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November 13, 2023

RECENT AWARDS

Congratulations to the following on awards received during the month of October

Lead PI: Shirley V. Baros

Co-PI: Shawn Penman, PhD

Earth Data Analysis Center

Program Management SOW10

Funder: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Award: $50,000

Lead PI: Shirley V. Baros

Co-PI: Shawn Penman, PhD

Earth Data Analysis Center

Jornada Draw Base Level Engineering MAS25

Funder: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Award: $198,228

Lead PI: Stephen T. Boyd, PhD

Physics & Astronomy

Optimization of SQUID Array Amplifiers for LiteBIRD

Funder: New Mexico State University

Award: $86,519

Lead PI: Kim D. Eichhorst, PhD

Biology

Time to Restore: Developing people-driven tools for climate-smart restoration

Funder: University of Oklahoma

Award: $25,301

Lead PI: Matthew D. Hurteau, PhD

Biology

Smokewise

Funder: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC

Award: $360,000

Lead PI: Brian J. Keller

Earth Data Analysis Center

New Mexico Broadband Support

Funder: New Mexico Department of Information Technology

Award: $275,000

Lead PI: Terry A. Loring, PhD

Mathematics & Statistics

Expanding K-theory for real space invariants

Funder: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC

Award: $84,000

Lead PI: Akimasa Miyake, PhD

Physics & Astronomy, CQuIC

STAQ: Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum Co-Design

Funder: Duke University

Award: $750,000

Lead PI: Diana E. Northup, PhD

Co-PI: Jennifer Hathaway

Biology

Investigation of Silica Solubilization and Uptake by Cultured Cave Bacteria

Funder: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Award: $24,858

Lead PI: Jessica D. Richardson, PhD

Speech & Hearing Sciences

SingWell study

Funder: University of Toronto

Award: $14,743

Lead PI: Carmela M. Roybal, PhD

Center for Social Policy

Native American Budget & Policy Institute

Funder: Kellogg (W K) Foundation

Award: $200,000

Lead PI: Frank K. Schinzel, PhD

Co-PI: Gregory Taylor, PhD

Physics & Astronomy

Searching for a missed population of gamma-ray sources

Funder: National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Award: $74,996

Lead PI: Alexandra J. Webster, PhD

Biology, ASPIRE

Integrating catchment expansion-contraction dynamics into cross-continental hydrobiogeochemical predictions

Funder: Department of Energy

Award: $2,495,811.02

Lead PI: Louis Scuderi, PhD

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Enhanced Prediction In Chaotic systems with Physics-Learned Autonomous Neural Networks (EPIC PLANN)

Funder: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC

Award: $105,602

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annual Community-Engaged Research Lectureship Award

The Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee (RPC) seeks nominations of faculty from all colleges at UNM for the Annual Community-Engaged Research Lectureship Award (CERL). The CERL is one of the highest honors that UNM can bestow upon a faculty member in recognition of exemplary community-engaged research and community-engaged creative works.

Nominations are due November 17.

For more information on nominations, click here

2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

The 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists is seeking up to 3 nominations from UNM in recognition of the most innovative young faculty-rank scientists and engineers. The award seeks to highlight the work of these young faculty members working in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences. One Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds, and additional nominees will be recognized as Finalists.

Nominations are due November 29.

For more information on nominations, click here

IN THE NEWS

FROM THE UNM NEWSROOM

Early career Latinas in STEM continue to face challenges in academia

BioBLOG gives students chance to communicate research to wide audience

Volcanic eruption: Scientists perform volcanic scenarios to develop response plan

UNM announces 68th Annual Research Lectureship for Career Achievement honoree

FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

Connecting people and spaces

NEW PUBLICATIONS

A new genus for Dasycrotapha plateni and D. pygmaea (Aves: Zosteropidae)

Co-Authors: Nicholas T. Vinciguerra, PhD Student and Michael J. Andersen, PhD

Department: Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Publisher: Zootaxa Vol. 5361, No. 1

Ability of seedlings to survive heat and drought portends future demographic challenges for five southwestern US conifers

Lead Author: Joseph L. Crockett, PhD Student

Co-Author: Matthew D. Hurteau, PhD

Department: Biology

Publisher: Tree Physiology

Thinning and prescribed burning increase shade-tolerant conifer regeneration in a fire excluded mixed-conifer forest

Co-Authors: Carolina J. May and Matthew D. Hurteau, PhD

Department: Biology

Publisher: Forest Ecology & Management

Nanostructural domains in martian apatites that record primary subsolidus exsolution of halogens: Insights into nakhlite petrogenesis

Lead Author: Marina Martinez, PhD

Co-Authors: Charles K. Shearer, PhD and Adrian J. Brearley, PhD

Department: Earth & Planetary Sciences, Institute of Meteoritics

Publisher: American Mineralogist

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Holly Guise, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of History

Congratulations to Holly Guise, whose article, “Who is Doctor Bauer?: Rematriating a Censored Story on Internment, Wardship, and Sexual Violence in Wartime Alaska 1941-1944" has received several awards from the Western History Association, including the Arrell M. Gibson award for best article on Native American history, the Jensen-Miller award for best article in the field of women and gender in the North American West, the Oscar Winther award for best article in the Western Historical Quarterly, and the Vicki L. Ruiz award for best article on race in the North American West.

RESOURCES

& FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

FOR STUDENTS

Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) – Spring 2024 - due December 1

Museum Research Traineeship Graduate program - Apply for fall 2024, departmental deadlines

Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network Opportunities

Internships and fellowships with DoD through ORISE

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

Technology Enhancement Fund (TEF) - due December 4

The New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (NM AMP) - Various deadlines

Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions - Now accepting applications

LIMITED COMPETITIONS

Mellon Foundation Higher Learning 2024 Call for Concepts - Statement of interest due November 16

Albuquerque Community Foundation Grant Program - Statement of interest due December 6

Hearst Foundations - Statement of interest due December 6

REVIEWERS NEEDED

The Faculty Research Development Office (FRDO) is always recruiting volunteers to join their pool of prospective reviewers for limited competitions. If you are interested, the sign-up form can be accessed here.

UNM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

WeR1: Investing in Faculty Success

Faculty Scholarship Time (FaST) – Fall 2024 - due December 8

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UPCOMING

EVENTS

Museum Research Traineeship Fall 2023 Colloquium

November 14

1 - 2 PM

PAIS 2120

Scholarship & Research Speaker Series: Veteran and Military Healthcare Outcomes Update

November 15

5 - 7 PM

RSVP here

ASPIREational Talk and Social Hour

Nov. 14, Dec. 5

4 - 5 PM

Draft & Table

UNM SUB

Museum of Southwestern Biology Studio Night

November 17

6 - 9 PM

Natural History Science Center

2023 Murphy Lecture

November 17

3 - 4 PM

Kiva Lecture Hall

Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference

December 4 - 7

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