February 2008
- Computational Biology Seminar - February 20th
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A new computational biology seminar series began on January 22, 2008. This free seminar series is open to all faculty and students. The series brings together WSU leaders in the development and use of computational techniques, with emphasis on molecular mechanics and quantum mechanical...
- Faculty Development Seminar - How to Start Up and Run a Lab
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The next seminar in the Faculty Development Series, "How to Start Up and Run a Lab," sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of the Provost and the Graduate School, will be held on February 22 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at the Law...
- IMR Announces GRA Competition
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Institute for Manufacturing Research will fund approximately 10 GRAs for the academic year starting Fall Term 2008. The GRA support will provide salary, fringe benefits and resident tuition for the student. No additional support will be provided. An individual faculty member may submit only...
- Colloquium series on children and families research announced
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute is pleased to announce their Winter 2008 Colloquium Series centered around research to enhance the well-being of children and families, and invite all WSU faculty to attend. The next colloquium will be held on February 13 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Freer...
- Launch of Biostatistical, Study Design & Epidemiology Services Announced
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Wayne State University/Henry Ford Health System Biostatistical, Study Design and Epidemiology Services have been launched as part of the WSU/HFHS combined initiative to secure a National Institute of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award. The Clinical and Translational Science...
- Nano@Wayne Seminar Reminder
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Office of the Vice President for Research hosts a regular Nano@Wayne seminar series that is open to the public. The seminars are held at WSU's Welcome Center auditorium located at the corner of Woodward and Warren. Parking is available in Parking Structure #3 for $3.50. For directions...
- Requests for Pilot Grants by the MI Center for Urban African American Aging Research
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research is one of six research centers on minority aging funded by the National Institute on Aging. This center is jointly housed at the University of Michigan's Program for Research on Black Americans, and Wayne State University's Institute...
- Save the Date - E2detroit Symposium Announced!
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Unrivalled in its quality and scope, the E2detroit Symposium gathers forward thinking entrepreneurs and corporate innovators to address the latest trends and developments impacting their ability to develop new and reinvigorate existing ventures. In an ever-changing global economy, entrepreneurial...
- Mental Health External Funding Opportunity Announced
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NARSAD announces the 2008 Independent Investigator Award for brain disorder research. NARSAD is the largest non-government, donor supported organization that distributes funds for brain disorder research. The NARSAD Independent Investigator Award Program offers up to $50,000 a year for two...
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Announces Public Health Funding
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has announced a new institutional training program - Institutional Program Unifying Population and Laboratory Based Sciences - in the hope to develop a new cadre of scientists working at the connections between population approaches to human health and basic biomedical...
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Announces Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has announced the Career Awards at the Scientific Interface program, intended to foster the early career development of postdoctoral scientists with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to...
- Dr. Arnetz receives international attention for cell phone study
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A joint study involving WSU School of Medicine and researchers in Sweden has found that cell phone usage for a substantial period of three hours or more immediately prior to bedtime disrupts sleep patterns. The study has garnered extensive national and international press over the past two...
- Kannan, Kannan and Iezzi developing nanodevices for use in diagnostics and therapy
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A team of researchers from WSU's College of Engineering, School of Medicine and the Kresge Eye Institute - Ligon Center, have been collaborating to discover and develop new nanodevices that will aid in the diagnosis and treatment of a number of neuroinflammatory diseases and infections that are...
- Xiaoming Li awarded $2.2 million from NIH
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The HIV/AIDS pandemic scene in East Asia is largely dominated by China. While AIDS is not yet considered an epidemic in China, the infection rate has risen sharply in recent years, and the potential impact of a serious outbreak would be disastrous for both China and the world's...
- Mateika receives $1.5 million from National Institutes of Health
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
WSU Associate Professor, Jason H. Mateika, Ph.D., of the Department of Physiology and Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine, was recently awarded $1.5 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. His grant, "Impact of Intermittent Hypoxia...
- Sandra Jacobson discovers new way to identify children exposed prenatally to alcohol
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Researchers at WSU have discovered that lack of eyeblink response in eyeblink conditioning tests may help to identify children who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol - fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) - according to results published in the February 2008 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical &...
