Posts in Month: September 2015

September 29th, 2015

Clark Summer Research Program

Researcher showing viewer a poster

Biology major Sivesh Balaji presents his research for the Clark Summer Research Program to mentor Dr. Theodore Price (left). Read the full article on the UT Dallas News Center. Photo by Roxanne Minnish

September 22nd, 2015

Limited Submissions: Upcoming Deadlines

Calendar with "LOI Deadline" circled

This fall, we have several popular limited submission deadlines, including the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI). To be considered for these opportunities, please send a letter of intent to Beth Keithly or Alexandra Ferraris by the Letter of Intent (LOI) (internal deadline). The LOI for any internal limited submission needs to be …read more

September 17th, 2015

Exciting Start to Business Idea Competition 2015

Students signing up for competition

Our friends at the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently invited us to the kickoff for their annual Business Idea Competition. The IIE’s Executive Director Jeremy Vickers. Audience members tuning in. Founder & CEO of Snappy Salads, Chris Dahlander. Trey Bowles of The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC) addresses the entrepreneurial audience. Trey Bowles, CEO and co-founder of …read more

September 15th, 2015

Electrically Conducting Fibers

Scientist conducting experiments

Carbon nanotubes are wrapped around these rubber cores located in the lab of Dr. Ray Baughman, director of the MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute to create stretchy electrically-conducting fibers. Read the full article on the UT Dallas News Center. Photo by Roxanne Minnish

September 8th, 2015

Why are Budget Justifications Important?

Students gathered at a table

Budget justifications are like recipes – if it’s your recipe, you know it by heart and don’t need instructions to make it – but if your friend would like to prepare it, they need to know all of the details. Like your friend trying to make the recipe, reviewers need those details in order to …read more

September 1st, 2015

Balancing Details in Your Grant Proposal

Student in Dr. Anton Malko's lab

“The devil,” the expression goes, “is in the details.” When writing a grant, that is especially true because details in a grant proposal show that you have thought about your project, which is what the reviewers want. However, when you only have a few pages and a lot of ground to cover, getting too detailed, …read more

September 1st, 2015

Biomedical Engineering Student Focuses on Education, Empowerment

Anupam Kumar

Anupam Kumar, winner of the Science Research Scholar Award from the American Museum of Natural History, is busy cultivating an impressive future, blending education and humanitarian efforts.  With a background that includes notable academic achievements, his philanthropic endeavors are the driving force behind his aspirations. Anupam’s interest in medical device development and big data led …read more