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Research Opportunities
Important University Research Deadlines
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The University of Texas at Austin Stimulus Package Web page is online.
Funding Sources
Department of Agriculture
Supplemental and Alternative Crops Competitive Grants Program
Deadline: April 16, 2012
Scientific Cooperation Research Program FY12 RFA
Deadline: April 18, 2012
Biomass Research and Development Initiative
Deadlines: Pre-Application, April 24, 2012; Full Application (by invitation), Aug. 3, 2012
Department of Defense
FY11 Militarily Relevant Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program (MRPRA)
Translational Research Award
Deadline: April 16, 2012
Department of Energy
Predictive Modeling for Automotive Lightweighting Applications and Advanced Alloy Development for Automotive and Heavy-Duty Engines
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Scientific Collaborations at Extreme-Scale
Deadline: April 27, 2012
Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies -- Request for Information
Deadline: April 6, 2012
Department of Health and Human Services
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, April 16, 2012; Application, May 14, 2012
Department of Justice
Mentoring Best Practices Research
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Department of State
Establishment of a University Partnership in Studies of the United States with Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Deadline: May 3, 2012
English Access Microscholarship Program
Deadline: May 14, 2012
National Institutes of Health
Research to Assist Informal Caregivers in Assessing and Managing Symptoms in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, April 21, 2012; Application, May 21, 2012
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Underserved Rural Communities
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, Dec. 11, 2012; Application, Jan. 11, 2013
Translational Research at the Aging/Cancer Interface
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, May 5, 2012; Application, June 5, 2012
Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Non-Traditional Settings
Deadline: June 5, 2012
Improving Translational and Basic Research to Control Itch in Humans
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, May 5, 2012; Application, June 5, 2012
Research to Assist Informal Caregivers in Assessing and Managing Symptoms in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease
Deadlines: Letter of Intent, April 21, 2012; Application, May 21, 2012
Grants for Research in Glomerular Diseases
Deadline: June 5, 2012
National Science Foundation
Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering
Deadlines: Mid-Scale Projects, June 13, 2012; Small Projects, July 11, 2012
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys
Deadline: June 6, 2012
Scalable Nanomanufacturing
Deadline: June 4, 2012
Research in Disabilities Education
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Frontiers in Earth System Dynamics
Deadlines: Preliminary Proposal, July 2, 2012; Full Proposal (by invitation), March 4, 2013
Arts, Humanities and Culture
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Archaeology Fieldwork Bursaries
Deadline: May 15, 2012
Social Science Research Council
Our Shared Past -- A collaborative grants program offered by the British Council and the Social Science Research Council
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Other Funding Opportunities
Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations
C-DEBI Graduate Fellow Program
Deadline: April 2, 2012
Research Prizes and Honors
[Have you or a colleague won a research-related prize or honor? Let the Research Alert know.]
Historian's Book Picks Up Two Major Prizes
 Dr. Frank Guridy's first book, "Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow," has received two major book awards. He is an associate professor in the Department of History.
The American Historical Association and The Association for the Study of African American Life & History’s Wesley-Logan Prize for 2011 was presented to Guridy at the American Historical Association's annual meeting in January. Forging Diaspora also received the Elsa Goveia book prize for 2009-2010 by the Association for Caribbean Historians.
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 2.302 ACES Building. See the Office of Sponsored Projects web page for details, the agenda and registration information.
Quoted-UT Researchers in the News
 (Debra Umberson, a professor in the Department of Sociology, was quoted in an article about the emotional and financial impact of the break up of a relationship.)
The end of a marriage can be devastating for health, says Debra Umberson, a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin. "And a bad marriage is worse than no marriage at all when it comes to health," she adds. "Serious marital strain really takes a toll on your health."
Research Project
 RESEARCHER: Gerald “Jerry” Cochran, Ph.D. student, School of Social Work
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AMOUNT: $42,000
Alcohol misuse is the primary risk factor for injury in the United States, and health care providers are positioned to deliver alcohol interventions to individuals admitted to health care facilities for injury treatment. This dissertation uses latent variable statistical modeling of data from a clinical trial conducted in a Level-1 trauma center to identify profiles of patients who experienced the greatest benefit from Screening and Brief Interventions (SBI) for alcohol. A better understanding about which injured patients respond best to SBI will increase the ability of policymakers, health care administrators and clinicians to make potentially necessary changes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of medical centers delivering SBI services to injured patients.
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