UCR Research and Economic Development Newsletter: March 23, 2016
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research
and Economic Development
Back Issues of Newsletter: http://research.ucr.edu/vcr/newsletters.aspx
Grant Opportunity Search: http://pivot.cos.com
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Air Force Young Investigator Awards: Deadline 6/1/16
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Associate
Vice Chancellor for Technology Partnerships – Candidate:
3/31/16 Talk at 11:00 am and meeting at 3:30
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Meetings
with Lewis-Burke: 3/28-29/16
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Faculty Networking Lunches:
BRAIN,
International Research Projects (New!), Bio-based
Materials, Health Disparities
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NSF CAREER Workshop:
4/28/16 or 4/29/16 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm (lunch provided)
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Research Development & Grant Writing News
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Bald Eagles
Air Force Young Investigator – 6/1/16
The U.S. Air Force has released
its Young Investigator Program solicitation for 2016. To be eligible, you must
have received your Ph.D. on April 1, 2011, or later; you must have a
tenure-track appointment; and you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or
permanent resident. Awards are for three years at $120,000 per year
Proposals must be responsive
to at least one of the published research interests of the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research. See below for a summary. Like most DoD programs, chances of acceptance increase if you talk
with the appropriate program officer. See http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=BAA-AFRL-AFOSR-201*
for details on programs and contacts.
Engineering and Complex Systems
1) Aerothermodynamics
2) Dynamic Materials and Interactions
3) GHz-THz Electronics
4) Energy and Combustion Science
5) Low Density Materials
6) Multi-Scale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis
7) Optoelectronics and Photonics
8) Space Power and Propulsion
9) Test Science for Test and Evaluation (T&E)
10) Turbulence and Transition
Information and Networks
1) Complex Networks
2) Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence
3) Computational Mathematics
4) Dynamics and Control
5) Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems (DDDAS)
6) Information Operations and Cybersecurity
7) Optimization and Discrete Mathematics
8) Science of Information, Computation and Fusion
9) Systems and Software
10) Trust and Influence
Physical Sciences (RTB1)
1) Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments
2) Atomic and Molecular Physics
3) Electromagnetics
4) Flow Interactions and Control
5) Laser and Optical Physics
6) Plasma and Electro-Energetic Physics
7) Quantum Electronic Solids
8) Remote Sensing and Imaging Physics
9) Sensing, Surveillance and Navigation
10) Space Science
Chemistry and Biological Sciences
1) Biophysics
2) Human Performance and Biosystems
3) Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems
4) Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry
5) Natural Materials, Systems, and Extremophiles
6) Organic
Materials Chemistry
Proposals are due June 1.
The solicitation is available
at http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=282395
under the Related Documents tab.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Technology
Partnerships – Candidate Presentation – 3/31/16 at 11:00
A candidate will be
interviewing for the AVC for Technology Partnerships next week, and will be
giving a talk in the University Lab Building (ULB) 104 on Thursday, March 31st
at 11:00am.
The AVC for technology
partnerships will be responsible for Technology Commercialization (including
patenting, licensing and new company formation) and Corporate Relationships
(including corporate contracts and corporate gifts).
All
faculty are welcome to attend. Her abstract and bio are
below. She will also be available to meet with faculty as a group
from 3:30-4:30 in UOB 210.
Entrepreneurial
approach to building university partnerships
Universities around the world are
facing increasing pressure from governments, communities and the private sector
to play a more proactive role in supporting innovation and economic growth in
their respective regions. Because of their limited resources, this task compels
universities to be very creative and resourceful, so as to meet these demands
while fulfilling their educational and research missions.
There is a consensus that in order to
accelerate the commercialization of university-based technology and increase
the impact of universities in regional job creation and competitiveness, five
areas must be strengthened: faculty entrepreneurship, student entrepreneurship,
technology transfer, industry collaborations and university engagement in the
region’s economic development.
In this presentation I will share my
experience with building models for accelerating university technology
commercialization at the national and international levels, in which programs
are integrated in a synergistic manner to maximize available resources and
foster an entrepreneurial culture across campus. I will share different
approaches to secure public private partnerships through the adoption of a
market-driven, entrepreneurial
vision.
Rosibel Ochoa, PhD
Dr. Ochoa is the Senior
Executive Director for Entrepreneurism and Leadership Programs at the Jacobs
School of Engineering, University of California San Diego where she oversees
the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center and the Gordon Center for Engineering
Leadership.
She has spent a significant
portion of her professional career focused on the commercialization of early
stage technologies both in corporate and academic settings. At UC San Diego,
she has been involved in designing and implementing regional and international
programs aimed at providing a commercialization platform that accelerates the
transfer of university discoveries from the laboratory to the private sector.
