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- DeeAnn Dorfschmidt, from University Support Services to the
Student Union
South Dakota Public Radio to air
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 Dr.
Holly Downing, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, answers a
question from Gary Ellenbolt, from South Dakota Public Broadcasting,
during a recent radio interview. Ellenbolt visited the Black Hills State
University campus this spring and met with the college deans, faculty
members, administrators and a group of students to gather information
for the segment. SDPR will air a segment about BHSU today at 4:30 p.m.
The interview will also be available after July 8 through the SDPR
website at
www.sdpb.org/Archives/ProgramDetail.asp?ProgID=4005.
BHSU football fans invited
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Black Hills State University football fans are
encouraged to make reservations now for a bus trip to the first football
game of the season Saturday, Aug. 27 in Dickinson, N.D.
The Yellow Jacket fan bus will travel to Dickinson to
cheer on the Yellow Jackets as they begin their 2005 season. The bus is
scheduled to leave from the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center
parking lot at 1 p.m. The cost for the trip is $25 per person which
includes transportation as well as snacks and beverages on the bus.
Participants will be responsible for purchasing their own dinner and
game ticket. The bus will return to Spearfish after the game.
To reserve a place on the bus, contact Jodi Neiffer,
director of alumni at BHSU, at 642-6446 or email
JodiNeiffer@bhsu.edu. Neiffer
encourages fans to reserve a seat before Friday, Aug. 19. She noted that
if there’s not enough interest, the bus trip will be cancelled.
Grant opportunities announced
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Below are program materials received in the Grants Office, Woodburn
309, through Wednesday, July 27. For copies of the information, contact
the office at 642-6204 or e-mail requests to
grants@bhsu.edu. Fellowship
information will also be posted on the Student Union bulletin board near
the information desk.
Mini-Grant Request for Proposals from the Wellmark Foundation
The Wellmark Foundation has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for
its mini-grant program. Within the mini-grant competition, projects must
demonstrate a logical, strong connection to one or more of the following
priority areas: asthma, diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, depression,
end-of-life care with an emphasis on pain control. The abbreviated
application process allows applicants to focus their efforts on
developing a project versus completing a detailed grant application.
Mini-grant proposals are limited to three pages – cover, project, and
budget pages.
Deadline: Sept. 1, 2005. See
www.wellmark.com for further clarification of the Wellmark
Foundation’s Mini-Grants.
Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes
(NSF)
Microorganisms are the oldest, most diverse and most abundant forms
of life on Earth. However, the identity, physiology and interactions of
the vast majority of these microbes, as well as the processes they
mediate in the environment, remain unknown or poorly understood.
Advances in molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics, and
cultivation technologies herald a new age of exploration of the
microbial world. The Microbial Observatories (MO) and Microbial
Interactions and Processes (MIP) activities will support research to
discover and characterize novel microorganisms, microbial consortia,
communities, activities and other novel properties, and to study their
roles in diverse environments. The long-term goal of this activity is to
develop a network of sites or "microbial observatories", in different
habitats to study and understand microbial diversity over time and
across environmental gradients. Projects supported are expected to
establish or participate in an established, Internet-accessible
knowledge network to disseminate information resulting from these
activities. In addition, educational and outreach activities such as
formal or informal training in microbial biology, and activities that
will broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in microbial
research and education are expected. Beginning with the October 2005
target date, the USDA/CSREES will partner with NSF to support MO
projects relevant to agro ecosystems. Microbial Interactions and
Processes (MIP) expands the range of the MO competition to support
microbial diversity research projects that need not be site-based, and
that are smaller and/or shorter in duration than MO projects. MIP
projects will be considered for funding by NSF only. This expanded
activity will fund integrative studies that explore novel
microorganisms, their interactions in consortia and communities, and
aspects of their physiology, biochemistry and genomics in relationship
to the processes that they carry out in the environment.
Deadline: Oct. 27, 2005. The full announcement is available at
http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/05-600/Grant.html.
International Science and Education (USDA)
The International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program (ISE)
supports research, extension, and teaching activities that will enhance
the capabilities of American colleges and universities to conduct
international collaborative research, extension and teaching. ISE
projects are expected to enhance the international content of curricula;
ensure that faculty work beyond the U.S. and bring lessons learned back
home; promote international research partnerships; enhance the use and
application of foreign technologies in the U.S.; and strengthen the role
that colleges and universities play in maintaining U.S. competitiveness.
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2005. For the entire Request for
Applications document, including mailing addresses, contact information,
application forms, and more, see
www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/intl_science.html.
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (NIH)
The goals of the National Institute of Health’s supported career
development programs are to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly
trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate
research areas to address the nation's biomedical, behavioral, and
clinical research needs. The purpose of the Mentored Patient-Oriented
Research (POR) Career Development Award (K23) is to support the career
development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their
research endeavors on patient-oriented research. This mechanism provides
support for three to five years of supervised study and research for
clinically trained professionals who have the potential to develop into
productive, clinical investigators focusing on patient-oriented
research.
Deadline: Sept. 2, 2005. Details are available at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-143.html.
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