University Research Foundation: November 7 |
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September 16, 2014, Volume 61, No. 05 |
The University Research Foundation (URF) is now accepting applications for theNovember 7, 2014 deadline. The URF is an intramural funding program that provides up to $50,000 support for research projects and up to $3,000 for conference support.
The objectives of the URF research program are to: (1) Help junior faculty undertake pilot projects that will enable them to successfully apply for extramural sources of funding and aid in establishing their careers as independent investigators; (2) Help established faculty perform novel, pioneering research to determine project feasibility and develop preliminary data to support extramural grant applications; (3) Provide support in disciplines where extramural support is difficult to obtain and where significant research can be facilitated with internal funding; and (4) Provide limited institutional matching funds that are required as part of a successful external peer-reviewed application. URF Review Panels comprise established Penn faculty members and are charged with giving preference to projects that meet one of the aforementioned criteria.
As part of the University’s commitment to providing research opportunities to scholars across our campus community, URF applicants are encouraged to include undergraduate student participants within the framework of their proposals. URF Review Panels will take undergraduate participation under strong consideration when evaluating and scoring proposals. Should applicants require assistance in identifying interested and qualified undergraduates, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) will be glad to provide support: curf@upenn.edu
Faculty members are invited to submit their research applications to one of four disciplinary areas: Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Engineering and Social Science and Management. In addition, URF offers a Conference Support program to provide funding for meetings designed to enhance existing research and scholarly programs, particularly in disciplines where external funding is difficult to obtain. Conferences that promote interdisciplinary and multi-school participation are given priority.
Complete details about the URF and links to the forms can be found on the Office of the Vice Provost for Research website at: www.upenn.edu/research/funding/university_research_foundation
—Dawn A. Bonnell, Vice Provost for Research
In the most recent cycle, Spring 2014, of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation, and URF Conference Support (noted with *), the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below.
University Research Foundation Awards and Conference Support Awards Spring 2014
Yair Argon, Perelman School of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Reporter Mouse for Intravital Imaging of the Unfolded Protein Response
Roberto Dominguez, Perelman School of Medicine, Physiology; Regulation of the RSC chromatin-remodeling complex by actin-related problems
Andrea Facciabene, Perelman School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Optimization of Anti-Tumor Effects of Vasculature Targeting DNA Vaccine
Sharyn Katz, Perelman School of Medicine, Radiology; FLT-PET/CT as a Biomaker of Therapeutic Response in Pemetrexed Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Frank Lee, Perelman School of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Knockin Mouse to Test a New Model of Oxygen Sensing
Sandra Ryeom, Perelman School of Medicine, Cancer Biology; Restoration of Spermatogenesis After Chemotherapy-Induced Infertility
Fevzi Daldal, School of Arts & Sciences, Biology; Copper Import and Trafficking to Cytochrome Oxidase
Emil DeGoma, Perelman School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Patient-Centered Approach to Cardiovascular Risk Management: Developing a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid to Promote Shared Decision Making
Daniel Licht, Perelman School of Medicine, Neurology and Pediatrics; fDCS of Feeding-Related Psychomotor Delays in Hypoplastic Left Heart and Other Single Ventricle CHD
Michael May, School of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Biology; Targeting Endothelial Cell-Intrinsic Non-Canonical NF-kB in Chronic Inflammation
John A. Wolf, Perelman School of Medicine, Neurosurgery; Optogenetic Neuromodulation of Limbic Circuitry for Restoration of Hippocampal Function After TBI
Daniel Barber, School of Design, Architecture; A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War
Ignacio Javier Lopez, School of Arts & Sciences, Romance Languages; Dali and the Re-Invention of Surrealism
Simon Richter, School of Arts & Sciences, Germanic Languages and Literatures; On the Use and Abuse of Dutch History in German Letters (1933-1953)
Timothy Rommen, School of Arts & Sciences, Music; Archaeologies of Sound: Digitizing Dominica’s Musical Archives
Adelheid Voskuhl, School of Arts & Sciences, History and Sociology of Science; Engineering and Crisis: Technical, Technocractic and Intellectual Elites in German and American High Industrialism (1890-1930 )
John Crocker, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Realizing Novel Colloidal Crystals Using Colloidal Cluster Building Blocks
Delphine Dahan, School of Arts & Sciences, Psychology; Coordination in Conversation in Schizophrenia
Jane Willenbring, School of Arts & Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Early Career: Acquisition of a BET Specific Surface Area Analyzer
Irma Elo, School of Arts & Sciences, Sociology; Health and Well-Being of African Migrants in the United States
Camilo Garcia-Jimeno, School of Arts & Sciences, Economics; Dynamic Political Compromise with Agency Constraints: The National Front in Colombia
Rand Quinn, Graduate School of Education, Teaching, Learning and Leadership and Michael Steinberg, Graduate School of Education, Education Policy Division; How Does a Statewide Funding Formula Impact the Distribution of Educational Revenues, Spending and Academic Achievement? |