Ocean Science Lecture Series
7 p.m. July 19
Johnson Education Center Auditorium, Harbor Branch campus
Learn more about a local predator in a new film documentary entitled "Lionfish:
The Reef Assassin." For details, click
here.
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Gender in the Global Research Landscape
1 - 2:30 p.m. July 20
Webinar
This National Academies' webinar will discuss the findings of a comprehensive Elsevier report on research performance through a gender lens. To register, click here.
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Oct. 19 - 21
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
This IEEE conference focuses on advances in technologies that are transforming life sciences. 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 SUBMISSIONS
Big Data Applications
FAU internal deadline: Aug. 4, full proposals by Sept. 18
NSF seeks new Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs proposals to advance big data applications. This program is limited to one submission per university. If interested, send a brief email describing your project to
limited@fau.edu. For more information, click
here.
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James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program
Letter of intent due: Aug. 11, applications due Sept. 22
This Florida Department of Health program invites proposals on health disparities, screening, tobacco use, obesity and more. For more information, click here.
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Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program
Letter of intent due: Aug. 11, applications due Sept. 22
This mission of this program is to advance progress toward cures for cancer by increasing cancer research capacity and more. For details, click
here.
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Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging
Rolling submissions through Sept. 7, 2020
This opportunity invites applications addressing the HIV infection and treatment in geriatric populations. To read the solicitation, click here.
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More Funding Opportunities
For additional solicitations, visit the Division of Research funding opportunities
page.
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FAU Tech Runway Student is a Finalist in National Contest
The 14-year-old founder of SLIDEMAP, a FAU Tech Runway Venture Class 5 student track company, has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Discovery Education and 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Devin Willis, a freshman at A.D. Henderson University High School, bested thousands of students across the country to become one of 10 finalists.
Willis' invention
i
s a machine that combines 3D printing technology with computer programming to detect cancer.
Watch the WPTV - Ch. 5 (West Palm Beach NBC) coverage
here
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See What Your Colleagues are Innovating, Order Now
The next edition
of
Owl Research & Innovation magazine is slated to be release as the new semester starts in the fall. Read about FAU
leadership's role in transportation research, entrepreneurship
and environmental science in the new publication. Anyone with an appreciation for art won't want to miss the stories, "Exploring Imprisonment Goes Digital" and "The Inner Workings of Beautiful Brains."
The magazine is available university-wide to all who would like to use it to showcase FAU's research excellence at events, expos, meetings, and conferences.
To request copies at no cost to your unit, click
here
. Stay tuned for the launch of a digital edition.
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Avian Expert Awarded Scientific Product Grant
Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. has awarded a Scientific Product Grant to Rindy Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences. Anderson will receive acoustic recording units to further her research on Bachman's sparrow.
Anderson will use her new Song Meter SM4 acoustic recorder to analyze the songs of female Bachman's sparrows, in hopes of paving the way for conservation efforts of this species. To read more, click here and scroll down.
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Engineer Testing Water Tech, Launching in Malaysia
As part of a research agreement with OriginClear,
a water treatment solutions provider, an FAU researcher is leading its efforts to
determine the safety and effectiveness of a new sustainable wastewater treatment.
Dan Meeroff, Ph.D., associate chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering,
hopes the collaboration will yield an engineering design suitable for landfills anywhere in the U.S.
The technology being tested is launching in Malaysia this month.
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Failing Banks Costing Government Billions of Dollars
A paper published in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of Banking & Finance,
argues that regulators acted too slowly to close more than 400 financially troubled banks between 2007 and 2014.
Costs of delay may have reached $18.5 billion.
Rebel Cole, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Business ...
read more
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Research In Action
Anthropology researchers led by Kate Detwiler, Ph.D., are studying a little known monkey population living in Dania Beach. Click the image or
here to watch the video.
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| Expand Your Search for Research Funding To find funding opportunities, visit GrantForward. To find university-based resources, expertise and collaborators, use Florida ExpertNet. Click on the images below.
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