This platform is built out of three key elements: entrepreneurial education,
expert mentorship and access to capital. These elements are integrated
through a process that supports entrepreneurial faculty and students through
the early stages of the commercialization process out of the university,
including assisting with the technology transfer process, collaboration with
industry as well as facilitating access to the university research
infrastructure by external partners.
During her tenure, Dr. Ochoa
has transformed the von Liebig Center from an engineering focused program to a
regional platform that can be replicated in other regions in the Country and
around the world. Since 2008, she has secured more than $6 Million in funding
for proof of concept from a variety of federal, corporate and non-profit
organizations. These grants allowed her to launch eight Southern California technology acceleration programs to
help commercialize discoveries in the areas of healthcare and clean
energy.
As part of the Center’s
educational programs, she has led development of curricular and co-curricular
courses and workshops on entrepreneurism, technology commercialization and
customer development for faculty and students at the undergraduate and graduate
level. Combined with strong mentorship by business advisors, participants gain
a better understanding of how to bring product to market.
In 2013, she became Program
Director of the UC San Diego I Corps site, funded by the National Science
Foundation. To date, more than 90 teams have participated in the program and in
a short period of time, these teams have leveraged over $2M in additional
funding to further commercialization of their research.
More
recently, she spearheaded the creation of the Triton Fund a $10 Million early
stage Venture Fund managed by a UCSD Alum to provide access to early stage
capital to UCSD and UCSD affiliated startups, where she is now a member of the
investment committee. She is also co-Director of the nationally recognized
program My Startup XX, a business
accelerator that provides mentorship and training to female scientists and
engineers interested in pursuing a startup of their own.
Previously, she
served as Associate Director of the
Office of Technology Licensing and Manager of Industry Contracts at the Georgia
Institute of Technology where she was involved in the protection and licensing
of a portfolio of more than 150 technologies and led the team in charge of
negotiating corporate sponsored research agreements with the university.
She is also the founder of TekDome, a consulting company that provided technology
assessment, commercialization strategy and proof of concept support to university
researchers and has been a consultant for international organizations such as
the Inter-American Development Bank and the Organization of American
States.
Dr. Ochoa holds a master and PhD in Chemical
Engineering from the University of Louisville and a BS in Chemical Engineering
from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. She is the inventor in two
US Patents and author in more than 18 technical publications.
Meetings
with Lewis-Burke, Funding Consultants – Mar. 28-29, 2016
This is a reminder: UCR works
with Lewis-Burke, a DC-based firm which monitors federal funding and provides
guidance on federal funding. Representatives will be on campus to discuss
funding strategies and availability on a variety of topics. Faculty are
welcome and encouraged to attend any session that is of interest to them.
The schedule is below. Please sign up. ,
At each session, they will present a
short overview of funding various federal agencies for psychology.
You should come prepared to discuss a brief overview of your
research. They more they know about your research, the more they can hook
you up with federal agencies.
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Monday, March 28, 2016 |
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Topic |
Location |
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9:00a-9:45a |
Water Research |
UOB 210 |
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4:00p-5:00p |
USDA: Education & Outreach Programs |
UOB 210 |
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016 |
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Time |
Topic |
Location |
Register Here: |
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11:00a-12:00p |
US Dept of Education:
Education and MSI Programs |
UOB 210 |
http://lba-education-minority-serving-programs.eventbrite.com |
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11:00a-12:00p |
Psychology |
PSYCH 3210 |
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2:00p-3:00p |
DOE |
UOB 210 |
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2:00p-3:00p |
Spatial Science |
Batchelor 2158 |
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3:00p-4:00p |
DOD |
UOB 210 |
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3:00p-4:00p |
Social Science Funding |
Batchelor 2158 |
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4:00p-5:00p |
USDA: Agriculture Research |
UOB 210 |
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Bios:
Michael Ledford,
Partner and Vice President for Client Management, joined Lewis-Burke Associates,
LLC in March 2000. He is primarily responsible for the company's work involving
innovation and technology transfer, the Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the Department of Transportation, the National Science
Foundation, and the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security’s
policies regarding immigration. He also works on research and development
issues within the Department of Defense.
Leland Cogliani has over 12 years of experience working on Department
of Energy basic and applied research and development programs as well as
national security issues related to nuclear weapons and non-proliferation
activities. In addition to substantive, subject matter expertise on
science and innovation issues, he is also an expert on the congressional
appropriations process. During his career at the U.S. Senate, Energy and Water
Appropriations Subcommittee and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, he
worked with authorizing and appropriations committees, a number of federal
agencies, and scientists from universities and companies throughout the
country.
