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The Department of Commerce, Economic Development Agency is seeking applications from eligible applicants to create and implement innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics work-based learning models that complement their respective region’s innovation economy.
The Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its People, Prosperity and the Planet Award Program – is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, design, and demonstrate solutions to real-world challenges. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative technology-based projects that achieve the mutual goals of improved quality of life, economic prosperity and environmental protection.
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Fertile Ground
From the desk of the VPR
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Greetings from your new Vice President for Research! I can’t tell you how excited I am to be joining K-State at this time and in this role. The opportunity to join one of the nation’s premier land grant universities at a time of such opportunity and need for research, discovery and innovation, both energizes and excites me. K-State is favorably positioned in all ways — expertise, facilities and energies — to advance its research mission, impact and visibility. The culture here is second-to-none. That is our ace in the hole. Together we can achieve great things. And I am excited to champion that mission, help to create new opportunities and celebrate our successes.
Let me start by sharing that the Office of the Vice President for Research is committed to your success as faculty investigators and scholars. We take that role seriously and we will continue to seek ways to improve our service, enabling you to focus on your research, scholarship and creative work. To that end, if you ever see ways we can improve, please let us know. In speaking with every member of my leadership team, I know this is a shared value and a shared commitment.
As VPR, I will work to drive research, innovation and economic development at K-State. But I will also work to connect and leverage our teaching, research and service missions. I will also work to create additional opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research and scholarly activities. Education is at the core of what we do as a great university. Research and discovery are extensions of that important work, as they add to both the experience and the opportunities we afford our students.
Finally, please know that I will be reaching out to each college to seek input as I set an agenda for the office in this first year. I want to hear from you about your aspirations, your greatest needs and what excites you. One of my roles is facilitator. I will work to stitch together a compelling, actionable and achievable set of goals that brings as many on board as possible. Again, our strength is our culture. I have never seen a campus with more positive energy, genuine kindness and love for their university.
We have so much to celebrate at K-State and I look forward to continuing to find ways to both recognize and promote our achievements, our stars and our points of pride. I also look forward to learning about all of the great work being done at K-State in the months ahead. If you see me on campus, please introduce yourself. You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn, and at nearly every home sporting event.
-David
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BES Early Career Network presents:
Diving into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
From Understanding to Action in STEM
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11 a.m.-noon
Monday, Aug. 23, 2021
Early career scientists will learn from national leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM in this free and public Zoom webinar. It will begin with short presentations by the speakers, followed by a guided Q&A session. The discussion will highlight the current state of affairs in STEM, provide practical actions that empower all to effectively respond to situations, and explore how to build spaces with equity and inclusion at the forefront.
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African Swine Fever Action Week |
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September 13-17, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service invites you to join us September 13-17 for daily webinars on African swine fever and its global spread, actions APHIS is taking to safeguard the United States, and biosecurity measures you can implement now to protect the U.S. herd.
Sign up for the Stakeholder Registry to receive daily updates during Action Week, including resources you can print, post, and share. Register for as many webinars as you would like. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with additional details.
Webinar Schedule
ASF: Where it Exists and What’s at Stake
1-2:30 p.m.
Steps APHIS is Taking to Prevent and Prepare for ASF
1-2:30 p.m.
ASF and the Benefits of Biosecurity
1-2:30 p.m.
What to Expect in an ASF Outbreak
1-2:30 p.m.
ASF and the Feral Swine Factor
1-2:30 p.m.
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The EPSCoR Program Review Committee of the Kansas Board of Regents is currently seeking proposals for its upcoming meeting, scheduled for October 26, 2021. Proposals must contain the information outlined in the Program Guidelines and should not exceed seven pages in length. Proposals will be accepted through October 12, 2021.
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National Institutes of Health scientists studying SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have defined in Syrian hamsters how different routes of virus exposure are linked to disease severity. Their study, published in Nature Communications, details the efficiency of airborne transmission between hamsters and examines how the virus replicates and causes disease throughout the respiratory system. nih.gov
Anticipating the medium- and long-term trajectory of pathogen emergence has acquired new urgency given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For many human pathogens, the burden of disease depends on age and previous exposure. Understanding the intersection between human population demography and transmission dynamics is therefore critical. Here, we develop a realistic age-structured mathematical model that integrates demography, social mixing, and immunity to establish a plausible range for future age incidence and mortality. advances.sciencemag.org
A lab experiment suggests good bacteria could help make reefs more resilient to climate change. Warming seas threaten to turn coral reefs from kaleidoscopes of color into bleached fields of rubble. Dosing corals with a mix of beneficial bacteria staved off death in a heat wave simulated in an aquarium, researchers report August 13 in Science Advances. In comparison, nearly half of corals given a benign saline solution instead did not survive those same conditions. The research offers a proof of concept that probiotics could help some corals survive heat stress. sciencenews.org
A new kind of neural interface system that coordinates the activity of hundreds of tiny brain sensors could one day deepen understanding of the brain and lead to new medical therapies. sciencedaily.com
A lead engineer, Nitin Arora, on Blue Origin's moon lander project is leaving to join SpaceX. It comes after NASA picked SpaceX, and not Blue Origin, for a major moon-landing contract. Blue Origin put forward its lunar lander for a NASA contract to take humans back to the moon by 2024. The agency initially said it would choose two winners out of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics - but instead it only selected SpaceX. news.yahoo.com
The U.S. Senate yesterday passed legislation that calls for spending $1 trillion—including $550 billion in new funds—on improving the nation’s infrastructure. Most of the funding will go to upgrading transportation, water, and power infrastructure, as well as expanding broadband internet access. But the bill also includes some money for R&D, primarily for advancing clean energy technologies, including electric vehicles and efforts to trap carbon dioxide produced by power plants before it enters the atmosphere. sciencemag.org
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