National Historical Publications & Records Commission
Electronic Records Projects
Deadlines: Draft (optional), April 2, 2012; Application, June 7, 2012

Other Funding Opportunities

Pfizer
2012 ASPIRE Competitive Research Grant Awards: Narrow Spectrum Antibiotics for the Treatment of MRSA: Clinical Evaluation in Complex Adult Patients
Deadline: May 30, 2012

2012 ASPIRE Rheumatology Research Awards
Deadline: July 16, 2012

2012 ASPIRE HEMOPHILIA program
Deadline: May 14, 2012

Texas Water Resources Institute
Water Resources Competitive Grants Program
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Proposals for this grant should be submitted through the Office of Sponsored Projects via the Proposal Review Form. For questions, please call 471-6424 or email osp@austin.utexas.edu.

Research Prizes and Honors

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Butler School of Music Professor Receives Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters

Dan Welcher Dan Welcher, composition professor and director of the university’s New Music Ensemble in the Butler School of Music, has received the music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Eighteen recipients are honored with the award each year in music. The winners are selected by a committee of Academy members.

News and Information

Training Offered in Responsible Conduct of Research

A one-day training session for Responsible Conduct of Research will be from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. April 2 in Room 2.3 ACES Building. See the Office of Sponsored Projects web page for details, the agenda and registration information.

Quoted-UT Researchers in the News

The New York Times
March 20, 2012
HEADLINE: How Long Does It Take to Recover From a Marathon?

Hirofumi Tanaka (Hirofumi Tanaka and Edward Coyle, professors in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, were quoted in an article about race recovery.)

Hirofumi Tanaka, an exercise physiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, said the question of recovery “is a tough one.”

“The answer will be dependent on what element of recovery you are interested in,” he said. “We do have some information about how long it takes to replenish muscle glycogen, the primary energy fuel during strenuous distance running. But we have no idea on other elements.”

Edward Coyle

Athletes who consume carbohydrates and, even better, some protein after an event can refill their muscles with glycogen within 24 hours. But this is short-term recovery, not at all what my coach (the writer's coach) was talking about.

Edward Coyle, a colleague of Dr. Tanaka, defines recovery in terms of sore muscles. In his studies, he has found it takes about a week for muscles to stop hurting and full strength to return, an estimate that pretty much describes what happened to me.

Research Project

Research Collaboration Network for Managing Collaborative Research Centers

James Howison RESEARCHERS: James Howison, assistant professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin, pictured, and Nicholas Berente, assistant professor, Department of Management Information Systems, University of Georgia
AGENCY: National Science Foundation
AMOUNT: $498,129

In this project, the researchers will build a cross-disciplinary community of scholars and practitioners interested in studying and improving the management of collaborative, distributed scientific research centers. Such centers are foundational to an increasing portion of contemporary science, growing in size and diversifying in scope, but there is a dearth of systematic exploration into the management practices that enable centers to operate effectively and innovate consistently.

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March 22, 2012 | Research Alert

Research Opportunities

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Funding Sources

Department of Defense

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of the Interior

Department of Justice

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U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Arts, Humanities and Culture