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NSF / EPSCoR “SCIENCE: BECOMING THE MESSENGER” Workshop

On behalf of the National Science Foundation and ND EPSCoR, you are invited to an interactive hands-on communications workshop designed to assist scientists, engineers, researchers and educators champion their work effectively to the outside world. This workshop will be held at the Fargo Hilton Garden Inn, June 26th-27th.  There is no registration fee but pre-registration [...]

NSF-CAREER Proposal-Writing Workshop

ND EPSCoR is sponsoring a National Science Foundation CAREER grant proposal workshop at UND on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in Swanson Hall, Room 10-12, 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (lunch will be provided).  Presenters will be from The Implementation Group (TIG), a consulting firm from Washington, DC.  Attendance at this workshop does not mean one [...]

ACS Scholars Accepting Next Round of Applications

The ACS Scholars Program is now accepting online applications for awards beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year.  The program is targeted at minority groups considered by NSF to be underrepresented in the sciences.  It is open to graduating high school seniors, college freshmen, sophomores and juniors majoring in a chemical science.  Click here for complete [...]

ND EPSCoR Advanced Undergraduate Research (AURA) Program

ND EPSCoR is accepting proposals from tenured or tenure-track faculty at UND who are interested in participating as a mentor in the Summer / Fall 2013 Advanced Undergraduate Research (AURA) program. The ND EPSCoR AURA program at the University of North Dakota (UND) provides undergraduate students with opportunities to experience research in STEM (Science, Technology, [...]

NSF Program Announcement with Limited Submissions for MRI Program

NSF PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT WITH LIMITED SUBMISSION RESTRICTIONS The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement which allow UND to submit only a limited number of submissions. Thus, if you are interested in submitting a proposal to NSF for the program, please let us know ASAP (barry.milavetz@email.und.edu) or phone 777-4280. Major Research Instrumentation Program [...]

NSF Program Announcements with Limited Submissions for CCEPA Office and STEP

NSF PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH LIMITED SUBMISSION RESTRICTIONS The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcements which allow UND to submit only a limited number of submissions. Climate Change Education Partnership Alliance Office (CCEPA Office) Solicitation # 13-513 In FY 2012, NSF funded six Phase II Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP-II) projects. The PI’s, [...]

NSF Program Announcements with Limited Submission Restrictions

The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement which allow UND to submit only a limited number of submissions.  Innovation Corps-Regional Node Program (I-Corps Node_ Solicitation # 12-586 The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that builds upon fundamental research to guide the output of scientific [...]

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Competition

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is sponsoring a competition for the most effective demonstration of how research funded by NIH, NSF, and other federal agencies improves the health, quality of life, or economy in local communities. We are looking for YOU to create exhibits, events, or web-based outreach that highlight the [...]

NIH Promotes Diversity with Bridges Programs

The NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate and Bridges to the Doctorate programs aim to directly combat the diversity dearth by engaging underrepresented groups in the biomedical and behavioral research pipeline. Both programs are offering FY 13 awards, with proposals due by October 26, 2012. (Note that these are limited submission opportunities; only one application per [...]

NSF Launches New Undergraduate Expeditions

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Cyberinfrastructure, Division of Mathematical Sciences, and Office of Multidisciplinary Activities have announced a $4 million competition for Expeditions in Training, Research, and Education for Mathematics and Statistics through Quantitative Explorations of Data (EXTREEMS-QED). Proposals are due by December 14, 2012. The competition will be stiff, with four to [...]

Undergraduate Math, Science Scholarship Recipients Named

The UND Science Team in biology, chemistry, geology and mathematics announces new scholarship recipients for the Undergraduate Scholarships with Mathematics and Science Training in Environmental Research (US MASTER) program. The goal of the National Science Foundation-sponsored program is to recruit and provide support for talented first generation (first -year or transfer) students with financial needs [...]

UND Summer Undergraduate Students Present Biomedical Research

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences invites the public to attend the 2012 Summer Undergraduate Biology Research poster session, 9 a.m.–noon, Thursday, August 9, in the Vennes Atrium of the school. For the past 10 weeks, students from UND, as well as rural and tribal colleges, have conducted research and [...]

North Dakota SUNRISE Receives NSF Approval for Research Site

The University of North Dakota, in collaboration with several other universities, recently got approval from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand the Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI), an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research (I/UCR) Center. The project will add a supplemental site at UND. The cooperating institutions are West Virginia State University, [...]

Faculty Seed Money Grant Recipients Announced

Congratulations are extended to the five recipients of Faculty Seed Money grants. This new program is intended to encourage highly innovative research that will result in new grant proposals to the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and other foundations and federal agencies. The Research Committee solicited and then a subgroup of the committee [...]

Your Health May Depend on UND Students’ Summer Vacations

On Monday, June 4, Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A, M.P.H., University of North Dakota (UND) vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), welcomed more than 50 undergraduate students from across the state, region and nation who will conduct research this summer shoulder-to-shoulder with leading biomedical researchers at [...]

NSF Funds SUNRISE Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UND $300,000 to fund three additional years for SUNRISE Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) activities. REU is a 10-week NSF-sponsored summer program in which students conduct research and attend weekly program sessions with an emphasis on publication-quality research projects and the improvement of oral and written communications skills. [...]

NSF Announcement with Limited Submissions for IGERT

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) Program Solicitation# 11-533 Check out the link. The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement for Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT). The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists [...]

NSF Representatives will be Visiting UND on February 27-28, 2012

Representatives from the National Science Foundation will be visiting the UND Campus to present sessions on NSF grant information.  The sessions are free and open to all interested UND, NDUS, and tribal college faculty and staff. NSF Open Sessions, University of North Dakota, Monday, February 27, Swanson Hall, Room 10/12  · 9:30-11:00 AM      New Policies Update [...]

Save the Date! NSF Representatives will be Visiting UND on February 27-28, 2012

Representatives from the National Science Foundation will be visiting the UND Campus to present sessions on NSF grant information.  There will be multiple sessions held throughout each day on February 27th and February 28th. More details will follow. ~Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development

NSF Program Announcement for MRI

NSF Program Announcement with Limited Submission Restrictions The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement which allows UND to submit only a limited number of submissions. Thus, if you are interested in submitting a proposal to NSF for the program, please let us know ASAP (barry.milavetz@email.und.edu) or phone 777-4280. Major Research Instrumentation Program [...]