Research Weekly - News, Events and Funding Opportunities

Events

Neurocognitive and Psychosocial Impacts of Violence

July 31 - Aug. 1
Webinar
National Academies committee experts will be discussing the current state of research on the impacts of exposure to violence and trauma. For details, click here.

Univ. Start-Ups Demo Day

October 16 - 17

Washington, D.C.

Tune in to this webinar in the lead up to the this event. The scouting webinar will run several times, the next one is July 31. For more information, click here.

More Event Listings

For additional listings, visit the Division of Research events page.

Funding Opportunities

LIMITED SUBMISSION

Computer and Information Science and Engineering

FAU internal deadline: Sept. 22, full proposals by Nov. 22

NSF seeks the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure in computer and information science and engineering. This program is limited to three submissions per university. If interested, send a brief email describing your project to Angela Clear at limited@fau.edu . For details, click here .

Alzheimer's Research - The Florida Department of Health

Letter of interest due: August 11, applications by Sept. 22

You will need to register and create a new user account in order to access the department's new online application system.

The Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Research Program seeks research proposals on: better prevention and diagnoses of and treatments for AD, increasing AD pre vention, diagnosis, treatment knowledge, and stimulating

AD-related economic activity.

Ask questions about the program and application process via email. To read the solicitation, click here.

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

Letter of intent due: Sept. 9, preliminary proposals by Oct. 25, full proposals by Feb. 23

NSF is seeking emerging engineering research proposals that focus on robotics engineering, and chromatin and epigenetic engineering. For details, click here.

More Funding Opportunities

For additional solicitations, visit the Division of Research funding opportunities page.

$1.4M Nurse Training Grant Targets Underserved

A $1.4 million grant was recently awarded to the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing to prepare nurse practitioners to deliver primary care services to underserved communities in Broward County.

Associate Professor Susan Bulfin, DNP, and colleagues, will use the Health Resources and Services Administration grant to support academic partnerships and training programs for nurse practitioners who are ... read more.

Shark Species Discovered in Hawaii

An FAU researcher was part of a team of scientists who discovered a new species of miniature, glow-in-the-dark sharks belonging to the Lanternshark family. The shark species, now named Etmopterus lailae, was found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

The study published in the journal Zootaxa was co-authored by Stephen M. Kajiura, Ph.D., director of the Elasmobranch Research lab and I-SENSE faculty member ... read more.

Scientist Offers Better Solution to Protect Manatees

New research conducted at FAU has found that the very laws enacted to slow down boats in manatee habitats may actually be doing more harm than good to the species. The study published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America noted that slower boats were more difficult for manatees to hear and therefore avoid.

To address this problem, Edmund Gerstein, Ph.D., director of marine mammal research in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, has co-developed an innovative alerting device that will project signals tailored to manatees' hearing. Read NBC News' coverage of the story here.

Spotlight on Student Innovation

Watch a new video featuring the top five student inventions showcased at this spring's College of Engineering and Computer Science Senior Design Showcase. To view, click here.

Expand Your Search for Research Funding

To find funding opportunities, visit GrantForward. To find university-based resources, expertise and collaborators, use Florida ExpertNet. Click on the images below.

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