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The Russell Sage Foundation’s Program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality supports innovative research on the factors that contribute to social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect social, political, psychological, and economic outcomes such as educational and labor market access and opportunities, social and economic mobility within and across generations, and civic participation and representation.
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Spring 2022 Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants awarded
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The Office of Research Development announces the winners of spring 2022 Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants.
Faculty Development Awards support travel expenses — either to present research, scholarly or creative work or to perform at an international meeting or to visit an external funder or sponsor. University Small Research Grants are seed grants to support small research projects, scholarly activity, and other creative efforts. Both programs are meant to catalyze a faculty member's RSCAD career success. As such, new faculty and faculty from disciplines with minimal outside support are given priority for both awards, as are trips or projects that enhance awardees' abilities to compete for extramural funding.
Five Faculty Development Award proposals were submitted and awarded for a total amount requested of $14,570:
- Amy Rosine Underwood, music, theatre and dance to perform at the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vienna, Austria; $2,931.
- Marcellus Caldas, geography and geospatial sciences and Office of International Programs, to attend the 60th annual Conference of the Brazilian Association of Economy, Administration and Rural Sociology in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil; $2,408.
- Edward Nowlin, marketing, to attend the 15th annual Global Sales Science Institute Conference in Frankfurt, Germany; $1,941.
- Benjamin McCloskey, modern languages, to attend the Celtic Conference in Classics, Socratic Dialectic as the Genre of Xenophon’s Corpus in Lyon, France; $3,500.
- Natalia Cernicchiaro, diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, to attend the International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia; $3,790.
Ten University Small Research Grant proposals were submitted and will be funded. The total award amount is $40,957:
- Anna Marie Wytko, music, theatre and dance, "Under the Twinkling Sky: An exploration of musical diversity recording project," $4,930.
- Mark Crosby, English, "Indexing for Manuscript: ‘William Blake’s Manuscripts: Puzzles and Palimpsests’," $1,175.
- Tianjun Sun, psychological sciences, "Validity examination of artificial intelligence chatbot based personality assessment for personnel selection," $4,500.
- Kristin Anders, applied human sciences, "Practitioner-patience sexual communication: A pilot study of education, experiences and recommendations by health care practitioners," $4,500
- Maria Diehl, psychological sciences, "The role of the anterior cingulate cortex in active avoidance under social conditions in rats,'" $4,500.
- Michael Flynn, political science, “Computational resources for the analysis of military deployments,” $4,500.
- Pedreira Bruno, Southeast Research and Extension, "Broomsedge control on hayfields and meadows," $4,488.
- Bethany Plakke, psychological sciences, “Can exercise rescue cognitive function in a genetic rodent model of autism spectrum disorder?” $4,500.
- Bimal Paul, geography and geospatial sciences, “Household compliance with public seismic safety measures after Nepal earthquake,” $4,500.
- Elisa Karkle, grain science and industry, “Increase of iron availability in whole wheat bread using inactive sourdough,” $2,909.
All proposals are peer-reviewed and discussed in a panel. Unsuccessful applicants are given feedback on how to improve their proposals. University Small Research Grant reviewers were Mary Lou Marino, Office of Research Development; Joel Anderson, Office of Research Development; Jeba Chelladurai, diagnostic medicine/pathobiology; Sim Jung Jun, sociology; Kutay Guler, interior architecture and industrial design; and Rebecca Hakemann-Bahlman, art.
Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants are awarded each fall and spring by the Office of the Vice President for Research through the Office of Research Development.
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Global Food Systems Seed Grant awardees announced
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The Office of Research Development announces the results of the fiscal year 2023 call for proposals for the Global Food Systems Seed Grant Program.
The funding supports innovative research in all aspects of global food systems, especially projects that promote job creation and economic development in the state of Kansas, are interdisciplinary, engage graduate or undergraduate students and partner with Kansas-based industry.
Awardees and their project titles:
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Jason Bergtold, agricultural economics; Marcellus Caldas, geography and geospatial sciences and Bala Natarajan, electrical and computer engineering; “Solar Power as a Mechanism to Strengthen Food Security, Rural Development, and Land Conservation,” $199,942.
- Ted Schroeder, agricultural economics and David Renter, diagnostic medicine/pathobiology, “Kansas State University Leadership in Cattle Feeding Sustainability: Driving Economic Prosperity and GFS in the State of Kansas,” $200,000.
- Jessie Vipham, animal sciences and industry; Dustin Pendell, agricultural economics and Rachel Mui, management, “Enhancing Business Strategies, Food Safety, and Economic Capacity of Small and Very-Small Meat Processors in Kansas,” $100,000.
- Yonghui Li, grain science and industry; Xiuzhi Sun, grain science and industry and Weiqun Wang, nutrition dietetics and health, “The Discovery of Bioactive Antioxidants in Wheat Brans for Retarding Skin and Health aging,” $200,000.
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Manreet Bhullar, Food Science Institute; Ting Yang, applied and interdisciplinary studies and Eleni Pliakoni, horticulture and natural resources, “Enhancing microbial safety of hydroponic systems with the use of ultraviolet irradiation,” $174,854.
