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Research Recognition Dinner Awardees
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On May 12, over 70 faculty from more then 30 departments were recognized for their achievements at the Twenty-Ninth Annual Research Recognition hosted by the campus's Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement. Three faculty will receive Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowships, which include a $3,000 honorarium and 1 year of release time to pursue research and scholarly activities.
Other awards to be recognized included Outstanding Accomplishments in Research & Creative Activity, Patent Recognition Awards, CVIP Technology Development Grants, Distinguished Faculty Lecturers, Distinguished Faculty, Faculty Research/Healey Endowment Grants, Public Service Endowment Grants, Research Leadership in Action Grants, Armstrong Fund for Science and the UMass President's Office Creative Economy Science & Technology Initiatives Funds awards. Click here for a complete list of awardees.
Congratulations to all the faculty awardees!
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| Michel Receives Chancellor's Citation Award |
 Congratulations to Marla Michel, director of the UMass Amherst office of Research Liaison & Development (RL&D), a recipient of one of this year's Chancellor's Citation Awards. The awards "recognize and honor University staff members who have demonstrated outstanding performance by contributing their time and/or skills in helping the University achieve its goals and objectives."
Vice Chancellor Paul Kostecki said, "As a member of my executive team, Marla has demonstrated exemplary service and skill in assisting my efforts to expand the campus's capacity for research and innovation."
According to the RL&D staff who nominated her, "The contributions that Marla has made to increase the capacity and raise the visibility of UMass Amherst research are impressive. Her deep sense of responsibility for the campus and the success of its faculty enable her to see opportunities where others who are just focused on 'doing their job' might not. As a manager, she is an inspiration to her staff." A video profiling the awardees is being produced by AIMS and will be available sometime in May.
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| Carbon Negative Series Launched |
Carbon Negative: A University-Industry Seminar Series
The way to a carbon negative future follows a path of research, discovery, translation and commercialization. To that end, the campus's Office of Research has launched the Carbon Negative series. This series of talks features a panel of two, split between academe and industry, speaking about a singular clean energy challenge or opportunity from the perspective of their own experiences in the lab and in the marketplace, respectively. The inaugural seminar called "Fuel Cells: Current Product Opportunities and Emerging Technologies" features Protonex CTO Paul Osenar and his perspective on the plentiful near-term product opportunities for fuel cells based on currently available technologies. Chemistry professor S. "Thai" Thayumanavan will discuss work being conducted in the NSF-Funded Fueling the Future Center for Chemical Innovation (FTF-CCI). The Center is focused on enhancing the efficiency of charge transport, a crucial process in most energy devices, especially solar and fuel cells. The National Science Foundation-funded
DATE: Thursday, June 11
TIME: 4:30 to 7:00 pm
PLACE: Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, Waltham, MA.
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| Funding Opportunities |
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Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Deadline: June 5, 2009
Unrestricted Research Grant of $60,000
The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early state in their careers. This program has a limited submission of one per institution. The program is based on accomplishment in scholarly research with undergraduates and compelling commitment to teaching. It is open to academic institutions in the States, Districts, and Territories of the USA that grant a bachelors' or master's degree in the chemical sciences, including biochemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical engineering. For more information please contact Melinda LeLacheur at 413-545-5283 or email. To read a full description of this Award Program click here.
Collaborative Biomedical Research Grants
Deadline: June 29, 2009
Estimated Award Size: Varies
The Collaborative Biomedical Research (CBR) Program funds promising research projects that have co-principal investigators from both UMass-Amherst and Baystate Medical Center. CBR Research Grants provide initial support for physicians and scientists to collaborate on a biomedical project and are intended to serve as internal "seed funds" to help the collaborative team gain a competitive position for extramural funding applications. For more information, including criteria details and application materials, visit the CBR website.
FOUNDATION FUNDING
July 30: Target Identification in Lupus Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR)
Various: Parkinson's Disease Research Michael J. Fox Foundation
Faculty interested in applying for the above foundation-sponsored opportunities are encouraged to contact Susan Worgaftik (413-547-2956) for assistance or more information. The application deadline is listed before each funding opportunity.
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| Announcements |
QT Tech Wins $35K Innovation Challenge Grand Prize
QD Tech has won the $35,000 grand prize in the UMass Amherst Innovation Challenge Final Business Plan Competition for its plans to produce quantum-dot-based materials designed to improve solar cells. The Innovation Challenge is a competition for the best innovation-driven business plan produced by students, recent alumni and faculty advisors at UMass Amherst. Read the full story here. Space for Lease: 85 North Whitney Street, Amherst There is a 6000 square foot space for lease located very close to downtown Amherst and the campus. It is ideal for a start-up business. Zoned Light Industry and Professional Offices. Excellent mix of manufacturing, offices, laboratories (full chemistry lab set-up). Industrial power and wiring, plumbing, lighting, HVAC, telecommunications, security systems, and on-premises parking. The price for lease is $10 per Sq.Ft. but is negotiable. For more information on this space please contact Hilda and Louis Greenbaum at Greenbau@history.umass.edu. Passport UMass Summer Issue Available
The summer 2009 issue of Passport UMass is now available online. Passport UMass is an electronic newsletter issued in collaboration with the International Relations Advisory Council. Its purpose is to highlight and publicize the great international accomplishments and initiatives of faculty, staff and students on all five campuses. Call of Nominations - Speakers for The Environmental Institute Lecuture SeriesTEI is looking for nominations of speakers for the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters. These speakers will be part of The Environmental Institute Lecture Series and should be excellent public speakers, address an important and timely environmental issue, have a faculty host interested in creating opportunities for undergraduates and/or graduate students and be likely to accept the invitation if their schedule allows. Nomination reviews will begin on June 12th. Send nominations and any questions to Sharon Tracey or TEI. |
| Events |
May 12: Spring 2009 IP Webcast Series: Establishing First to Invent and Electronic Lab Note Books. Tuesday, May 12: 1:00 - 2:00. Lisa Dolak, Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law. CLICK TO REGISTER or send an e-mail with the subject line: "NYSSTLC Spring Webcast Series" to: NYSSTLC@law.syr.edu
May 13-14: Spring Polymer Event. May 13 CUMIRP Cluster meetings and PSE Forum:Partnerships with Industry. May 14 MRSEC workshop: Polymer-based Photovoltaics. Details here.
