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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. 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
Histograms
New Faculty: School of Public Health and Health Sciences
March Grants & Contracts Snapshot
Vol. 4, Issue 8, March 12, 2008
Staff Profile: Rick Taupier, RL&D
Lab Profile: Computational Biology Laboratory
Direct Costs Part I: Defining Direct Costs
Campus Initiates Support for REUs
Funding Opportunities
- Hood Foundation Child Health Research Grants
- UMass Amherst Research Leadership in Action
- MRI-MRS Pilot Research Grants
- Mathematics & Science Partnership Education Grants
- NCIIA Grants
- Microsoft HealthVault Be Well Fund
Deadlines to Watch
- March 14: FRG/Healy Grant Proposals due
- March 21: Water Resources poster abstracts due
- April 4: Public Service Endowment Grant deadline Announcements
- UMass Releases Clean Energy Report
- Women in Science Summer Internship Program
- UMass in State's Life Sciences Plan
- New Reports on the Creative Economy
- Spring 2008 "Passport UMass" Newsletter
- Spring 2008 Environmental Lecture Series
- Temporary Student Position with Green Energy Group
CVIP News
- CVIP Patents Filed
- CVIP Technology Development Awards
- "TechCast at UMass" Features PVLSI
Research Trends
Events
- March 13: Invention to Venture bootcamp
- March 17: MLSC Matching Grants briefing
- March 24: Early-Stage Life Sciences Technology Conference
- March 27: SPHHS Research Day
- April 8: Conference on Water Resources
- April 10-11: UMass Instructional Technology Conference
New Faculty: College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Histograms
February Grants & Contracts Snapshot
Vol. 4, Issue 7, February 14, 2008
Staff Profile: Jim Capistran, CUMIRP
Lab Profile: Library Business Resources
"TechCast at UMass" Podcasts Series Launched
Funding Opportunities
-Creative Economy Initiatives Fund
-Science & Technology Initiatives Fund
-NEA 2008 Grants for the Arts
-Microsoft Computing Grants
-Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Grants
-Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center Awards
-Hood Foundation Child Health Research Grants
-Continuous Quality Improvement Grants
Calls for Nominations and Applications
-Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award
-Ehrlich Award for Service Learning
-Faculty for the Engaged Campus Charette
Deadlines to Watch
-February 15: Conti Nominations from Deans to ORA
-February 18: Abstracts for IWA NAMRC undergraduate poster competition
-February 25: ESLSTC presentation applications due
-March 14: FRG/Healy Grant Proposals due
-Public Service Endowment Grant deadline
Announcements
- Free Software for Campus Community
- Research Area Staff Changes
- 2008 INFORMS Speakers Series
- OGCA Spring Certification Series
-Winter 2008 "Passport UMass" Newsletter
-Space for Innovation
Research Trends
Events
-February 17: AWIS Public Reception
-February 18: AWIS Breakfast and Panel
-March 24: Early-Stage Life Sciences Technology Conference
New Faculty -- College of Natural Resources & the Environment and School of Nursing
Histograms
December & January Grants/Contracts Snapshot
Vol. 4, Issue 6, December 12, 2007
Staff Profile: Sharon Tracey, TEI
Lab Profile: Open Source Lab
Indirect Costs Part III: Indirect Cost Modification
Research ACCESS Survey Says...
Center for Fueling the Future Launched
Funding Opportunities
-UMass Co-Investment Fund 2008
-TI Medical Tech Research Grants
-Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship
-CVIP Tech Development Grants
-Community Foundation Competitive
-Armstrong Fund For Science
-HP Technology for Teaching Grants
Deadlines to Watch
- January 4: Conti Nominations to Deans
-January 8: STEM Pipeline Proposals Due
-February 1: Academic Technology Grants and Conti Nominations Due to Research Affairs
-March 14: FRG/Healy Grant Proposals Due
Announcements
- RLA Grants Awarded
- Research Area Reports Now Available
- Call for Papers
- Research Area Staff Changes
Events
-December 13: Research Area Brown Bag
-December 14: Open House for Marty Martin
-December 14: History Symposium
New Faculty --Humanities and Fine Arts and Isenberg School of Managment
Histograms
November Grants/Contracts Snapshot
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