- Shih-Kang Fan, mechanical and nuclear engineering; Jianfa Bai, diagnostic medicine/pathobiology and Xiuzhi Sun, grain science and industry, “Hydrogel-based multiplex digital polymerase chain reaction on electromicrofluidics (hmdPCR-on-EMF) for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli detection,” $200,000.
- Ignacio Ciampitti, agronomy; Ajay Sharda, biological and agricultural engineering and Vara Prasad, agronomy, “Experimental Prototype Farm of Tomorrow (EPFOT),” $199,998.
The proposal review process included peer-reviews by faculty members with a variety of relevant expertise.
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UIDP webinar and Q&A on NSF Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers
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10-11 a.m.
Monday, June 27
The National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, or ERC, program supports convergent research that will lead to strong societal impact. This webinar will present information and best practices, as well as provide an opportunity for robust Q&A in support of the current NSF Engineering Research Center NSF 22-580 solicitation. The live Q&A with the seven-member NSF ERC program director team will address themes of interest to ERC principal investigator teams as well as the all-important industry/stakeholder community that collaborate with these ERCs. The awards for each new ERC amount to well over $50 million over a decade in support of themes that have the potential for societal impact, translation to the marketplace, and are centered around a systems engineering approach.
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Fulbright UK University Virtual Exhibition
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Tuesday, June 28
Noon-2 p.m.
On June 28, the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission is hosting the first virtual U.K. University Exhibition.
Fulbright Scholar liaisons, program advisors and prospective applicants from across the U.S. are invited to join and connect with representatives from U.K. universities, and those looking to build research ties across the pond.
You can visit virtual booths to meet Fulbright partner universities from across the U.K., ask questions, and forge connections with representatives.
There will be a series of presentations throughout the event to help attendees find the best fit for their academic and cultural pursuits. The themes include:
- Studying in different regions of the U.K.
- Student life in the U.K.
- Navigating UK higher education and academia.
- Discipline-specific panels — STEM, social sciences, humanities, arts.
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NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative Webinar
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1-2 p.m.
Wednesday, July 13
The NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, or CISE, seeks to award grants intended to support research independence among early-career academicians who specifically lack access to adequate organizational or other resources.
Program directors from across CISE will host a 90-minute webinar to provide the CISE community with information about the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative and answer questions.
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NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure project execution plan development workshop
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11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, July 13
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Friday, July 15
NSF is hosting a workshop to prepare social and behavioral science and education researchers for the submission of a NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure proposal. The workshop focuses specifically on development of the Project Execution Plan (PEP), which guides the project management for such a project. Workshop participants will gain an understanding of what a PEP is, what PEP requirements are for NSF Midscale proposals and how to develop an effective PEP for their project.
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Sony Research Award Program
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10-11 a.m.
Friday, July 15
UIDP will host an informative webinar about the Sony Research Award Program on Friday, July 15, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, with 25 minutes of presentation and the remainder for Q&A from the audience. Learn more about the Sony Research Award Program, submission guidelines, and application deadlines during Sony’s webinar with Mark Ortiz, senior manager of the Strategy & Planning Office for Sony Corporation of America’s R&D Center U.S. Laboratory.
The Sony Research Award Program is an academic award initiative created to provide U.S., Canadian, select European country, and Indian universities funding for emerging and innovative technology research projects in collaboration with Sony’s own research division. The program comprises the Faculty Innovation Award and the Focused Research Award within three broad subject categories: Information Technology, Devices & Materials, and Life Sciences. The Program is now in its seventh year.
With awards of up to $150,000 per year for each accepted proposal, the Sony Research Award Program creates new opportunities for university faculties to engage in pioneering research that could drive new technologies, industries, and the future.
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K-State research in the news
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Agency news and trending topics
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Approximately 66 million years ago, an asteroid nearly 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) across hit the Earth near what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, close to the current towns of Chicxulub Pueblo and Chicxulub Puerto (after which the resulting crater is named). NSF
NIH has long collected self-designated demographic information on scientists designated as Principal Investigators (PIs) or Key Personnel and used this information to gain insights into the NIH-supported biomedical research workforce. Just over 10 years ago, Ginther and colleagues used these data to publish a seminal paper that showed that Black/African American PIs were less likely than whites to receive funding on R01 applications. NIH
Clinical epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly has access to a treasure trove that many researchers can only dream of: millions of sets of electronic medical records from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides health care for the country’s military veterans. Nature
Miniaturization has evolved repeatedly in frogs in the moist leaf litter environments of rainforests worldwide. Miniaturized frogs are among the world’s smallest vertebrates and exhibit an array of enigmatic features. One area where miniaturization has predictable consequences is the vestibular system, which acts as a gyroscope, providing sensory information about movement and orientation. Science
As the atoms of arithmetic, prime numbers have always occupied a special place on the number line. Now, Jared Duker Lichtman, a 26-year-old graduate student at the University of Oxford, has resolved a well-known conjecture, establishing another facet of what makes the primes special—and, in some sense, even optimal. Wired
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Open positions in the OVPR
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The Office of the Vice President for Research currently has several position openings. Please take a look or share with others who might be interested.
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