Synthetic Biology
11 a.m. -12 p.m. Aug. 22,
Webinar
The National Academies will be discussing the first phase of a study focused on the uses and dangers of synthetic biology. For more information, click
here.
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Bio-pitch deadline extended until Aug. 23, online conference registration by Oct. 13
Oct. 15 - 17
St. Petersburg, Fla.
There's still time to enter to pitch your life sciences seed to early stage company to investors. For details on the pitch competition, click here. For conference details, click
here
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Young Faculty Award Program
2 - 5 p.m. Aug. 29
Webcast
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is sponsoring a webcast on the objectives of the Young Faculty Award program. Details here.
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HHS SBIR/STTR Conference
Nov. 7 - 9
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Register before September 28 to get
$100 off this U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SBIR/STTR conference.
For details, click
here.
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More Event Listings
For additional listings, visit the Division of Research events
page.
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LIMITED SUBMISSION
National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend
FAU internal deadline: Aug. 30,
full proposals by Sept. 27
Limit: 2 per institution
The NEH is granting summer stipends to support advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
Applicants interested in being nominated should have their research dean email the candidate's name and a brief paragraph outlining the significance of the proposed project to
limited@fau.edu
by August 30. For more information, click here.
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Japan-U.S. Network
Due: Nov. 30
NSF is soliciting joint Japanese-U.S. research projects in two areas:
Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, and optimal communications and networking
. View the RFP
here
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More Funding Opportunities
For additional solicitations, visit the Division of Research funding opportunities
page.
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DOR is Here for You: Research Open House This Friday
 All faculty and research support staff are invited to attend this Friday's
Research Open House hosted by the Division of Research. Division leadership, including Vice President for Research Dan Flynn, Ph.D., and Associate Vice President for Research Karin Scarpinato, Ph.D., will be on hand to discuss how we can help advance faculty research.
Join us for lively conversation, coffee, refreshments and raffle prizes on
August 18
from 2
- 4:30 p.m.
in
the
the Forkas Alumni Center's Great Hall, located adjacent to the recreation center.
In September and October, DOR unit leaders will discuss their unit's services in workshops for faculty.
For a map and to RSVP for the open house and/or workshops, click
here
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Better Traffic Management
Researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science developed an intelligent traffic surveillance system to automatically count cars - day or night - using existing infrastructure. The findings of the research team, led by Assistant Professor Hongbo Su, Ph.D. of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering,
were recently published in the journal Sensors.
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FAU Tech Runway Grad Talks Success
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Credit: TEDxBocaRaton
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The Silicon Valley Globe recently featured Jan Bednar, an FAU Tech Runway graduate and the CEO of ShipMonk (formerly known as BedaBox.) The entrepreneur shares how he turned his idea into a successful business, while giving a nod FAU Tech Runway for the tools and mentorship it provided.
ShipMonk offers international fulfillment services ... read more.
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HBOI Initiative Installs Benthic Ladders
A new benthic lander - an instrument-carrying platform that's placed on the sea floor to record data - has been successfully deployed by HBOI researchers to further analyze Oculina coral reefs 20 miles offshore of Fort Pierce. The project, led by Mingshun Jiang, Ph.D., associate research professor and an
I-SENSE
faculty member, aims to deploy multiple low-cost benthic landers to monitor deep water environments.
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Students' Research Recognized at Diversity Conference
The Diversity in Organizations, Community and Nations Research Network recently awarded an Emerging Scholar Award each to Gabrielle Rind, associate director for multicultural programming, a paid student government position and Dawit Rumicha, a recent FAU graduate.
The award, presented at the network's conference in Canada, recognizes researchers interested in urban diversity and economic growth.
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