The latest news & opportunities from RI C-AIM
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RI STAC accepting applications for 2020 collaborative research grants
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In partnership with RI C-AIM, The
RI Research Alliance
is offering
Collaborative Research Grants
through a competitive granting process with the goal of stimulating cutting-edge collaborative research projects across the state's research institutions.
Successful submissions will address RI C-AIM's research questions regarding Narragansett Bay: assessing resilience, understanding ecological complexity, developing new tech to monitor changes in the bay, increasing engagement through data visualization, improving sustainability, and successfully capturing large data sets.
A Letter of Intent is due by
September 20, 2019.
Proposals are due by
October 18, 2019.
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Student Spotlight
2018 SURFs Ana Nimaja & Sam Rush
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Ana Nimaja,
a political science major at the University of Rhode Island, has co-authored a policy memo to Providence Schools on the implementation of year-round education.
Read the report.
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Sam Rush
, who graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in chemical engineering, is now a manufacturing associate at biotech company
Amgen
. He is responsible for growing and upscaling cells used to create proteins for Amgen products.
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Fall Showcase of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly & Creative Works @ URI
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
12:30-5 p.m.
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URI Ventures Fall Kick-Off @URI GSO
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
4:30-6 p.m.
This event includes talks from individuals who commercialized research, and also resources for entrepreneurial-related activities.
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DEPSCoR
Northeast Regional Meeting @URI
Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019
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Friday & Saturday, Sept. 27-28, 2019
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6th Biennial Design Science Symposium @RISD's The Nature Lab
Sept. 20-22, 2019
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NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
recognizes and supports individuals early in their graduate training in STEM (Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics) fields.
Depending on your field, applications are due by
Oct. 22-26, 2019.
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The
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
(SULI) program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue STEM) careers by providing research experiences at DOE laboratories.
Applications due
Monday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.
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500 Women Scientist's Fellowship for the Future
Application Due: Sunday, Oct. 1, 2019
This fellowship is a two-year leadership award program for women of color in STEM leading research or outreach projects in line with the
500 Women Scientists
' mission
and focused on increasing equity, inclusion, accessibility, or social justice in STEM
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GEM graduate fellowships in engineering, science
Applications Due: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019
The
National GEM Consortium
's graduate fellowships provide funding for underrepresented groups at the masters and doctoral levels in engineering and science, coupled with paid summer internships.
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NOAA's Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship
Applications Due: Friday, Dec. 20, 2019
Graduate students are placed at national estuarine research reserves to address key coastal management questions to help scientists and communities understand coastal challenges.
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C-AIM's Reid named Co-PI for new spectrometer
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The
National Science Foundation
has awarded Providence College, Rhode Island College & Bryant University over $250k to purchase a
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
, an instrument used to characterize chemical structures and molecules. C-AIM's
Dr. Christopher Reid
, associate professor of Science & Technology at Bryant, has been named a co-principal investigator.
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The
R.I. Consortium for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
is currently operating a new
Opera Phenix Confocal High Content Screening System
. Funded through an
NSF-MRI
grant, this microscope produces high-quality, 3D images of flourescent samples and has application in chemical and biomedical engineering, microbiology and marine science.
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C-AIM, GSO researcher Robinson talks groundwater impacts
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Dr. Rebecca Robinson
, who is currently launching the Bay Observatory's benthic lander, spoke with
The Westerly Sun
about her research on the impact of groundwater on Rhode Island's salt ponds. The award is funded through the U.S. EPA, for which Robinson is the PI.
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NSF Deadlines:
Be sure to consult upcoming funding/project due dates for faculty and students alike from the National Science Foundation through
their web portal
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Grad Student Assistance:
If you are a graduate student working on RI C-AIM research, be sure to contact our liaison
Alexa Sterling
for questions about programming and opportunities.
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Rhode Island EPSCoR is funded by the National Science Foundation under EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Award #OIA-1655221 . Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
For more information about RI C-AIM and RI NSF EPSCoR, contact Communications Coordinator Shaun Kirby at 401-874-6888 or
[email protected]
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