Universities
give research faculty hunting licenses for grants and contracts without providing any guarantee of support.
Not exact matches
Given the importance of this admittedly vague objective in accreditation standards, we believe that this admission by
faculty members is a matter of considerable concern, and we have addressed this issue elsewhere in our
research report.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council (NSERC)
gives operating grants to
faculty members, and many
faculty members apply through NSERC's interdisciplinary program.
These are guided by senior
faculty, who also
give advice on «their career trajectory, resources, funding mechanisms, partnerships that were successful — essentially life experience, and teaching us how to succeed in
research.»
Experience in industry, they say, has
given them insights that inform their day - to - day work as
faculty members and allow them to expose their students and trainees to a wider perspective on
research.
Initiatives include the creation of a new funding agency in 2005, the National
Research Agency (ANR, L'Agence nationale de la recherché), a decentralization of universities to
give them more independence, and financial incentives to internationalize laboratories, which is part of the «government push to attract
faculty from abroad,» he describes.
Because I am a
faculty member at a small liberal arts college — specifically, Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts — I was surprised to get an invitation to
give a presentation at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm
Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, an elite, prestigious research institution where no formal classroom teaching
Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, an elite, prestigious
research institution where no formal classroom teaching
research institution where no formal classroom teaching occurs.
Today HHMI announced plans to
give $ 1 million over 4 years to each of 20
faculty members at top - notch
research universities whose commitment to teaching students matches their thirst for new knowledge.
As well as
giving her a head start on teaching, Crone says her PFF program taught her how to «assess institutional fit,»
gave her practice in things such as preparing statements of teaching and
research philosophies, and improved her interviewing skills, all of which «helped tremendously» in her successful search for a
faculty position.
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Given the competitiveness for
research funding across the board, this example is reflective of the diligence of our
faculty to secure valuable funding, so that they may continue making their impacts on the world.»
Other educational events include a 3 - day workshop on genomics
given by
faculty members from the University of Michigan's Center for Statistical Consultation and
Research and weekly colloquia with special events.
The consortium holds annual meetings, which
give its fellows an opportunity to present their
research and to receive support from the NPSC
faculty and administrators.
The NSF Career grant is
given to junior
faculty who exemplify the role of teacher - scholars through outstanding
research, excellent education and the integration of education and
research.
Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical
faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact
research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the
research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11
Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.
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faculty, postdocs and graduate students also play an active role in the institute by
giving lectures on their work and providing insight into the advances and aims of modern - day plant
research.
In a
given day you will find me holding proposal strategy sessions with individual
faculty members; facilitating a brown bag on cracking Google
research funding; reaching out to Federal Relations re: an upcoming
faculty member's visit to D.C. (our Seattle location has its challenges); drafting policies related to the management of our
research centers; planning our transition to an eIRB system; helicopter - parenting a proposal as it makes its way through OSP review; advising my ADR on internal seed fund requests... If it pertains to the conduct of
research, I pick up the phone.
The scholarships
give faculty members the opportunity to teach or conduct
research abroad.
AMHERST, Mass. — Cognitive neuroscience researcher Joonkoo Park at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received a five - year, $ 751,000
faculty early career development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to address basic
research questions about how our brains process number and magnitude and how such processes
give rise to more complex mathematical thinking, has co-authored a paper that reports this week where in the brain numerical quantity evaluation is processed.
Several conclusions now can be drawn: (1)
research grants are used to pay for indirect expenses by all science
faculty researching in a laboratory, (2) many scholarly investigations by
faculty not needing to work in a
research laboratory have their indirect expenses paid by some internal budget at the same institutions, (3)
research grant awards for indirect expenses at some institutions exceed the amount
given for direct expenses, and, (4) direct experience with paying for indirect expenses leads many Principal Investigators to have questions and suspicions that some type of hidden purpose or scam might be going on with the current system for using
research grant funds to pay for indirect expenses.
Give to the Dean's Venture Fund, providing seed funding to teams of
faculty to launch promising
research initiatives, whether related to creating and sustaining successful schools and school systems, reshaping how students learn and teachers teach, or breaking down barriers to access and opportunity.
As part of the Bold Ideas & Critical Conversations event on September 19, eight HGSE
faculty members were each
given eight minutes to discuss
research - based ideas that will have a big impact on the field.
The William L. Boyd National Educational Politics Workshop, scheduled on the first afternoon of the AERA annual meeting, will
give emerging scholars (students and pre-tenure
faculty members) the opportunity to learn about current and promising
research in the politics of education field and interact with leading politics of education scholars.
Each year since 2008, a number of scholars of color from all over the country are invited to Penn GSE to
give lectures and share their
research with
faculty, staff, and students as part of the Visiting
Faculty Scholars of Color series.
Some schools will provide other benefits to scholarship winners, such as
giving you priority in selecting a dorm room or working as a
research assistant to coveted
faculty.
Given Purdue University's standing as a major
research university, the
research roles of the Purdue Veterinary Medicine
faculty bring innovative solutions to current and future problems in animal and human health.
Other notable honors include the Holladay Medal, the highest award
given to a NC State
faculty member, in 2013, and the NC State Alumni Association Outstanding
Research Award in 2012.
The Foundation is ever mindful of maximizing
giving power through special programs that bring together donors of similar interests and has been critical in securing financial assistance for the College that allows for
faculty support and development,
research funds, student scholarships and program enhancement.
DCS Nestle - Purina Seminar Series Presentations on current
research or timely topics in medicine
given by members of the
faculty or invited speakers.
Following the panel, guided tours on the Brooklyn Campus will
give attendees the opportunity to see how Pratt
faculty and students are changing the world of
research.
Given that Tuttle devotes much time to
research and, in a way, his prints are experiments intended to engage the art historical and critical as much as the sensory
faculties, it made sense that this exhibition took place at an educational institution.
BP
gave them all that
research money, and I have detected industry influence in some of the work I have done with
faculty in related departments.
«At the Howard University NASA University
Research Center Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation, we facilitate a guest scientist lecture series with high schools in Prince George's County, MD and the District of Columbia and enlist scientists from NASA / GSFC Earth Science Division and
faculty and graduate students from HUPAS to
give lectures in schools within these systems.»
In my work with the Canadian Bar Association's Access to Justice Committee and the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education, I have observed three major
research opportunities for law
faculties that are not being
given the attention I feel they demand.
Would legal writing and legal
research be taught by law librarians (who, at Canadian universities, are themselves
faculty with little or no experience of legal practice), or would the responsibility be
given to adjunct
faculty from the practising bar, with hands - on experience of
research in practice?
Yes, the legal
research and writing
faculty (who are often librarians) at your school has been using the law school library as a practice laboratory to
give students the real world skills they need.
For instance,
researching and writing as a professor's assistant, and doing independent,
faculty - supervised
research projects can
give you the
research, writing, and mentorship benefits similar to what a journal can provide.
The Resume Format for management
faculty should be such that it
gives details of a candidate's academic record, scholarships, awards, training, special certifications, work experience, books and
research published, papers presented, and references as well.