or select your discipline:
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The New York Public Library’s
Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program
offers long-term and short-term fellowships to support projects that would benefit from access to the Center's extensive resources for the study of African diasporic history, politics, literature, and culture.
The Russell Sage Foundation's program on
Behavioral Economics
supports novel research that uses insights and methods from psychology, economics, sociology, political science and other social sciences to examine and improve social and living conditions in the United States.
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The Kansas Science Communication Initiative along with Sunset Zoo and other university and community partners, will celebrate science communication with events and activities Oct. 12-19, 2019. K-State faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
Saturday, Oct. 12
1-5 p.m.
Wichita Public Library's Advanced Learning Library
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Manhattan campus
Monday, Oct. 14
7 p.m.
McCain Auditorium
Tuesday, Oct. 15
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
K-State Student Union Cottonwood Room
7-9 p.m.
Konza Prairie Biological Station Meeting Hall
Wednesday, Oct. 16
7 p.m.
Tallgrass Taphouse
Thursday, Oct. 17
Noon
Wayne Franklin Student Leadership Conference Room, Leadership Studies Building
Friday, Oct. 18
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
K-State Student Union
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Celebrate National Research Administrator Day
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7:45-9:45 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 25
102 Fairchild Hall
September 25 is National Research Administrator Day and the Office of PreAward Services and Sponsored Programs Accounting would like recognize the K-State research administrator community for their hard work, dedication and service to the university. Stop by Fairchild 102 for coffee, juice and rolls anytime from 7:45 to 9:45 in recognition of your integral roll in achieving the goals of K-State 2025.
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3:30-5 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 26
126 Leadership Studies
Learn about graduate fellowship opportunities. Key funding opportunities from NSF, DoD, DoE, Hertz Foundation, and the American Association of University Women will be discussed
. Opportunities in the humanities and social sciences will also be addressed. Plus, learn to search for fellowships on your own.
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3:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 30
K-State Student Union Wildcat Chamber
Kevin L. Smith will present “Whither scholarly communications, or, has the open access movement really failed.”
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NSF’s
Major Research Instrumentation Program
proposals requests support for the acquisition or development of a research instrument or components when combined serve as an integrated research instrument that are too costly or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. This is a limited submission with K-State only able to submit three proposals. If you are interested in this opportunity, send a notification – a working title and a team list – to
ordlimitedsubs@k-state.edu
by September 23, 2019. If an internal competition is needed, preproposals are due October 21, 2019.
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3-5 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
K-State Alumni Center Banquet Room
K-State faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff engaged in research, scholarly, and creative activity and discovery are invited to participate in
Research Connections
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Agency news and trending topics
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After months of outcry over whether the United States government is unfairly targeting foreign-born researchers over purported security breaches, President Donald Trump’s science adviser is launching an effort to strengthen national policies on research security.
nature.com
The National Institutes of Health, Apple, and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health announced their research partnership for a major long-term study of women’s health. The collaboration will permit researchers to study conditions including pregnancy, infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), menopausal transition, and osteoporosis. Apple’s new Research App will help users participate in the study and will be a free download in the App Store later this year.
nih.gov
For one year, a research ship will drift while frozen in sea ice — and give scientists their closest look at the rapid changes gripping the polar north.
nature.com
Kleiner Perkins and GV have powered Trucode Gene Repair to a
$34 million
financing round. Trucode will use the money to advance gene editing assets designed to correct the mutations behind diseases including sickle cell and cystic fibrosis.
fiercebiotech.com
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researchweekly@k-state.edu
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