Archive for February, 2020

Annual Musculoskeletal Research Symposium Announced

The Center for Orthopaedic Research and Translational Science (CORTS) Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation will be holding their annual Musculoskeletal Research Symposium on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at the University Conference Center in Hershey, PA.

Detailed program, abstracts, poster presentation, and awards ceremony announcements will be released closer to the date. To view the full flyer, please click here.

NIJ Funding Opportunity

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications to fund outstanding Ph.D. students whose research is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. Eligible applicants are degree-granting academic institutions in the United States and its territories, and must be fully accredited by one of the regional accreditation agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education. The institution applies on behalf of an eligible student whose dissertation research is relevant to the NIJ’s criminal justice mission.

GRF fellowships provide up to three years of support within a five-year period, and include:

  1. $35,000/year student salary and fringe
  2. $12,000/year cost of education allowance
  3. $3,000/year research expenses

In recent years, the NIJ had posted separate solicitations for applicants in the social and behavioral sciences (GRF-SBS) and for those in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (GRF-STEM). All eligible applicants are now invited to apply under this single funding opportunity, without distinction between SBS and STEM.

GRF applications are due on April 15, 2020.

For more information, please click here.

DoD STIx Event – Apr. 28-29

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Basic Research Office is inviting researchers to apply to participate in its annual STIx event by submitting an abstract. Historically, the DoD’s early scientific investments have enabled technologies that have transformed the way we communicate, travel, and live healthier lives.  It is important to celebrate this legacy and showcase the innovative impacts that our basic science programs have made to a broad audience.  The Science, Technology, and Innovation Exchange (STIx) meeting provides a chance to highlight this proud tradition.

This year’s STIx event will be held April 28 – April 29, 2020. The theme is “Disruption”.

More information about prior events can be found here. Abstract guidelines can be found here.

2020 Competition: 20-529 NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to further develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that guides the output of scientific discoveries closer to the development of technologies, products, and services that benefit society. The goal of the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program, created in 2011 by NSF, has been and will continue to be to reduce the time and risk associated with translating promising ideas and technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace. For more information on the I-Corps Program, please click here.

  • Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2020
  • Funding Organization’s Deadline: Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2020
  • Discipline/Subject Area: Physical Sciences & Engineering
  • Funding Available: $15,000,000

To apply, please click here. Please contact limitedsubs@psu.edu with any questions.

CoE Research Administration Meeting- Thursday, Feb. 27

The next College of Engineering Research Administration Meeting will be held Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. in HUB room 233A. To RSVP, please click here.

To view the agenda, click here.

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