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March 13, 2023

Lead PI: John Lower

Anthropology

Strategies and mechanisms of collective inter-group aggression and territorial group defense among wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Kibale National Park, Uganda 

Funder: Leakey (Louis SB) Foundation

Award: $20,000

Lead PI: Michael Marcotte

Communication & Journalism

2023-2024 New Mexico Local News Fellowship & Internship Program

Funder: Santa Fe Community Foundation

Award: $145,500

Lead PI: Paul Schwoebel, PhD

Physics & Astronomy

A liquid cathode for medical imaging X-ray sources

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: $187,186

Lead PI: Paul Schwoebel, PhD

Physics & Astronomy

A 2D Stationary X-ray Source System for Improved Breast Tomosynthesis Imaging

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: $1,589,582

Lead PI: Gabriel Sanchez, PhD

Political Science

OSI New Mexico Healthcare Survey

Funder: New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance

Award: $150,000

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LOCAL/NATIONAL NEWS



• Albuquerque Journal: Maxwell Museum exhibit focuses on Native American basketry from its collection
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Project Assistant

The College of Arts & Sciences is looking for a Graduate Student Historian to support our efforts in collecting and preserving our history.

Applications due March 17

More information and application instructions here

2023 Women in STEM Awards

Proposals due May 1

Ecospaces of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition: The archaeofaunal record of the Iberian Peninsula

Co-Authors: Emily Lena Jones, PhD, and Milena Carvalho, PhD

Department: Anthropology, Latin American Iberian Institute

Publications: Journal of Human Evolutions

Characterization of root-associated fungi and reduced plant growth in soils from a New Mexico uranium mine

Co-Authors: Jennifer Rudgers, PhD, Taylor A. Portman, and Abigail Granath

Department: Biology

Publication: Mycologia

Habitat severity characteristics structure soil communities at regional and local spatial scales along the Antarctica Peninsula

Co-Author: David Van Horn, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Antarctic Science

Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States

Co-Author: Matthew Hurteau, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: PNAS Ecology

Direct provision, immigrant detention, and the wonderful world of Avoca

Author: Sarah Townsend, PhD

Department: English

Publication: Éire-Ireland

What Leads to the Changes of Volatility Spillover Effect Between Chinese and American Soybean Futures Markets?

Co-Author: Xiaoyang Wang, PhD

Department: Economics

Publication: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Associations between depression and diabetes among Latinx patients from low-income households in New Mexico

Co-Author: Erik Erhardt, PhD

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Publication: Social Science & Medicine

A computational framework for the swelling dynamics of mucin-like polyelectrolyte gels

Co-Author: Owen L. Lewis, PhD

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Publication: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Integral closure, basically full closure, and duals of nonresidual closure operations

Co-Author: Janet Vassilev, PhD

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Publication: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

American Psychological Foundation Lorraine D. Edye Fund Grants program - applications due March 15

2024 Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics - Nominations due April 1

International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) - LOIs due April 3

URA Honorary Awards - Nominations due April 7

UNM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies - Applications due March 18

Provost's Professional Conference Support Program - Submissions due March 20; April 17

Community-Based Research Initiative - proposals due May 1

Grand Challenges Level 2 - Application Deadline: May 1

FOR STUDENTS

Internships and fellowships with DoD through ORISE

The Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station - applications being accepted through March 15

Sigma Xi Grants in Aid - Applications due March 15

Quantum Undergraduate Research Experience at CHTM (QU-REACH) - applications due March 17

LAII Student Field Research Grants - Applications due March 22

2023 UNM Southwestern Archaeology Field School - Applications due April 1

2023-2024 McNair and Research Opportunity Program (ROP) - Applications due April 10

Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network Opportunities

LIMITED COMPETITIONS

Research Partnerships track (PFI-RP) - SOIs due March 14

NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects - Preproposals due March 29

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic Serving Institutions - SOIs due March 30

Early Career Lunch-and-Learn Series

February - April

Fridays from 11 AM -12:30 PM

Registration required.

Spring 2023 Workshops From Advance at UNM

Advance + Faculty Research Development Office Writing Retreat

March 14 - 16

9 AM - 3 PM

Advance + Faculty Research Development Office Remote Quiet Writing Time

March 15

2 - 4 PM

UNM State of Research

Wednesday, March 22

4 - 6 PM

PAIS 1100 or Zoom

Register Here

Political Science Spring 2023 Speaker Series

featuring Dr. Amanda Sahar d'Urso

March 23

12 - 1:30 PM

Social Sciences Building 2069

67th Annual Research Lecture

featuring Dr. Vojo Deretic

March 30

5:30 PM

Domenici Auditorium or Zoom

Register Here

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