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Oct. 13, 2021
Bringing Research to Life: Fall 2021 Owl Research & Innovation Magazine Launches

FAU researchers dedicate their lives to creating solutions to pressures in all environments - land, sea and air. Scientists work to understand these systems and uncover critical climate science discoveries, ensuring changes for a better future.

Learn more about these endeavors, in the web magazine version of the Fall 2021 Owl Research & Innovation magazine. ... READ MORE.
Researcher Earns Alzheimer's Association Award

Carmen Varela, Ph.D., recently earned the Alzheimer’s Association’s Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity award to investigate the relationship between sleep patterns and overall brain health.

With this three-year, $149,871 award, Varela, an assistant professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, will develop new indicators to monitor quality of sleep in deep brain structures affected in Alzheimer's disease, as well as others. ... READ MORE.
COVID-19 Continuously Harming Communities

In a study recently published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., an associate professor in the College of Business, analyzes the association of racial and ethnic composition, segregation and 2020 presidential election voting results with COVID-19 infections and deaths across Florida.

Results of the study show that Florida communities struggling with health and social challenges before the pandemic bear disproportionate risk of infection and death. ... READ MORE.
The Office of the Vice President for Research
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., TODAY,
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1 – 2 p.m., TOMORROW, Zoom
Core Technology Conversations
3 – 4 p.m., Oct. 27, Zoom
Late Reports Cause Negative Impacts

Submitting a delinquent progress or final technical report to funding agencies could negatively impact your award, the award of all co-principal investigators — and new awards to the university.

Some of FAU faculty members have experienced first-hand some of these consequences. To read more, click here.
Get Ahead with GrantForward

Did you know there’s an easy way to find tailored funding opportunities through GrantForward? For FAU faculty, staff and students, GrantForward is free and at your fingertips. So take a minute today to get ahead of the competition and find grants, pre-solicitations and more on GrantForward.

Check out this sample GrantForward profile created in less than 10 minutes: Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., executive director of FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.
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