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The Research area is committed to keeping the campus community and its partners informed of news and information that helps to expand their capacity for research and innovation. ACCESS is issued approximately every 4 weeks. Circulation includes the Amherst campus and external friends and partners.
Recent ACCESS Issues
Vol 4, Iss. 12, August 13, 2008
Staff Profile: Marie-Francoise Walk
Facilities Profile: Cold Spring Orchard
Research NOW: Campus Research for Public Policy
Campus Secures Life Sciences Funding and Building UMass CVIP Ranked First in the State
Bill Considered to Create National Innovation Council Funding Opportunities
- Technology Innovation Program Grants
- Art Cataloguing and Documentation Funding
- Childhood Obesity Research Grant
- Social Science Research Council's Abe Fellowships
- Cottrell Scholar Awards
- Lymphoma Research Grant
- Biomedical Research Award
- Cancer Prevention Research Grant
- Child Health Research Awards
- Health Care Research Grants
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Price for Cancer Research
- Music Science Research and Archive Grants
- Dissertation Development Program Research Directors
- Kresge Health Initiative & Environmental Initiative
Announcements
- Bradley-Amsterdam Flights Suspended
- NSF-DoD MOU Funds Research for National Security
- "TechCast at Umass": The Portable Hug Vest
- Emrick Secures Patent for Polymer Discovery
Events
- September 19: First Annual Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels
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June and July Grants & Contracts Snapshot
Vol. 4, Iss. 11, June 11, 2008
Staff Profile: Kim Fill
Facilities Profile: Joseph Troll Turf Research Center
Campus Energy Summit Showcases Faculty Research
More Support Now Available for Fulbright Exchanges
Industry Partners Connect to Campus
Funding Opportunities
- Semiconductor Research Corporation BEP & Packaging Grants
- Gulf War Illness Research Program
- Childhood Obesity Research Grant
- Environmental Education Initiative
- Breast Cancer Research Funding
- Renewable Energy & Wildlife Conservation Research Prize
- Australian-American Health Policy Fellowships Program
- Marijuana Policy Project Grant
- Health & Society Scholars Program
Announcements
- Research Leadership in Action Awardees Named
- House Committee Votes on Nanotechnology Bill
- Passport UMass Summer Issue Available
- UMass Conference Services Survey
Events
- June 12: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on SBIR and STTR
- June 13-14: The School of Education Centennial Celebration
- June 17: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on "Prop and Award"
- June 18: Turf Research Field Day
- June 20-21: 2008 Regional Sustainable Energy Summit
- June 22-28: Juniper Summer Writing Institute
- June 24: "Best Practices in Science Education" conference
- August 10-13: 2008 IWA Membrane Research Conference
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May Grants & Contracts Snapshot
Vol. 4, Iss. 10, May 14, 2008
Staff Profile: Margo Zobka, OGCA
Facilities Profile: Genomics Resource Lab
Direct Costs Part III: Considerations for Cost Allocations
New Massachusetts Academy of Sciences Launched
Latest "TechCast at UMass" Now Available
Research Recognition Dinner Awardees
UMass Recognized in State's Biofuels Report
Funding Opportunities
- IBM Shared University Research Awards
- Global Health Research Grants
- Parkinson's Therapeutics Development Fund
- Cancer Research Funding Opportunity
- Health Care Quality Funding
- Suicide Prevention Research Grants
- Nanoelectronic Materials, Processes, and Devices
- HP Labs Innovation Research Program
- Collaborative Biomedical Research Grants
Announcements
- UMass Amherst Technology Recognized in AUTM Report
- SSTI Responds to New SBIR Legislation
- Leschine Makes "Top 10 Women in Cleantech" List
- Inaugural Visioning Grants Awardees Announced
- Mellon Mutual Mentoring Grant Recipients Announced
- University Press Issues Spring & Summer Catalog
- 2008 Juniper Prizes in Fiction & Poetry Announced
- MRI-MRS Grant Recipients & Open House
- UMass Amherst Joins MentorNet
- Pearson Publishes on Raising a Bilingual Child
Events
- May 13-15: Spring 2008 Polymer Event
- May 15: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on Effort Reporting
- May 16: SPHHS Faculting Mentoring Symposium
- May 21: Discussion on New NIH Reporting Requirements
- May 29: Faculty Writing Retreat
- May 29-30: Climate Change Think Tank Symposium
- May 30: "Researching the Connected World: An Introduction to Social Network Analysis" Symposium
- June 2-30: Online writing course for faculty
- June 3: Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day
- June 4: Health Center's MRI Open House
- June 10-12: Workshops and training in "Triad Investigations" for hazardous waste site management
- June 24: "Best Practices in Science Education" Conference
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New Faculty: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
April Grants & Contracts Snapshot
Vol. 4, Iss. 9, April 9, 2008
Staff Profile: Paul Barten
Services Profile: Arts Extension Service
Direct Costs Part II: Preparing the Budget
Tips for Writing Op-Eds
Publishing Your Work Online
Massachusetts Proposes "Green Jobs" Plan
Funding Opportunities
- Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
- Chemistry Sciences New Faculty Award
- William T. Grant Scholars Program
- HHMI Biology/Medicine Early Career Grants
- MRI-MRS Pilot Research Grants
- Grand Challenges Explorations Health Grants
- Improving Delivery of Medicine to the Brain Initiative
- SRC Cross-disciplinary Semiconductor Research Grant
- Related Service Special Education Research Grants
- Multiple Drinking Water Projects Grants
Deadlines to Watch
- May 1: Research Leadership in Action applications due
- May 9: NCIIA E-Team Grant applications due
Announcements
- Research Welcomes New Staff
- UMass Amherst Students Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Events
- April 9: Lessons Learned from the Internet lecture
- April 10-11: UMass Instructional Technology Conference
- April 15: Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology lecture
- April 16: Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology lecture
- April 17: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on Export Controls
- April 23-27: Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" at the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies
- April 28: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on Industry Funding
- April 29: Education and Research of Environmental and Marine Science and Management at Xiamen University lecture
- April 30: Wireless Sensor Networks and Global Scale Environmental Monitoring lecture
- May 5: Biotechnological Solutions for Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Remediation lecture
- May 8: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on Award Close-Out
- May 9: UMass Amherst hosts New England/New York Biological Safety Symposium
- May 13-15: Spring 2008 Polymer Event
- May 15: OGCA Brown Bag Lunch on Effort Reporting
- May 16: SPHHS Faculty Mentoring Symposium
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New Faculty: School of Public Health and Health Sciences
March Grants & Contracts Snapshot
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