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News and Announcements
December 1, 2008
Effective January 5, 2009, NSF proposals that request funding to support postdoctoral scholars must include, as a separate section within the 15-page project description, a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided to the postdoctoral scholar. Proposals that do not include this separate section on mentoring within the Project Description will be returned without further review.In addition to mentoring activities that already take place in individual laboratories, there are resources available to assist PIs in fulfilling this new requirement that may be viewed at the following
website: http://research.ucsd.edu/postdoc/UCSDMentoringDEC2008.pdfThe following information may also be useful when writing NSF proposals that involve postdoctoral scholars: http://research.ucsd.edu/postdoc/PostdocMentoringGuidanceforNSFPIs.pdf
September 23, 2008
UC San Diego Receives 6th Place Ranking in NSF’s Study of Federal Research & Development FundingThe University of California, San Diego moved to 6th place nationally among public universities and colleges in federal research and development funding, up from the previous year’s ranking of 7th, according to a recently released study by the National Science Foundation. View the Campus News Release
Policy on Tobacco Industry Funding of Research at UC
In September 2007, the University of California Board of Regents approved a resolution (RE-89) that requires special review, approval and reporting procedures for submission of UC campus research proposals that seek funding from tobacco industry sponsors. The details and the procedures in place at UC San Diego may be found at http://research.ucsd.edu/documents/RE-89UCSD.pdf.Past News and AnnouncementsFebruary 15, 2008
The Climate and Sustainability Institute Working Group has recently issued a report recommending that the campus commit itself to creating an Institute for Climate and Sustainability Solutions, incorporating research and scholarship from the entire campus. View Report
December 20, 2007
A Joint Senate-Administration Taskforce has recently examined ORU structures and processes and released a report to campus for consideration. View ReportView an ORU Director's Comments on the Report and the Task Force Response
September 4, 2007
Chancellor's Update on UC San Diego Environment and Sustainability Initiative (ESI)
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Events
Greenovation Forum: Water for Energy – Energy for Water
Wednesday, February 11, 2009- Atkinson Pavilion at the UC San Diego Faculty Club
- 4:00 pm – Reception
4:30 pm – Program Begins
This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to kblackler@ucsd.edu or 858-534-8372 or via the Greenovation Forum website http://esi.ucsd.edu/greenovation.
- 4:00 pm – Reception
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Promote a culture of responsible cutting-edge scholarship, innovation, collaboration and communication.
Principles
- • Foster research across disciplines to promote rigorous inquiry and academic excellence.
- • Create opportunities and promote global awareness and support for the University research mission.
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Researchers document the contagious power of happiness in social networks
December 4 – New research from James Fowler of UC San Diego and Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School shows that happiness spreads far and wide through a social network – traveling not just the well-known path from one person to another but even to people up to three degrees removed. Read More
2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Shared by UC San Diego Researcher Roger Tsien
October 8 – University of California, San Diego Professor Roger Tsien, Ph.D., will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Osamu Shimomura of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole and Boston University School of Medicine, and Martin Chalfie of Columbia University in New York. Read More
Previously Featured
October 29 – Four UCSD Students Win Library Research Prize for Exemplary Research Skills
October 6 – UC San Diego Bioengineers Fill Holes in Science of Cellular Self-Organization
July 2 – UC San Diego Researchers Identify Potential New Drug Candidates to Combat “Bird Flu”
May 14 – Calit2 Researcher at UC San Diego Develops Simple Technology to Help Women in Rural India
April 23 – UC San Diego named ‘Climate Protection Champion’ by City
February 6 – UC San Diego Undergraduates Apply for Summer Scholarships to Pursue Hands-on Research
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