Scholarly Messenger

December 4, 2014

First Faculty Ombudsperson Named
Jean Pearson Scott will begin her appointment effective January 1, 2015 and serve as an impartial facilitator between faculty and their supervisors, students or staff. Read more >>

NIH Submission Updates
New information about biosketch requirements, commons IDs and the resubmission policy.
Read more >>

Responsible Research

Tools for Reproducible Research
Associate Vice President for Research Alice Young provides links to tools and resources that may be useful for all researchers. Read more >>

The Value of Graduate Students In Mentoring Undergraduate Assistants
Fostering mentoring relationships can be a good investment for students and professors. Read more >>

Research Development Team

More Than Money
Writing grants can be a valuable experience even if there is no funding awarded. Read more >>

Upcoming Events

Budget Basics for Research Proposal Preparation

• Dec. 5
  10 a.m. - noon
  Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, Room 151 in the Library
  
  To register, go to http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/ and click on the “SumTotal” link under the header “Shortcuts.” Insert your eraider username and password, then search for the session you are interested in attending, and register.

The Cayuse Research Suite is intended for proposal routing, preparation and submission.

• Dec. 10
  10 a.m. - noon
  Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, Room 151 in the Library
  
  To register, go to http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/ and click on the “SumTotal” link under the header “Shortcuts.” Insert your eraider username and password, then search for the session you are interested in attending, and register.

A series of video training modules designed to introduce you to the Cayuse 424 Research Suite are available.

Funding & Award Opportunities

Targeted Faculty Award Deadlines

• Newberry Library Long-term Fellows
  Deadline: Dec. 1
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards: Scientific Interface
  Deadline: Jan. 8

Please see the Faculty Targeted Awards Web page for upcoming award deadlines.

ORISE/Homeland Security

• HS-STEM Summer Internships
  Deadline: Dec. 22

Limited Submissions

• Travel Grants Program
  TTU Internal Deadline: Jan. 12
• National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure
  TTU Internal Deadline: Dec. 15
• Materials Innovation Platforms
  TTU Internal Deadline: Dec. 15
• Research Program (Science/Engineering and Medical Research)
  TTU Internal Deadline: Dec. 17

Please watch the Limited Submissions Web page for upcoming internal notice of intent deadlines:

Community of Science:Community of Science Pivot provides funding opportunities from federal sources as well as foundations.

Funding Opportunities: A listing of external and internal funding opportunities is available on the OR&I's Funding Resources website.

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