{"id":45181,"date":"2021-08-06T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/?p=45181"},"modified":"2021-09-07T15:34:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T19:34:40","slug":"2021-faculty-research-fund-awards-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/2021\/08\/06\/2021-faculty-research-fund-awards-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Faculty Research Fund Awards announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Faculty Research Fund program aims to support faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs and other creative achievements. Competitions are held annually and funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School through a review and nomination process by the Faculty Research Fund Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regular Faculty Research Awards<\/b><\/p>\n

Assists members of the faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs that will extend the limits of existing knowledge and lead to a tangible final product (e.g., performance, showing, publication, grant proposal, etc.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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  1. Alicia Cruz-Uribe, Assistant Professor, Mineralogy and Petrology
    \n\u201cDevelopment and application of in situ Rb-Sr dating of micas\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Anne Knowles, Professor, History
    \n\u201cAn Atlas of the Holocaust\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Sampath Gunukula, Research Associate, Forest Bioproducts Research Institute
    \n\u201cConversion of a Mix of Plastic Waste and Cardboard to Edible Macronutrients\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Margaret Killinger, Professor, Honors
    \n\u201cJoanna Paul: The Otago Years, 1977-1983\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Summer Research Awards<\/b><\/p>\n

    Provides $8,000 awards for faculty summer salaries for a minimum of 1.5 months of research effort.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Suzanne Pellegrini, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science
      \n\u201cPotential infection risk to livestock and humans posed by wild mammals who are migrating north because of climate change.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Michael Haedicke, Associate Professor, Sociology
      \n\u201cConstructing and Contesting Climate Adaptation Plans in Southern Louisiana\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Kathryn Swacha, Assistant Professor, English
      \n\u201cThe Coping with COVID Project: Examining Everyday Negotiations of Public Health\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Sheila Edalatpour, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
      \n\u201cHarnessing the Coldness of the Universe as a Renewable Energy Source\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Yongjiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology
      \n\u201cA bright or dim future for wild blueberries: Disentangling the positive and negative impacts of climate warming\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Katherine Glover, Research Associate, Climate Change Institute
      \n\u201c20,000 years of wildfire, climate and vegetation interactions in Southern California\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Scholarly Equipment and Materials<\/b><\/p>\n

      The Scholarly Materials and Equipment Award assists faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs by providing items of equipment and library collections.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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      1. Seth Campbell, Assistant Professor, Glaciology
        \n\u201cAirborne Earth Systems Lab: The Development of a New Multi-Platform and Multi-Sensor Array for UMaine Earth Science Research\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Shawn Fraver, Associate Professor, Forest Ecology
        \n\u201cToward a Better Understanding of the Forest Carbon Cycle: Request for Funds to Purchase a Portable CO2 Gas Analyzer\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Lauren Ross, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
        \n\u201cCoastal Resource Management Solutions with Land-Sea Connection Diagnostics\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Emily Haigh, Associate Professor, Psychology
        \n\u201cMobile Peripheral Physiological Recording: Out of the lab and into the wild.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The Faculty Research Fund program aims to support faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs and other creative achievements. Competitions are held annually and funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School through a review and nomination process by the Faculty Research Fund Committee. 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        The Faculty Research Fund program aims to support faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs and other creative achievements. Competitions are held annually and funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School through a review and nomination process by the Faculty Research Fund Committee. Regular Faculty Research Awards Assists members of the faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs that will extend the limits of existing knowledge and lead to a tangible final product (e.g., performance, showing, publication, grant proposal, etc.) Alicia Cruz-Uribe, Assistant Professor, Mineralogy and Petrology \u201cDevelopment and…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Announcements<\/a>, Faculty Research Fund Awards<\/a>, Research News<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"","url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/author\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":141,"label":"Announcements"},{"value":7,"label":"Faculty Research Fund Awards"},{"value":65,"label":"Research News"}],"post_tag":[{"value":55,"label":"awards"},{"value":61,"label":"Faculty Research Funds"},{"value":645,"label":"research"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2021\/08\/FRF-Awards-Graphic-WP-1024x578.png",1024,578,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":141,"name":"Announcements","slug":"announcements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":141,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":100,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":141,"category_count":100,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Announcements","category_nicename":"announcements","category_parent":0},{"term_id":7,"name":"Faculty Research Fund Awards","slug":"frf-rrf-awards","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":7,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":16,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":7,"category_count":16,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Faculty Research Fund Awards","category_nicename":"frf-rrf-awards","category_parent":0},{"term_id":65,"name":"Research News","slug":"research-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":65,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":226,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":65,"category_count":226,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Research News","category_nicename":"research-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":55,"name":"awards","slug":"awards","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":55,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":61,"name":"Faculty Research Funds","slug":"faculty-research-funds","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":61,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":645,"name":"research","slug":"research","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":645,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":20,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45181"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45304,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45181\/revisions\/45304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}