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The UND Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development (VPRED) is organizing a fourth round of post-doctoral seed funding in collaboration with colleges/schools and research units across the University. The program will provide salary (up to $45,000), plus benefits, for a number of post-doctoral associates for a period of two years to […]

The University of North Dakota has been awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and other project sponsors to build a pilot plant that will extract rare earth elements – components used for everything from cell phones to defense technology – from North Dakota lignite coal. The project is in the third phase […]

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Feng “Frank” Xiao has been named one of only three researchers in the country to receive a highly competitive Early Career Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) STAR program to address a key national health-pollution issue. The award is for approximately $500,000 over three years. The EPA, as […]

Saobo Lei, professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The prestigious R01 class grant, which is funded through the National Institute of Mental Health, will be used to explore new therapies for anxiety disorders […]

The National Institute of Mental Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded an R01 grant titled “Tat endolysosome escape and HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorder” to Drs. Xuesong Chen and Jonathan Geiger. Both are faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & […]

The Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) for Host-Pathogen Interactions is inviting UND faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students to attend the Annual Host-Pathogen CoBRE Symposium to be held at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The Symposium will bring together experts investigating both microbial […]

UND recently provided Massachusetts-based Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) the advanced platform, authorization and flight excellence to test its compact laser hygrometer, developed for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The hygrometer, built to measure ambient water vapor density, air pressure and temperature from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), was successfully tested during a […]

What do you get when you combine the top sunflower-producing state in the U.S. with the top state for honeybees and an innovative Australian startup company collaborating with the University of North Dakota, one of the nation’s leading universities for drone research and development? “It’s the perfect trifecta!” exclaimed Amy Whitney, director of UND’s Center […]

What was to be Brett Nespor’s master’s thesis, expounding on an air study done nearly five years before he arrived on campus, morphed into an invaluable endeavor that could alter the conventions of chemical research. Utilizing and optimizing a method developed by University of North Dakota Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Alena Kubatova, Nespor […]

The ‘All of Us’ journey traveling research exhibit, sponsored by the UND College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, is visiting the area June 17-21. The exhibit visits communities nationwide to raise awareness about the All of Us research program and features hands-on activities for visitors to learn about research and precision medicine and to provide […]

The Division of Research and Economic Development is pleased to announce an internal competition for applicants to the 2020 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences award. The University is only allowed to submit one application to this highly competitive program each year.  The Pew Scholars Program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science […]

Feng Xiao and Naima Kaabouch from the College of Engineering & Mines, Xiaodong Zhang from John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, and Julia Xiaojun Zhao and Deborah Worley from the College of Education & Human Development were recently awarded a 5-year grant of about $649,791 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support high-achieving […]

The University of North Dakota Rural Health and Communities Grand Challenge Team is soliciting applications from faculty to support UND’s research activities, and external funding capacity, to address the unique health and social problems of rural communities. (One UND, Goal 4). This solicitation supports the advancement of UND’s goal of submissions for funding that address the […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce that beginning on April 30, 2018, proposers will be able to prepare and submit full, research non-collaborative proposals in Research.gov. The initial release of this new Research.gov capability will run in parallel with existing FastLane proposal preparation and submission capabilities, so proposers can choose to prepare […]

The Division of Research & Economic Development would like to remind faculty and staff who have been awarded a Federal grant to support their creative activities, that by Federal law and policy, the funds awarded must be spent, and the items which have been purchased used, before the end date of the award. Once an […]