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation

ENG/EFRI

Directorate for Geosciences 

GEO

 

Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

GEO/AGS

$658,000

 

Division of Earth Sciences

GEO/EAR

$840,000

 

Division of Ocean Sciences

GEO/OCE

$929,000

 

Division of Polar Programs

GEO/PLR

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences 

MPS

 

Division of Astronomical Sciences

MPS/AST

$835,000

 

Division of Chemistry

MPS/CHE

$830,000

 

Division of Materials Research

MPS/DMR

$703,000

 

Division of Mathematical Sciences

MPS/DMS

$454,000

 

Division of Physics

MPS/PHY

$629,000

Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences 

SBE

 

Division of Social and Economic Sciences

SBE/SES

$477,000

 

Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences

SBE/BCS

$719,000

 

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

SBE/NCSE

 

SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities

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.cfmTwo -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.

http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/21279

 


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. 

 

 

 

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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.


Scissor-tailed flycatcher

(click to enlarge)

 

 

 

 

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:  Johanna Bowman

johanna.bowman@ucr.edu

951-827-4800