About the Author
Dr. Mary Cortina is the Director of Sponsored Programs at
Adelphi.
Grant Awards and Update
Mary Cortina
cortina@adelphi.edu
New Internal Faculty Grants, 2007–2008
Every year the Office of the Provost funds grants (up to $5,000) for faculty research, scholarship, and creative works. This year, we received 31 outstanding proposals, and the committee was able to make the following grants:
Diane Caracciolo, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Partnering for Cultural Competency: An Educational Collaboration with Educators and Artists from the Shinencock Nation Cultural Center and Museum
Tandra Chakraborty, College of Arts and Sciences, Biology, Estrogen Receptors (ER) in Obesity and their Signaling Pathways
Xiaomei Cong, School of Nursing, Effects of Kangaroo Care for Reducing Heel Stick Pain in Preterm Infants
Jonna Coombs, College of Arts and Sciences, Biology, Characterization of the Structural Determinants of PIB-type ATPases
Elizabeth DeFreitas, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, The Role of Representation in Learning Mathematics
Anton Dudley, College of Arts and Sciences, English, Tina Girlstar
Douglas Kamen, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry, Folding and Stability of Parallel beta-helix Proteins, Models for Amyloid Fibril Formation
Jacqueline LaMon, College of Arts and Sciences, English Department, The Elsewhere Chronicles
Trebien Pollard, College of Arts and Sciences, Performing Arts, Color Codes: A Point of Hue
Fran Redstone, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, The Influence of Balance on Oral-motor Control for Speech
Simon Sheng, School of Business, Investigation of the Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Salesforce Performance
Christine Stakidis, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Mayan Mentorship Curriculum Book Project
Justyna Widera, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry, Irdium Oxide (IrOx) Based Fuel Acidity Sensor
Frederick Bettelheim Research Award for junior faculty in the Natural Sciences
Dr. Frederick Bettleheim was a distinguished research professor in the natural sciences and emeritus professor of chemistry. In 2004, the Bettelheim family made a generous gift to the University to provide funds towards the research of a junior faculty member in the sciences and mathematics. The second annual grant was awarded to Dr. Tandra Chakraborty, biology, for her work, Regulation of Feeding Circuits by Hormones and Neuropeptides.
Agency Deadlines
The deadline for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) is tentatively schedule forend of June. FIPSE, a program of the U.S. Department of Education, funds innovative projects with high impact and solid evaluation and dissemination plans. This year there are several priority areas: projects that encourage higher levels of access, persistence and completion; projects that are multi-state; projects that improve the math and science proficiency of postsecondary students, including preservice math and science teachers; projects that enable postsecondary students including preservice teachers to achieve proficiency or advanced proficiency in the less commonly taught languages—Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Indic, Iranian and Turkic languages or for institutions to develop programs in these languages
Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI), National Science Foundation, is due May 8, 2007. CCLI seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning.
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC), National Science Foundation, is due June 3, 2007. The program aims to significantly increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines, with an emphasis on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing: women, persons with disabilities, and minorities (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians). The BPC program seeks to engage the computing community in developing and implementing innovative methods to improve recruitment and retention of these students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
There are other opportunities for chemistry and the social sciences in late June and July.
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