Program:  The BElgium WAllonia REsearch (BEWARE) Fellowhips offer the possibility for highly skilled researchers to perform a research stay in Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels) and benefit from the expertise of innovative SMEs, research centers or universities. This program is co-funded by the European Commission through the COFUND program of the Marie Curie Actions.  All research fields are eligible but the research project must demonstrate an innovative aspect and/or enable technology transfer.

This new program is just one of several activities sponsored by the SECU, the academic initiative of the 14-school SEC athletic conference.  The grant is awarded annually to one SEC institution to expand student-focused collaboration among ALL applicable SEC universities.  Examples of collaborative activities include intra-conference competitions, graduate student recruiting fairs, and undergraduate research initiatives, among others.

From: "Teresa D. Gammill" <TGammill@research.msstate.edu>, Mississippi State

Subject: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Webinar

Program:  As part of MSU's Graduate Student Appreciation Week, MSU will be hosting Dr. Giselle Muller-Parker from the National Science Foundation who is the director for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
 

Program:  The Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) Defense Appropriations Act provides research funding for the peer reviewed programs managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). DOD recently released a pre-announcement (http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/press.shtml) for the following program:

Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)

Investing in science, engineering, and education for the nation's future, the National Science Foundatoin (NSF) has three strategic goals--Transform the frontiers of science and engineering; Stimulate innovation and address societal needs through research and education; and Excel as a Federal Science Agency--to guide the individual and collective efforts involved in achieving the agency’s mission.

The Mississippi-INBRE network seeks to enhance research competitiveness in the State and engage talented investigators and students in biomedical research projects that will impact the health of the citizens of Mississippi. The scientific focus of the MS-INBRE is obesity, cancer, and sexually transmitted diseases. Managed by the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), MS-INBRE is funded by a grant from the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS/NIH). See http://msinbre.org.

Solicitation of UM Pre-Proposals and Idea Papers for Primary (Lead) Institutions for
NIH’s Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative (U54); FOA Number: RFA-RM-016

Pre-Proposals are solicited from prospective lead investigators to be considered for institutional nomination for the 2014 Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative (U54) competition, sponsored by NIH.

Solicitation of White Papers
from researchers at any of the institutions of higher learning within the  
Mississippi NASA EPSCoR Jurisdiction
issued by the
Mississippi NASA EPSCoR Office
in response to the
 FY 2014 NASA EPSCoR Research Announcement/Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN)

On Tuesday February 4^th three coordinated programs on the Oxford campus of the University of Mississippi will serve to focus UM student attention on:

Program:  The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university teachers.  NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes may be as short as two weeks or as long as five weeks and they: