Discussing career paths with students can make a major impact on their lives. Faculty and staff who regularly engage in these conversations are encouraged to join the Career Champions Certificate Program, launched this year by the Steinbright Career Development Center in partnership with Drexel Human Resources. Faculty and professional staff who attend three out of five sessions in the program are eligible to become certified career champions; they can also attend any sessions that speak to them without needing to achieve certification. For more information on the program, see the announcement online.

LD Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering Charles N. Haas, PhD, has been appointed by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, to be a member of a new study committee on “Community Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance.” This study will review the use of wastewater monitoring for surveillance of the presence of infectious disease organisms, including, but not limited to, SARS-CoV-2.

Joshua Snyder, PhD, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an award from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for his project entitled “Advanced PILBCP Ionomer Composites for Durable Heavy-Duty Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC).” This project presents a strategy to achieve an improvement in performance and efficiency at higher average operational voltages and mitigate many of the sources of active area and activity loss over an extended PEMFC lifetime.

Franco Montalto, PhD, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was featured in the March 18 episode of NPR/Inside Higher Ed’s “Academic Minute,” in a segment about his research on building urban climate resiliency. The program featured a series of Drexel experts last week through a partnership with NPR and Inside Higher Ed.

Christopher Sales, PhD, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was quoted in a March 20 WHYY story about new treatment methods being developed to remove PFAS, “forever chemicals,” from water.

Ivan Bartoli, PhD, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was quoted in a March 17 Philadelphia Inquirer feature on the condition of our region’s bridges.

Bryan Cummings, PhD, research scientist in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a March 17 Popular Science story about plants’ effect on indoor air quality. The piece cited research by Cummings and Michael Waring, PhD, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering.

Full Proposal Deadline: April 8, 2022

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Stage 1 Full Proposal Deadline: May 5, 2022

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Phase I Full Proposal Deadline: May 12, 2022

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Letter of Intent (required) Deadline: September 12, 2022

Preliminary Proposal (required) Deadline: September 14, 2022

Letter of Intent (required) Deadline: September 21, 2022

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Concept Paper (required) Deadline: April 11, 2022

Full Proposal Deadline: April 15, 2022

Full Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2022

NSF will be hosting the CISE-RV Program Webinar (NSF 22-567) on April 13, 2022 at 3pm Eastern. NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks to fund a community-driven organization to lead the community in identifying ambitious new fundamental and translational research directions that align with national and societal priorities and thereby catalyze the computing research community's pursuit of innovative, high-impact research. Find more information and register for the webinar here.

The first webinar in the 2022 NSF Policy Office Webinar Series, covering Current and Pending Support, was recently hosted on January 31, 2022. The webinar was recorded and is now available on-demand in NSF's Resource Center and on NSF's YouTube page.

Applications for I-Corps Regional Courses are open. In these 4.5 week virtual courses, researches working on a deep tech innovation will have the opportunity to "get out of their comfort zone" and talk with customers (virtually) to identify the best product-market fit. Applicants may apply with a team of 1-3 people. Find more information about the courses and application deadlines here.

Drexel University has finalized the negotiations of the fiscal year 2023 fringe benefit rates for sponsored projects with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The finalized full-time fringe benefit decreased to 28.3% from the proposed rate of 31.9%. The part-time rate of 11.7% remains the same as the proposed rate. COEUS and Banner have both been updated to reflect the new rates effective July 1, 2022.

NSF announces the establishment of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) on March 10, 2022. This new directorate builds upon the agency's commitment over seven decades to serve as a beacon of U.S. innovation, advancing the frontiers of research and education across all fields of science and engineering. View the full announcement here.

Full Application Deadline: April 1, 2022

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