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Subsea Systems Institute Receives $9.5 Million for Research, Economic Development
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A national research center focused on offshore energy has received $9.5 million for workforce training and to develop new technologies and practices that can improve the safety and sustainability of the offshore industry.
The Subsea Systems Institute was established in 2015, led by the University of Houston as a collaboration between UH, Rice University and NASA Johnson Space Center to provide industry and government regulators with new technologies, science-based policies and workforce training. It was funded by the RESTORE Act trust fund, created by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon settlement.
The new projects are also funded by the RESTORE trust fund and funneled through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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The University of Houston College of Technology has joined Microsoft and other Texas innovation entities in a statewide initiative to bring digital and technical skills to students and the workforce. Part of Microsoft’s Accelerate program, the collaboration will create training in innovation skills and digital technology proficiency, along with opportunities for economic recovery in communities impacted by COVID-19.
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For hundreds of thousands of years, early humans in the East African Rift Valley could expect certain things of their environment. Freshwater lakes in the region ensured a reliable source of water, and large grazing herbivores roamed the grasslands. Then, around 400,000 years ago, things changed. The environment became less predictable, and human ancestors faced new sources of instability and uncertainty that challenged their previous long-standing way of life.
In the Oct. 21 issue of the journal Science Advances, an interdisciplinary team of scientists including Emily Beverly, a geologist at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, describes the prolonged period of instability across the landscape in this part of Africa (now Kenya) that occurred at the same time humans in the region were undergoing a major behavioral and cultural shift in their evolution.
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Adjusting the messaging to stress the negative health outcomes associated with not following physical distancing guidelines, including the possibility of severe sickness or death, could more effectively persuade consumers to comply, according to the study co-authored by UH associate professor Priyanko Guchait and published in The Service Industries Journal. The study found that adding intimidating human attributes to the otherwise invisible coronavirus, such as a scary red face with long sharp teeth and tentacles, significantly strengthens that message.
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Certain species of snake – think pit vipers, boa constrictors and pythons, among others – are able to find and capture prey with uncanny accuracy, even in total darkness. Now scientists have discovered how these creatures are able to convert the heat from organisms that are warmer than their ambient surroundings into electrical signals, allowing them to “see” in the dark.
The work, published in the journal Matter, provides a new explanation for how that process works, building upon the researchers’ previous work to induce pyroelectric qualities in soft materials, allowing them to generate an electric charge in response to mechanical stress.
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President Donald Trump is leading Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by more than five points among likely voters in Texas, according to a poll released Monday by the Hobby School for Public Affairs at the University of Houston.
The poll, conducted between Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, found 50% of voters said they already had or will vote for Trump, while 44.7% said they had or will vote for Biden.
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Online: Effort Reporting
Thursday, October 29
11 a.m.-Noon
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Online: Connecting with Patients in an Era of Value-Based Payment: A Conversation With Sachin Jain
Monday, November 2
Noon-1 p.m.
For more information contact rmgarza7@Central.UH.EDU
Online: Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law Fall Lecture
Wednesday, November 4
6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
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Online: Research Congruency
Thursday, November 5
11 a.m.-Noon
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Online: Pivot-RP End-User Training
Monday, November 9
10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Online: Master the ICON System to Manage Your IRB
Wednesday, November 18
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Pivot-RP End-User Training
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Pivot-RP accelerates the research process by providing access to the most comprehensive global source of funding opportunities, facilitating collaborator discovery, and offering insights and short-cuts to help research organizations win a larger share of available funding.
Join the Pivot team for this special session to take a deeper dive into Pivot's online funding database.
Monday, November 9
10 a.m.-11 a.m.
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Update: Limited Submissions
The Limited Submissions page has been updated to clarify the documents that are required for an internal limited submission application. Specifically, the requirements include a two-page limit for the abstract. Click on the Apply for Limited Submissions button on the right-hand side of the page to find a list of open internal limited submission opportunities and/or to apply for an internal limited submission opportunity.
Looking for a Particular Piece of Equipment?
If you are looking for a piece of research equipment, there are a number of options available.
The UH Office of Finance – Property Management has a link at the bottom of their web page to UH Movable Equipment. This link provides access to a spreadsheet with the description of the equipment and the department that houses the equipment. The department code list has the name of the department and a department contact email and phone number. The equipment list is also available through the PI WorkCenter, under Equipment Search, which is located on the left-hand side of the screen.
DOR maintains a list of UH Core Facilities to leverage equipment, resources and highly qualified staff that are accessible by a broad group of researchers within and outside of UH.
UH is a member of the Gulf Coast Consortium (GCC). GCC member institutions have each designated shared core facilities within their own institutions (via a GCC inter-institutional memorandum of understanding), providing a large array of equipment available to GCC researchers at internal rates.