Prior
to joining Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, Mr. Cogliani
was the lead Senate staff member with budget responsibility over the National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Office of Science, the Advanced
Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), and Other Defense Programs. Mr. Cogliani was instrumental in advancing science and national
security priorities through yearly appropriations legislation while developing
expertise in federal programs across many scientific disciplines, including
basic research, Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, and national
security programs. He also worked closely with the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence to assess budgetary and programmatic needs for
science and national security programs.
Lauren Broccoli brings
a unique background to Lewis-Burke that combines federal communications, legislative,
and political expertise. Prior to joining Lewis-Burke, Lauren served in
the office of Congressman James Langevin. Her
experience includes work on a broad range of issues, including education
policy, appropriations, cybersecurity, agriculture, and healthcare. While on
Capitol Hill, she also contributed to innovative communications strategies to
enhance the Congressman’s policy profile and constituent interactions.
Lauren
tracks federal policy related to the environmental and agricultural sciences,
ranging from coastal resilience to plant biology. Her portfolio covers the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Department of Interior (DOI), and the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
Upcoming
Faculty Networking Lunches
A new faculty lunch has been
scheduled to discuss international research on May 2. We will be joined
by Vice Provost of International Affairs Kelechi Kalu.
We will discuss opportunities for funding for international research and
available funding including USAID and NSF.
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BRAIN
Initiative-Related Research 3/28/16 (register here: https://brain-initiative.eventbrite.com).
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New: International Research Projects 5/2/16
(register here: http://intl-research-projects.eventbrite.com)
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Bio-based
Materials 5/9/16 (register here: http://biobased-materials.eventbrite.com)
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Health
Disparities 5/23/16 (register here: https://health-disparities.eventbrite.com)
The goal is get faculty with common
interests to meet each other in an informal setting and discuss possible
collaborations. The food is catered by a local Thai restaurant and
includes vegetarian and gluten-free options.
All lunches are held in UOB
210 from 12:00pm – 1:15pm.
Thursday, April 28: 11:00-1:00 (HUB Rm. 260)
Friday, April 29: 11:00-1:00 (HUB Rm. 260)
Reminder: The annual UCR NSF CAREER Workshop is offered
twice this year, presenting the
same material in two sessions:
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.
CAREER proposals are due July 20-22, 2016; 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.
The UCR workshop on preparing an NSF CAREER proposal will be held
on Thursday, April 28th from 11:00am to 1:00pm (lunch
provided) in the Highlander Union Building, Room 260, and repeated again on Friday,
April 29th from 11:00am to 1:00pm (lunch provided) in the Highlander
Union Building, Room 260.
The workshop will offer guidance on essential components of the
CAREER award, including
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Research Plan
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Educational Plan
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Broader Impacts
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Data Management Plan
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 by Monday, April 19th here:
4/28: http://nsf-career-workshop-4-28-16.eventbrite.com
4/29: http://nsf-career-workshop-4-29-16.eventbrite.com
Academic Research Funding Strategies: Research
Development & Grant Writing News
The
March issue of the Academic Research Funding Strategies newsletter is now
available on the web at http://research.ucr.edu/OrApps/SP/Info/GrantWriting/GrantWritingNews.aspx. The index is below.
Note that this report is
for UCR internal use only. It may not be forwarded to colleagues at other
institutions or professional associations.
March 2016
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Topics of
Interest URLs
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Making
Copy-and-Paste Illegal
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NSF INCLUDES:
Success Is All About Scalability
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The Generic
Management Plan
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FY 2017: Funding
Social & Behavioral Sciences
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Research Grant Writing
Web Resources
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Educational Grant
Writing Web Resources
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Agency Research
News
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Agency Reports,
Workshops & Roadmaps
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New Funding
Opportunities
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About Academic
Research Funding Strategies
In 2014, a pair of mated Bald Eagles chose the most idyllic of
nest sites within the United States’ National Capital (Washington, DC), nestled
high in a Tulip Poplar tree amongst the Azalea Collection at the U.S. National
Arboretum, which is operated by the United States Department of Agriculture.
This is the first Bald Eagle pair to nest in this location since 1947. The two
Eagles have been iconically named “Mr. President” and
“The First Lady.”
The first of the two baby bald eagles, named DC2 (as it is the second eaglet raised by Mr. President and The
First Lady at this location) emerged from its shell on Friday at 8:27
a.m. The second eaglet (DC3) hatched at approximately 3:00 a.m.
Sunday. You can view the nest cam 24 hours a day. http://www.eagles.org/dceaglecam/.
Below
is a photo I took of a pair of eagles making a nest on Honeymoon Island, Florida.
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Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research
and Economic Development
Professor,
Computer Science & Engineering
University of California,
Riverside
200 University
Office Building
Assistant: Linda
Bejenaru
Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu