Junior faculty throughout SC have been very successful in receiving the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty. The NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards are made to junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. The CAREER program allows promising junior faculty to pursue cutting-edge research while simultaneously advancing excellence in education.
In 2018, 11 CAREER awards were made to faculty in South Carolina, with one additional starting in 2019. The next deadlines for applications will be July 17-19 (depending on discipline).
2018 RECIPIENTS
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• Joshua Bostwick, Clemson
• Leah Casablanca, Clemson
• Ethan Kung, Clemson
• Suyi Li, Clemson
• Xian Lu, Clemson
• Sara Riggs, Clemson
• Morgan Stefik, USC – MADE in SC
Thrust 2 (Polymeric Materials) faculty
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• Hugo Sanabria, Clemson
• Paula Vasquez, USC
• Enrica Viparelli, USC
• Yonghong Yan, USC
NEW – STARTING IN 2019!
• Eric Davis, Clemson, also a SC EPSCoR
SAN Award recipient
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DOE SBIR / STTR: Will fund >100 new projects, totaling ~ $20M in 12 topics.
LOI due to DOE by Dec 17, 5 pm EST.
Learn more
DOE Scholars Program: Stipends start at $600/week for undergrads ($650/ week for grads / post grads), limited travel reimbursement to/from assigned location, plus many other benefits. Apply to DOE by
Dec 17, 5 pm. Learn more
DOE EPSCoR Implementation Grants: Up to 10 awards of $2M to $3M for two years. Only selected pre-apps will be able to submit a full proposal. Must reference SC's S&T Plan, Vision 2025 and place research in context of this Plan. Pre-app due to DOE by Dec 20, 5 pm EST. Learn more
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NSF 18-599: Understanding the Rules of Life: Building a Synthetic Cell. Projects aimed at designing, fabricating, and validating synthetic cells that express specified phenotypes. Preliminary proposal due to NSF by Dec 28, 5 pm.
USDA with NIH (NIH PAR-17-482):
Comparative Genomics Research Program. USDA focus: Understand basic biological processes related to health and disease of agriculturally important animals. LOI due to NIH by Jan 5, 5 pm.
NSF 18-600: Understanding the Rules of Life: Epigenetics. How epigenetic phenomena lead to emergent properties that explain the fundamental behavior of living systems. Due to NSF by Feb 1, 5 pm.
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NEW – DOE Computational Material Sciences: Aim is to produce widely applicable, validated community codes and the associated databases for the design of functional materials. Up to 8 awards are anticipated, with a mix of single PI/small group and larger team awards (collaborative applications will not be accepted under this FOA).
Individual/Small Group Awards: $200K to $750K per year for four years. Large Team Awards: $750K to $2M per year for four years. Pre-Proposal Due to DOE by Dec 21, 12 noon EST.
NEW – NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1: “Implementation” and “Design” – which may comprise any combination of equipment, infrastructure, computational hardware and software, and necessary commissioning. Design includes planning (preliminary and final design) of research infrastructure. Implementation projects may have a total project cost ranging from $6M up to below $20M, supporting new or upgraded research infrastructure. Only Design projects may request less than $6M. Preliminary Proposal Due Feb 19, 5 pm.
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Dr. Timothy Hanks, Thrust 3 (Biomaterials) co-leader, spoke at Science on Tap on Tuesday, November 27. The title of his talk was, “Building Soft Nanomachines from Polydiacetylene Liposomes.” Hanks spoke to an almost at-capacity crowd at Coffee Underground in Greenville.
The next opportunity to hear a MADE in SC speaker will be in February when Dr. Kostya Kornev (Thrust 3 – Biomaterials) will be speaking at Science on Tap-Greenville.
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SAN Recipients at ABRCMS 2018
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Several faculty funded by our Scientific Advocate Network (SAN) Program recently attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Indianapolis. During the four-day conference, over 2,000 students from over 350 colleges and universities participated in poster and oral presentations in twelve STEM disciplines. All undergrad and post-baccalaureate student presentations were judged and those receiving the highest scores in each scientific discipline were given an award during the closing banquet.
“I was so pleased to be able to attend ABRCMS again this year,” said Dr. Cynthia Wright from the College of Graduate Studies at MUSC. “The SAN award allowed me to bring two undergraduate students and one MUSC graduate student to the conference. The opportunities for them to present their work, network with other students and faculty from other institutions, and attend professional development workshops are invaluable for their growth as biomedical scientists.”
SAN Program awards at ABRCMS included:
- Claflin University, Dr. Angela Peters (PI), Biomaterials Research Summer Internship Program (BR-SIP)
- Clemson University, Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant, Targeted Recruitment of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students in Bioengineering
- Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Cynthia Wright, ABRCMS Student Travel and Registration Costs
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Faculty and students from Claflin University
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Claflin poster presentation winners:
Charmaine Lindsay and Brandon Sanders – both are Biology majors
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Clemson University information booth at ABRCMS. Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant
(SAN recipient), Katie Elliott, Maria Torres, Dr. Jordon Gilmore and Craig Miller.
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Attendees from MUSC. Students supported by SAN were Jasmyn Hardin (undergrad, Dominican Univ, Illinois), Titilope (Titi) Akinwe (undergrad, Georgia State Univ), and Janiece Glover (grad student, MS in Biomedical Sciences, MUSC, at right in bottom photo with Ericka Lugo, recruitment and admissions specialist for MUSC College of Graduate Studies)
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Titi Akinwe giving a talk
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