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University Research Foundation: October 18
The University Research Foundation (URF) is now accepting applications for the October 18 deadline. The URF is an intramural funding program that provides up to $50,000 support for research projects and up to $3,000 for conference support.
The objectives of the URF research program are to: (1) Help junior faculty undertake pilot projects that will enable them to successfully apply for extramural sources of funding and aid in establishing their careers as independent investigators; (2) Help established faculty perform novel, pioneering research to determine project feasibility and develop preliminary data to support extramural grant applications; (3) Provide support in disciplines where extramural support is difficult to obtain and where significant research can be facilitated with internal funding; and (4) Provide limited institutional matching funds that are required as part of a successful external peer-reviewed application. URF Review Panels comprise established Penn faculty members and are charged with giving preference to projects that meet one of the aforementioned criteria.
As part of the University’s commitment to providing research opportunities to scholars across our campus community, URF applicants are encouraged to include undergraduate student participants within the framework of their proposals. URF Review Panels will take undergraduate participation under strong consideration when evaluating and scoring proposals. Should applicants require assistance in identifying interested and qualified undergraduates, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) will be glad to provide support: curf@upenn.edu
Faculty members are invited to submit their research applications to one of four disciplinary areas: Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Engineering, and Social Science and Management. In addition, URF offers a Conference Support program to provide funding for meetings designed to enhance existing research and scholarly programs, particularly in disciplines where external funding is difficult to obtain. Conferences that promote interdisciplinary and multi-school participation are given priority.
Complete details about the URF and links to the forms can be found on the Office of the Vice Provost for Research website at: www.upenn.edu/research/funding/university_research_foundation
—Dawn A. Bonnell, Vice Provost for Research
In the most recent cycle, Spring 2013, of Penn’s internally-funded University Research Foundation,
and URF Conference Support (noted with *), the Office of the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards
to the following members of the faculty for the projects listed below.
University Research Foundation Awards and Conference Support Awards Spring 2013
James Aguirre, School of Arts & Sciences, physics and astronomy; Development of State-of-the-Art Signal Readout and Processing for Observational Cosmology Instrumentation
*Amada Armenta, School of Arts & Sciences, sociology; Policing Immigrants: The Devolution of Immigration Enforcement Authority
Joseph Baur, Perelman School of Medicine, physiology; Control of Adipocyte Function and Fate by mTORC2
Janis Burkhardt, Perelman School of Medicine, pathology and laboratory medicine; Characterization of Cytoskeletal Regulation in Human Dendritic Cell Vaccines
Michael Cancro, Perelman School of Medicine, pathology and laboratory medicine; The Role of TFH Derived BLyS in Antibody Affinity Maturation
Cynthia Damon, School of Arts & Sciences, Classical studies; A Critical Edition of Caesar’s Civil War
Julie Nelson Davis, School of Arts & Sciences, history of art; Partners in Print
Bart De Jonghe, School of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Services; A Rat Model to Identify New Strategies for Nausea Management
Grant Frame, School of Arts & Sciences, Near Eastern languages and civilizations; Inscriptions of Sargon II of Assyria in the Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago
Antonio Garcia, School of Social Policy & Practice; Contextual and Organizational Pathways to Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Among Children in the Child Welfare System
Robert Gross, Perelman School of Medicine, Medicine; Treatment Outcomes of Oropharyneal Cancer in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
James Guevara, Perelman School of Medicine, biostatistics and epidemiology; A Social Media Intervention to Teach Parenting for Women with Postpartum Depression
*Ira Harkavy, Netter Center for Community Partnerships; 25th Anniversary—Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development
Beth Linker, School of Arts & Sciences, history and sociology of science; Slouch: The Rise and Fall of American Posture
Carolina Lopez, School of Veterinary Medicine, pathobiology; Defective Viral Genomes in Respiratory Secretions
Irina Marinov, School of Arts & Sciences, earth and environmental science; Ocean Algae: Evolution Under Future Climate Change
Lea Ann Matura, School of Nursing, biobehavioral Health Services; Impact of Fatigue in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Robert Maxwell, School of Arts & Sciences, history of art; Art Inventing History: Picturing the Living Past in the Middle Ages
Amy Offner, School of Arts & Sciences, history; Anti-Poverty Programs, Social Conflict, and Economic Thought in the United States and Colombia, 1948-1980
Rand Quinn, Graduate School of Education, teaching, learning and leadership; A Pilot Study to Understand Variation in Neighborhood-Based Political Mobilization on School Closures in Philadelphia
*Simon Richter, School of Arts & Sciences, Germanic languages and literatures; Intersection of Literature and Theater in the Work of Emine Sevgi Özdamar
Sunny Shin, Perelman School of Medicine, microbiology; Inflammasome Control of Interleukin-1 Alpha Secretion
Emily Steiner, School of Arts & Sciences, English; Literary Information: History, Literature, and Translation, c. 1400
Nancy Steinhardt, School of Arts & Sciences, East Asian languages and civilizations; Liao Architecture in Mongolia
Alan Stocker, School of Arts & Sciences, psychology; Characterizing the Impact of Perceptual Decisions on Subsequent Percepts
Raymond Sweeney, School of Veterinary Medicine, clinical studies–New Bolton Center; Genomic Analysis of GI Flora in Cattle Infected with Mycobacterium: Dysbiosis as a Link to Crohn’s Disease?
Sharon Thompson-Schill, School of Arts & Sciences, psychology; Spontaneous Code Switching
Franca Trubiano, School of Design, architecture; Constructing Designs—Recovering the Art of Building in 21st Century Architecture
John Wolfe, School of Veterinary Medicine, pathobiology; Shared Instrument for Animal Translational Studies on Treatment of Brain Diseases
Richard Zettler, School of Arts & Sciences, Near Eastern languages and civilizations; Through the Gorge and into the Mountains: Archaeological Survey and Excavations in Rowanduz, Kurdistan, Iraq |
