Vice chancellors Ronnie Green and Prem Paul have announced the 2011 UNL Life Sciences competitive grants program, which includes opportunities for enhancing interdisciplinary teams and facilitating UNL and industry partnerships, all in the life sciences. Faculty interested in competing for the awards are required to submit letters of intent no later than 5 p.m., Dec. […]
The National Science Foundation has awarded UNL two grants totaling more than $4 million to support improved mathematics and science education in Nebraska schools that need it most. The grants are through NSF’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, which aims to encourage talented science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics […]
UNL has received nearly $2 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Science Foundation for renovations to expand its high-power laser research capabilities. The $1,825,345 grant will enable UNL to renovate the sub-basement and basement of Behlen Laboratory. The project will convert outdated physics labs and offices into a state-of-the-art, high-power laser collaborative laboratory, […]
As an electrical engineer, Khalid Sayood studies the need to efficiently store, manipulate and transmit large masses of information. The UNL professor’s specialty – data compression – looks at how information is organized and then compacts the data so its applications, such as cell phones and computer programs, don’t become unwieldy. Now, a partnership with […]
The University of Nebraska’s Global Water for Food Institute drew more than 100 faculty and staff from across campus disciplines to a Jan. 28 forum in the East Union. During the lunch meeting, Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development, outlined the creation of the institute, talked about the importance of maintaining momentum […]
UNL faculty have been awarded $15.7 million in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through Sept. 30 to support research projects, according to UNL’s Office of Research and Economic Development. As of Sept. 30, UNL had received 45 competitive grants totaling $15,722,674 from federal agencies through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, […]
UNL received a $3 million grant sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to establish the Great Plains National Security Education Consortium, as a part of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence program. The consortium will provide academic, research, cultural immersion and outreach activities focused on national security-related topics to students […]
The following UNL faculty were named fellows during the 2008-09 academic year. • Prem Paul, vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development, fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science • Daniel Walters, professor of soil science, fellow of the American Society of Agronomy • James Goedert, associate professor of construction systems engineering, fellow […]
Total research funding at UNL increased nearly 13 percent this year to a record of more than $122 million, according to the Office of Research. Total research funding, which includes all external funds awarded for university research, was $122,452,344 in the fiscal year ending June 30. The increase, up from $108.3 million in fiscal 2008, […]
More than a few years ago, Don Weeks was working in a laboratory with his research team when he realized they had made an important discovery. So important, in fact, that it is expected to help increase productivity for farmers around the world. Weeks learned that by isolating a gene from a bacterium that degrades […]