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NEUTRINO OSCILLATION PHYSICS ON THE WAY TO DUNE
PI/Department: Lisa Whitehead, Physics
Co-PIs: Andrew Renshaw, Daniel Cherdack
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy
Amount: $1,650,000
STUDYING THE DYNAMICS OF SATURN'S RELATIVELY DEEP ATMOSPHERE VIA CASSINI/VIMS OBSERVATIONS
PI/Department: Liming Li, Physics
Co-PI: Xun Jiang
Sponsor: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $358,889
TEXAS INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
PI/Department: Alan Rossiter, UH Energy
Sponsor: State Energy Conservation Office / U.S Department of Energy
Amount: $300,000
CCI PHASE I: NSF CENTER FOR INTEGRATED
CATALYSIS
PI/Department: Loi Do, Chemistry
Sponsor: UCLA / National Science Foundation
Amount: $239,548
SCC-IRG TRACK 1: MOBILITY FOR ALL - HARNESSING EMERGING TRANSIT SOLUTIONS FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
PI/Department: Aron Laszka, Computer Science
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University / National Science Foundation
Amount: $210,479
EXPANSION OF INTERPROFESSIONAL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS EDUCATION AMONG PHARMACY AND MEDICAL STUDENTS (PRAC-ED-SUD-PM)
PI/Department: Austin De La Cruz, Pharmacy Practice & Translational Research
Co-PIs: Steven Starks, Matthew Wanat, William Elder, James Thornton
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Amount: $200,000
CYBERTRAINING: IMPLEMENTATION: SMALL: ENABLING DARK MATTER DISCOVERY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE CYBERTRAINING
PI/Department: Andrew Renshaw, Physics
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $162,118
ENGAGING LATINX ART: METHODOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES
PI/Department: Rex Koontz, Art
Co-PI: Roberto Tejada
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Amount: $136,477
DYSLEXIA AND MENTAL HEALTH IDENTIFICATION
EDUCATIONAL MODULES
PI/Department: Jacqueline Hawkins, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Sponsor: The Powell Foundation
Amount: $50,000
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Featured Funding Opportunities
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Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) Scalable Technologies and Tools for Brain Cell Census (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
LOI Deadline: 02/10/2021
Application Deadline: 03/10/2021
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) intends to accelerate the use of scalable technologies and tools to enhance brain cell census research, including the development of technology platforms and/or resources and the generation of spatiotemporal cell census data and/or resources. Applications are expected to address limitations and gaps of existing technologies/tools as a benchmark against which the improvements or competitive advantages of the proposed ones will be measured. The improvements include throughput, sensitivity, selectivity, scalability, spatiotemporal resolution and reproducibility in cell atlas analyses. The projects funded under this FOA will align with the overarching goals of the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) and are expected to enable the generation of a large amount of cell census data using the proposed technologies or via collaboration with the BICCN.
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Funding Agency: Department of Defense (DoD-Dept. of the Army)
Title: DoD Prostate Cancer, Physician Research Award
Pre-Application Deadline: 12/15/2020
Application Deadline: 01/07/2021
Confidential Letters of Recommendation: 01/11/2021
The FY20 PCRP Physician Research Award supports a mentored research experience to prepare physicians with clinical duties and/or responsibilities for productive careers in prostate cancer research. The mentored physician is considered the Principal Investigator (PI) of the application. This award emphasizes equally the quality of the proposed research project and the career development of the PI, which should prepare physicians for careers in basic, population science, translational, or clinical prostate cancer research. All applications for the FY20 PCRP Physician Research Award are to be written by the PI, with appropriate direction from the Mentor(s).
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Funding Agency: Gerber Foundation
Title: Pediatric Research Award
LOI Deadline: 11/15/2020
The mission of The Gerber Foundation, to enhance the quality of life of infants and young children in nutrition, care, and development, has remained the guiding beacon for Foundation giving throughout its history. It awards Pediatric Research grants focused on nutrition or health issues of infants and toddlers (ages 0-3)
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Funding Agency: Bright Focus Foundation
Title: Alzheimer's Disease Research Grants
Application Deadline: 11/10/2020
The goal of the program is to accelerate our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias as well as innovative approaches to better diagnose, prevent or delay the progress of the disease. Preference is made for exciting pilot projects that would not, at their present stage, be competitive for large government or industry awards. Typically, these awards are made to early stage investigators, or to more established investigators who are proposing particularly innovative research.
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Funding Agency: Actelion Pharmaceutical US
Title: ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program
LOI Deadline: 11/02/2020
The ENTELLIGENCE Young Investigator Program is a US-based research program consistent with Actelion Pharmaceutical US, Inc.’s commitment to basic science, translational, and clinical research in the area of pulmonary vascular disease.
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Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Title: Collaborative Approaches to Engineer Biology for Cancer Applications (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
LOI Deadline: 12/15/2020
Application Deadline: 01/15/2021
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications to develop and apply innovative synthetic biology approaches to address challenges across the spectrum of cancer research. Projects will be required to apply a technology, based on an engineered biological system, to an important and well-defined cancer research question. Collaborative transdisciplinary teams are expected with PIs representing expertise in cancer research, engineering, and other disciplines relevant to synthetic biology.
