Dr. Hongbo Cong, Presenting Material Compatibility and Challenges in Novel Biofuel Systems

Monday, May 1, 2017 from 9-10 am in Whitby Hall, Room 211

Dr. Cong, Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, will present the research that he conducted over the summer of 2016 with the support of the Faculty Research Grant. His research focuses on the corrosive behaviors of materials used in conjunction with various algae bio-fuels in order to further the research of algae bio-fuels as alternative energy sources.

Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences  (RTG)

Deadline: June 6, 2017

The RTG program supports efforts to improve research training by involving undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty members in structured research groups centered on a common research theme.  Research groups supported by RTG must include vertically-integrated activities that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates.

Geophysics  (PH)

Deadline: June 9, 2017

The Geophysics Program supports basic research in the physics of the solid earth to explore its composition, structure, and processes from the Earth’s surface to its’ deepest interior. Laboratory, field, theoretical, and computational studies are supported.

Perception, Action & Cognition  (PAC)

Deadline: June 15 for workshop proposals; August 1 for research proposals

The PAC program funds theoretically motivated research on a wide-range of topic areas focused on typical human behavior. The aim is to enhance the fundamental understanding of perceptual, motor, and cognitive processes and their interactions. Central research topics for consideration by the program include (but are not limited to) vision, audition, haptics, attention, memory, reasoning, written and spoken language, motor control, categorization, and spatial cognition.

Political Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants  (PS DDRIG)

Deadline: June 15, 2017

The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented.

Ideas Lab: Practical Fully-Connected Quantum Computer Challenge (PFCQC)

Deadline: Preliminary proposal due June 19, 2017; Full proposal due November 30, 2017

Quantum computing is a revolutionary approach to information processing based on the quantum physics of coherent superposition and entanglement.  Advantages of quantum computing include efficient algorithms for computationally difficult tasks, efficient use of resources such as memory and energy needed for computations, and new platforms for the simulation of quantum mechanical systems that are currently intractable using conventional computers.

For more grants check out NSF’s Website!

As part of the Ohio Federal Research Network’s (OFRN – www.ohiofrn.org) mission, we are engaging Ohio-based businesses throughout the State in order to identify sponsored research opportunities. One such opportunity is available in conjunction with Advanced Energy Technologies. If researchers are interested in more information on the opportunity please contact the Office of Research Administration at rschsrvsga8@uakron.edu

The deadline to return intent paperwork is 4/27/2017

Faces of Tuberculosis: Stories from the Edwin Shaw TB Sanatorium, A Documentary

Monday, April 24, 2017 from 12-1 pm

Kolbe Hall, room 103

Faces of Tuberculosis seeks to tell the story of the Springfield Lake/Edwin Shaw TB Sanatorium in documentary form. The presentation will provide a preview of the content of the upcoming documentary material.