October 2009
- David Cinabro receives grant to bring images of distant universe to the Internet in real time
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
It will provide the widest, fastest and deepest images of space ever captured and provide clues to the fate of the universe - and thanks to a Wayne State researcher, its images will be available to the public. David Cinabro, Ph.D., professor of physics in WSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences...
- Dr. Michael Shy to lead $6.25 million NIH research program on one of the most common inherited neurological disorders: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The National Institutes of Health announced recently a second phase of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network totaling $117 million which includes funds for 19 research consortia. Wayne State University received a five-year, $6.25 million research consortium grant from the National Institute...
- Renu Kowluru receives funding to seek new ways to halt sight threatening disease, retinopathy, feared by diabetics
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
Renu A. Kowluru, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology, anatomy/cell biology and endocrinology at Wayne State University's School of Medicine and the Kresge Eye Institute, has secured additional federal funding for her work in combating diabetic retinopathy. The $750,000, two-year grant from the...
- Wayne State senior leads grassroots effort for food sustainability in Detroit through “action research”
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
For anyone who has ever attended a Wayne State farmers market or spent time in an on-campus garden, chances are they've met Will Ahee. The Wayne State urban studies senior and resident of Detroit, Mich., has spent much of his undergraduate career as a leader, organizer and researcher of local food...
- WSU secures third round of funding for the Women's Health Career Development Center
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Wayne State University School of Medicine continues its role as a leader in obstetric and gynecological research with the renewal of national funding for the only Women's Reproductive Health Career Development Center in Michigan.Wayne State University secured its third successive round of...
- WSU partners with Duke, University of Washington and Group Health Research Institute to develop ResearchToolkit.org
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
Wayne State University, in partnership with the Duke University Translational Medicine Institute, the University of Washington's Institute for Translational Health Sciences and Group Health Research Institute, has developed a new Web site to help researchers create and sustain successful multi-site...
- Drs. Naar-King and Jen to launch child-focused obesity center funded by $5.7 million NIH grant
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
While obesity is a growing problem with Americans, it is significantly higher among African Americans, particularly in children and adolescents. To date, there have been few studies of interventions designed to prevent or treat obesity among this target population, and those that have been...
- Internal Funding: Multidisciplinary Research Group Incubator Program
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) announces the availability of seed money to foster development of multidisciplinary research groups to secure program or center grant funding. Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis, based on advice from reviewers external to Wayne State...
- President's Research Enhancement Program Announced
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The eighth year of funding has been announced for the President's Research Enhancement Program (REP). This program is designed to strengthen the University's performance as a nationally recognized research university, as described in the Strategic Action Plan, and is intended to contribute toward...
- DoD Breast Cancer Research EOH and Postdoctoral Award Funding Opportunities
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) has released the "Era of Hope Scholar Awards" and "Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards" Program Announcements and is open for submissions. The following funding opportunity information may interest newer faculty and postdoctoral researchers...
- DOE Science Graduate Fellowship Program
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) has established the DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) program to provide support for outstanding students to pursue graduate training in basic research in areas of physics, biology...
- Grant Writing Workshops announced
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is pleased to host two grant-writing training opportunities in early December 2009 that require registration by November 9. Write Winning Grants (Hypothesis-Driven Research)December 2, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Write Winning Revisions -...
- NIH comes to Michigan Nov. 11 to brief life sciences community
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
Officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will brief Michigan's life sciences community - from academic researchers to entrepreneurs and industry scientists - on new opportunities. Michigan's University Research Corridor, Biotechnology Business Consultants and BioArbor are sponsoring...
- INPHAASE RFP Announced
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Henry Ford Health System are pleased to announce the 2010 Institute for Population Studies, Health Assessment, Administration, Services and Economics (INPHAASE) RFP. INPHAASE is an inter-institutional, coordinated effort to bring together and...
- Nano@Wayne November Seminars
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Office of the Vice President for Research invite all faculty, staff and students to attend the next John P. Oliver Nano @ Wayne Seminar on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at the EDC Auditorium - 1507 Engineering Building. The guest speaker will be Dr. Bulent Mutus, professor of Chemistry...
- Limited NIH Submissions Announcement
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences supports broad and fundamental, early-stage graduate research training in the neurosciences via institutional NRSA research training grants (T32) at domestic institutions of higher education. Trainees are supported during...
- COEUS/Dashboard training sessions for faculty
- Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
The Sponsored Program Administration office is hosting two faculty sessions to assist faculty with the implementation of COEUS/Dashboard. Discussion topics include: Approvals Clinical Trials Budget Credit Split Modular Budget Personnel Budget Sessions will be held: Wednesday...