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Math & Science

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Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, Starter Grant Award

Deadline:  February 24, 2016

The SACP/SSP Starter Grant Awards are given to encourage high-quality, innovative research by beginning chemistry professors. Two $40,000 awards will be granted: one award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh in the area of analytical chemistry and one award from the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh in the area of spectroscopy.

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Coal Geology Division Gilbert H. Cady Award

Deadline: February 28, 2016

The Coal Geology Division of the GSA seeks nominations for its highest honor, the Gilbert H. Cady Award. The Cady Award is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of coal geology. This award is generally made annually, but may be withheld in any year where there are no recommendations made.

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Social Sciences & Humanities

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Policy-Relevant Insurance Studies

Deadline: February 19, 2016

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to fund quantitative studies that evaluate or predict the effects of policies or policy changes related to health insurance coverage using appropriate empirical methods.

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Berman Foundation Early Career Fellowships

Deadline: February 26, 2016

The Berman Early Career Fellowships aim to support the development and expansion of the field of the social scientific study of the North American Jewish community; enhance funding opportunities for early career scholars in the social sciences; encourage scholars in sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, demography, social work, economics, and political science to expand their research to include study of the North American Jewish community; and nurture a new generation of scholars in this critical area of research.

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Sociology Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.

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International OCD Foundation

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The IOCDF awards grants to investigators whose research focuses on the nature, causes, and treatment of OCD and related disorders.

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Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The sponsors invite applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Basic, clinical, and applied studies are encouraged. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

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Math & Science

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ROSES 2015: Solar System Workings

Deadline: February 25, 2016

The Solar System Workings program element supports research into atmospheric, climatological, dynamical, geologic, geophysical, and geochemical processes occurring on planetary bodies, satellites, and other minor bodies (including rings) in the Solar System. This call seeks to address the physical and chemical processes that affect the surfaces, interiors, atmospheres, exospheres, and magnetospheres of planetary bodies.

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Mineral Recovery Phase II – Geothermal Concepts And Approaches To Validate Extraction

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The intent of this funding opportunity is to promote that advancement of geothermal energy conversion processes by validating technologies capable of providing a secondary income stream from the same geo-fluids.

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Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects

Deadline: February 3, 2016

PHY Mission: To support fundamental research across the intellectual frontiers of physics, to support research that has broader impacts on other fields of science and on the health, economic strength, and defense of society, to enhance education at all levels and share the excitement of science with the public through integration of education and research, and to steward the physics community so as to maintain the intellectual capital essential for future advances.

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Mathematics and Physical Sciences – Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The Simons Foundation invites applications for the Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences (MPS) program. The aim of the Simons Collaborations in MPS program is to stimulate progress on fundamental scientific questions of major importance in the broad area of mathematics, theoretical physics, and theoretical computer science.

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Writing/Designing Winning NIH Proposals Workshop

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January 27, 2016

Greetings, We would like to remind you about this one-day workshop to be held at the Case Western Reserve University. This seminar is perfect for beginners, junior faculty, postdocs, and administrators who are in the process of submitting grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is also beneficial for seasoned researchers who are looking for a refresher course. Our goal is to assist all who want to submit research proposals to the NIH.

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Research for Lunch Featuring Dr. Gregory Wilson

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Dr. Gregory Wilson, Department of History

Faculty Research Grant, Research for Lunch Presentation

January 28, 2016

12:15pm to 1pm, CAS 124

“Toxic Dust: The Virginia Kepone Disaster and the Legacy of Chlorinated Insecticides”

Abstract

This book will analyze the history and legacy of the 1975 poisoning of workers and contamination of the James River near Richmond, Virginia by the chemical Kepone, the brand name of chlordecone, a white, powdery pesticide similar to DDT. About 1% of Kepone made its way into domestic use in ant and roach traps; 99% went to Europe to battle the Colorado potato beetle and to the banana plantations of the French West Indies to eradicate the banana root borer. A number of significant events followed in the wake of the disaster, including a global ban on chlordecone. This case study of Kepone will illuminate the larger political ecology and environmental legacy of toxic substances in the South, the United States and the globe.

Bio

Greg Wilson specializes in the history of recent United States and Ohio history. He is the author of Communities Left Behind: The Area Redevelopment Administration, 1945 -1965 and the co-author of Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State and the upcoming Above the Shots: An Oral History of the Kent State Shootings.

Please join us to learn more about Dr. Wilson’s exciting research. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Questions? Contact RschSrvsGA8@uakron.edu