May 27-29: The Nanomanufacturing Summit 2009 in Boston is held by the National Nanomanufacturing Network, which is part of the UMass Amherst Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing. The objective of this event is to provide a showcase conference bringing together high-quality technical contributions by experts in the field of Nanomanufacturing. To learn more about this event please click here. June 3: Massachusetts Life Sciences 2nd Annual Innovation Day. "The Survival of the Fittest Life Sciences Companies. Being held from 8:00AM to 6:00PM at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. To learn more about this event click here. Register for Innovation Day here. June 2-4: The UMass Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering (PSE) Department is offering an Introductory Short Course on Polymers at the Amherst campus. This course is aimed at industry and government representatives who would like to learn about "Polymer Structure and Characterization: the Basics, Opportunities and Issues." For more information on this course or on PSE, please contact Jim Capistran at 413-577-1518 or visit the PSE website. June 4: Financing Fast Growth: Western Mass Edition is a financing seminar for Western MA growth companies. Speakers will explore venture capital, angel investors, mezzanine capital, and grants, including SBIR. If your business needs capital to finance research and development, or if you anticipate needing growth capital, you can't afford to miss this information and networking opportunity. From 10:00AM to 2:00PM, Mass Mutual Center, Springfield. RSVP: jw@clearvcs.com. Hosted by the Regional Technology Corp. and the Western Mass Small Business Development Center. See flyer for more information. June 9-11:The University of Massachusetts Amherst will be hosting the Conference on the Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology. Leading nano researchers, nano policy and regulatory experts, practitioners, manufactures and users around the world will address the impacts of manufactured nanoparticles on the environment and new applications for remediation and pollution control. More details here. June 18: BEACON's Pfizer Seminar Series presents Dr. Gualberto Ruano, MD, PhD, "Physiological Genomics and Personalized Medicine" at the Baystate Hospital at 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield MA in Chestnut Rooms 1A and 1B. This event is free of charge, but helpful to reserve your space in advance. To RSVP please e-mail Terri Wilson or call (860)-547-1995. For a complete list of campus events, check out www.umass.edu/umhome/events
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April Grants & Contracts Snapshot |
Each month ACCESS includes a selection of grants and contracts awarded to faculty from across campus to provide a sense of what's going on in Research at UMass Amherst. These listings reflect only a small fraction of the total sponsored activity for any given month. Since this is just a snapshot in time and grant/contract terms vary, actual award totals may be higher than the amounts listed.
Lynn S. Adler
Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Sponsor: Coop State Res, Educ and Ext Service
Title: The Community Ecology of Crop Yield: Management of Herbivory, Pollination and Mycorrhizal Interactions in Cucumber
Total Award: $437,700
Patty S. Freedson
Kinesiology
Sponsor: American College of Sports Medicine Foundation
Title: Validation of Objective Measures for Sedentary and light Intensity Physical Activity (Sarah Kozey)
Total Award: $5,000
Raymond La Raja
Political Science
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title: Candidate Emergency for the Connecticut Legislature After Implementation of the Clean Elections Act
Total Award: $59,993
David J. McClements
Food Science
Sponsor: Coop State Res, Educ and Ext Service
Title: Designing Novel Food Functionality Through Controlled Biopolymer Phase Separation
Total Award: $362,424
Houjun Mo
Astronomy
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title: Reconstructing the Cosmic Density Field to Understand the Local Intergalactic Medium and its Relation to Galaxies
Total Award: $136,908
Amilcar Shabazz
Afro-American Studies
Sponsor: University of Mass - Lowell
Title: Reading New England: Using Digital Resources to Explore the Souls of Black Folk
Total Award: $5,000
Yannis Smaragdakis
Computer Science
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title: CPA-CPL-T: Programming Models for Transactional Memory
Total Award: $107,933
Heather M. Stoll
Geosciences
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title: Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Carbon Release and Sequestration: Case Studies of two Early Eocene Hypsithermals
Total Award: $121,973
Gregory N. Tew
Polymer Science and Engineering
Sponsor: Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda
Title: Capturing Nature's Weapons to Prevent Infectious Diseases
Total Award: $100,000
Marinos N. Vouvakis
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sponsor: Alpha Omega Electromagnetics LLC
Title: Parallel Domain Decomposition Electromagnetic Algorithm Development
Total Award: $35,000
Ryan S. Wells
Educational Policy Research & Admin
Sponsor: Association for Institutional Research
Title: The Incongruity Between Education Expectations and Enrollment Behaviors: The Effects of Gender and Social Capital over
Total Award: $39,918
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