Program:  The Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP), provides an opportunity for students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The goals of the NREIP are to encourage participating students to pursue science and engineering careers, to further education via mentoring by laboratory personnel and their participation in research, and to make them aware of Navy research and technology efforts, which can lead to employment within the Navy.

The Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) hosts over 1,000 educational participants from over 40 countries to work on cutting-edge research side-by-side with ORNL scientists and engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's largest science and energy laboratory.  Whether you are a recent graduate, a graduate student, an undergraduate, a K-12 student, or a faculty member, ORNL has a program that will engage you in a scientific learning experience.  For more information, go to: http://www.orau.org/ornl.

The Cancer Institute at the University of Mississippi Medical Center will host a Cancer Research Day on November 19th at Student Union of UMMC.

Effective for National Science Foundation (NSF) grant proposals submitted or due on or after January 14, 2013, there is a new Grant Proposal Guide NSF 13-1 .

On October 4, 2012, Governor Bryant unveiled “Mississippi’s Energy Roadmap”, which includes 6 focus areas:

Dr. Helen Kiss and Mr. Ken Sleeper have recently joined the ORSP as Program Development Specialists (PDSs).  They join Ms.

As a first step to creating an interest group/community of UM scholarship and service pertaining to the Mississippi Delta, all UM employees with active projects, ideas, or capabilities of relevance to the Mississippi Delta are invited to share these via this linked survey: http://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bgzIz1qFsg6NMJ7.

Effective immediately the new rate for graduate student tuition on sponsored project proposals is $3,141 per full-time (9 hours) student per semester.

These rates are posted on the Institutional Information for Proposal Preparation page (also known as Current Rates and Codes) in the Toolbox section of the ORSP website.

(updated 7/9/2012)

The Mississippi Biotechnology Association, an affiliate of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (http://www.bio.org/articles/about-bio), has contracted with Battelle to do a study of the ag/life science/biotechnology capabilities of Mississippi.  Battelle is visiting each of the research universities gathering information on projects underway related to biotechnology, biosciences and health-related research.  Representatives from Battelle and the MS Technology Alliance will be on our campus all day May 24 and the morning of Ma