Congratulations to Carolyn Nur Wistrand, Lecturer in Africana Studies, whose new play Rising (the result of a Research & Creative Activities Award), will receive a staged reading by the Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. in New York City on April 13, 2010. For more information, please visit their website: http://www.necinc.org/
The next in a series of webinars being facilitated by the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership. (The University of Michigan is a member of this organization.) These sessions are intended to give practical information to both universities and industry about working with federal agencies. These sessions occur the 3d Wed of each month. The sessions are free but registration is required. To register and to download background documents, click here.
An MRI technical assistance webcast is planned for March 15, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Registration and login information is posted on the MRI program page. FY 10 MRI proposals are due by April 21, 2010.
University Outreach is pleased to invite UM-Flint faculty to Rethinking and Reframing, a professional development series for faculty interested in advancing their scholarly work while addressing community needs. Public Scholarship is “scholarly or creative activity integral to a faculty member’s academic area. It encompasses different forms of making knowledge ‘about, for, and with’ diverse publics and communities. Through a coherent, purposeful sequence of activities, it contributes to the public good and yields artifacts of public and intellectual value” (Source: Imagining America). Please register for the following events online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/professional_development_for_engaged_scholars
Registration is available for individual sessions, and participants are encouraged to attend the entire series. For questions, please contact Mona Younis at (810) 424-5481 or [email protected].
Rethinking and Reframing is sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact, Thompson Center for Learning and Teaching, and the Office of Research.
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry has issued an urgent request for peer reviewers. Division director Luis Echegoyen ([email protected]) writes, “Unfortunately, there is now a very low response rate to Division of Chemistry proposal review requests. If we are to maintain the effectiveness of the peer review process, the Division of Chemistry needs your active participation in the process.”
Participation in the competitive peer review process not only contributes to the funding of high-quality research and sponsored programs, but also gives important insight into the characteristics of excellent proposals. GRC members are encouraged to consider serving as reviewers and panelists themselves, and to forward Echegoyen’s request to faculty in chemistry and related departments.
Congratulations to the following UM-Flint faculty and staff:
Congrats to our recepients!
We’re happy to announce that two of our students – Cameron Waites and Nkemdilim Nwodo – have been accepted to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research! Cameron (facutly advisors, Suzanne Selig and Maureen Thum) will be presenting his paper entitled “Oligodendrogenesis After Hypoxic-ischemic Stroke in the Mouse Brain” and Nkemdilim (facutly advisor, Dana Dyson) will be presenting her paper entitled “High School Dropout Rates in Michigan School Districts: The Influence of Poverty, Educational Attainment, and Location for the Years 2004-2007”
This year’s NCUR will take place on the campus of the University of Montana. Congrats, Cameron and Nkemdilim!
For more information about his year’s NCUR, please visit: http://www.umt.edu/ncur2010/default.aspx
The Office of Research and the Research Creative Activity Committee (RCAC) would like to announce the Winter 2010 Call for Proposals.
Proposals are due in the Office of Research by Friday, March 12, 2010 at 5:00 pm.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Research and Creative Activities Committee with funding decisions announced in mid-April. Please note that all proposals must be submitted in hard copy and electronically. Please follow the guidelines located at: http://www.umflint.edu/research/faculty_funding/RCAC_guidelines.htm.
Please review the guidelines carefully.
If you have any questions or need assistance please feel free to contact the Office of Research, 762-3383.
The Association of Public Land-grant Universities held a workshop on peer review and best practices in energy efficiency and renewable energy research funding on January 26, 2010. Video recordings of the sessions and PowerPoint presentations delivered by representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Office of Science, the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Office of Naval Research Naval Materials Division are available online.
The Office of Development & Alumni Relations and the Office of Research are pleased to announce the Winter 2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) for The Dr. Ben F. Bryer Foundation Medical Research Fund.
The Fund was established by the family of Ben F. Bryer to encourage and support the medical research endeavors of University of Michigan-Flint faculty. This research fund honors the accomplishments of Ben Bryer, surgeon, scientist, educator, author, and humanist, in his pursuit of medical knowledge. Special gratitude is extended to Dr. Bryer’s sister and foundation trustee, Bess Hurand, and her husband Arthur for making this fund possible.
Funding is available on an application basis to full-time faculty of the University of Michigan-Flint to provide support for medical and biomedical research, with a priority given to research related to cancer. At this time, it is anticipated that one award in the amount of $5,000-$7,000 will be available. As the fund grows, additional RFPs will be announced.
Proposals are due in the Office of Research by Friday, March 12, 2010 at 5:00 pm.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Research and Creative Activities Committee with funding decisions announced in mid-April. Please note that all proposals must be submitted in hard copy and electronically.
Please follow the guidelines located at http://www.umflint.edu/research/faculty_funding/bryer.htm. Please review the guidelines carefully. If you have any questions or need assistance please feel free to contact the Office of Research, 762-3383.
