College of Science Announces Internal Grant Recipients
The College of Science recently announced the inaugural recipients of its Initiative to Stimulate Extramural Research Funding: Internal Grants Program. Six projects were awarded a total of $100,000.
The Health Resources & Services Administration recently awarded a four-year $2.8 million grant to the College of Nursing for a community-based primary care training program. Underserved and rural communities are set to benefit.
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Virtual Reality Reduces Kid's Fear of Needles
A pediatrician has come up with an innovative solution to distract children from their fear, anxiety and pain using a virtual reality headset. Chad Rudnick, M.D., of the College of Medicine, is the first to conduct a pilot study, published in the journal
Pain Management.
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Urban Center's Research Drives Report
Downtown W. Palm Beach is wealthier, younger, more highly educated, with a less diverse population vs. the city as a whole, research from the Center for Urban and Environmental Studies finds. Read the report
here.
New Fiscal Year, New Fringe Rates
Effective July 1, all sponsored research proposal budgets are to use the new fringe rates outlined in the Vice President for Research's recent memo. To read the memo, click
here.
Recent Sponsored Research Awards
Investigator Name and Project
Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding
Andrew Oleinikov
High Throughput Screening for Anti-adhesion Drugs Against Placental and Cerebral Malaria
National Institutes of Health
$476,438
Mingshun Jiang
Water Quality and Biological Responses of Florida Bay to Freshwater Discharges from Everglades
HBOI Foundation
$35,000
Aleksandar Stevanovic
Benefits of Adaptive Traffic Control Deployments - A Review of Evaluation Studies
National Academy of Sciences
$99,912
National Institutes of Health: Pre-Award Tips
12 - 1 p.m. TOMORROW, AD-10 Rm. 207
Tracy Vuong, Ph.D., of Sponsored Programs will present on topics including budget development. Questions: contact Angela Clear.
To find funding opportunities, visit GrantForward. To find university-based resources, expertise and collaborators, use Florida ExpertNet. Click on the images below.
Now, more than ever, it's important to broadcast your scientific and scholarly achievements.
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