SMALL GRANT PROGRAM FOR NEBRASKA MEMBERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN SCIENCE

Nebraska EPSCoR, under a special grant from the National Science Foundation, is funding a small grant program for enhancing the competitiveness of faculty from underrespresented groups (including women of all ethnicities, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Pacific Islanders) in the fields of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Under this program, Nebraska EPSCoR anticipates awarding competitive grants ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 per award. Assistant and associate professors at Nebraska universities who are members of the above underrepresented groups and who are engaged in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology research or research that impacts participation of underrepresented group members are eligible. Awards are based on the extent to which an applicant shows that the grant will increase competitiveness as a researcher. The program is not intended for faculty who are already competitively funded at the national level, nor is it intended to fund international travel. Clinical medicine and production agriculture are excluded since NSF does not support these areas. Grant amounts range from $1500 to $3000.

2005 Awardees:

Diane Allen-Gipson, UNMC                 

Tala Awada, UNL

Lisa Boucher, UNO                                   

Catherine P. Chia, UNL                              

Myra B. Cohen, UNL

Krista Fritson, UNK                                  

Erin M. Gross, Creighton

Jodi Kreiling, UNO                                                      

Elaine Lahue, UNO

Ying Lu, UNL                                        

Aimee L. Limpach, Creighton

Ruth Margalit, UNMC                                                                

Carol T. Mitchell, UNO

Etsuko Moriyama, UNL                                        

Barbara O’Kane Murphy, UNMC                   

Sucheta Nadkarni, UNL                               

Lance Perez, UNL

Jill Poole, UNMC

Claudia Rauter, UNO                                         

Petronela Radu, UNL

Vicki Schlegel, UNL

Juliane Soukup, Creighton                                

Laurey Steinke, UNMC                 

Anu Subramanian, UNL

Ying Yan, UNMC

2004 Awardees:

Isabelle Cherney, Creighton

Lisa Boucher, UNO

Erick Jones, UNL 

Diana Pilson, UNL

Iulia Podariu, UNO

Requests for proposals are generally issued mid-fall. Proposals are generally due in early December, submitted at the Small Grant Program web site, which is usually open for submissions in mid-November: http://cmit.unomaha.edu/wise/submit.asp.

> For more information, see Projects.

> Check Active RFPs to see if requests for proposals on this program are active.