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Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, is the deadline for submission of Senate Scholarly Activities Committee (SSAC) travel grant applications. This deadline is for travel occurring between Jan. 16 and April 30, 2011. Late applications will not be accepted. The Committee reminds applicants to carefully prepare their proposals and be specific and realistic in their budget requests. […]

Summer doctoral fellowships of $5,000 are available through The Graduate School, plus a waiver of tuition to support doctoral students who will spend full time on their dissertation research in the summer of 2011. Please read the application carefully. The application can be found on The Graduate School home page at www.graduateschool.und.edu. The deadline for applications is […]

The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received two research/creative activity grant Applications, requesting a total of $4,100, and two publication applications, requesting a total of $1,800 in response to the October call for proposals. The following awards were made: Research/creative activity awards Wayne Barkhouse, Physics and Astrophysics, $1,600 for “Probing Structure Formation via the Alignment of […]

Major Research Instrumentation Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development Program Solicitation# 11-503 The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement for Major Research Instrumentation Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development. The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation’s institutions […]

A new Founders Day award will be given for interdisciplinary research or collaborative work.  This award will recognize outstanding interdisciplinary, collaborative work in the past three years by two or more UND faculty investigators. There are no limitations on disciplines that may be recognized. Scholarly creative work can be demonstrated in many forms: peer-reviewed publications, […]

Nominations for the Fellows of the University Award for Departmental Excellence in Research, recognizing research, scholarly, and creative productivity, are due at Research Development and Compliance (RD&C), Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. The winning department will receive a $2,000 award and a plaque at the Founders Day Banquet Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Nominations should include information […]

Nominations/applications are invited for the UND Foundation Thomas J. Clifford Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Research. The winner of this award will receive a plaque for $2,000 at the Founders Day Banquet Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Tenured faculty who have been at UND at least five years are eligible to receive this award. The […]

Applications are invited from UND faculty for research fellowships ($1,000 each) to facilitate writing proposals for external funding of their research and scholarly activities. Offered through Research Development and Compliance (RD&C) and the University Writing Program, a limited number of faculty in teams of two (faculty proposal writer and mentor) will engage in a 10-session […]

ND EPSCoR implemented a Graduate Student Research Assistantships (GSRA) program to increase opportunities for graduating seniors from North Dakota University System baccalaureate universities (Dickinson, Mayville, Minot, and Valley City) and tribal colleges that hold membership in the ND Association of Tribal Colleges; or have been a participant in ND EPSCoR’s Nurturing American Tribal undergraduate Research […]

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG) Program Solicitation# 08-564 The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement for Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences. (DDIG) http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTEwNDQ2NzQmbWVzc2FnZWlkPVBSRC1CVUwtMTA0NDY3NCZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTEyNzY2NDk4MTImZW1haWxpZD1qZW5uaWZlcmxlc3NhcmRAbWFpbC51bmQubm9kYWsuZWR1JnVzZXJpZD1qZW5uaWZlcmxlc3NhcmRAbWFpbC51bmQubm9kYWsuZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click The National Science Foundation awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in selected areas of the biological sciences. These grants […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a new “Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide” (PAPP) that is effective for proposal due on or after January 18, 2011. One of the items that NSF has come out strongly on is Cost Share. The agency does not want any Cost Share in the proposal unless […]

The UND Honors Program, one of the strong advocates of undergraduate research on this campus, is always seeking for more faculty and students interested in promoting undergraduate research from all disciplines. To that end, if you have undergraduates (preferably seniors) involved in research projects that might make good stand-alone thesis-quality projects, you and/or your students […]

The Senate Scholarly Activities Committee received 38 requests for funds to travel to domestic or Canadian destinations (a total of $41,309.81 requested); and 14 requests for funds to travel to Alaska, Hawaii, or foreign destinations (a total of $34,906.56 requested), in response to the September call for proposals. The following awards were made at the […]

The second Senate Scholarly Activities Committee deadline for submission of applications is Thursday, Oct. 15. Only Research/Creative Activity or Publication applications will be considered at that time. No other applications will be considered at that time. The third deadline for submission of applications is Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Travel applications will be considered at that […]

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences funding Application Procedures and Criteria for Award Selection Please note that there no longer is a limit on the amount of funding that can be requested. Also, please note that if the response to calls for applications to this program continues to be low, the program will be discontinued. Eligibility […]