- WSU, U of M, MSU and EMU to receive up to $1.25 million in research equipment from Pfizer
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Pfizer recently announced that they will be donating up to $1.25 million worth of research equipment, glassware and other lab supplies to four Michigan universities - WSU, U of M, MSU and EMU. Notification of what will be donated or when the donation will be made has not yet been...
- Grant Opportunity from National Archives & Records Administration
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The National Archives and Records Administration seeks proposals for projects that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical records and make the digital versions widely available. Deadline: June 2, 2008 Funds: Up to $150,000 for each award. Proects must...
- Grant Opportunity - Math & Science Partnership - NSF
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NSF seeks proposals under its flagship R & D effort to improve K - 12 student achievement through projects designed to build the knowledge base for math and science education and serve as models to be replicated in education practice. Deadline: Feb. 18 for optional but strongly encouraged...
- Grant Opportunity - NSF networking technology & systems
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The National Science Foundation invites applications to explore the frontiers of networking, clarify the dynamics of large-scale networks, expand networking capabilities and use and help pave the way for the next generation Internet. Deadline: March 25, 2008 Funds: $40 million for 60 to 80...
- Grant Opportunity - NIH Nanoscience in Biology and Medicine
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NIH seeks to enhance nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine. Deadline: June 5 and October 5 Funds: Research project grants (RO1) vary in size and duration for up to five years. Exploratory developmental grants (R21) provide $250,000 over two...
- Grant Opportunity - NIH Alzheimer's disease pilot research
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NIH seeks applications for behavioral and drug pilot clinical trials to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and age associated cognitive decline. Deadline is June 5 and October 5. Funds: The research project grant (RO1) provides varying amounts for five...
- LIMITED SUBMISSIONS - NSF seeks IGERT proposals
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NSF seeks proposals for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program, which is designed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers for 21st Century research. DUE DATES: IGERT Traineeship preliminary proposals due April 24, 2008 IGERT...
- LIMITED SUBMISSION Grant Opportunity - Ethics Education in Science & Engineering
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NSF invites proposals for research and education projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, including interdisciplinary and inter-institutional activities. Deadline: April 3, 2008 Funds: $2.4 million for 6 to 12 awards for 36...
- Grant Opportunity - Magnetic Fusion Energy Science
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Department of Energy invites proposals for theoretical research of magnetic fusion energy science for one year grants with two additional years possible. Specific areas of interest include: magnetohydrodynamics; confinement and transport,; boundary physics; plasma heating; non-inductive current...
- Grant Opportunity - Assets for Independence
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Health and Human Services Department solicits applications to administer projects to help low income people become economically self-sufficient. Grantees will teach project participants about economic and consumer issues and enable them to establish matched savings accounts to put money away...
- Grant Opportunity - Behavioral path to alcohol habit
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The NIAAA invites applications for research project grants to investigate alcohol's effects on the neural underpinnings of learning and memory as they contribute to behavioral characteristics of alcohol dependence, impulsive and or compulsive drinking and relapse. Examples of areas of research...
- Grant Opportunity - Arts Educators' Development
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Education Department invites applications to implement quality professional development model programs for arts educators or other instructional staff in K-12 high-poverty schools. They will fund only programs that use innovative instructional models and current knowledge from education...
- Grant Opportunity - Emerging computation models/technologies - NSF
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The National Science Foundation seeks research projects that investigate computing and communication systems, explore ideas, and transcend the boundaries of these systems. Categories are: biological systems science and engineering; quantum information science; nanotechnology for computing and...
- Community of Science free to WSU faculty
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Community of Science is an online funding resource and faculty database profile available to all faculty at no charge! Faculty can search the world's most comprehensive funding database, with customized funding alerts that can be sent directly to you via email. Community of Science offers...
- URC Funding Opportunity in Energy Science and Technology
- Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Executive Summary: Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University announced a funding opportunity of $900,000 for a maximum period of three years for full-time faculty in the above-listed URC institutions, focused on new research leading to revolutionary but...