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In this Issue:
National Office News:
CUR Institutes:
Ongoing CUR Offerings:
Advocacy:
Opportunities: National Office News:
CUR Announces Election Results for CUR Officers:
Secretary – Bridget Gourley
A Report from CUR Member, Gerald Van Hecke, who was recently appointed to an NSF Committee of Visitors:
NSF divisions, offices, and indeed the entire NSF itself, are reviewed about every three years by groups of selected professionals external to the NSF assembled in what are called Committees of Visitors. The composition of a Committee of Visitors [COV] is derived from discipline, type of institution represented, and diversity considerations appropriate to the NSF entity being reviewed. The Office of International Science and Engineering [OISE] recently underwent a review by a Committee of Visitors. The Committee reviewed self-study materials supplied by the OISE and the recommendations of previous COV review of three years ago. Over a two and half day period, a new review with recommendations was prepared by the COV. The COV consisted of 11 members, 9 of whom were from research universities, 1 from industry, and 1 from an undergraduate institution [me]. It is a tribute to CUR that the NSF asked the National Office to recommend CUR members to serve on the COV. As the review proceeded it was also important that a voice from an undergraduate institution was heard.
CUR Upgrades to New Association Management System:
CUR recently upgraded to a new association management system which will allow members to login, update records, register for meetings at member rates, and purchase publications at member rates. Your username and password have been sent to you previously. Should you need another copy of this information sent to you via email, please visit http://cur.networkats.com/members_online/members/password.asp . Non-members who have records in our database may also login to expedite registration processes, however discounts will only be given to members.
CUR Welcomes New Institutional Members:
Gardner - Webb University CUR Institutes: CUR Regional Workshop Program on Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research:
Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs:
Ongoing CUR Offerings:
Undergraduate Researchers' Graduate School Registry:
Please encourage your students to sign up
for the Undergraduate Researcher's Graduate School Registry. The
purpose of this registry is to facilitate connections between
undergraduates and graduate schools seeking high quality students who
are well prepared for research. More information and the
submission form are available at:
http://www.cur.org/ugreg/
Graduate Schools that are interested in purchasing a subscription to
the registry should contact Robin Potochnik at
robin@cur.org
Developing and Sustaining a Research - Supportive Curriculum:
A Compendium of Successful Practices:
This publication is available for
purchase via the
order form
. The cost is $45.00 plus shipping costs, and individual
members are eligible for a reduced rate of $35.00, plus shipping costs.
Newswise Press Release
Subscription Service:
Newswise
is an academic news distribution service that provides media with news
leads from our member institutions.
Journalists receive this news by subscribing to an emailed Daily
Wire.
From the wire, they review news releases and decide whether or not
to follow up on any leads and contacts.
CUR
Institutional Members may submit releases to Nancy Hensel at
nancy@cur.org
.
For more information, please refer to the following document:
http://www.cur.org/pdf/newswise%20flyer.pdf
Advocacy: CUR In the News:
Washington Partners News August 4, 2008
Column:
Just before adjourning for the August recess, the House passed the FY 2009 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. It is the single appropriations bill to make it to the floor of either chamber thus far this year. Arguably, it could be the only one. Partisan sniping among appropriators continues, setting the stage for almost certain enactment of a continuing resolution before the end of the current fiscal year-September 30.
Opportunities:
National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(NSF-GRFP): The National Science Foundation invites you to apply for the 2009
Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP) competition. This program offers
up to 3 years of graduate school support worth over $120,000 to each
awardee - last year 913 awards were granted. Benefits include a $30,000
annual stipend, a $10,500 annual cost of education allowance, a one time
$1,000 travel allowance, and access to TeraGrid supercomputing facilities.
U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents at or near the beginning
of their graduate study seeking research-based Master’s and/or PhD
degrees in NSF-supported science (including social science and psychology)
and engineering disciplines are eligible to apply. The application process
is expected to open in August 2008 and close early November 2008. We
encourage interested applicants to review the attached brochure and visit www.nsf.gov/grfp/
or www.nsfgradfellows.org The GRFP is sponsored by the NSF, which is an independent federal
agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of
science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to
secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.06
billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all
federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and
universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the
social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. NSF funding
opportunities can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/.
The NSF-GRFP Operations Center is administered by the American Society for
Engineering Education (http://www.asee.org/fellowships).
Should you have any questions, please contact Sheri Krueger, American
Society for Engineering Education at 202-331-3541 or s.krueger@asee.org NIH Program Announcements: Minority Institutional Research Training Program (T32) Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Minority Institutions (K01) Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity/Re-Entry
in Biomedical Research (K01) For more information, please contact: Krishan K. Arora, Ph.D., Health
Scientist Administrator, Division of Research Infrastructure, National
Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services, 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 938 - MSC
4874, Bethesda, MD 20892-4874, Telephone: (301) 435-0760 If you have problems viewing this newsletter, please contact robin@cur.org. To view this email as a website, please visit: http://www.cur.org/newsletter/newsletter080408.htm |
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