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Feb. 20, 2019

Coordinated Effort to Improve Human Health Science is the best weapon against cancer. A number of labs across FAU have joined the fight, investigating aspects of the disease and potential means to prevent it. Now, the university is seeking to connect these independent efforts, an initial step in a longer term plan to develop a center for research and cancer care. “We are systematically looking at the cancer research already underway at the university to see how these efforts could best be coordinated,” said Gregg Fields, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, who is leading this effort. “The big picture is thinking about how we take discoveries from our labs and find ways to implement them to treat patients.”  READ MORE .

Creating Quantum Computer Security Solutions Researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, received a $450,000 grant to create quantum-safe solutions for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The National Science Foundation grant is a four-year project to combat potential threats from quantum computers, which are thought to have the potential to perform specialized calculations beyond the reach of any supercomputers in existence and will be able to break current public key crypto systems used today. READ MORE.

Americana Collection, Visiting Scholars Three Ph.D. candidates recently studied rare primary sources at FAU that tell the story of American life from its earliest days — including some never before seen. The Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, valued at $3.8 million and housed in the S.E. Wimberly Library, contains 13,000 printed items. Scholars consider it one of the nation’s top 10 collections dedicated to American political philosophy and history. READ MORE.

Unlock the Power of FAU's Research Hub Connect, collaborate and find research funding by joining the hundreds of faculty and students who have signed up for the FAU Research Hub.  The hub is a new web and mobile platform that connects researchers with students, collaborators and funding opportunities. Investigators are encouraged to post projects in just minutes.  LEARN MORE .

Recent Sponsored Research Awards

Investigator Name and Project

Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding

Cheryl Krause-Parello Operation PCORI: Training Veterans as Partners in PTSD Research

PCORI - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute $137,484

Cheryl Krause-Parello Veterans' Action League (VAL): Building Capacity to Engage Veterans in PCORI and CER Activities

PCORI - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute $43,612

William Louda Chemotaxonomic Analysis of Phytoplankton in St. Lucie Estuary: Relationship to Freshwater Inflows and Water Quality

South Florida Water Management District $9,000

Research in Action Dialogue 2-3 p.m., Feb. 21, Boca Raton Public Library   Open Forum: Vision for the Future Biomedical Research Pillar 3 p.m., Feb. 26, Board of Trustees conference room, AD-10, room 305 Video conferencing: HBOI LE103, Jupiter HC130 and Davie DW108

Florida Israel Institute 4-5 p.m., Feb. 27, Board of Trustees conference room, AD-10, room 305 NSF's Spring 2019 Grants Conference May 20-21, Universal City, Los Angeles, Calf. More events here

National Institute of Justice: NIJ Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime FY 2019 Due: May 6  National Science Foundation: Growing Convergence Research Due: May 8 Department of Defense: Fiscal Year 2020 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Due: May 17, closing date for applications National Science Foundation: Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes Due: June 3 More funding opportunities here

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