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Funding Agency: United States Department of Agriculture
Title: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
Application Deadline: 01/28/2021
The purpose of the HSI Education Grants Program is to encourage innovative teaching or education proposals with potential to impact and become models for other institutions that serve underrepresented students, at the regional or national level. Projects supported by this program:
1. Attract and support undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups in order to prepare them for careers related to the food, agricultural and natural resources systems and sciences in the United States.
2. Enhance the quality of postsecondary instruction within the above disciplines.
3. Provide opportunities and access to food and agricultural careers in the public and private sector.
4. Align the efforts of HSIs and other non-profit organizations to support academic development and career attainment of underrepresented groups.
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Funding Agency: United States Department of Agriculture
Title: Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program
Application Deadline: 03/18/2021
The purpose of HEC is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, to respond to identified State, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences, or in rural economic, community, and business development.
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Funding Agency: Department of Defense (DoD-DARPA)
Title: Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency RACER
Abstract Deadline: 11/04/2020
Application Deadline: 12/18/2020
The goal of the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program is to develop and demonstrate new autonomy technologies that enable ground combat vehicles to maneuver in unstructured off-road terrain at speeds that are no longer limited by the autonomy software or processing time, but only by considerations of sensor limitations, vehicle mechanical limits, and safety. At a minimum, performance at par with a human driver, or a tele-operated vehicle should be achieved. RACER will demonstrate game-changing autonomous unmanned ground vehicle mobility focused on speed and resiliency using a combination of simulation and advanced platforms.
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Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE)
Title: Early Career Research Program
Pre-Application Deadline: 11/20/2020
Application Deadline: 02/16/2021
DOE SC hereby invites applications for support under the Early Career Research Program in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP); Nuclear Physics (NP); Isotope R&D and Production (DOE IP); or Accelerator R&D and Production (ARDAP). The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by SC. (No Co-PIs are allowed)
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Funding Agency: Department of Energy (DOE)
Title: Atmospheric System Research (ASR)
Pre-Application Deadline: 12/02/2020
Application Deadline: 01/27/2021
This FOA solicits research grant applications for observational, data analysis, and/or modeling studies that use observations[1] supported by BER, including the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, to improve understanding and model representation of: 1) aerosol-cloud interactions, 2) aerosol processes, 3) warm boundary layer processes, 4) Arctic atmospheric processes from ARM’s Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) and Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) campaigns, and/or 5) convective cloud processes from ARM’s Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign. All research supported from awards under this FOA is intended to benefit the public through increasing our understanding of the Earth system.
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Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)
Application Deadline: 02/04/2021
The Human Networks and Data Science program (HNDS) supports research that enhances understanding of human behavior and how humans interact with and are influenced by their environments by leveraging data science and network science research across a broad range of topics. HNDS research will identify ways in which dynamic, distributed, and heterogeneous data can provide novel answers to fundamental questions about individual and group behavior. HNDS is especially interested in proposals that provide data-rich insights about human networks to support improved health, prosperity, and security.
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Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Title: Mid-Career Advancement
Application Deadline: 02/01/2021
The MCA offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the Associate Professor rank (or equivalent) to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than their home institution. Projects that envision new insights on existing problems or identify new but related problems previously inaccessible without new methodology or expertise from other fields are encouraged.
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Funding Agency: Department of State (DOS)
Title: FY 21 Partnership for Nuclear Threat Reduction
Application Deadline: 01/29/2021
The Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR), part of the Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), related delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons proliferation and security threats from proliferator states and non-state actors.
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Funding Agency: Department of State (DOS)
Title: FY21 Chemical Security Program
Application Deadline: 01/29/2021
SN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating proliferation and security risks from state and non-state actors. CSP’s mission is to enable and mobilize international capabilities to prevent, disrupt, and counter great power competitors, rogue proliferator states, and terrorists’ ability to conduct chemical attacks. In Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21), CSP will fund activities that align with and support one or more of its four goals.
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Funding Agency: Department of State (DOS)
Title: FY21 Global Biosecurity Engagement Activities
Application Deadline: 01/29/2021
The Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR), part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), related delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons proliferation and security threats from proliferator states and non-state actors.
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Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Title: NEA Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects, FY2022
Application Deadline: 01/13/2021
Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts (Arts Endowment) supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. We encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English, as well as work that has not previously been translated into English.
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Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: Policies for Action: Public Policy Research to Advance Racial Equity and Racial Justice
LOI Deadline: 11/24/2020
Achieving racial equity and justice in the United States requires a sustained, multipronged intersectional policy approach that addresses both the immediate social conditions leading to poor health outcomes, but also the long-standing structures fostering such conditions. The goal of the Policies for Action call for proposals is to build the evidence base about how national, state, and local policies can improve racial equity in health and well-being in the United States.
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